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
In the latest set of newspaper circulation figures, released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) this week, weekly regional titles showed a fairly steady performance. The top two titles in terms of sales, Cornwall’s West Briton Series and the Essex Chronicle Series continue to jockey for position at the top of the table.For the… Continue reading Regional Weeklies Show Steady Performance In ABCs
The Manchester Evening News retains its position as the country’s biggest-selling regional newspaper, despite a 2.5% dip in its circulation base. Most flagship regional titles reported declining circulations in the latest figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) this week.The steepest fall came from the Belfast Telegraph, which now has new parents following… Continue reading Flagship Regional Titles Record Falling Circulations
Month On Month National newspapers showed an slight increase in sales during August. Overall the sector rose by just 0.9% in a month on month analysis, according to the latest figures from the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) with most titles showing small rises.The exception was Sport First, this month’s best performer, which increased its… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – August 2000
We were expecting a ‘healthstyle’, but assailed with opening page advertisements for BMW and DKNY, Bare looks more like a ‘wealthstyle’. Far from the chirpy, technicolour format of Shine or Zest, John Brown’s latest offering has an earnest, white-space and small print design reminiscent of Frank (uh-oh!) and at least some of that title’s seriously… Continue reading First Issue Review: Bare- ‘Wealthstyle’ from John Brown Publishing
NRS figures for the six month period ending July 2000 shows a continuing decline in newspaper readership. A 4.3% drop was seen overall, with more than half of all titles losing more than 2% of their readers.Despite its March revamp, readership of the Times continues to drop. Figures for July show a fall of 14.3%,… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – July 2000
RevenueAccording to agency estimates, year on year growth in terrestrial television including GMTV was 4.5% during July, with the total now at £203m. Channel 5 managed an increase of 26.7% to £15.9m, while Channel 4 rose 8.5% to £45.3m. ITV saw a small increase of 1.6% to reach £138m, but GMTV saw a drop of… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – July 2000
Programmes George Orwell couldn’t possibly have foreseen that his 1949 literary classic 1984 would become the basis for commisioning editors’ great new programme ideas. With celebrity’s own personal hell being banished to Room 101 on BBC2, Channel 4 decided to use the book’s main protagonist Big Brother for its summer schedule.Already a big hit in… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – July 2000
This edition is a revised version of the original report.Recent launches dominated the market in the first half of 2000, with 6 titles reporting for the first time. Nintendo magazines suffered badly at the expense of the more popular Sony Playstation and Sega Dreamcast, according to the latest ABC figures for the six-month period to… Continue reading ABC Report Update: New Launches Steady Volatile Gaming Market
