Revenue
Agency 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 to £5 million.
Total satellite brought in £31 million, representing an increase of 12.5% year on year.
| Total Television Revenue – June 2000 | |||
| Total Revenue | Jun 99 | Jun 00 | % Change |
| ITV | 140,604,000 | 168,740,000 | 20.0 |
| C4 | 45,820,000 | 52,830,000 | 15.3 |
| C5 | 13,600,000 | 18,200,000 | 33.8 |
| GMTV | 4,700,000 | 5,050,000 | 7.4 |
| Total Terrestrial (inc. GMTV) | 204,724,000 | 244,820,000 | 19.6 |
| Total Satellite | 27,960,000 | 31,450,000 | 12.5 |
| Source: Agency Estimates | |||
Carlton enjoyed the largest share of revenue during June, with 17%. It was also one of the few franchises to see a year-on-year rise, putting on 3 percentage points. Meridian and West Country were the only other regions to see rises, each adding 0.1 percentage points. Meridian took an 11.8% share of revenue, behind LWT’s 12.2% and Central’s 16.3%.
| June ITV Franchise Revenue Share Comparison | |||
| Station | Jun 99 | Jun 00 | % Point Change |
| Scotland | 6.2 | 5.6 | -0.6 |
| Anglia TV | 7.3 | 7.2 | -0.1 |
| Carlton | 14.0 | 17.0 | 3.0 |
| LWT | 12.5 | 12.2 | -0.3 |
| Central | 16.6 | 16.3 | -0.3 |
| North West/Border | 10.8 | 10.0 | -0.8 |
| Meridian | 11.7 | 11.8 | 0.1 |
| West Country | 2.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
| Ulster (UTV) | 2.0 | 1.9 | -0.1 |
| HTV | 6.0 | 5.6 | -0.4 |
| Yorkshire/North East | 10.9 | 10.4 | -0.5 |
Commercial Impacts Channel 5 had a good month in terms of commercial impacts, with increases across all categories except ABC1s which fell 1.1%. Housewives (14.3%) and Housewives with children (16.4%) showed the biggest improvements. Satellite saw the largest increases overall, with Housewives with children rising 32.8% and ABC1s up 29.8%. ITV saw losses in all categories ranging from -0.1% (ABC1s) to 9.5% (Housewives with children). The exception was Men, which rose 2.7%.
| Commercial Impacts | ||||||||
| ITV Impacts | % Ch YoY | C4 Impacts | % Ch YoY | C5 Impacts | % Ch YoY | Satellite Impacts | % Ch YoY | |
| Adults | 21,992 | -3.1 | 7,661 | 2.2 | 4,502 | 10.4 | 7,281 | 16.6 |
| Men | 8,950 | 2.7 | 3,408 | 5.9 | 2,073 | 8.7 | 3,646 | 12.8 |
| Women | 13,042 | -6.8 | 4,203 | -0.5 | 2,429 | 11.8 | 3,635 | 20.8 |
| Hwvs | 13,743 | -5.7 | 4,574 | 1.4 | 2,839 | 14.3 | 3,963 | 17.5 |
| Hwvs/Ch | 3,548 | -9.5 | 1,112 | -1.6 | 616 | 16.4 | 1,838 | 32.8 |
| ABC1 Adults | 8,166 | -0.1 | 3,244 | 5.1 | 1,393 | -1.1 | 3,050 | 29.8 |
Costs Per Thousand
Once again the largest increases in costs per thousand were found on the ITV network. Housewives with children saw a year-on-year rise of 32.6% to 5,762p, Women rose 28.8% to 1,568p and Housewives rose 27.2% to 1,488p. Channels 4 and 5 both saw increases in costs per thousand across the board. Channel 4’s biggest jump was in Housewives with children, which went up 17.2% to 5,755p. Channel 5 saw its largest rise in ABC1 Adults, up 35.2% 1,583p.
| CPTs | ||||||
| ITV | % Ch YoY | Channel 4 | % Ch YoY | Channel 5 | % Ch YoY | |
| Adults | 930 | 23.9 | 841 | 12.8 | 490 | 21.3 |
| Men | 2,285 | 16.8 | 1,878 | 8.9 | 1,064 | 23.1 |
| Women | 1,568 | 28.8 | 1,523 | 15.9 | 908 | 19.7 |
| Hwvs | 1,488 | 27.2 | 1,399 | 13.8 | 777 | 17.1 |
| Hwvs/Ch | 5,762 | 32.6 | 5,755 | 17.2 | 3,580 | 15.0 |
| ABC1 Adults | 2,504 | 20.6 | 1,973 | 9.7 | 1,583 | 35.2 |
Industry News
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