The latest figures released by the National Readership Survey (NRS) this week show a continuing slight overall decline in the readership of national titles. The whole sector dropped back by 0.5% year on year for the six months to October 1999.Contributing to the decline in readers were the two Express papers, down by 12.8% and… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – October 1999
After much delay and anticipation from the TV industry, the first week of digital television viewing figures, for the week ending 7 November, have been produced by BARB. Only available to BARB subscribers, the figures currently cover just Sky Digital homes. Unsurprisingly, given the host of new channels which digital satellite offers, share of viewing… Continue reading Film Services Prove Popular In Digital Homes
Last week saw the release of the first wave of data from the VIPer study – a new survey into the country’s ABs (see VIPer Research To Offer Advertisers Insight Into Rich And Influential). VIPer has been developed by a consortium of media owners to examine the lifestyles, media consumption and purchase habits of the… Continue reading Feature: The ABs’ Favourite Magazines
The latest national newspaper readership figures, released by the National Readership Survey (NRS) today, show the majority of titles shedding readers year on year. The national newspaper sector as a whole is down by 1.3 million readers (1.8%) across the papers listed here.The Express and Sunday Express are suffering the most, with readerships dropping by… Continue reading National Newspaper NRS Round-Up – September 1999
Capital 95.8FM continued its reign as the top commercial station in the London area in the latest RAJAR figures, released yesterday. Despite a 2.8% drop in its weekly reach, the station’s share of London listening remains healthy at 13%. Capital Gold, however, saw its weekly reach drop by 9.8% period on period to 1.2 million;… Continue reading September 1999 RAJAR: London Stations
With the exception of BBC Radio 1, the country’s national radio stations all saw their audiences fall over the summer period, according to the latest figures released by RAJAR this morning. Whilst Radio 1 increased its weekly audience by 2.5% to 11.2 million, the rest of the BBC’s national stations all saw the figures drop… Continue reading National Radio Stations Shed Listeners During Summer
BBC Radio has taken a greater share of listening than commercial radio in the latest radio audience figures released by RAJAR this morning. The new survey shows commercial radio slumping back in both share of listening and weekly reach between the June and September RAJAR survey periods. Overall BBC Radio reports increases in share and… Continue reading BBC Steals Greatest Share In Latest RAJAR Figures
Local commercial radio listening, including the London stations, dropped around 100,000 listeners (3.6%) period on period according to the September RAJAR survey. The sector’s share of listening fell by 0.9% points to 39.2%; average hours per listener per week increased by 0.1 to 14.9.Galaxy 105-106 reported its first RAJAR figure in this survey. The Chrysalis-owned… Continue reading September 1999 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations
This week the national newspaper market found a new battleground for readership figures when the Daily Mail responded to the launch of the Mirror‘s new magazine for women, M, with their own title of the same name. The launches highlight the increasing importance of supplements to national dailies and the need for detailed research into… Continue reading Feature: National Newspaper Supplements
Last week saw the launch of Turner Classic Movies (TCM), the second film channel from the Turner Broadcasting stable. With a target audience of 16-34 year olds, the old and classic movies channel brings the number of film-dedicated services available in the UK up to seven. TCM is the second new film channel to launch… Continue reading Feature: UK Film Channel Market
