Despite unprecedented world events, the national newspaper market failed to record many gains throughout September.
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Cold Feet, Strictly Come Dancing and Sam Allardyce’s cameo appearance as England manager all topped the TV ratings chart in September.
Unsurprisingly, the BBC’s coverage of the Rio Olympics dominated August’s top programmes list.
As expected of the quieter summer months, August witnessed a host of revenue declines in the commercial TV market, with one exception.
A tough month across the board, with each total market sector posting year on year falls in circulation
Following a strong month which played host to the EU Referendum and a number of sporting events, July was a quieter month for commercial TV channels.
The absence of Brexit coverage and sporting events clearly had a negative impact on the quality market, with the Telegraph, Financial Times and Guardian recording the biggest circulation declines of all the daily titles.
The summer of sport continued to dominate the ratings in July, with the football and tennis really pulling in the viewers.
A month of sport and EU Referendum coverage clearly helped boost commercial TV revenues in June – with ITV up by more than a quarter.
Football completely dominated June’s TV schedule, with both ITV and BBC One scoring healthy ratings for the Euro 2016 football tournament held in France.