Tables showing the performances of each of the main UK radio groups in the latest RAJAR figures for the one year period to December 2000 are now available for subscribers.(Subscribers see full item in the Radio features list)
Once again this was a bad quarter for national commercial radio, which saw a decline in reach across all its stations. Like the previous quarter, worst hit were Atlantic 252, which dropped 21.2% and Virgin AM, which fell 34.3% in a year on year comparison.The BBC stations did not do very much better, with Radio… Continue reading Rajar Figures Show Another Tough Quarter For Commercial Stations
Commercial radio has fought back in the fight for share of listening, according to RAJAR figures released this morning. All Commercial saw a quarter on quarter increase in percentage share of 0.6 percentage points, bringing it to 46.6%, while All BBC saw a drop of 0.8 percentage points.Local Commercial also had a healthy quarter in… Continue reading RAJAR: Quarterly Gains For Commercial Radio
Brokers responded yesterday to recent low advertising figures for ITV. Several reduced their stance on both Carlton and Granada. As a result, Carlton shares ended the day down 6½p at £4.15½. Granada showed signs of weakness early on in the day, but managed to finish with a small increase of 1¼p to reach £1.82¼p.Bright Station… Continue reading Sharewatch
This time last year everyone was certain that the advertising and sponsorship on the internet to justify the huge spending of the dotcom boom companies was just around the corner. One year on and the corner has yet to be turned. Figures from NetValue claim that a third of UK homes now have internet access,… Continue reading Feature: Surviving The Dotcom Bomb
Publishing group Highbury House says that there has been a deterioration in newsstand sales during February – a trend which may have continued into the following months.Speaking at the company’s AGM this morning, executive chairman Ian Fletcher said that as newsstand sales can only be accurately quantified two months in arrears, it is difficult to… Continue reading February Warns Of Deteriorating Newsstand Sales For Highbury House
BSkyB To Cease Analogue Broadcast This SummerBSkyB plans to switch off its analogue broadcast completely, on target, during the summer of this year, the company announced this morning. Having grown its digital subscriber base to 5.4 million with a record quarter growth of 252,000 sales, Sky is in line to meet the target of 7… Continue reading BSkyB To Cease Analogue Broadcast This Summer
Trinity Mirror chairman, Sir Victor Blank, this morning told the company’s AGM that advertising growth for the first three months of the year slowed, but remains in line with the outlook given by Trinity in its preliminary results.In April, the rate of growth for Trinity’s regional titles was slower than the first quarter in all… Continue reading Advertising Slows At Trinity Mirror Titles
Reality TV is set to rule the airwaves this summer as the second series of last year’s hit Big Brother (see Big Brother Finale Gives C4 Largest Ever Friday Night Audience) fights for attention with the UK version of US success Survivor. While the shows are unlikely to directly clash on the schedules, with ITV’s… Continue reading Reality Shows Go Head To Head For Summer Season
The ongoing battle between mid market papers the Daily Express and the Daily Mail continued at the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) this month, when complaints from both the Express and a member of the public over a Mail direct mailing received adjudication.The complaints were with regard to a mailing sent to members of the public… Continue reading Mail’s Mailing Comes To ASA Attention
