Capital 95.8 FM strengthened its lead over its competition in London, increasing both reach and share during the three month period to December 2000. Its share of viewing across the capital saw the biggest increase of any station over the period, climbing 1.1% points to 12.4%, and its weekly reach was extended to 2.85m people.BBC’s… Continue reading Capital Still On Top As AM Declines Across London
BBC radio continued to improve its overall share of listening, at the expense of commercial stations, according to the latest figures released by RAJAR this morning. All BBC improved its share by a further 0.3% points in the final quarter of 2000, while All Commercial slipped 0.7% points.Amongst commercial stations losses were most acute across… Continue reading BBC Continues Its Upward Trend In Latest RAJAR Report
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has published its latest Trends in Television report. Its results show overall viewing levels continuing their period of stability (see Terrestrial Channels’ Loss Is Non-Terrestrials’ Gain In Latest IPA Report) during the final quarter of 2000.Taken as a whole, total viewing across 2000 remained relatively constant, at 3.67… Continue reading TV Viewing Levels Stable, Says IPA Report
BBC radio continued to improve its overall share of listening, at the expense of commercial stations, according to the latest figures released by RAJAR this morning. All BBC improved its share by a further 0.3% points in the final quarter of 2000, while All Commercial slipped 0.7% points. Amongst commercial stations losses were most acute… Continue reading BBC Continues Its Upward Trend In Latest RAJAR Report
A Digital Radio Development Bureau has been formed to accelerate the roll-out of the new medium. The news was announced as radio industry figures met to discuss the challenges of the market at Marketing Week’s Digital Radio conference yesterday. Although Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) technology is now in its sixth year, difficulties in translating its… Continue reading Digital Radio Development Bureau Forms, Medium Set To Be Market Leader By 2015
Telewest shares continued to do well yesterday, thanks to positive fourth quarter results (see Telewest Fourth Quarter Results Delivering On Target, Says Singer). Gaining nearly 6% during the day, they finished up 9p at £1.61.With the latest RAJAR radio audience figures released today, confidence was not good at Capital Radio, which dropped 15p to £10.97½.… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has published its latest Trends in Television report. Its results show overall viewing levels continuing their period of stability during the final quarter of 2000. Taken as a whole, total viewing across 2000 remained relatively constant, at 3.67 average hours per day, although live (unrecorded) terrestrial viewing fell… Continue reading TV Viewing Levels Stable, Says IPA Report
This was not a strong quarter for commercial stations. Virgin Radio (AM) slipped once again, by 0.4 percentage points in share and by 15.4% year on year in terms of reach. The station blames the erosion of AM listening and insisted that its future would be secured by being available across all platforms including the… Continue reading RAJAR Latest Shows Radio 2 And Classic FM Carry The Flag For National Stations
1 February 2001 The New York Times has sold off its golf magazine publishing division to Advance Publications for an undisclosed sum. It was reported that Condé Nast and AOL Time Warner were also in discussion to take control of the titles. The portfolio, which includes Golf World, Golf Digest and the GolfDigest.com website, is… Continue reading New York Times Sells Magazine Division
Granada Media received a positive rating from brokers Morgan Stanley Dean & Witter yesterday, ahead of the completion of its demerger from catering group Granada Compass (see Granada Rises On Positive Ratings). Shares were buoyed by this and ended the day’s trading up 10p at £3.85.A broker’s downgrade for BSkyB had the opposite effect on… Continue reading Sharewatch
