Comic Relief banked the top ratings in March with more than 10 million average viewers. The BBC’s coverage of the charity event came number one in the top programme rankings for the month, beating ITV1’s popular Sunday night hits Dancing on Ice and Wild at Heart.
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Data recently released by Kantar Media shows that the online population in Great Britain grew by just under 2% in the past year. A monthly average of 37.5 million people were online in GB from January to March 2011.
March brought an increase in overall users for the first time in 2011, according to data released by UKOM. There were signs of recovery from the post-Christmas slump with a boost of 750,000 users to the online population, totalling just under 40 million for the month.
National newspaper circulation figures were down across the board once again in March, with the daily market posting a 5% year on year decline.
The UK’s online audience fell below 40 million in February, according to data released by online measurement company UKOM.
This was the second month in a row that the total monthly audience dropped, resulting in 39.2 million, down 1.2 million users from December.
February was a good month for television, particularly for ITV, which not only banked the number one viewing spot with Dancing on Ice, but also enjoyed a 18.6% rise in revenues.
ITV1’s popular Dancing on Ice proved a popular choice once again, coming number one in the top programme rankings for February with a high of 9.28 million average viewers.
The UK’s online population has remained above 40 million for the second month in a row. January saw 40.1 million users go online, according to data recently released by UKOM.
The Sunday night TV schedule proved to be a hit for ITV1 during January, with a peak run of Dancing on Ice, Wild at Heart and the Dancing on Ice Skate Off.
Channel 5 had a particularly good post-Christmas month in January, with revenues up 18.4% on this time last year.