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
Richard Eyre blamed the competing members of the ITV network for its failure to create a stong net brand at MediaTel’s Media Question Time event. He said that ITV’s online presence is currently in its infancy because each franchise wants to develop its own voice on the internet.In response to a question from the floor… Continue reading ITV Brand Must Unite On The Web, Says Richard Eyre
Revenue Total terrestrial television revenue for January 2000 (including GMTV) came in at £223.0 million, according to agency estimates. Of this, the ITV Network took £156.3 million, up 12.8% on January 1999; Channel 4’s revenue was up 9.8% to £47.4 million and Channel 5 saw its ad revenue grew annually by 24.3% to £15.3 million.… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – January 2000
Programmes Who says there isn’t decent light entertainment on television anymore? BBC1’s coverage of Man United hilarious participation in FIFA World Club Championships certainly seemed to disprove that. United’s drawn first match was watched by an audience of 10.17 million, while their 3-1 defeat two days later attracted 9.2 million people.Channel 4’s decision to give… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – January 2000
After much delay and anticipation from the TV industry, the first week of digital television viewing figures, for the week ending 7 November, have been produced by BARB. Only available to BARB subscribers, the figures currently cover just Sky Digital homes. Unsurprisingly, given the host of new channels which digital satellite offers, share of viewing… Continue reading Film Services Prove Popular In Digital Homes
Last week saw the launch of Turner Classic Movies (TCM), the second film channel from the Turner Broadcasting stable. With a target audience of 16-34 year olds, the old and classic movies channel brings the number of film-dedicated services available in the UK up to seven. TCM is the second new film channel to launch… Continue reading Feature: UK Film Channel Market
The Independent Television Commission (ITC) is to undertake a full-scale audit of the regulatory requirements imposed on commercial broadcasters. Working in tandem with the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, the review aims to simplify, streamline and modernise the current regulatory procedure.The massive undertaking, which was promised after recent consultations with the Government, will look… Continue reading ITC To Undergo Full-Scale Regulation Review
During last week’s IBC UK Digital TV conference (see Newsline), Dermot Nolan, a director from the media consultancy TBS, was determined to highlight the pitfalls of digital television (DTV), and to eliminate any industry illusions surrounding the new television medium.According to projections produced by TBS, digital television has so far underperformed and the UK is… Continue reading ‘Don’t Believe The Hype Of Digital TV’ Says Media Consultancy
