Programmes After a fairly lack-lustre start Pop Idol is beginning to gain momentum, with audiences regularly topping the 7 million mark. As the field gets whittled down the final victor, and Gareth edges closer to unjustly beating the more talented Will or Darius, the programme’s highest viewing figure during December was 7.91 million.The return after… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – December 2001

The latest BARB data on digital viewing shows that year on year ITV1 saw its share of viewing in all homes fall in December, from just under 30% share in December 2000 to just over 25% in December 2001. BBC1, which recently claimed victory over ITV1 in the Christmas day ratings (see BBC Claims Ratings Victory… Continue reading Digital Viewing Round-Up – December 2001

TV Market Round-Up – November 2001RevenueFears of falling TV revenues are confirmed in the figures for November 2001, with revenue across all terrestrial and non-terrestrial commercial channels falling 11.2% year on year to just under £243m. Worst affected were ITV1, which dropped 12.9% in an analysis against the same period last year, and Channel 5,… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up
– November 2001

Programmes November is traditionally the month when the commercial stations take the largest amount of television revenue. Usually this means they have top programmes on show to attract viewers, however, the highest rated programmes shown during November were down on November 2000.Traditional ratings winners like Coronation Street and Heartbeat saw falls in viewing by as… Continue reading TV Viewing Round-Up – November 2001

November’s viewing figures from BARB show that as the winter schedules got underway, the shift in pulling power continues to move away from the traditional names as viewing diversifies.Year on year, ITV1 has saw its share of viewing fall in November, from just under 30% share in 2000 to just over 25% this year. Recently… Continue reading Digital TV Round-Up – November 2001

RevenueYear on year analysis shows that total TV revenue fell 9.6% during October as the advertising downturn continued to cast a shadow over the industry. ITV1 was the worst hit with revenue falling 11.9% year on year, closely followed by Channel 4, which saw revenue drop 6.1% during October. GMTV was the only network to… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – October 2001

Programmes As the football season got into it’s swing, all eyes were on ITV1’s The Premiership to see whether it could avoid relegation. The Saturday evening prime time football show made the top three sports programmes in terms of audience size for three out of the four weeks in October. However, audiences hovered around the… Continue reading TV Viewing Round-Up – October 2001

Analysis of the latest BARB data on digital TV viewing shows some dramatic year on year changes among the main contenders for viewing share.In all homes, non-terrestrial channels increased their share of viewing during October from 17.7% to just over 20%. BBC1 has also found itself in a stronger position during October, rising from a… Continue reading Digital Viewing Round-Up – October 2001

RevenueYear on year analysis shows that TV revenue fell across the board during September, as the terrorist attacks on the US cast a shadow of gloom over the industry, which was already in the midst of an advertising downturn.Total terrestrial TV revenue fell 16.9% year on year. ITV was the worst hit with revenue dropping… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – September 2001

Programmes This month’s viewing can best be described as a game of two halves, with half time being the precise moment people found out about the terrorist attacks on 11th September. The beginning of the month started well with the nation carried away with the euphoria of that football match between Germany and England. BBC1’s… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – September 2001