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Listening to the radio via DAB showed a large increase in Q1 2009, growing from a total of 116 million hours in Q4 2008 to 130 million hours in Q1 2009, according to the latest RAJAR data.The figures have slowly risen from 111 million to 116 million hours over the past year before this leap… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 09: Digital

The latest RAJAR figures, for Q1 2009, are released today, with Magic 105.4 recording the highest weekly reach in London for the ninth consecutive quarter.Johnny Vaughan’s 95.8 Capital Radio breakfast show, meanwhile, remained the Capital’s top morning listen, with a weekly reach of more than 1 million, after an impressive year on year increase of… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 2009: Round-up

Although BBC Radio 2 once again had the largest weekly reach figure of any national station, it was down 1.3% year on year to around 13.5 million listeners.BBC Radio 1 remained unchanged year on year, at 11 million listeners, according to the latest RAJAR figures, for Q1 2009.Commercial chat and sport station talkSPORT suffered a… Continue reading RAJAR Q1 09: National Stations

The difficult economic conditions are still having an effect on the television market, with all stations recording year on year falls in revenue intake.The worst hit was Channel 4, with revenue down 23.7% on March 2008. The next biggest slump came from commercial network ITV1, with a decrease of 23.4% (to stand at £87.6 million).Finally,… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – March 2009

Telegraph.co.uk has become the most popular national newspaper site, according to new data released by ABCe.March saw the website’s total increase by 1.5 million unique user browsers, sending it ahead of its closest competitor. This is only the second time that The Telegraph’s online presence has come out on top. In April of last year… Continue reading ABCe March 2009: Sun Online’s dominance is short-lived

BBC One saw a slight rise in its viewing share in March, with the four other main terrestrial broadcasters showing year on year declines.All ViewingBBC One’s viewing share rose to 21.5% in March following a year on year increase of 0.3 percentage points. Last month saw the return of The Apprentice to BBC One, with… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – March 2009

Daily Newspaper MarketOverall, the daily newspaper market was down 3.6% year on year in March, although the Daily Star‘s circulation was up a very impressive 13.5%.There was a big year on year drop for the Independent, down by around 16.5%, with other daily titles also recording falls. National Newspaper ABC Figures – March 2009 Daily… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: March 2009

The latest ABC figures show that the Evening Standard‘s circulation dropped 1.3% year on year in March, leaving the evening paper with a total circulation of around 280,500.The afternoon freesheet thelondonpaper saw its distribution remain static year on year, at almost 600,000 copies, while rival title the London Lite was up 1.2% to around 400,500.Morning… Continue reading ABC London Newspaper Focus: Mar 2009

Sun Online has taken over from Guardian.co.uk as the most popular online destination for national news. Out of the national newspaper websites audited by ABCe, February saw The Guardian’s online offering dropping to third place.After a fantastic start to the year, which saw a huge increase in traffic, February shows mixed results. In just one… Continue reading ABCe February 2009: Sun Online takes the top spot

Internet users have grown by over two and a half million people in the past year, according to data released by research company BMRB. According to figures for the fourth quarter of 2008, YOY usage has grown by 8.5%. Internet penetration is extremely high, however, there still seems to be room for growth. Q3 YOY… Continue reading Online Usage Round-Up Q4 2008