Month On Month Monthly national newspaper circulation figures for May, released by the ABC this week, showed an overall drop in sales of 0.5%. Sport First saw the greatest fall in circulation, down by almost 20% – or 15,925 sales – in a month on month analysis. Sunday Business also performed badly, slipping almost 8%… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round-Up – May 2000
A drop in both circulation and readership occurred across the national press market during 1999. Total circulation fell by 1.9% throughout last year, an actual fall of 511,651 sales. The popular papers in both the daily and Sunday sectors lost the greatest sales overall – falling 1.6% and 3.9% respectively. January – December 1999 ABC… Continue reading National Press Market Round-Up – 1999
The large television audiences gained by international football matches and competitions are a key bargaining tool for commercial TV networks to squeeze more revenue out of advertisers. Top home nation games can achieve by far the highest viewing figures of the whole year’s schedule, with an audience that is larger than average across the men,… Continue reading Feature: Advertisers Line Up As Euro 2000 Kicks Off
The latest data from the National Readership Survey (NRS) shows a continuing decline in readership figures, with a YOY decrease of 4.4%. The largest losses were seen at the Sunday People which dropped 18.3%, or 776,000 readers. The Mirror also fell 14.3% and The Times 11%.News of the World’s 5.7% drop was put forward by… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round Up – April 2000
Revenue Total terrestrial revenue (including GMTV) rose by 17.4% year on year to reach £273.5 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, ITV’s revenue rose 19.4% to £193 million; Channel 4’s grew by 10.8% to £56.3 million and Channel 5 saw its revenue rise by 19.4% to £18.3 million.Revenue at breakfast franchise GMTV grew 11.7%… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – April 2000
Programmes Man United’s disastrous Champions League match against Real Madrid proved, that while they may be the team that everyone loves to hate, they can still pull in big ratings for televised football. The second leg quarter-final match, which finished 3-2 to Real Madrid, attracted an audience of 9.83 million (with a consolidated viewing share… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – April 2000
Month On MonthMonthly national newspaper circulation figures for April, released by the ABC this week, showed a overall drop in sales of 1%. Sunday Sport saw the greatest fall in circulation, down by over 6% – or 12,500 sales – in a month on month analysis, while Sport First shed a further 6% over the… Continue reading National Newspaper ABC Round Up – April 2000
Local commercial radio made gains in its listening share for the March 2000 RAJAR period, rising 0.2% to 38.6% over the reporting period. At the same time the sector’s overall weekly reach was the second highest growth sector, climbing 3.4% to 27 million listeners. Average hours, however, remained static at 14.8 per listener per week.The… Continue reading March 2000 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations
BBC Radio 1 continues to be the nation’s most popular national radio station with an average weekly audience of 11.3 million, according to RAJAR figures for the three months to March 2000 released this morning. This represents a 4.3% increase in audience for Radio 1, which also saw its share of listening rise slightly by… Continue reading Radio 1 Continues To Lead National Radio
Commercial radio’s share of listening has increased, closing slightly the gap between commercial and public service radio listening, according to the latest RAJAR figures released this morning.The data, which covers the reporting period to March 2000, shows All Commercial radio’s share of listening increasing by 0.4% points to 47.1%, when compared to the previous period,… Continue reading Commercial Radio Makes Gains In Latest RAJAR Report
