Programmes It’s impossible to talk about August’s top programmes without, once again, mentioning Big Brother. The most watched edition this month was, unsurprisingly, the fallout from ‘Nasty’ Nick Bateman’s eviction. The whole country, well, 6.87 million of it, were on tenterhooks wanting as Craig discovered Nick’s scheming.There wasn’t much on offer in the way new… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – August 2000
RevenueTerrestrial television including GMTV saw a 0.8% fall in total revenue, year on year, during August, recording an overall figure of £186.8m. According to agency estimates, ITV’s revenue dropped by 5.8% to £123.3m during last month, while the relative newcomer Channel 5 increased 25.7% to reach £16.5m.Channel 4 and GMTV both made modest increases, while… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – August 2000
Fears that personal video recorders could bring an end to television advertising as we know it could soon be abated. The companies that are revolutionising the way people watch television, letting them pre-record programmes and fast-forward past commercials at the push of a button, are still giving marketers a chance to catch viewers’ attention. TiVo… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Personal Video Recorders To Offer Tool For Advertisers
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RevenueAccording to agency estimates, year on year growth in terrestrial television including GMTV was 4.5% during July, with the total now at £203m. Channel 5 managed an increase of 26.7% to £15.9m, while Channel 4 rose 8.5% to £45.3m. ITV saw a small increase of 1.6% to reach £138m, but GMTV saw a drop of… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – July 2000
A national newspaper claimed on Sunday that a report it had obtained recommended that the government should bring forward the changeover from digital to analogue TV signals by subsidising or giving away digital decoding equipment to households. This would enable the auction of the analogue spectrum to occur as early as 2004, giving the government… Continue reading Report To Government Says Speed Up Digital Changeover
Programmes George Orwell couldn’t possibly have foreseen that his 1949 literary classic 1984 would become the basis for commisioning editors’ great new programme ideas. With celebrity’s own personal hell being banished to Room 101 on BBC2, Channel 4 decided to use the book’s main protagonist Big Brother for its summer schedule.Already a big hit in… Continue reading TV Viewing Round Up – July 2000
The last round of bidding for broadcasting rights to Premier League football matches not only raised unprecedented amounts of money for the league itself, but also ushered in what could be the future for making profit beyond ad revenue when screening matches. NTL won rights to show 44 matches as pay-per-view (PPV) events, but recent… Continue reading Insight Analysis: Viewers Will Resist Pay Per View TV, Says Survey
A leading force in ITV has finally emerged as Granada Media made the pounce for the television assets of United News & Media just over a week ago. The £1.75 billion deal with UNM makes Granada the undisputed leader of Britain’s main commercial TV network. The group gains control of the Meridian, Anglia and HTV… Continue reading Feature: Northern Star Rises Across ITV Network
RevenueAgency estimates put year on year growth in terrestrial television revenue (including GMTV) at 19.6%, with the total now at £245 million. This comprised ITV revenue’s 20% rise to £169 million, Channel 4’s growth of 15.3% to £53 million, Channel 5’s revenue rise of 33.8% to £18 million and GMTV’s 7.5% year on year increase… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – June 2000
