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BBC Radio 2 retained its crown, as the UK’s most popular national breakfast show in Q4 2005, with Terry Wogan pushing his weekly reach up by 3.98% period on period. Despite seeing a year on year drop of 0.9%, the show, broadcasting between 7.30-9.30am, now commands an audience of nearly 8 million.The Corporation continued the… Continue reading BBC Remains Head Of National Breakfast Table

Digital radio ownership in Britain is continuing to increase, with new figures released today by RAJAR showing 11.1% of adults now own a DAB Radio at home.The increase represents an increase of more than 100% year on year, with just 5.3% of adults claiming to own a digital radio in Q4 2004. However, the increase… Continue reading Digital Popularity Rising As Technology Widens Choices

ITV saw its revenues fall for the second month running in December, with a 4.6% drop year on year, leaving the channel with revenue of £122.6 million for the month. The broadcaster announced that the ITV News Channel will close in January, allowing airspace on the Freeview platform for a new ITV channel, such as… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – December 2005

BBC1 and ITV1 both lost nearly 1% point from their viewing share during December, whilst multichannel viewing increased at a similar rate year on year.In digital homes, however, all terrestrial broadcasters displayed increases in viewing share, as strong Christmas programming dominated the December schedules.All ViewingDecember saw the two main terrestrial broadcasters lose viewing share to… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – December 2005

Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s daily newspaper market continued to look depressed in November, with a 5.1% decline in readership overall was reflected by year on year declines in every category.The quality sector saw one of the largest single casualties, with the Financial Times seeing a drop in readership of 28.7% year on year in November, the… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: November 2005

Daily Newspaper MarketDecember saw the British newspaper market exhibit mixed performances for the nation’s daily titles, with respectable circulation rises in the quality sector outweighed by a downturn in sales across both the mid market and popular divisions.The latest ABC figures released today show the market as a whole in decline, with circulation decreasing by… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: December 2005

Research from Internet research specialist Nielsen//NetRatings shows European web users flocking to the Internet through a variety of channels, with the spread of access methods across different nations reflecting the growing diversity of online audiences.According to the new figures, Internet access from the home remains the most popular method of access overall, with 93% of… Continue reading Online Round-Up: European Web Habits Revealed By Research

November saw all terrestrial broadcasters suffer a fall in viewing share in all TV homes year on year, losing viewers to multichannel offerings.Similar falls were true in digital homes, with BBC1 the only exception. It managed to increase its share in digital homes by 0.9% year on year.All ViewingITV1’s viewing share fell 0.7% points year… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – November 2005

After October’s stability for ITV, November saw the channel’s revenues drop by 4.8% on last year’s levels, leaving the channel with revenue of £159.1 million for the month.Channel 4 also saw a reduction in revenue in November, dropping to £68.5 million – £3.5 million lower than the previous month and 2.9% down year on year.… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – November 2005

Last year saw an increased focus on digital broadcasts by the radio industry, as the rising penetration of DAB radio equipment provided increased incentive for station operators.According to figures from RAJAR, DAB listening has now overtaken combined listening via digital television (DTV) and through the internet, with total listening hours for digital radio increasing by… Continue reading End Of Year Round-Up: Radio