July saw 12.3 million viewers tune in to the Wimbledon Men’s Final to see Murray’s historic win, as the birth of a future king sparked a news battle between ITV and the BBC – one of the rare occasions when the commercial channel came out on top.
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In contrast to June’s figures, commercial television channels in July saw an overall rise in yearly revenues, with Total Terrestrial up 12.1% to £145,200,000.
It was a clash of the grim and gritty later on as ITV’s third series premier of Vera (8pm) went head to head with BBC One’s new four part drama What Remains (9pm). The ITV show staring Brenda Blethyn as yet another maverick detective did get a head start on its two hour investigation.
Following AOL’s purchase of Adap.tv, along with fresh viewing figures from Thinkbox, it’s plain to see that video on demand is growing, says Dominic Mills – though achingly slowly – and live TV certainly retains an iron grip on our viewing habits for now.
New TV viewing figures from Thinkbox for the first half of 2013 show how people’s television habits are changing as on-demand TV viewing becomes a more established part of people’s lives.
Speaking at the 2013 Edinburgh International Television Festival, Spacey said that shows such as Breaking Bad and The Sopranos were “inescapable evidence that the King of television is the creative”, and that “revolutionary programming” must be kept alive.
The news comes alongside the announcement that Netflix has reached an exclusive deal with Weinstein Co. for the film producers’ film catalogue starting in 2016.
The UK currently stands at 9.6 million homes and at number five in the top five pay satellite TV countries, however is expected to be replaced by Indonesia in 2018.
It would be heart warming, says Raymond Snoddy, if local TV were to establish itself and outlive the period of Government-imposed subsidy that will kick-start it. But to do so it will have to confront and overcome a number of harsh challenges.
The TV comes with a wooden frame and rotary dials for that touch of 70s authenticity.