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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

The television market place continues to suffer, with commercial revenue down across the board for February. Five recorded the biggest fall, down 28% on February 2008’s total to stand at £14.03 million.Elsewhere, ITV1’s woes continued, with revenues plunging by over 17% during February. The commercial network, said to be planning a legal challenge to government’s… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – February 2009

Four of the main five terrestrial channels suffered dips in viewing share in February, with BBC Two managing a slight year on year rise of 0.1 percentage point.All ViewingBBC One’s viewing share has fallen to 21.8% following a year on year fall of 0.6 percentage points, while ITV1’s has dropped to 18.7% after a fall… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – February 2009

Daily Newspaper MarketThe latest ABC figures show that the national daily newspaper market fell 4.6% year on year in February.There was a large year on year drop in circulation for the Independent, while the Daily Mirror and Daily Record also suffered.There was good news for the Daily Star, however, which bucked the trend and saw… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: February 2009

ABC figures for February reveal that the London Evening Standard‘s circulation was down 5.3% period on period and 3.7% year on year, to around 277,500 copies.Afternoon freesheets the London Lite and thelondonpaper remained static period on period, with distribution figures of around 401,000 and just under 501,000 respectively.Morning business freesheet City AM once again saw… Continue reading Evening Standard sees circulation dip

January was a difficult month all round, with all channels recording a year on year decrease in commercial revenue. The biggest fall was recorded by Five, which was down 42.8% on January 2008’s total to stand at £11.06 million.Following the release of its annual results (see ITV’s profits down by 41%), ITV1 continued to suffer… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2009