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With the merger of Capital Radio and GWR expected to complete this month, RAJAR’s latest audience figures for the three months to March look likely to be the last for the broadcasters as separate companies. The consolidation will give unprecedented market share to the newly formed GCap Media, with combined airtime sales accounting for 36.72%… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q1 2005: GCap Media Set For Unprecedented Market Share

Breakfast listening both nationally and in London has enjoyed an upward surge in audience with the majority of stations revealing growth in their weekly reach for the three months to March, according to the latest RAJAR figures.Nationally, Kelvin Mackenzie’s talkSPORT stove off the competition to see a massive rise in its weekly reach of 31.81%,… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q1 2005: Listeners Hungry For Breakfast Shows

Five continued to perform well during March, notching up the largest revenue increase of any terrestrial broadcaster, adding 31.1% year on year to stop just shy of £26.3 million as the broadcaster moved to face off against ITV in a full-scale daytime TV showdown.March saw Five move its high-profile chat show, Trisha Goddard, to a… Continue reading Television Market Round-Up – March 2005

Viewing share amongst the nation’s terrestrial broadcasters continued to slip in all homes during March, with all stations suffering a decline. The downturn, although slight, demonstrates a continuing trend of audience decline for the nation’s largest broadcasters, as multi channel TV grows in both popularity and the amount of channels it offers.BBC2 was worst hit… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – March 2005

Daily Newspaper MarketThe nation’s daily national newspapers saw a dip in circulation year on year during March, with the sector’s total declining by 3.7%. The downturn, caused by wide ranging declines in all but the Quality sector, was bucked only by compact titles, The Times and The Independent, with respective year on year rises of… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – March 2005

Sarah Pearce – MediaTel NewsLine The daily national newspaper market continued the downwards spiral in the six months to Janaurary 2005, with a overall 3.0% dip, according to the latest figures from the National Readership Survey.Within the quality sector The Independent saw a 10% increase in readership figures and next week the publication will undergo… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: January 2005

Five performed admirably throughout February, seeing its revenues rise by 25.5% year on year to top £23.5 million, helped in part by the recent line up of ratings-winners and movie premieres screened by the broadcaster.Amongst the shows behind Five’s success in February was American sitcom and Friends spin-off, Joey. The series broke Five’s non-film and… Continue reading Television Market Round-Up – February 2005

The daily national newspaper market as a whole saw a dip in readership in the six months to December 2004, according to the latest data from the National Readership Survey.However, despite a number of dips in circulation, several titles managed to avoid decline and, in some cases, add substantially to their readership towards the end… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up: December 2004

Both the BBC and ITV saw their weekly share of viewing slip in all homes during February, with ITV losing 2.6% points year on year to push its viewing share down to 22.25%. BBC1 fared better, but still saw its share dip by 0.6% over the same period, pushing its total to 23.7%.BBC2 fared less… Continue reading Television Viewing Round-Up – February 2005

The UK’s national newspaper market continued to look bleak in February, with only a handful of titles increasing their circulations year on year, according to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations.The majority of those titles seeing downward growth were Popular titles, although The Business also shed a significant 18.2% of its circulation… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – February 2005