This was not a strong quarter for commercial stations. Virgin Radio (AM) slipped once again, by 0.4 percentage points in share and by 15.4% year on year in terms of reach, to 2.5m. The station blamed the erosion of AM listening and insisted that its future would be secured by being available across all platforms… Continue reading RAJAR Latest Shows Radio 2 And Classic FM Carry The Flag For National Stations
The following tables show the performances of each of the main UK radio groups in the latest RAJAR figures for the one year period to December 2000. BBC Radio Stations Weekly Reach (000s) Year On Year Comparisons Station Survey Period Ending Dec 1999 Ending Dec 2000 % Ch BBC 3 Counties H 149 147 -1.3… Continue reading December 2000 RAJAR – Performance By Ownership
Programmes The month was marked by the run-up to Christmas as channels pulled out all the stops to produce a strong festive line-up. BBC1 continued its ratings war with rival ITV into the season of goodwill by announcing a winter programming budget of £158m, including a massive £42m for the two-week Christmas period.Its Christmas Day… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – December 2000
RevenueAll but one of the terrestrial TV channels increased their December revenue year on year, according to agency estimates. The exception was GMTV, which dropped 10.7% compared to 1999, to £4.8m. The largest increase among the terrestrials was Channel 5, which went up 15% year on year to reach £16.3m. Its revenue is still dwarfed… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – December 2000
Month On MonthThe latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) show national newspaper circulation decreasing by 1.5% during December 2000. All but seven titles slipped in a month on month analysis.The Independent and Independent on Sunday saw the sharpest falls across the period, the Independent falling 7.3% to 223,000 while its sister title… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – December 2000
NRS figures for the six month period ending November 2000 show newspaper readership continuing its decline. National titles lost 3m readers, or 4.6% of their readership, in an overall year on year analysis.The Times took the greatest tumble, losing 18.2% of its readership, or 330,000 readers, as it continued its downward spiral. Telegraph titles also… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round Up – November 2000
Revenue Agency estimates for TV revenue during November 2000 saw year on year increases for most of the terrestrial channels. GMTV was the exception, falling 5.3%, but Channel 5 put in the best performance, adding nearly 30% year on year to reach £21.9m. ITV enjoyed a good autumn, adding 0.7% to its revenue compared to… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – November 2000
BARB has released viewing figures for digital television during December 2000. They show that the approximate 50/50 split between viewing of terrestrial and non-terrestrial channels in digital homes continues to hold true, with ITV just staying ahead of BBC1 in commanding the largest share of the terrestrial channel audience in digital homes.The digital platform gives… Continue reading Digital Round-Up: Channel 5 Failing To Capitalise On Digital Advantage
Programmes If last month’s most talked about ITV programme was The National TV Awards with two special appearances courtesy of Judy Finnigan, then this month was a tie between the first ever £1m winner on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire and The David Beckham Story.Focusing on one half of the couple Britain loves to… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – November 2000
Digital television viewing figures from BARB told a very similar story for November as for October (see Digital Round-Up October 2000: ITV Makes Headway Across The Board), with non-terrestrial channels continuing to attract large shares of audiences in digital homes, while the terrestrial channels fight over the remainder.Non-terrestrial channels continue to command just under 50%… Continue reading Digital Round-Up: Non-Terrestrials Hold Onto 50% Share In Digital Homes
