There has been a further increase in the overall decline in national newspaper readership, according to the latest figures released by the National Readership Survey (NRS). A year-on-year analysis shows the whole sector falling 3.1% – or 2.2 million readers – for the six month period ending February 2000.The largest falls came from the Sunday… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round Up – February 2000
Revenue Total terrestrial revenue for February 2000 (including GMTV) came in at £221 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, revenue for the ITV Network rose 7.7% compared to February 1999, taking a total £152 million for the month; Channel 4 took £48 million, an increase of 7.5%, and Channel 5 saw its ad revenue… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – February 2000
Total terrestrial revenue for February 2000 (including GMTV) came in at £221 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, revenue for the ITV Network rose 7.7% compared to February 1999, taking a total £152 million for the month; Channel 4 took £48 million, an increase of 7.5%, and Channel 5 saw its ad revenue grow… Continue reading TV Revenue Report – February 2000
Programmes The BBC would call it brand extension, others would say it’s scraping the barrel for all it’s worth. Whatever you want to call it When Changing Rooms Met Ground Force certainly proved popular with the viewing public, with an audience of 10.56 million tuning in to the one-off programme.The fifteenth anniversary celebrations of Eastenders,… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – February 2000
Weekly titles showed the most steady performance year on year in the latest regional newspapers circulation figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) this week. The sector is led by Cornwall’s West Briton Series which had a weekly circulation of 50,616 copies for the July-December 1999 period; this is virtually no change on… Continue reading Top Regional Weeklies Hold Steady In Latest ABCs
The Manchester Evening News is the country’s biggest-selling regional newspaper, according to the latest figures released by the Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) this week. The Manchester daily title takes the top spot from the Birmingham Evening Mail, which has been suspended by the ABC following the discovery that it was reporting false circulation figures… Continue reading Flagship Regional Titles See Fall In Sales
Month On MonthMonthly national newspaper circulation figures for February, released by the ABC this week, show a fairly solid performance from the News International titles. The Sun, Times, Sunday Times and News Of The World all show improving sales when compared to January’s figures.Elsewhere, the Financial Times continues to grow its circulation base, up 3.2%… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – February 2000
There has been an increase in the overall decline in national newspaper readership, according to the latest figures released by the National Readership Survey (NRS). A year-on-year analysis shows the whole sector falling 2.3% – or 1.6 million readers – for the six-month period ending January 2000.The largest falls during the period came from the… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – January 2000
Revenue Total terrestrial television revenue for January 2000 (including GMTV) came in at £223.0 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, the ITV Network took £156.3 million, up 12.8% on January 1999; Channel 4’s revenue was up 9.8% to £47.4 million and Channel 5 saw its ad revenue grew annually by 24.3% to £15.3 million.… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2000
Programmes Who says there isn’t decent light entertainment on television anymore? BBC1’s coverage of Man United hilarious participation in FIFA World Club Championships certainly seemed to disprove that. United’s drawn first match was watched by an audience of 10.17 million, while their 3-1 defeat two days later attracted 9.2 million people.Channel 4’s decision to give… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – January 2000
