The overall trend for the teenage market again showed a decrease in this temperamental sector, with a 7.1% drop in circulation across all titles that was more severe than the 1.4% drop for the previous reporting period.The worst hit titles were the BBC’s Live and Kicking, with a 29.8% fall and BBC stablemate, Top of… Continue reading Teenage Market Slips Further Into Decline
The women’s monthly magazine sector dropped once again during the six month period to December 2000, but at 2% the fall was less severe than the preceding period. Around two-thirds of titles saw year on year decreases in circulation. The worst hit was Attic Futura’s health title Shine which saw its second severe drop in… Continue reading Women’s Monthly Sector Continues Decline, As Two Thirds Of Titles See Falls
Men’s lifestyle titles took a tumble in the final six months of 2000 with established titles in the sector seeing some of the largest falls. The latest circulation data from ABC shows the sector falling 0.4% overall during the six month period ending December 2000.Natmags Esquire magazine lost 39% of its circulation, despite a revamp… Continue reading Men’s Lifestyle Titles take A Tumble
BARB has released viewing figures for digital television in January. In the all households category, a year on year analysis reveals that Other channels (non-terrestrial channels) have increased their average weekly audience share from 14.7% during January 2000 to 17.6% for January this year, reflecting the increasing consumer uptake of non-terrestrial TV platforms. The resultant… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – January 2001
Month on MonthFigures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) for January 2001 show that national newspaper circulation has grown by 2.6% month on month. Only four titles saw circulation losses during the period, while two showed neither loss nor gain.The worst performers were the Express titles, under new owner Richard Desmond. Desmond is currently… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – January 2001
RevenueITV’s annual revenue growth during 2000 showed an improvement on the previous year with total revenue coming in at £1.96bn. This represents an annual growth of 4.9%, which is, however, down on 1999’s 6.3% growth level.The network saw the worst performances of the year during the second half of 2000. October was the worst month… Continue reading Annual TV Market Round Up – 2000
Year on year the NRS figures show that the six months to December 2000 did not represent a good period for national newspaper readership. With a drop of 5.2% across the whole sector, losses were suffered in all but three titles. These were the Guardian, which managed to add 18,000 readers, or 1.6%, to reach… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – December 2000
The latest RAJAR figures for local commercial radio showed that weekly reach has decreased by 280,000 or 1% quarter on quarter, now standing at 54% or 26.2m. Local commercial radio’s share of listening has also dropped, by 0.8 percentage points to 37.9%.The following tables show the best and worst performers, in terms of weekly reach… Continue reading December 2000 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations
Capital 95.8 FM strengthened its lead over its competition in London, increasing both reach and share during the three month period to December 2000. Its share of viewing across the capital saw the biggest increase of any station over the period, climbing 1.1% points to 12.4%, and its weekly reach was extended to 2.85m people.BBC’s… Continue reading Capital Still On Top As AM Declines Across London
BBC radio continued to improve its overall share of listening, at the expense of commercial stations, according to the latest figures released by RAJAR this morning. All BBC improved its share by a further 0.3% points to 51.7% in the final quarter of 2000, while All Commercial slipped 0.7% points to 46%.Amongst commercial stations losses… Continue reading BBC Continues Its Upward Trend In Latest RAJAR Report
