ITV4 get Hearts v Spurs

Torchwood ratings up on Starz for ep 5 Friday 5 Aug

1.024m (582k 10pm + 442k 11pm)

Thats up nearly 10% from the previous week

It would really be interesting to see the money Starz get from both subscriptions and advertising (though I think Starz like HBO only has ads in between shows if I'm not mistaken) as those sort of figures are similar to what a hit digital show with a much smaller budget would get here.

Starz is like HBO is subscriber funded, think they have 18m subs whereas HBO has 31m and Showtime 20m. Spartacus is successful not only on Starz but because they make the show so they get any international and homevideo revenue. Most of their shows air on Fridays at 10pm but they've got many new series coming up in 2012 so I imagine they'll have some shows at 9pm.

The deal with BBCWW means Starz will get first look for any drama series so they'll be another partner for the BBC although unlike HBO, neither Showtime or Starz make TV films or miniseries, they focus on returning series.

I wonder if they'll try to divert it to ITV1.

I think a local version of Crimewatch would be more effective.

Chris Albrecht, CEO of starz, talking at the Liberty Media Corporation quarterly earnings conference call. 9 Aug 2011

http://seekingalpha.com/article/2861...all-transcript

"the Starz business had another solid quarter at the Starz Entertainment the flagship Starz Channel hit a record 19 million subscribers while the combined subscriber totals of both Starz and Encore matched the all time high of $51.9 million. Specifically Starz subscriptions were up 1.7 million or 9.8% in comparison to the second quarter of 2010 while Encore subscriptions increased 3.1% or 1 million for the same period.

... yesterday we announced an innovative development, production and distribution partnership with BBC Worldwide Productions that will accelerate us meeting our long term goals for Starz Originals. The agreement extends significantly our programming and production capacity to produce world class programming get structured in way that mitigates risk and reduces expense.

....Specifically the agreement allows us to realize effective savings and projected original programming expense relative to the cost we would have incurred as we went out and license the same content.

...The multiyear arrangement will enable us to finance, develop, produce and distribute potentially more than a 100 hours of premium television original programming. We contemplate focusing on globally appealing one hour dramas.....

...We are on track to reach our previously stated goal of expanding Starz Originals to deliver annually 50 to 60 hours of new content.

... Our current Starz original series Torchwood: Miracle Day is performing well...

BBC News at Ten won the day last night:

22:00 - BBC News at Ten: 7.6m
* peak: 8.4m
22:00 - ITV News at Ten: 2.9m

Source: http://twitter.com/michaelrosser and http://twitter.com/sam_hodges

Very good figures for both - comparatively speaking for ITV of course as their bulletins tend to be in the low 2m's.

1.9m for Homes From Hell. Ouch...

DIY SOS must have done well last night. I was also thinking that as the England match is off Village SOS might do well tonight.

EDIT: Channel 4's Undercover Boss beat it with 2.2m.

I dont know about that, CSI Miami could also have done well, of people just didnt fancy something with "from hell" in the title, what with the riots and all.

Two 9pm programmes in a row under 2 million on ITV. 4 primetime programmes in 3 days under 2 million.... ouch.

Tuesday 9th August 2011 - Multichannel Figures
BBC News Channel
* all-day share of 754k (8.23%) - highest ever I think
21:00 to 22:00 - 1.70m (7.0%)
* peak: 2.14m (9.22%) at 21:00

BBC Three
21:00 - Geordie Finishing School for Girls: 388k (1.6%)
* debut: 731k (3.24%)
* series average: 565k (2.43%)
* series low
22:30 - Angry Boys: 489k (2.64%)
* series average: 566k (3.75%)
* slot average: 580k (3.6%)
23:45 - Geordie Finishing School for Girls: 248k (3.49%)

BBC Four
21:00 - When the Circus Comes to Town: 367k (1.5%)
* last week: 451k (1.96%)

E4
21:00 - Smallville: 266k (1.1%)
* +1: 141.5k (0.68%)
* series low

FX
21:00 - Falling Skies: 165k (0.68%)
* debut: 448k (1.94%)
* series low

ITV2
21:00 - FILM: King Kong: 277k (1.66%)

ITV4
19:00 - Football Testimonial - Man U vs Celtic: 729k (3.3%)

More4
22:00 - Babes in Hollywood: 394k (2.38%)
* slot average: 163.5k (1.15%)

Sky News
* all-day share of 525k (5.74%) - again probably record high
21:00 to 22:00 - 1.06m (4.39%)
* peak: 1.27m (5.28%) at 21:20

Source: DS; Broadcast

Another set of very good figures in the 9pm hour for the News Channels even if the rioting was not as bad as in previous nights outside of Manchester.

I say that purely because DIY SOS did well last week at 9pm. But it looks like the dip in ratings is partly down to people watching news channels.

Its weird how ITV1 can regularly now sink to such depths against only moderately rating BBC1 shows, whereas BBC1 only does so when ITV1 is able to deploy its talent/reality final juggernauts. Indeed, BBC1 has tended to hold up ok of late.

It's not as if this latest string of ITV flops is that bad, certainly not massively worse than the ITV norm. Is it a sign of wider malaise?

With no football, it will be slim pickings for them again tonight. I expect Jew Do You Think You Are will get a bumper figure.

Tuesday 9th August 2011 - Terrestrial Figures
BBC One
20:00 - Holby City: 5.07m (22.5%)
21:00 - DIY SOS: The Big Build: 5.33m (22.0%)
22:00 - BBC News at Ten: 7.61m (33.6%)
* 15-minute peak: 8.09m (34.3%) at 22:00
* 5-minute peak: 8.39m (35.79%) at 22:10
22:35 - The Real Sleeping Beauty: 2.53m (18.5%)

BBC Two
19:00 - Dragon's Den: 970k (4.7%)
20:00 - Restoration Home: 2.70m (12.0%) inc HD
21:00 - The Hour: 1.75m (7.3%) inc HD
22:00 - Twenty Twelve: 340k (1.5%)
22:30 - Newsnight: 1.33m (8.5%)

ITV1
20:00 - Cops With Cameras: 2.23m (9.9%)
* +1: 102k (0.4%)
21:00 - Homes from Hell: 1.84m (7.6%)
* +1: 160k (0.8%)
22:00 - ITV News at Ten: 2.92m (12.96%)
* +1: 166k (1.26%)

Channel 4
19:00 - Channel 4 News: 1.23m (6.0%)
* +1: 176k (0.8%)
20:00 - The Sex Education Show: 1.04m (4.6%)
* +1: 143k (0.6%)
21:00 - Undercover Boss: 2.22m (9.1%)
* +1: 389k (1.9%)
22:00 - Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares USA: 1.11m (5.4%)
* +1: 201k (1.7%)

Channel 5
19:30 - Mexican Food Made Easy: 421k (2.0%)
20:00 - Monster Moves: 769k (3.4%)
21:00 - CSI: Miami: 1.85m (7.6%)
22:00 - CSI: 1.00m (4.7%)

Primetime Shares
BBC One - 25.4%
ITV1 - 11.8% (+1: 0.5%)
BBC Two 6.7%
Channel 4 - 6.4% (+1: 1.0%)
Channel 5 - 4.4%

Source: Broadcast; DS. Ratings include HD and are tape-checked.

I dont know if that says more about BBC viewers, than it does ITV viewers. Fine ITV shows flop, most of them with good reason, but what should happen, happens. When it comes to the BBC on the other hand, that does not seem to happen quite so much, unless you count "Dont Scare the Hare"

Angry Boys could have done worse, and Chris Liley just makes the best TV, the end sequence almost had me in tears, amazing man.

E4 im betting are glad that this is Smallvilles final season, the grey filter applied to most of last nights episode cant have helped ratings.

Two nights in a row that ITV1's 9pm offering has only narrowly beaten the BBC news channel. Ouch indeed...

A slight over reaction about the ITV1 9pm offerings, all of which are filler TV. Naturally, those viewers will have watched the news channels this week because of the enormity of the latest story. Going from 1.9m at 9pm to 2.9m at 10pm, when its usually the other way around, says all you need to know.

Not just me then.

im sure the two of us were not the only two.

Its amazing how Liley can take Daneil Sims a character who should be quite unlikeable, give the auidence alot of (most likely too much) toilet humour, and still tug on the heart strings.

That depeth of writing is wasted on a sketch comedy show.

Looks like I was wrong about CSI Miami, it didnt even reach 2 million.

Undercover Boss beat ITV then at 9PM ouch.
ITV really are in series trouble and need to do something?

Phew, done! Seems like the News Channels had an even better day on Tuesday than on Monday and I suspect this week will be one of the highest ever share wise.

As expected for BBC1, a slight drop for DIY SOS. Dismal for ITV1, although News at Ten did fairly well afterwards.

I agree. In spite of all the comedy, I am genuinely going to miss Gran.

yes Grans story is far from finished. a future sereis featuring Gran and Daneil would certainly be welcome.