Unsurprisingly, the December TV chart was dominated by a raft of seasonal specials, including Downton Abbey, Call the Midwife and Doctor Who.
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There was little circulation change to daily, Sunday and free titles during December.
A -9.9% decline over the month cost Mail Online almost 1.5 million daily browsers.
The festive period was good to the majority of commercial broadcasters, with C4 and ITV 1 reporting solid revenue increases.
Strictly, Adele and celebrity jungle action were among some of the best performing programmes in November.
While November was a fairly poor month for the majority of commercial broadcasters, Channel 4 recorded a huge increase in revenue.
The Times was up 3.4% last month, boosting its circulation by more than 13,000 copies – coupled with a 4.7% year-on-year increase to mark it out in an otherwise struggling market.
October was a strong month for the majority of commercial broadcasters, with just Channel 5 recording a notable decline in revenue.
The UK’s online population enjoyed some growth in October with desktop-only users seeing a minute 0.8% rise, according to data recently released by online analytical company comScore.
Doctor Foster, the return of The Apprentice and some big Rugby World Cup matches dominated October’s TV schedule.
