Local commercial radio made gains in its listening share for the June 2000 RAJAR period, rising 0.2 percentage points to 38.8% over the three month reporting period. At the same time the sector’s weekly reach fell by 0.4% to 26.7 million listeners. Average hours increased by 1.4% to 15 hours per listener per week.The following… Continue reading June 2000 RAJAR – Local Commercial Stations
Media stocks appeared to be out of favour on the market yesterday. Reuters fell 55p to £12.20, while BSkyB dropped 43p to £11.72. Daily Mail fell just over 53p to £10.87, WPP fell 24p to £8.90 and United News & Media 23p to £8.25 ahead of today’s half year results.Cable companies Cable & Wireless and… Continue reading Sharewatch
Sky Digital has this week expanded the capabilities of shopping channel QVC with the launch of an interactive QVC Directory. The new service allows customers to browse through a catalogue of QVC beauty products as well as programme listings and a customer service guide using their digital set-top box.All of the shopping channel’s main product… Continue reading Sky Digital Introduces Interactive Option For Shopping Channel
A series of tables to show the performances of each of the main UK groups in the latest RAJAR figures is now available in the Radio features list. The data covers the year to June 2000.(Subscribers see full item in the Radio features list)
BBC Radio 1 continues to be the nation’s most popular national radio station with an average weekly audience of 11.3 million, according to RAJAR figures for the three months to March 2000 released this morning. This represents a 3.4% increase in audience compared to the same period last year, but is unchanged compared to the… Continue reading National Commercial Radio Audiences Slip In Latest RAJAR Report
The June 2000 RAJAR figures have shown significant increases for Emap’s Kiss 100 FM and FLR (First Love Radio). Kiss’ reach increased by 11.3%, while FLR rose 33.3%.In terms of share of listening Kiss had the best performance of any London station over the period. It now commands a 4.3% share of the London audience,… Continue reading Kiss & FLR Enjoy Love Affair With London’s Listeners
Rumours about the uncertain future of Associated New Media’s women’s portal charlottestreet.com were flying once again this week as it emerged that the site’s backers, Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT), were planning an online version of the newspaper’s successful Sunday supplement You. Although both portals would target the same female, 30-45 year old audience,… Continue reading Launches Brief
The share of listening held by commercial radio stations and by public service stations increased by the same amount in the last quarter, according to the latest RAJAR figures released this morning. All commercial and All BBC both increased their share of the radio audience by 0.1% in the three months ending June 2000.The increases… Continue reading Local Radio Makes Gains In Latest RAJAR Report
Granada Media appeared to have lost the momentum caused by the UNM takeover (see Sharewatch), and even the news that it is to collaborate with the BBC to create a production facility in Manchester (see Granada And BBC To Form Regional Production Facilities Joint Venture) could not stop the company’s share price falling 4p yesterday… Continue reading Sharewatch
Their flagship soap operas may be the battle ground for top ratings, but the BBC and Granada Media are planning to join forces to create a joint venture company offering production facilities from Granada’s Manchester home.Granada Media will own 80% of the joint venture, called 3sixtymedia, while the BBC will own the remaining 20%. The… Continue reading Granada And BBC To Form Regional Production Facilities Joint Venture
