This month saw the return of Simon Cowell to Britain’s Got Talent, along with new judges David Walliams and Alesha Dixon. The talent show easily topped the programmes rankings in March, with 11.5 million viewers.
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Following months of positive figures Channel 5 saw a -21.1% decline in network revenue in February, while Channel 4 enjoyed a 20% increase.
The UK’s national newspaper websites saw usage figures increase in February, with almost all audited sites recording a rise, with the exception of Mirror Group Digital and MailOnline.Mirror Group Digital recorded a -25% decline – down by more than 220,810 daily average unique browsers, despite re-launching in February. The drop has been attributed to the… Continue reading ABC February 2012: Mirror Group posts 25% fall in web traffic
39.8 million UK users accessed the internet in February, according to data released by online research company UKOM.
The runaway success of BBC One’s new medical drama series Call The Midwife is evident in February’s top programme rankings. The Sunday night drama claimed poll position with a high of 11.4 million viewers.
The daily newspaper market is down -5.2% on February 2011, with just one title posting an increase over the year.
The latest ABC release for the regional press continues to show online usage increasing for the regional networks. The top network is still Trinity Mirror with over nine million monthly unique browsers.
Today’s ABC release paints a fairly poor picture for the regional newspaper market, with all but one newspaper group in our analysis posting percentage declines in the July to December period.
The dawn of 2012 brought a record amount of the UK’s population online, according to the latest data released by online research company UKOM.
The quality market titles, both the dailies and Sundays, were among the biggest losers in readership terms in 2011. The FT saw its readership fall by -12.9% YoY in 2011, while the Times lost 180,000 readers during the one-year period (-11.5%). The Sunday Times also saw its readership drop -10.1% (-297,000 readers).