Following a poor October, November – with its Christmas advertising boost – saw a reversal of fortune for most of the UK TV market.
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Howard’s End and Blue Planet II dominated on the BBC, while ITV secured solid ratings from international football friendlies.
No national newspaper was able to record any period-on-period growth in November and only one title – The Daily Telegraph – recorded any year-on-year growth.
October was a fairly poor month for most commercial broadcasters with a series of year-on-year revenue declines recorded.
Blue Planet II, Gunpowder and Our Girl all performed well in October’s TV ratings.
Channel 4 suffered a -11.6% year-on-year drop in revenues in September, according to the latest agency estimates.
Quality market titles the Financial Times and the Guardian, alongside Metro’s UK footprint, led the daily market in September and were the only newspapers to record an increase in circulation over the period.
Strictly Come Dancing ruled the airwaves in September, as the fifteenth series returned to BBC One’s Saturday night autumn line-up.
Following a series of declines in June and July, August continued the trend in the commercial broadcast market.
Despite a large public outcry last year, The Great British Bake Off has survived its transition from BBC to commercial television Channel 4.Over 8.7 million people tuned in to see that the show hadn’t been ruined by addition of advertising breaks nor having Sandi Toksvig and Noel Fielding present the show instead of Mel and… Continue reading TV viewing round-up: August 2017