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Daily Newspaper MarketBritain’s daily newspaper market continued to look downbeat in January, with circulations slipping by 1.86% year on year to demonstrate the continuing decline facing the industry.Dips in circulation across the board in both the mid market and popular sectors contributed to the sales slip, and despite some healthy rises in the quality sector,… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up: January 2006

Digital radio once again stole the crown in RAJAR figures for the fourth quarter of 2005, with sizeable gains in weekly reach seen across the sector.The BBC saw a healthy increase in its drama and comedy station, BBC7, pushing its weekly reach up by 53.45% year on year and attracting an audience of 600,000. BBC6… Continue reading Digital Radio Continues National March

The latest RAJAR data shows the BBC fortifying its position against Britain’s commercial radio broadcasters, increasing its national share and seeing little change in the local market.All BBC’s share of listening now stands at 55.1% following a 1.1% point rise year on year, while All Commercial commands 42.8% after a 1.4% point dip.The BBC is… Continue reading BBC Strengthens Dominance Over Commercial Rivals

Heart maintains its position as the capital’s favourite station in terms of share of listening, staying ahead of Capital by the narrowest of margins.Capital’s additional 0.8% points in share period on period not only sees it put pressure on Heart, which lost 0.4% points over the period, but also moves it ahead of Magic, also… Continue reading Capital And Heart Vie For London Top Spot

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