The Ratings Thread (Part 19)

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gottago

30-04-2011

Originally Posted by Brekkie:
“I don't really get why people would choose to watch online. It's not like it wasn't available on TV.”

Because they weren't near a tv..?

D.M.N.

30-04-2011

Sam Hodges, BBC Head of Communications predicts ~25m. The delay in ratings I think is probably due to the large volume of data to process, if there's more people watching TV on a typical day, or 'abnormal' viewing patterns then that means more data to process meaning it will take longer.

allgrownup

30-04-2011

Peak in Holland was 2.7 million. Thought it would be higher due to lower lead-in and lead-out but not too shabby during the daytime.

rzt

30-04-2011

Breaking News...

The Royal Wedding peaked on BBC1 with 19.29m (68.9%) at 12:20.

Peak on ITV1 was 6.00m (21.7%) at 11:05.

More info very soon...

gottago

30-04-2011

Originally Posted by rzt:
“Breaking News...

The Royal Wedding peaked on BBC1 with 19.29m (68.9%) at 12:20.

Peak on ITV1 was 6.00m (21.7%) at 11:05.

More info very soon...”

That was the peak for the entire day?! Well that's disappointing!

fmradiotuner1

30-04-2011

I guess 6.00m for ITV is still quite good?

sstripling

30-04-2011

Ignore

D.M.N.

30-04-2011

Looks like the peak overall was in the region of 23m to 25m then? Very good peak for BBC, however I think ITV will be very pleased with the 6m peak. Well deserved, that.

EDIT: The overall averages may be more interesting, as I suspect the average for BBC maybe a lot lower than the peak.

mancitybean

30-04-2011

I'm sorry, but that's just poor. The highlights might be high in prime-time though.

mossy2103

30-04-2011

Originally Posted by gottago:
“That was the peak for the entire day?! Well that's disappointing!”

Remember the many who would have been watching the streamed output instead of broadcast TV.

sstripling

30-04-2011

Originally Posted by rzt:
“Breaking News...

The Royal Wedding peaked on BBC1 with 19.29m (68.9%) at 12:20.

Peak on ITV1 was 6.00m (21.7%) at 11:05.

More info very soon...”

So a 90.6% overal peak share - impressive and thats without Sky etc.

So ITV peaked at the beginning of the service and BBC towards the end. Intresting.

rzt

30-04-2011

Royal Wedding Combined Peak
The Royal Wedding had a 5-minute combined peak audience of 26.2m (93.4%) at 11:15 across BBC1, ITV1, BBC News, Sky News, Sky Living, E! and Fox News (including HD simulcasts where necessary).

When the peak of 26.2m (93.4%) happened at 11:15, the channels' audiences were broken down as follows:

BBC1: 19.03m (67.8%)
ITV1: 5.94m (21.2%)
Sky News: 693k (2.5%)
BBC News: 437k (1.6%)
Sky Living: 86k (0.3%)
E!: 9k (0.03%)
Fox News: 2k (0.01%)

This was the combined audience for all those channels added together at their absolute highest peak cumulatively. Each channel might've had individual peaks at different times (as mentioned in my previous posts) but when added together, simultaneously this was the highest total peak audience watching the Royal Wedding at any one time yesterday across all channels broadcasting the event live.

It was the most watched televised moment in Britain since Princess Diana's funeral in 1997, which had over 30m.

-->Notes:
- As ITV1+1 and Sky Living +1 broadcast on a one-hour delay, those audiences have not been included in the aforementioned 5-minute 'live' peak, however their audiences will be mentioned in my next post.
- CNN, Al Jazeera English, France 24 etc also broadcasted the event but they are not BARB reported channels and therefore ratings for those channels are unavailable. However I suspect no more than 0.1m would've watched on those channels anyway.
- The above ratings do not include people watching on big screens, in pubs, clubs, theaters, parks, cinemas etc.

Detailed overnights on the way soon...

KennyT

30-04-2011

Originally Posted by sstripling:
“So a 90.6% overal peak share - impressive and thats without Sky etc.”

Unlikely. The two peaks didn't happen at the same time. In fact, reading between the lines, it looks as though some of ITV's viewers switched to BBC for the actual ceremony?

K

edit, so about half a million switched away from ITV during the course of the ceremony? I wonder why?

edit2: A big thanks to rzt for the figures!

D.M.N.

30-04-2011

First off, many thanks rzt for the analysis... next few posts should be interesting.

In my view, a 26.1m peak for any event in this day and age is exceptional. Most watched moment since Diana's funeral I see, wow.

rzt

30-04-2011

Friday 29th April: Royal Wedding Coverage - Overnights
BBC One
08:00-13:40: The Royal Wedding: 13.44m (61.1%)
* 5-minute peak: 19.29m (68.9%) at 12:20
* 08:00-08:30: 4.67m (50.9%)
* 08:30-09:00: 6.60m (55.2%)
* 09:00-09:30: 7.94m (53.1%)
* 09:30-10:00: 10.14m (56.7%)
* 10:00-10:30: 13.03m (61.4%)
* 10:30-11:00: 15.65m (65.2%)
* 11:00-11:30: 18.76m (67.7%)
* 11:30-12:00: 18.58m (66.8%)
* 12:00-12:30: 18.84m (67.1%)
* 12:30-13:00: 16.13m (63.3%)
* 13:00-13:30: 15.80m (62.8%)
* 13:30-13:40: 15.33m (62.1%)

14:10-16:00: The Royal Wedding: 5.41m (35.0%)
* 5-minute peak: 6.90m (39.4%) at 14:10
* 14:10-14:30: 6.30m (37.2%)
* 14:30-15:00: 5.44m (34.8%)
* 15:00-15:30: 5.03m (34.0%)
* 15:30-16:00: 5.18m (34.4%)

ITV1
08:25-10:45: The Royal Wedding: 3.72m (21.6%)
* 5-minute peak: 5.36m (21.7%) at 10:40
* 08:25-09:00: 2.22m (18.8%)
* 09:00-09:30: 3.56m (23.9%)
* 09:30-10:00: 4.08m (22.9%)
* 10:00-10:30: 4.53m (21.4%)
* 10:30-10:45: 5.17m (21.6%)

10:45-12:15: The Royal Wedding: 5.79m (21.0%)
* 5-minute peak: 6.00m (21.7%) at 11:05
* 10:45-11:00: 5.59m (21.5%)
* 11:00-11:30: 5.93m (21.4%)
* 11:30-12:00: 5.81m (20.9%)
* 12:00-12:15: 5.67m (20.2%)

12:15-13:30: The Royal Wedding: 5.53m (21.5%)
* 5-minute peak: 5.80m (22.9%) at 12:40
* 12:15-12:30: 5.42m (19.4%)
* 12:30-13:00: 5.61m (22.1%)
* 13:00-13:30: 5.52m (21.9%)

13:30-16:05: The Royal Wedding: 3.58m (20.8%)
* 5-minute peak: 5.83m (26.2%) at 13:40
* 13:30-14:00: 5.21m (23.4%)
* 14:00-14:30: 4.14m (23.5%)
* 14:30-15:00: 3.20m (20.4%)
* 15:00-15:30: 2.79m (18.9%)
* 15:30-16:05: 2.72m (18.2%)

BBC News
08:00-13:40: The Royal Wedding: 362k (1.7%)
* 5-minute peak: 521k (1.8%) at 12:10
14:10-16:00: The Royal Wedding: 176k (1.1%)
* 5-minute peak: 226k (1.4%) at 14.25

Sky News
09:00- Royal Wedding Day with Eamonn Holmes: 259k (1.7%)
09:30- Royal Wedding Day with Eamonn Holmes: 340k (1.9%)
10:00- The Royal Wedding: 588k (2.6%)
* 5-minute peak: 626k (2.7%) at 10:30
11:00- The Wedding Service: 661k (2.4%)
* 5-minute peak: 710k (2.6%) at 11:05
12:00- The Procession: 609k (2.3%)
* 5-minute peak: 685k (2.5%) at 12:15
13:00- Royal Wedding Day with Eamonn Holmes: 469k (1.9%)
13:30- Royal Wedding Day with Eamonn Holmes: 455k (2.1%)
14:00- Royal Wedding Day with Eamonn Holmes: 387k (2.2%)

Sky Living
10:00- The Royal Wedding: 39k (0.2%)
11:00- The Wedding Service: 71k (0.3%)
12:00- The Procession: 60k (0.2%)
13:00- Royal Wedding Day with Eamonn Holmes: 25k (0.1%)

E!
09:00- Live From the Royal Wedding: 12k (0.1%)

Timeshift Channels
ITV1+1
09:25-11:45: The Royal Wedding: 18k (0.1%)
11:45-13:15: The Royal Wedding: 56k (0.2%)
13:15-14:30: The Royal Wedding: 66k (0.3%)
14:30-17:05: The Royal Wedding: 69k (0.5%)

Sky Living +1
11:00- The Royal Wedding: 3k (0.01%)
12:00- The Wedding Service: 5k (0.2%)
13:00- The Procession: 6k (0.03%)

BBC v ITV Head to Head
08:25-16:00: BBC1: 11.77m (54.6%) ... ITV1: 4.37m (21.1%)

BBC1 Ratio of Victory: 2.7 to 1

5-Minute Breakdown

Code:

	BBC1........		ITV1....		BBC News	Sky News	Sky Living	E!		Fox News
08:00	3,816.20		1,312.10		157.2		196.2		14.4		0		0
08:05	4,187.60		1,428.70		155		203		10.2		0		0
08:10	4,574.50		1,423.60		153.5		204.1		13		4.3		0
08:15	4,647.10		1,563.20		133.2		215.4		12.8		2.8		0
08:20	5,131.50		1,503.00		157		174		19.9		0		0
08:25	5,645.80		1,575.20		159.6		170.1		16.5		0		0
08:30	6,147.30		1,778.00		190.3		178.1		9.4		0		4.2
08:35	6,296.40		2,077.80		224.1		154.4		15		0		0
08:40	6,696.30		2,179.30		246.9		175.2		12.2		0		0
08:45	6,708.30		2,404.20		272.4		158.6		17.1		0		0
08:50	6,717.30		2,697.50		270.1		178		12.5		0		1.5
08:55	7,042.40		2,842.80		303.5		158.8		11.1		0		0
09:00	7,200.90		3,090.30		303.5		217.2		12.2		1.9		1.9
09:05	7,290.10		3,408.10		283.9		280.1		18.9		11.9		3.2
09:10	7,782.30		3,511.30		300.1		294.8		10.7		12.2		8.4
09:15	8,175.10		3,632.70		312.2		287.1		16.5		9.9		0
09:20	8,282.50		3,988.70		314.4		238.6		24.3		11.8		0
09:25	8,881.60		3,754.10		328.3		238.4		24.1		10.9		6.7
09:30	9,077.40		4,120.70		337.8		266.5		8.9		15.4		0
09:35	9,541.90		4,133.50		412.9		234.5		27.4		14.8		0.6
09:40	10,039.50		3,957.20		411.7		351.2		19.4		13.7		1.3
09:45	10,052.40		4,354.20		416.8		369.2		18		12.1		0
09:50	10,983.80		3,823.40		437		345.7		15.5		11.1		0
09:55	11,149.50		4,086.20		413.7		470.2		11.7		9.9		2.1
10:00	11,561.80		4,241.40		355.1		514.5		13.4		19.9		1.3
10:05	11,934.60		4,347.60		332.6		563		19.3		25.2		2.6
10:10	12,711.40		4,527.40		355.1		514.6		17		19.2		0
10:15	13,465.00		4,625.50		334.6		597.4		29.7		23.6		0.6
10:20	14,067.40		4,662.10		323.5		591.3		39.9		12.4		15.5
10:25	14,452.20		4,794.60		334.5		586.6		48.6		6.3		6.4
10:30	15,030.90		5,000.70		329.4		625.5		43		0		0
10:35	15,651.30		5,158.80		375.9		602.9		45.8		0		2.1
10:40	16,262.80		5,361.00		398.6		608.6		52.3		0		0
10:45	16,978.50		5,483.90		453.1		602.7		47.4		0		0
10:50	17,594.70		5,533.50		465.6		612.4		52.5		0.6		0
10:55	17,883.30		5,761.90		456.3		634.4		58.9		0		2.6
11:00	18,565.70		5,838.10		445.9		686.9		52.8		11.7		4.4
11:05	18,776.20		6,004.10		445.1		710.4		78.4		8.6		1.2
11:10	18,638.20		5,960.30		445.6		713.6		81.9		5.2		4
11:15	19,026.30		5,938.30		437		693.4		85.9		8.6		2
11:20	18,827.90		5,943.20		450.3		669.5		70.7		5.5		2
11:25	18,705.30		5,903.00		462.7		680.8		61.9		4.9		4.4
11:30	18,792.40		5,796.20		464.5		641.1		67.1		18.9		12.3
11:35	18,679.40		5,817.00		451		627.4		83.4		27.7		17.9
11:40	18,445.90		5,825.60		447.6		632.4		67.6		17		8.7
11:45	18,624.50		5,850.20		445.3		623.3		68.2		10.8		9.2
11:50	18,707.20		5,847.00		458.2		655.9		56.2		5.6		7.9
11:55	18,216.80		5,708.00		464.2		598.2		72.4		2.1		17.6
12:00	18,300.10		5,733.70		480.4		627.9		77.2		2.1		24
12:05	18,965.30		5,696.00		502.8		681.8		81.9		2.1		13.2
12:10	19,268.70		5,538.50		521.1		700		71.3		2.1		21.6
12:15	19,199.40		5,432.30		500.4		685.6		74.6		1.7		18.4
12:20	19,292.50		5,428.10		476.4		674.6		78.4		2.5		21.1
12:25	18,947.60		5,394.00		451.1		668.4		72.5		4.2		24
12:30	18,166.20		5,308.00		438.8		610.5		67.2		14.6		26.2
12:35	16,632.30		5,693.40		361.2		565.4		55.7		9.3		31.2
12:40	15,887.60		5,802.40		358.4		570.7		42.1		26.5		18.1
12:45	15,534.90		5,794.30		349.4		517.2		43.7		15.9		20.2
12:50	15,267.40		5,716.80		333.8		496.3		24.8		12.8		15
12:55	15,308.90		5,348.70		328.8		514.8		28.3		14.4		13.7
13:00	15,222.40		5,440.20		324.3		495.7		25.4		19		13.9
13:05	15,371.90		5,513.30		355.1		479.6		23.4		18.8		17.5
13:10	15,665.60		5,443.90		389.3		436.5		23		19.9		23.3
13:15	15,426.50		5,595.70		396.2		471.3		18.2		18.1		13
13:20	16,013.20		5,482.60		383.8		458.7		24.2		11.4		18.8
13:25	17,091.50		5,615.00		352.2		472.3		37.6		8		23
13:30	16,435.20		5,434.70		354.1		451		52.7		9.1		8.7
13:35	14,223.70		5,345.80		338		448.3		55.9		14.4		0.4
13:40	11,448.50		5,832.90		244.9		451.1		62.4		22.2		6.4
13:45	11,211.10		5,158.90		253.1		451.1		56.5		32.6		0
13:50	10,531.40		4,742.90		258.3		460.8		79.9		36.2		0
13:55	10,017.80		4,722.40		238.4		469.9		81.1		17		0
14:00	9,309.70		4,616.70		230.2		497.5		23		30.9		0.7
14:05	8,206.60		4,438.80		193.1		487.7		17.6		30.1		1.1
14:10	6,898.00		4,235.10		172.5		409.8		22.5		40.7		1.8
14:15	6,297.10		4,060.40		183.7		376		21.8		40.8		1.8
14:20	5,979.60		3,829.30		178.7		291.8		45.5		37.7		1.8
14:25	6,033.50		3,681.10		226.3		260.1		101.3		25.8		4.3
14:30	5,760.20		3,568.00		181.6		272.4		78.9		43.6		0
14:35	5,632.10		3,345.20		199		221.3		58.7		46.7		0
14:40	5,608.70		3,198.50		165.1		221.2		59.5		48.1		1.4
14:45	5,282.20		3,077.90		168.1		221.6		66.4		53.3		0
14:50	5,188.40		3,072.40		162.8		199		57.9		51.9		0
14:55	5,186.30		2,921.40		173.6		177.3		51.8		50.7		0.4
15:00	4,968.20		2,930.60		176		205.6		54.4		51.5		0.7
15:05	4,925.40		2,874.40		153.8		218.5		55.4		56.4		0
15:10	5,020.00		2,853.00		172.8		209		45.4		57.7		0
15:15	5,234.20		2,704.30		178.6		195.8		81.2		52.1		0
15:20	4,984.40		2,729.80		156.9		188.8		81.3		42.9		2.4
15:25	5,040.50		2,651.80		168.3		180.5		82.8		37.2		0
15:30	5,246.90		2,590.00		198.7		238.4		70		35.4		0
15:35	5,625.80		2,639.30		167.3		281.8		48.4		34.3		0
15:40	5,331.20		2,869.60		146.1		244		56.5		39.3		1.3
15:45	4,996.10		2,828.50		147.2		218.8		36.5		40.6		0
15:50	4,928.90		2,851.10		188		152.8		39.3		49.7		5.3
15:55	4,927.40		2,905.20		207.3		137.5		36.1		42.3		0
16:00	4,172.40		2,370.70		199.3		222.5		36.4		51.1		1.9

Lion_60

30-04-2011

Here the exaxt ratings from Germany:

During the time from the begin of the ceremony in the church to the Kiss was there a peak on 6 channels with 14.7 Mio. viewers. At the age from 14 - 49 years watched more then 4.5 Mio..

(ARD, also Channel 1, 6.1 Mio. / ZDF 4,1 Mio. (both like BBC) / RTL 2,6 Mio. / Sat.1 1,2 Mio (both private) N24 0,1 Mio. n-tv 0,2 Mio. (both Newschannels)

Ratings (everyone) over the whole coverage:

ARD - 9:00 to 15:00 - 4.48 Mio. (34,5 %)
ZDF - 9:00 to 15:00 - 2.48 Mio. (20,8 %)
RTL - 9:00 to 11:00 - 1.15 Mio. (13,3 %)
RTL - 11:00 to 14:00 - 2.09 Mio. (13,4 %)
RTL - 14:00 to 15:00 - 2.19 Mio. (15,4 %)
Sat1 - 9:00 to 15:00 - 0.79 Mio. (6,0 %)
N24 - 9:00 to 15:00 - 0.06 Mio.(x,x %)
n-tv - 11:00 to 15:00 - 0.15 Mio. (x,x %)

The share is about 70 - 75 %!

Ratings (14 - 49 years) over the whole coverage:

ARD - 9:00 to 15:00 - 1.08 Mio. (22,1 %)
ZDF - 9:00 to 15:00 - 0.65 Mio. (14,2 %)
RTL - 9:00 to 11:00 - x.xx Mio. (17,0 %)
RTL - 11:00 to 14:00 - x.xx Mio. (21,0 %)
RTL - 14:00 to 15:00 - 1.24 Mio. (23,4 %)
Sat1 - 9:00 to 15:00 - 0.37 Mio. (7,4 %)

Highlightshows:

ARD - 20:15 to 21:00 - 5.83 Mio. (19,3 %)

gottago

30-04-2011

Originally Posted by rzt:
“
When the peak of 26.1m (92.4%) happened at 12:10, the channels' audiences were broken down as follows:”

Now that's more like it!

derek500

30-04-2011

I was one of the six who went for 26-28m in D.M.N's poll. I really thought I'd gone too high. Just got in by a whisker.

trickytree1979

30-04-2011

Originally Posted by D.M.N.:
“First off, many thanks rzt for the analysis... next few posts should be interesting.

In my view, a 26.1m peak for any event in this day and age is exceptional. Most watched moment since Diana's funeral I see, wow.”

Phenomenal figures for the time of day and context.
I've just ran some reach figures from 11:00 to 13:30 across all channels showing the wedding, looks like 29.5m (approx) tuned in to watch some of the wedding/celebrations.

iloveeastenders

30-04-2011

Five had ZERO viewers at 11am.

ronant

30-04-2011

RECORD BREAKING FIGURES -CHANNEL 5 recorded 0.00m at 11am - Lizo Mzimba, BBC News Channel

Brekkie

30-04-2011

Originally Posted by rzt:
“Friday 29th April: Royal Wedding: Quick Overview
The Royal Wedding had a 5-minute combined peak audience of 26.1m (92.4%) at 12:10 across BBC1, ITV1, BBC News, Sky News, Sky Living, E! and Fox News (including HD simulcasts where necessary).

When the peak of 26.1m (92.4%) happened at 12:10, the channels' audiences were broken down as follows:

BBC1: 19.27m (68.05%)
ITV1: 5.54m (19.6%)
Sky News: 700k (2.5%)
BBC News: 521k (1.8%)
Sky Living: 71k (0.3%)
Fox News: 22k (0.1%)
E!: 2k (0.01%)

This was the combined audience for all those channels added together at their absolute highest peak cumulatively. Each channel might've had individual peaks at different times (and will be noted in my subsequent post) but when added together, simultaneously this was the highest total peak audience watching the Royal Wedding at any one time yesterday across all channels broadcasting the event live.

It was the most watched televised moment in Britain since Princess Diana's funeral in 1997, which had over 30m.”

Thanks rzt. Actually not just for today, but for all the effort you especially put in to providing this thread with the information we all take for granted.

And something we haven't talked about but it'll be interesting to see how low BBC2/C4/C5 go opposite the coverage too.

EDIT: Very low is seems!

D.M.N.

30-04-2011

Originally Posted by iloveeastenders:
“Five had ZERO viewers at 11am.”

Originally Posted by ronant:
“RECORD BREAKING FIGURES -CHANNEL 5 recorded 0.00m at 11am - Lizo Mzimba, BBC News Channel”

Can we change ZERO to ONE before Dancc gets here?

sstripling

30-04-2011

Quote:
“BBC1
* 08:00-08:30: 4.67m (50.9%)
*ITV1
* 08:25-09:00: 2.22m (18.8%)”

Does this suggest to anyone that both Breakfast and Daybreak got high figures for the Royal Wedding building up?

Quote:
“Can we change ZERO to ONE before Dancc gets here?”

That's awful, obviously as Dancc says they were providing an alternative, but it looks like they should have just simicaulst Sky News instead.

david04121980

30-04-2011

Originally Posted by Brekkie:
“Thanks rzt. Actually not just for today, but for all the effort you especially put in to providing this thread with the information we all take for granted.

And something we haven't talked about but it'll be interesting to see how low BBC2/C4/C5 go opposite the coverage too.

EDIT: Very low is seems! ”

and other channels. well at the peak there is under 8% to share

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