The European Parliament has approved plans to allow some product placement on TV and has also introduce rules on advertising in children’s programming.The new rules will see product placement allowed in a limited range of programmes, and then only under strict rules. It would be prohibited in news and current affairs programmes, children’s programmes, documentaries… Continue reading European Parliament Approves Plans For TV Product Placement

ITV1 was the only terrestrial channel to see an upturn in its viewing share in all homes for October 2007, largely bolstered by the Rugby World Cup, whilst multichannel options continued to increase their share.ITV1 added 0.6 percentage points to its total year on year, whilst Channel 4 recorded the largest slide, of 1.5 percentage… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – October 2007

October was a mixed month for the terrestrial channels, with only Five and GMTV increasing their respective year on year revenue totals. Five saw its revenue increase by 2.8% on October 2006 to £28.3 million, while beleaguered breakfast station GMTV posted the best performance of any station (up 20.1% to stand at £6.2 million).The recent… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – October 2007

September saw a marked improvement for all the terrestrial channels following on from last month’s year on year losses. The best year on year performance came from ITV breakfast station GMTV, which rose by 14.3% to stand at £ 5.51 million.ITV1 network revenue increased by 3.4%, to stand at a total of £ 136.05 million.… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – September 2007

All terrestrial channels saw their viewing share in all homes drop year on year for September, with the exception of BBC One, which recorded a marginal increase.Channel 4 saw the sharpest fall, by more than one percentage point, whilst other channels bolstered their share by almost two percentage points, taking their share to over 37%.All… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – September 2007

Jeff Henry, director of ITV Consumer, told yesterday’s Association of Online Publishers (AOP) conference in London that he was very confident of meeting the revenue target of £150m by 2010 – and of making ITV.com a top ten UK site by that date.The target includes income from Friends Reunited, which he admitted needed a new… Continue reading ITV Confident on Digital Targets

August was a difficult month for most of the terrestrial broadcasters, with only GMTV posting a year on year increase in revenue.The breakfast franchise recorded a 2.8% rise compared to August 2006, to stand at £3.69 million. This should prove to be a fillip for the beleaguered station, which is still battling back from the… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – August 2007

ITV1 continued to close the gap on BBC One’s viewing share in all homes, by once again boosting its share in August.The channel’s share rose by more than one percentage point for the month, whilst BBC One’s share fell, leaving a gap of just over 2% between the two rivals.All other terrestrial channels felt a… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – August 2007

July was a good month for commercial revenues for terrestrial channels, which saw an overall increase of 9.6% year on year. Only GMTV recorded a dip in its monthly revenue, as the fallout from the phone-in controversy bit (see GMTV MD To Leave Following Phone-In Scandal).Channel 4 had the best monthly increase amongst the terrestrial… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – July 2007

For the second month in a row, ITV1 was the only terrestrial channel to see a year on year rise in its viewing share in all homes.All other terrestrial channels felt a slide in their share for the month in all homes, with BBC One seeing the greatest fall of almost three percentage points.All ViewingITV1… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – July 2007