The latest figures on national newspaper circulation, released by ABC, show that overall the market did not see a great change in the number of copies sold, showing that the timing of World Cup matches in June did not work in newspapers’ favours. More titles lost ground than gained it during June compared to May.The… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – June 2002
Analysis of TV revenue figures for May show that year on year, revenue across all the terrestrial channels showed signs of recovery, rising 10.5%. The exception to the rule was GMTV, which saw a fall in its revenues of 16.5% compared to May 2001. The best increase in percentage terms was at Channel 5, where… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – May 2002
The latest figures from the NRS show that the readership of national newspapers for the period December-May 2002 was up 0.5% year on year.The main beneficiaries of the rise in readership were at GMG. The Guardian saw an impressive 33.8% year on year increase in readership, pushing its total up 343,000 to 1.36 million. A… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – May 2002
The ITC has released its cable TV statistics for the first quarter of 2002. The figures show that cable TV subscriptions have seen a year on year decrease to 3.54m. This is a 1.9% drop on the same period in 2001, when the total number of cable TV subscribers was 3.61m.The drop was experienced by… Continue reading ITC Cable Statistics Show Decrease In Subscribers
The latest figures from ABC reveal that month on month, overall circulation of national newspapers fell during May by 0.7%. The worst loss in percentage terms was at Sport First, which dropped 10,000 or 15.9% from its total month on month. Among the larger selling titles, the Mail on Sunday had a difficult month, dropping… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – May 2002
NRS figures for National Newspapers in the six month period ending in April 2002 show that over readership has declined 0.75% year on year to 66.18 million. Year on year analysis shows that the broadsheets saw the largest fluctuations in readership.The best performer both in terms of percentage and actual numbers was the Guardian, which… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – April 2002
Analysis of TV revenue estimates for April shows that, overall, the UK’s terrestrial TV channels experienced a year on year decline of 8%. Channel 5 was the only commercial broadcaster to see revenue increase, rising 9.7% year on year during April to £19.6m. ITV1 suffered the greatest year on year decline, with revenue slipping 11.5%… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – April 2002
The latest ABC figures for National Newspapers show that if the many Queen Mother commemorative issues at the start of the month had any effect on circulation, it was minimal. Overall circulation for national titles was up just 0.6% compared with the previous month.The best performers in this analysis were titles seen as failing in… Continue reading ABC National Newspaper Round-Up – April 2002
NRS figures for National Newspapers in the period October 2001 to March 2002 shows that year on year overall readership has inched up 0.2% to 66.39 million. The largest fluctuations in readership, in a year on year analysis, were seen among the broadsheets.The best performer in both percentage and actual numbers terms was the Guardian,… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – March 2002
An overall analysis of RAJAR figures released for the first quarter of this year show that while the BBC enjoys a slight lead in terms of share, commercial and non-commercial radio remain neck and neck when it comes to reach. Encouraging news for both sides, though, is the fact that, year on year, reach for… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q1 2002- Overall Summary
