The Guardian finally appears to have put an end to its recent sales slump with a healthy 3.2% increase in circulation during September to just under the 380,000 mark, according to the latest monthly ABC results.The newspaper has yet to launch its reduced size offering, believed to be in the Berliner format following a £50… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – September 2004
The Independent continued to see its readership increase year on year in the six months to July as the newspaper approached the first anniversary of launching its commuter friendly tabloid edition. However, the Guardian suffered a sharp decline, losing more than a quarter of its readership in the same period.The latest NRS national newspaper figures… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – July 2004
ITV put in a relatively lacklustre performance last month with revenue dipping by 6% year on year to just over £105 million as it struggled in the face of increasingly tough competition.The latest agency estimates compiled by MediaTel Group reveal a disappointing performance for the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster, which was hard hit by the… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – August 2004
ITV saw its average weekly share of viewing in all homes drop by 3.3% points year on year during August to below the crucial 20% mark as the success of the BBC’s Olympic coverage took its toll on the UK’s largest commercial broadcaster.Analysis of the latest viewing figures from BARB reveal a disappointing period for… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – August 2004
The Guardian lost more than a quarter of its overall readership in the twelve months to June as the new tabloid incarnation of the Independent went from strength to strength in the broadsheet sector.The latest NRS national newspaper figures for the six months to June show that the Guardian saw its readership decline by 25.7%… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – June 2004
Football First saw circulation shoot up by an impressive 37.2% during August to just over the 30,000 as the start of the Premiership season lifted sales at the Sunday sports title, according to the latest ABC national newspaper results.Elsewhere, the Sunday Mirror experienced a solid 5.7% month on month rise to earn a total circulation… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – August 2004
The latest ABC regional newspaper figures for the six months to June 2004 open a mixed bag of results for the UK’s top ten paid regional newspaper groups, with the highest circulating publishers amongst the worst hit. The market leading Sunday World All Editions Group suffered a decline in combined circulation of 3.7% year on… Continue reading ABC Regional Newspapers: Jan-Jun 2004
Television advertising continued to go from strength to strength in July with total terrestrial revenue rising by a solid 9.8% year on year to almost £198 million, according to the latest agency estimates compiled by MediaTel Group.The figures reveal a particularly impressive performance for Channel 4, which saw revenue rise by 9% to more than… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – July 2004
Channel 4 saw its average share of weekly viewing in all homes inch up by 0.6% points year on year during July to just under the 9.8% mark as the latest instalment of Big Brother continued to deliver an audience of die hard reality-TV fans.This year’s Big Brother has been the most successful so far… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – July 2004
The Independent‘s decision to drop its broadsheet format in favour of the new commuter friendly compact helped the title see readership increase by an impressive 15.8% year on year during May to just below the 700,000 mark.However, the latest NRS national newspaper figures reveal a slightly less impressive performance for the Times, which suffered a… Continue reading NRS national Mewspaper Round-Up – May 2004
