The latest BARB data on digital viewing shows that in all homes, viewing share of non-terrestrial channels continues to increase as the penetration of non-analogue services also grows. The year on year growth in viewing share for Other channels during September was over 4 percentage points, with the average share reaching just over 20%.The subsequent… Continue reading Digital Viewing Round-Up – September 2001
Programmes This month saw the addition of an extra episode of BBC1’s top soap opera, Eastenders, to the schedules. In a move seen by many as an attempt to lure viewers back to BBC1 from ITV1’s double header of Coronation Street and Emmerdale, the first Friday episode managed to outperform its northern rival with 9.84… Continue reading TV Viewing Round-Up – August 2001
RevenueYear on year analysis showed that TV revenue fell across the board during August, with the exception of Satellite revenue which rose by 10%.Total terrestrial TV revenue showed a fall of 9.3% year on year, as the advertising downturn continued to cast gloom over the industry. Channel 5 was the worst hit with revenue dropping… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – August 2001
New figures from BARB show that non-terrestrial channels once again saw year on year increases in viewing share in all homes. The ‘others’ category rose from an average of just over 18% to a 22% share of viewing.Meanwhile, the commercial terrestrial channels Channel 4 and ITV suffered significant falls in viewing share year on year.… Continue reading Digital Viewing Round Up – August 2001
RevenueJuly saw falls across the board in TV revenue. A year on year analysis showed that total terrestrial revenue fell 12.2%. Channel 5 was worst hit, dropping 19% to less than £13m, while ITV saw a heavy fall of 14.5%.Satellite revenue showed an unusual fall, dropping 3.2% in a year on year analysis, against its… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up July 2001
ProgrammesJuly saw the finales of two of the most hyped series of the summer, Survivor and Big Brother, but in fact the top rated programmes during the month remained the same as ever, with EastEnders and Coronation Street battling it out. The ITV soap bagged more of the top spots at the start of the… Continue reading TV Viewing Round-Up – July 2001
Year on year analysis of the latest BARB digital viewing figures reveals that non-terrestrial channels continue to increase their command of viewing share in all homes. The others category rose from 17.1% average weekly share in July 2000 to a 20% share in July 2001. ITV saw the most significant loss in terms of share… Continue reading Digital Television Round Up – July 2001
RevenueYear on year analysis shows that total terrestrial revenue has fallen 19.1% during June. Again ITV was the worst hit, seeing revenue drop over £40m or 24% to £128.2m, compared with the same period last year.Total satellite revenues rose again, climbing 9.4% compared to June 2000. Total Television Revenue – June 2001 Total Revenue June… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up June 2001
Programmes The return of live international football to BBC1, proved to be a big ratings success. The vital World Cup qualifier match between Greece and home nation England attracted an average viewing figure of 10.42 million.They say nostaglia isn’t what it used to be, but that doesn’t stop TV companies from churning out endless retro programming.… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – June 2001
Evidence of the gathering strength of the non-terrestrial channels was once again evident in a year on year comparison of viewing in all homes. The Others category rose from a 16.5% average weekly share of viewing in June 2000 to a 20.2% share in June 2001, bringing it closer to the share enjoyed by the… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – June 2001
