The Incorporated Society of British Advertisers (ISBA) has given a cautious welcome to the agreement reached by the ITC and ITV which will see the limited return of ITN’s News at Ten (see News At Ten To Return To ITV). Unsuprisingly, the society welcomed the prospect of increased peaktime advertising and scheduling flexibility, but “continues… Continue reading ISBA Gives Limited Welcome To ITN News At Ten’s Return
Blind Date, You’ve Been Framed and Barrymore are part of a dying breed of mainstream entertainment programmes, according to a new report. Traditional Saturday night schedules are looking tired and repetitive as fragmenting audiences move towards niche, specialised programming offered by pay-tv broadcasters.This is the result of research and analysis into the entertainment genre by… Continue reading Entertainment Is Dead, Long Live Entertainment
Channel 4’s hit show of the summer Big Brother is thought to have a lot to thank the internet for. The ability of eleven ordinary people locked in a house to draw some of the largest audiences the channel has ever seen (see Big Brother Finale Gives C4 Largest Ever Friday Night Audience) was greatly… Continue reading Big Brother Website Makes It Into August Top Ten
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% during last month, while the relative newcomer Channel 5 increased 25.7%.Channel 4 and GMTV both made modest increases, while total satellite continues its pattern… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – August 2000
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
Digital viewing figures for this month show that non-terrestrial channels continue to command an impressive share of viewing in homes with digital television. The average share of viewing in digital homes for these channels during August was 52.4%, compared to 50.6% in July. This has corresponded with a growth in viewing share for non-terrestrial channels… Continue reading ITV Slips While Non-Terrestrials Improve In Digital Television Homes
Channel 4 is to launch a raft of new film channels following on from the success of Film Four. The channel’s first pay-tv venture, which launched in 1998 and now has 300,000 subscribers (see Film Four On Air), will be joined by three further channels by the end of this year.With the working title of… Continue reading C4 To Launch Trio Of Film Channels
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 as Craig discovered Nick’s scheming.There wasn’t much on offer in the way of 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
Media Metrix and Jupiter Communications have completed their merger and began trading on the NASDAQ under the new name Jupiter Media Metrix yesterday. President and chief operating officer Gene DeRose said: “We are creating a company like no other.”The two companies, which provide market information about the internet, announced their merger in June (see One-Stop… Continue reading Jupiter and Media Metrix Complete Merger
