Readership of national newspapers showed a year on year decline of 3.3%, according to NRS figures released for March 2001.Among only four titles which managed a year on year increase for the six month period were tabloids the Sun and the Mirror. The Sun still leads the field, with a readership which grew 1.8% to… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – March 2001
Programmes The top rated programme of the month was the whodunnit shooting of Phil Mitchell in Eastenders. The programme shown on 1 March was watched by an average audience of 18.01m.Despite the hype surrounding the shooting of the ‘nice’ Mitchell brother, the must-see programme of the month had to be Raw Spice. Featuring behind-the- scenes… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – March 2001
RevenueThe total TV revenue saw a year on year fall of 3.6% during March. The largest loss was at ITV, which dropped 8.2% to just under £160, compared to nearly £175m for the same period last year.Channel 4 performed the best of the terrestrial channels, with an 8.9% increase in the year on year analysis.… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – March 2001
Month on MonthThe Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) has released national newspaper circulation data for March 2001. Total circulation across all titles fell by 1.1% month on month, with eight titles seeing slippage in their individual circulations.The largest gains were at the Sunday Express, which added nearly 90,000 or 9.9%. However, so far Richard Desmond’s… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up -March 2001
Digital television viewing figures for March shows that non-terrestrial channels continue to grow audiences in general terms, having increased their share of viewing across all homes from an average 15.5% in March 2000 to 19.9% in March 2001. The biggest loss of viewing share was at ITV, which, although with 28.5% it still commands the… Continue reading Digital Television Round-Up – March 2001
RevenueRevenue for terrestrial television channels slipped 2.6% during February to £214.9m. The largest fall came from GMTV which was down 15% in a year on year analysis, while the ITV network overall fell 5.8%.Channel 4 increased its revenue by 8.2% to £52m, while Channel 5 remained steady at £15.6m. Revenue for satellite channels continues to… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – February 2001
The latest figures from the NRS show a decline in national newspaper readership for the six month period ending February 2001. Overall the sector was down 3.6% compared to same period last year, with just four titles showing an increase.The Daily Star took the greatest tumble, losing almost 16% of its readership or 250,000 readers.… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – February 2001
ProgrammesThe big television highlight of this month was the unveiling of the final five members of the Popstars group. Having gone through the excruciating audition process, which featured some singing talent not seen since the heyday of Linda McCartney in Wings and surviving Nasty Nigel’s fairly nasty putdowns, 3 February saw two programmes devoted to… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – February 2001
The national press market continued to decline during 2000 with overall circulation down 1.3% and readership slipping 5.5%. The popular papers were the worst affected by circulation falls while quality titles took the brunt of the fall in readership.Popular Sunday papers suffered the worst circulation falls over the year, losing 3.4% of average annual sales… Continue reading National Press Market Round-Up – 2000
Penetration of broadband services reached 26.5% by October 2000, up 1.4 percentage points. The year was marked by a period of consolidation within the industry as the field was narrowed to just two contenders: NTL and Telewest Communications.NTL’s £8bn merger with Cable & Wireless Communications (see NTL Spends £8.2bn On Cable & Wireless Communications) was… Continue reading Annual Cable & Satellite Round-Up – 2000
