Digital television viewing figures for March shows that non-terrestrial channels continue to grow audiences in general terms, having increased their share of viewing across all homes from an average 15.5% in March 2000 to 19.9% in March 2001. The biggest loss of viewing share was at ITV, which, although with 28.5% it still commands the… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – March 2001
RevenueRevenue for terrestrial television channels slipped 2.6% during February to £214.9m. The largest fall came from GMTV which was down 15% in a year on year analysis, while the ITV network overall fell 5.8%.Channel 4 increased its revenue by 8.2% to £52m, while Channel 5 remained steady at £15.6m. Revenue for satellite channels continues to… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – February 2001
ProgrammesThe big television highlight of this month was the unveiling of the final five members of the Popstars group. Having gone through the excruciating audition process, which featured some singing talent not seen since the heyday of Linda McCartney in Wings and surviving Nasty Nigel’s fairly nasty putdowns, 3 February saw two programmes devoted to… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – February 2001
Penetration of broadband services reached 26.5% by October 2000, up 1.4 percentage points. The year was marked by a period of consolidation within the industry as the field was narrowed to just two contenders: NTL and Telewest Communications.NTL’s £8bn merger with Cable & Wireless Communications (see NTL Spends £8.2bn On Cable & Wireless Communications) was… Continue reading Annual Cable & Satellite Round-Up – 2000
BARB’s viewing figures for February show that non-terrestrial channels command a larger share of viewing across all homes than they did last year, with average weekly share during February having increased from 15.3% to 18.1% in a year on year analysis. Nearly all the terrestrial channels saw a year on year drop in average weekly… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – February 2001
RevenueIndustry estimates of January 2001’s TV revenue figures did not bring much good news for the terrestrial channels, which saw a year on year fall of 6.9% overall, dropping to £207.7m. The largest drop was seen at ITV, which at £140m was down 9.8% on January 2000’s £156m. Channel 4 managed a tiny 0.1% increase,… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2001
ProgrammesThe first week of 2001 saw BBC1 beat rival ITV to the top programme spot, as EastEnders’ Tuesday edition gained 16.34m viewers. For the rest of the month it was business as usual in the soap wars, with Coronation Street closely tailed at the top by the Albert Square crew.ITV’s other popular offerings included the… Continue reading TV Viewing Round-Up – January 2001
BARB has released viewing figures for digital television in January. In the all households category, a year on year analysis reveals that Other channels (non-terrestrial channels) have increased their average weekly audience share from 14.7% during January 2000 to 17.6% for January this year, reflecting the increasing consumer uptake of non-terrestrial TV platforms. The resultant… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – January 2001
RevenueITV’s annual revenue growth during 2000 showed an improvement on the previous year with total revenue coming in at £1.96bn. This represents an annual growth of 4.9%, which is, however, down on 1999’s 6.3% growth level.The network saw the worst performances of the year during the second half of 2000. October was the worst month… Continue reading Annual TV Market Round Up – 2000
Programmes The month was marked by the run-up to Christmas as channels pulled out all the stops to produce a strong festive line-up. BBC1 continued its ratings war with rival ITV into the season of goodwill by announcing a winter programming budget of £158m, including a massive £42m for the two-week Christmas period.Its Christmas Day… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – December 2000
