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
The latest figures from the NRS show that readership of national newspapers during October fell 1% overall compared with the previous year, demonstrating that any increased demand for news caused by 11 September was shortlived. The split between titles which saw a year on year increase and those that saw a year on year decrease… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – October 2001
RevenueYear on year analysis shows that total TV revenue fell 9.6% during October as the advertising downturn continued to cast a shadow over the industry. ITV1 was the worst hit with revenue falling 11.9% year on year, closely followed by Channel 4, which saw revenue drop 6.1% during October. GMTV was the only network to… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – October 2001
Programmes As the football season got into it’s swing, all eyes were on ITV1’s The Premiership to see whether it could avoid relegation. The Saturday evening prime time football show made the top three sports programmes in terms of audience size for three out of the four weeks in October. However, audiences hovered around the… Continue reading TV Viewing Round-Up – October 2001
Analysis of the latest BARB data on digital TV viewing shows some dramatic year on year changes among the main contenders for viewing share.In all homes, non-terrestrial channels increased their share of viewing during October from 17.7% to just over 20%. BBC1 has also found itself in a stronger position during October, rising from a… Continue reading Digital Viewing Round-Up – October 2001
