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The BBC overall increased its share of listening by a marginal 0.1% points compared to last quarter, despite a year on year dip of 0.7% points, according to today’s Q4 RAJAR figures.Weekly reach for the Corporation’s stations was up marginally, by almost 0.5% period on period, a dip of almost 0.5% year on year. However,… Continue reading Listeners Spending Less Time With BBC And Commercial Radio

Heart 106.2FM remained well and truly London’s favourite radio station, with Q4 2006 RAJAR figures revealing the station to have the highest weekly reach, share of listening and hours per listener amongst the commercial FM stations in the capital.Heart’s weekly reach leapt more than 8% from last quarter and more than 5% year on year.… Continue reading Heart 106.2 FM Retains Top Spot In London

There was, as we have come to expect, a fierce battle for the breakfast number one spot in London, with Heart 106.2 FM beating both Radio 1 and Capital Radio.The RAJAR figures for Q4 2006 show that Heart 106.2 FM enjoyed a period on period increase of 23.4% in the breakfast slot, giving it a… Continue reading Breakfast Battle Sees Heart 106.2 FM Come Out On Top

The latest RAJAR data for Q4 2006 shows that digital only stations continue to perform well, with year on year gains in the number of DAB households and people listening via DTV.The percentage of adults who live in DAB households also rose slightly period on period, to 16%, whilst listening via DTV remained stable quarter… Continue reading Strong Quarter For Digital Radio

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