March brought a slight increase to the UK’s online digital population, marking the first time the amount of internet users has grown in 2014, after seeing a small month on month rise of 1.5%.
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This month saw viewers flock to BBC One’s charity sporting telethon and wave goodbye to Dancing on Ice.
March was a poor month for commercial TV, with all channels reporting declines in revenue.
The online presence of the UK’s free press saw the largest declines in March, according to the latest ABC report into the performance of digital newsbrands.
Following an increase in its print run earlier this year, the London Evening Standard is the only title to record any yearly growth in circulation, according to March’s ABC figures.
The UK’s online population has seen a steady, if minute, decline over the last few months, according to data released by online measurement company Nielsen.
Jonathan Creek, Top Gear and the Six Nations rugby all proved to be big hits in February’s TV calendar.
February was a good month for commercial television channels, with just ITV Breakfast seeing a very small decline in revenue.
Guardian.co.uk was the only online news platform to record any significant growth in February, while the MailOnline lost over half a million daily browsers.
The latest ABC regional newspaper results reveal an relatively stable picture for most of the top performing groups and titles, but a -35.7% decrease for Newsquest Midlands South lost the group an average of 103,500 copies.
