Virgin Radio (AM)’s weekly reach and share of listening both continued to fall according the September 2000 radio listening figures released by RAJAR this morning. The station, now part of SMG, turned in poor results in the June survey and has seen its reach fall by a further 6.5% and share by 0.5% points this… Continue reading Virgin Takes A Dip In Latest RAJAR
The share of listening held by BBC radio stations made gains in the last quarter, while commercial radio listening was down, according to the latest RAJAR figures released this morning. Overall, BBC stations improved their share by 0.3% points since June, to a total share of 51.4%, while commercial stations fell back 0.5% points to… Continue reading BBC Makes Gains In Latest RAJAR Report
NRS figures for the six-month period to the end of September show most titles losing readers. Overall the national newspaper sector was down 5% compared to the same period last year, a loss of 3m readers.The Times again saw the worst fall, losing 18% of its readership. The title has been shedding readers throughout 2000… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – September 2000
Programmes The return of ITV’s cash cow, Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, has helped ITV find some good cheer out of a poor month. With several top programmes underperforming on previous years’ totals, the big money quiz show gave the channel a dedicated appointment-to-view audience. For this latest extended run Millionaire averaged audiences of… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – September 2000
RevenueTerrestrial television including GMTV saw a 2% fall in total revenue, year on year, during September, recording an overall figure of £257.5m. According to agency estimates, ITV’s revenue dropped by 5.3% to £174.9m during last month, while Channel 5 increased 9.4% to reach £18.4m.Channel 4 was up 6.3% while GMTV fell 6.5% in a yearly… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – September 2000
Month on MonthIn a month on month analysis, sales of national newspapers rose by 1.1% during September 2000. Figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) showed that small rises were seen across the majority of titles.The heaviest losses were felt at the Racing Post where sales dropped by over 4,500 copies or 5.8%. The… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – September 2000
NRS figures for the six-month period ending August 2000 show a continuing decline in national newspaper readership. A 4.1% drop was recorded overall, with most titles reporting a drop in reader numbers in a year on year analysis.The worst fall came from the Times, which has seen a steep decline in its readership since its… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – August 2000
The editor’s letter is always a good place to start a first issue review and thus it’s a good place to begin my applause for this magazine. It’s a refreshing change to begin reading a magazine and not flick straight to the seemingly more obvious section/s – normally involving a young lady wearing only slightly… Continue reading Mondo – First Issue Review
Programmes It’s impossible to talk about August’s top programmes without, once again, mentioning Big Brother. The most watched edition this month was, unsurprisingly, the fallout from ‘Nasty’ Nick Bateman’s eviction. The whole country, well, 6.87 million of it, were on tenterhooks wanting as Craig discovered Nick’s scheming.There wasn’t much on offer in the way new… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – August 2000
RevenueTerrestrial television including GMTV saw a 0.8% fall in total revenue, year on year, during August, recording an overall figure of £186.8m. According to agency estimates, ITV’s revenue dropped by 5.8% to £123.3m during last month, while the relative newcomer Channel 5 increased 25.7% to reach £16.5m.Channel 4 and GMTV both made modest increases, while… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – August 2000
