November’s viewing figures from BARB show that as the winter schedules got underway, the shift in pulling power continues to move away from the traditional names as viewing diversifies.Year on year, ITV1 has saw its share of viewing fall in November, from just under 30% share in 2000 to just over 25% this year. Recently… Continue reading Digital TV Round-Up – November 2001
Early media buying estimates from trade journal Media Week are indicating that ITV’s advertising revenues will be down by more than 20% in January next year. Year on year in September, revenue was down 18.7% and in October it declined 11.9%, according agency estimates compiled by MediaTel.co.uk. ABN Amro says that if the Media Week… Continue reading Early January Buying Indicators Put ITV Revenue Off 20%
RevenueYear on year analysis shows that total TV revenue fell 9.6% during October as the advertising downturn continued to cast a shadow over the industry. ITV1 was the worst hit with revenue falling 11.9% year on year, closely followed by Channel 4, which saw revenue drop 6.1% during October. GMTV was the only network to… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – October 2001
Programmes As the football season got into it’s swing, all eyes were on ITV1’s The Premiership to see whether it could avoid relegation. The Saturday evening prime time football show made the top three sports programmes in terms of audience size for three out of the four weeks in October. However, audiences hovered around the… Continue reading TV Viewing Round-Up – October 2001
Analysis of the latest BARB data on digital TV viewing shows some dramatic year on year changes among the main contenders for viewing share.In all homes, non-terrestrial channels increased their share of viewing during October from 17.7% to just over 20%. BBC1 has also found itself in a stronger position during October, rising from a… Continue reading Digital Viewing Round-Up – October 2001
Revenue Terrestrial: Recent analyst forecasts suggest that in the coming months ITV revenues will not deteriorate further to any great degree, but nor will it improve sufficiently to pick up the full-year average. Despite this, the run up to Christmas is expected to be poor for ITV. Analysts at ABN AMRO are sticking by their… Continue reading Insight Sector Report: TELEVISION – 21.11.01
Analysts at ABN AMRO are sticking by their forecast of a 20% drop in ad revenue at ITV in November despite popular opinion within the trade press that 15% is a more likely figure. ABN ‘remains cautious’ about ITV, but says that if the general trends within the market continue to look ‘cyclical’ there is… Continue reading ABN ‘Remains Cautious’ On ITV Ad Revenue Forecasts
According to a new report, FRIACO: How capacity-based interconnection strengthens the Internet market, published this week by Analysys, flat-rate internet access call origination (FRIACO) will generate demand for broadband in western Europe. “FRIACO is not merely a stopgap between pay-as-you-go (metered Internet access) and broadband, but more an important and effective migration path to mass-market… Continue reading FRIACO Will Drive Broadband In Western Europe, Says Analysys
RevenueYear on year analysis shows that TV revenue fell across the board during September, as the terrorist attacks on the US cast a shadow of gloom over the industry, which was already in the midst of an advertising downturn.Total terrestrial TV revenue fell 16.9% year on year. ITV was the worst hit with revenue dropping… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – September 2001
Shares in ITV companies began to fall this morning as analysts at Merrill Lynch cut their forecasts for the Network’s advertising revenues. Reports quote the broker as pulling back 2001 growth from -14.5% to -15.5%; 2002 figures are understood to have been revised from -2.0% to -2.5%. Poor advance bookings for December are thought to… Continue reading ITV Stock Hit By Merrill Lynch Downgrades
