Year on year, the largest percentage increase in weekly reach among national stations was at BBC Radio 2, which put in a strong performance again, increasing 15.5% year on year to achieve an average weekly reach of 12.3 million.In the commercial sector Classic FM managed an increase of just under 11% year on year. Meanwhile… Continue reading RAJAR Results Q4 2001- National Stations
RevenueYear on year analysis shows that TV revenue across all terrestrial and non-terrestrial commercial channels fell by 6.5% year on year during December 2001. Channel 5 and GMTV were the worst affected with revenues dropping 16.9% and 9.8% respectively in an analysis against the same period in 2000. ITV1 saw the least significant year on… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – December 2001
Programmes After a fairly lack-lustre start Pop Idol is beginning to gain momentum, with audiences regularly topping the 7 million mark. As the field gets whittled down the final victor, and Gareth edges closer to unjustly beating the more talented Will or Darius, the programme’s highest viewing figure during December was 7.91 million.The return after… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – December 2001
Once again, ABC figures for national newspaper circulation were down in a month on month comparison. December’s figures showed an overall drop of 2.7% compared to November’s total.One of a handful of increases was at the Financial Times, which increased its circulation by over 17,000 or 3.5% compared to November. The Sunday Express, not usually… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – December 2001
The latest BARB data on digital viewing shows that year on year ITV1 saw its share of viewing in all homes fall in December, from just under 30% share in December 2000 to just over 25% in December 2001. BBC1, which recently claimed victory over ITV1 in the Christmas day ratings (see BBC Claims Ratings Victory… Continue reading Digital Viewing Round-Up – December 2001
NRS figures for National Newspapers in November show that the market as a whole remained relatively stable year on year, slipping just 0.2%. However, this was not to say that movement was not seen at individual titles, where fortunes were decidedly mixed.Titles on the up in November included the Daily Star, which added 12.2% or… Continue reading NRS National Newspaper Round-Up – November 2001
TV Market Round-Up – November 2001RevenueFears of falling TV revenues are confirmed in the figures for November 2001, with revenue across all terrestrial and non-terrestrial commercial channels falling 11.2% year on year to just under £243m. Worst affected were ITV1, which dropped 12.9% in an analysis against the same period last year, and Channel 5,… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up
– November 2001
Programmes November is traditionally the month when the commercial stations take the largest amount of television revenue. Usually this means they have top programmes on show to attract viewers, however, the highest rated programmes shown during November were down on November 2000.Traditional ratings winners like Coronation Street and Heartbeat saw falls in viewing by as… Continue reading TV Viewing Round-Up – November 2001
November’s viewing figures from BARB show that as the winter schedules got underway, the shift in pulling power continues to move away from the traditional names as viewing diversifies.Year on year, ITV1 has saw its share of viewing fall in November, from just under 30% share in 2000 to just over 25% this year. Recently… Continue reading Digital TV Round-Up – November 2001
The latest data from the Audit Bureau of Circulation shows that the circulation of national newspapers fell in a month on month comparison during November. Overall circulation for the market was down 2.9%, with all but a couple of titles seeing reductions compared to October.Among the exceptions was the Financial Times, which managed a month… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – November 2001
