ITV1’s woes continue into the new year as January saw the channel lose 5% of its revenue year on year, dropping to £110.9 million. Five also felt a drop in revenue year on year, of 2.8%, to end the month with £20.7 million.By comparison, Channel 4 showed a slight uplift of 0.8%. Celebrity Big Brother… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2007

Channel 4 was the only terrestrial channel to see any growth in its viewing share during January 2007 as the broadcaster capitalised on the success of Celebrity Big Brother.Meanwhile, in digital homes, both BBC One and Channel 4 saw an increase in their share over the month, while multichannel sustained a dip in viewing.All ViewingChannel… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – January 2007

December was a poor month for all terrestrial broadcasters, as each saw their revenues fall year on year, with overall terrestrial revenues falling by 8.3%.Making up the bulk of this deficit was ITV1, which saw its revenues fall by £11.6 million year on year, or 9.5%. Over the course of 2006, the broadcaster saw its… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – December 2006

ITV1 lost nearly 4% points from its viewing share during December, whilst multichannel viewing increased at a similar rate year on year.In digital homes, however, all terrestrial broadcasters except ITV1 displayed increases in viewing share, as strong Christmas programming dominated the December schedules.All ViewingAcross December, ITV1 saw its share fall to 18.4%, compared to 22.3%… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – December 2006

November was another tough month for the terrestrial channels, with all of them recording falls in television revenues. The combined revenues fell by nearly 13.6% across the board.ITV1 was the worst hit, as the channel saw its revenues fall by nearly 15.1% year on year, down from £159.1 million to nearly £135.7 million for the… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – November 2006

Time-shifted and place-shifted viewing were the television buzzwords of 2006, with an increased emphasis on the likes of mobile devices, IPTV, PVRs, VOD and VoIP.Discussion surrounding the imminent digital switchover heightened, ITV suffered its fair share of set-backs and broadcasters panicked over advertising and Ofcom rulings as well as the shifting of viewers from the… Continue reading End Of Year Round Up: Television

November saw viewing shares fall year on year across most terrestrial channels, with ITV1 seeing a dip of almost 2 percentage points.In digital homes, Channel 4 saw the greatest change in viewing share, with an increase of 0.6 percentage points.All ViewingITV1 saw its viewing share fall year on year in November by 1.9 percentage points,… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – November 2006

October saw a continuation of the downward trend for television revenue, with combined revenues falling by nearly 17% across terrestrial channels.GMTV was the worst hit, as the broadcaster saw its revenues fall by nearly 24% year on year, down from £6.8 million to nearly £5.2 million for the month.ITV1 also had a poor month, with… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – October 2006

October saw viewing shares fall year on year across most terrestrial channels, with BBC One and ITV1 both seeing dips of over 1 percentage point.In digital homes, viewing shares remained relatively static year on year, with BBC Two seeing the greatest change, with an increase of 0.8 percentage points.All ViewingITV1 saw its viewing share fall… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – October 2006

September saw substantial drops in revenue for all terrestrial broadcasters, with GMTV faring worst, having lost over a quarter of its revenue year on year.ITV1 also had a poor month, even though it was the start of the new season and new dramas and ratings bankers such as X-Factor returned to the screen. The channel’s… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – September 2006