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As the release of the July to December 2006 consumer magazine ABCs creeps ever nearer, IPC Media has spawned another women’s weekly title into an already crowded market. But will Look, a glossy femme “bible” saturated with celebs, tawdry high street fashions and body image hysteria, really be a viable commercial success, and will women… Continue reading NewsLine Feature: Look, Another Women’s Weekly

December was a poor month for all terrestrial broadcasters, as each saw their revenues fall year on year, with overall terrestrial revenues falling by 8.3%.Making up the bulk of this deficit was ITV1, which saw its revenues fall by £11.6 million year on year, or 9.5%. Over the course of 2006, the broadcaster saw its… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – December 2006

ITV1 lost nearly 4% points from its viewing share during December, whilst multichannel viewing increased at a similar rate year on year.In digital homes, however, all terrestrial broadcasters except ITV1 displayed increases in viewing share, as strong Christmas programming dominated the December schedules.All ViewingAcross December, ITV1 saw its share fall to 18.4%, compared to 22.3%… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – December 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s national newspapers suffered a slump in readership year on year for the six-month period to November 2006, with Daily titles dropping almost 5% overall and the Sunday market feeling a 3.3% total fall.The Daily Telegraph and the Independent were the only Daily titles to boost their readership, whilst all other papers in… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: November 2006

Daily Newspaper MarketThe nation’s daily newspapers once again saw their overall circulation decline, dropping by just over 3% year on year for December 2006.It was a dismal picture across all sectors, with the Popular titles suffering the most significant losses. The Daily Mirror felt the largest dip, losing around 138,000 issues, or more than 8%… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: December 2006

In December the London Lite closed the gap on thelondonpaper, increasing its circulation by around 5,500 copies from November to December.Meanwhile thelondonpaper suffered a drop of around 14,500 copies over the same period, to leave it with a total circulation of over 410,000, whilst the London Lite‘s grew to over 400,000.The Evening Standard once again… Continue reading London Lite Closes Gap On thelondonpaper

November was another tough month for the terrestrial channels, with all of them recording falls in television revenues. The combined revenues fell by nearly 13.6% across the board.ITV1 was the worst hit, as the channel saw its revenues fall by nearly 15.1% year on year, down from £159.1 million to nearly £135.7 million for the… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – November 2006

It was a difficult year for the Press industry in 2006, with ever-declining circulation and readership figures, a freesheet war on the streets of London and new media platforms forcing titles to close.The year began with three of the nation’s daily titles cutting their cover price. The Daily Express lopped 10p from its cover price,… Continue reading End Of Year Round Up: Press

Last year was an eventful one for the UK radio industry, with mixed RAJAR results, declining ad revenues and the second national digital multiplex playing on the minds of relevant industry players.At the beginning of the year, GCap’s 95.8 Capital FM was rebranded as Capital Radio, shifting its music policy towards less repetition and focusing… Continue reading End Of Year Round Up: Radio

Time-shifted and place-shifted viewing were the television buzzwords of 2006, with an increased emphasis on the likes of mobile devices, IPTV, PVRs, VOD and VoIP.Discussion surrounding the imminent digital switchover heightened, ITV suffered its fair share of set-backs and broadcasters panicked over advertising and Ofcom rulings as well as the shifting of viewers from the… Continue reading End Of Year Round Up: Television