Programmes Man United’s disastrous Champions League match against Real Madrid proved, that while they may be the team that everyone loves to hate, they can still pull in big ratings for televised football. The second leg quarter-final match, which finished 3-2 to Real Madrid, attracted an audience of 9.83 million (with a consolidated viewing share… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – April 2000
On Wednesday next week the ITV Network is to hand over a set of proposals to the Independent Television Commission (ITC) outlining a strategy to boost its ailing news programme audiences. Of particular concern to the television watchdog are the falling viewing figures for ITV’s regional news bulletins which, on aggregate, have seen audiences drop… Continue reading Feature: Regional Programming Suffers From ITV Scheduling Changes
Digital television is gradually building its presence in the UK, having attracted more than three million customers across the terrestrial, satellite and cable platforms. BSkyB became the first company to roll out a digital TV service commercially when Sky Digital launched in October 1998; digital terrestrial followed in November with the arrival of ONdigital and… Continue reading Feature: Terrestrial Stations Lose Out As Digital Gains Ground
Revenue Total terrestrial television revenue (including GMTV) rose by 9.9% year on year to reach £250.5 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, ITV’s revenue rose 9.3% to £174 million; Channel 4’s grew by 10.8% to £54.3 million and Channel 5 saw revenue rise by 15.5% to reach £17.2 million.Revenue at breakfast franchise GMTV grew… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – March 2000
Programmes This month was a pretty sparse one for top notch programmes, with BBC1’s Monarch of the Glen proving to be one of the few successful new television series. Viewing figures for the rural drama hovered around the 8 million mark throughout March, with consolidated share of viewing around 30%. The good performance of the… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – March 2000
Revenue Total terrestrial revenue for February 2000 (including GMTV) came in at £221 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, revenue for the ITV Network rose 7.7% compared to February 1999, taking a total £152 million for the month; Channel 4 took £48 million, an increase of 7.5%, and Channel 5 saw its ad revenue… Continue reading TV Market Round Up – February 2000
Interactive digital television (iDTV) will reach 80 million European homes by 2005, according to a recent report by Forrester Research. The “walled garden” system currently available on interactive platforms will fall, allowing full internet access through TV screens. There are currently 7 million subscribers to interactive television systems throughout Europe. This will double to 14… Continue reading Online Services Will Be Driven By TV, Says Forrester
Total terrestrial revenue for February 2000 (including GMTV) came in at £221 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, revenue for the ITV Network rose 7.7% compared to February 1999, taking a total £152 million for the month; Channel 4 took £48 million, an increase of 7.5%, and Channel 5 saw its ad revenue grow… Continue reading TV Revenue Report – February 2000
Programmes The BBC would call it brand extension, others would say it’s scraping the barrel for all it’s worth. Whatever you want to call it When Changing Rooms Met Ground Force certainly proved popular with the viewing public, with an audience of 10.56 million tuning in to the one-off programme.The fifteenth anniversary celebrations of Eastenders,… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – February 2000
The UK will be the most advanced digital television market in Europe by 2004, with almost 10 million digital homes, a new report has shown. According to technology research company Datamonitor, the UK and France will lead digital developments in Europe and by 2004 the UK will have 9.9 million digital TV homes, representing 27%… Continue reading UK Will Lead European Digital TV Development, Says Datamonitor
