The Rugby World Cup and the return of Downton Abbey pulled in solid audiences for ITV.
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September was a strong month for commercial broadcasters, with revenues up across the board.
The majority of online newsbrands audited by ABC saw a fall in activity in September with Metro witnessing the biggest month on month loss.
The end of the summer Britain never had saw national newspaper circulations remain fairly static compared with August, while yearly figures continued their usual decline.
The UK’s desktop-only online population remained level in August 2015 with a total of 45.4 million individuals accessing the internet through PCs or laptops.
Channel 4 increased its revenue by 20.2% year-on-year to surpass £43.6m while ITV 1 was up 4.3% to almost £95.4m
August saw Great British Bake Off, X Factor and New Tricks all achieve high viewing figures.
The Sun’s website jumped by a massive 63% in just one month, reporting an impressive daily average of 1,289,922 browsers visiting the site in August.
The summertime lull continued for national newspapers in August, with no titles across the three markets recording any notable change in circulation.
July saw the UK’s desktop-only online population remain static with a total of 45.4 million visitors using the internet over this period.