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Old 10-08-2011, 23:16
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Assuming it's the status quo for Euro 2012 you can pretty much write June off too. Indeed as rumoured it might even be worth ITV going all out for full exclusive rights, though in a way I suspect they kind of get more out of advertisers for half the matches than they would for all of them considering it's likely similar ads are broadcast in each match - so with extra matches it's more about re-enforcing the brand rather than advertising to new eyes.
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Old 10-08-2011, 23:19
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Assuming it's the status quo for Euro 2012 you can pretty much write June off too. Indeed as rumoured it might even be worth ITV going all out for full exclusive rights, though in a way I suspect they kind of get more out of advertisers for half the matches than they would for all of them considering it's likely similar ads are broadcast in each match - so with extra matches it's more about re-enforcing the brand rather than advertising to new eyes.
As unlikely as it sounds, I wouldn't rule out Channel 4 to take make a bid on getting a few of the Euro 2012 matches. They were reportedly willing to spend something like £40 million on the F1, so they seem to have cash around to make a bid on one of the big sporting contracts.
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Old 10-08-2011, 23:31
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Emmerdale's figure and share is a bit low for last night isn't it? I know it dips under 6m every now and again, but that's only an occasional occurrence. The share is under 30% too, and it's usually over 30%.
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Old 11-08-2011, 02:58
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Emmerdale's figure and share is a bit low for last night isn't it? The share is under 30% too, and it's usually over 30%
There isn't usually 1-2m viewers watching the digital News channels in primetime. Maybe that had something to do with it?
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Old 11-08-2011, 08:40
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my comments were confinded to the ITV Player, and meant to be comical in tone.
Don't rise to the bait.
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Old 11-08-2011, 08:56
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As already noted in another thread here, Spooks has been axed. Mrs Brown's Boys' series 2 is filming in September and October.
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Old 11-08-2011, 08:58
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Oh, in that case everything is fine. Let's all settle back and enjoy an episode of Geordie Finishing School for Girls.
...which isn't even on one of the main channels.

I hadn't heard about The Bachelor's negative press reception until now. That's a shame because the idea of scheduling it after CBB seemed like a good one. I guess we'll just have to see how it goes because the critics don't always get it right and the programme has run for many years successfully in the U.S. It's a 10 week run according to Channel 5 press.
Of course we've had The Bachelor before, it had three series on BBC3, and obviously ITV ripped it off with Mr Right, which is the exact same format. Mr Right was a big old flop, The Bachelor seemed to do OK for BBC3, hence the three series. I guess the advantage for this new series is that Gavin Henson is famous, so it's about Winning A Date With Someone Famous You've Heard Of rather than Winning A Date With Just Some Guy, which was the case in the previous incarnations, and in the end the public are going to wonder why anyone would want to take part or win it.

It looks to me that the BBC have been lucky with a schedule that consists partly of repeats and partly of cheapo lifestyle like DIY SOS, throwaway factual like Great British Weather and tacky entertainment like Tonight's the Night. It's hardly BAFTA award winning stuff like some are practically suggesting.
Nobody's said that, it's just been that the Beeb's output has been better scheduled and they haven't been churning out identical programmes back to back or anchoring nights around a load of rubbish. ITV would probably have enjoyed more success this summer if they'd put one established show in amongst their Saturday night LE, if they'd showed at least one decent drama in midweek and if they hadn't put niche programming in the middle of primetime.

I don't know why everyone's slagging off Tonight's The Night, I know Barrowman is an acquired taste but it's a perfectly proficient bit of LE fluff for a Saturday night, I don't go out of my way to watch it but I was at my parents' the other week and we had it on as the least objectionable viewing and it didn't make me want to vomit or anything. If it's that easy to make a hit LE show, how come that's doing OK in the ratings (not X Factor levels, but perfectly accpetable for the time of year) and Born To Shine is stinking the place out? If it's so bad how come ITV can't do something better?

As unlikely as it sounds, I wouldn't rule out Channel 4 to take make a bid on getting a few of the Euro 2012 matches. They were reportedly willing to spend something like £40 million on the F1, so they seem to have cash around to make a bid on one of the big sporting contracts.
And if they do then the Channel Four board should all be fired after the umpteen years they've pleaded poverty. They're supposed to be a PSB that provides an alternative to mainstream programming, which F1 certainly is not, and neither is Euro 2012.
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Old 11-08-2011, 09:45
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June Brown's appearance on Who Do You Think You Are? watched by 5.8m #BBC1 #WDYTYA
6 minutes ago
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Old 11-08-2011, 09:52
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BBC One's National Treasures Live launched with 3.8m, and BBC News at Ten had 6.9m.

ITV figs (inc +1)

Emmerdale 6.4m
Taking Back the Streets: Tonight 4.3m
Lewis 3.6m
ITV News at Ten & Weather 2.8m
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Old 11-08-2011, 10:05
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Thanks Bushmills. Seems like News at Ten won the night again, a very good figure for it again. Solid for the Tonight special on ITV.
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Old 11-08-2011, 10:06
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June Brown's appearance on Who Do You Think You Are? watched by 5.8m #BBC1 #WDYTYA
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Bit disappointing. I would have thought 6.5m was achievable with low rating repeat opposition. I guess it didn't have the strongest lead in.

Thought Tonight would have done better in the circumstances.
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Old 11-08-2011, 10:34
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Wednesday 10th August 2011
BBC1
06:00 - Breakfast: 1.7m (39.1%)
18:00 - BBC News at Six: 5.0m (27.9%)
18:30 - Regional News and Weather: 6.3m (32.7%)
19:00 - The One Show: 4.0m (19.6%)
19:30 - National Treasures Live: 3.8m (18.5%)
20:00 - Village SOS: 3.8m (17.1%)
21:00 - Who Do You Think You Are?: 5.8m (24.2%)
22:00 - BBC News at Ten: 6.9m (32.7%)
22:30 - Regional News and Weather: 6.1m (31.9%)
22:40 - The National Lottery Wednesday Night Draws / Not Going Out: 2.4m (16.6%)

BBC2
18:00 - Eggheads: 1.4m (7.8%)
18:30 - Celebrity Eggheads: 1.2m (6.5%)
19:00 - Rick Stein's Spain: 1.2m (6.0%)
20:00 - Natural World: Empire of the Desert Ants: 2.2m (10.1%)
21:00 - The Code: 1.2m (5.2%)
22:00 - Never Mind the Buzzcocks: 0.9m (4.4%)
22:30 - Newsnight: 1.2m (8.7%)

ITV (inc ITV+1)
06:00 - Daybreak: 0.7m (17.1%)
08:30 - Lorraine: 1.0m (15.2%)
18:30 - ITV News & Weather: 4.2m (21.5%)
19:00 - Emmerdale: 6.4m (30.3%)
19:30 - Tonight: 4.3m (20.2%)
20:00 - Lewis: 3.6m (14.7%)
22:00 - ITV News at Ten & Weather: 2.8m (12.7%)
22:35 - Nature's Fury: 1.1m (8.0%)

C4 (inc C4+1)
18:00 - The Simpsons: 1.5m (7.0%)
18:30 - Hollyoaks: 1.1m (4.8%)
19:00 - Channel 4 News: 1.2m (5.1%)
20:00 - Jo Frost: Extreme Parental Guidance: 1.9m (7.6%)
21:00 - 24 Hours in A&E: 2.7m (9.8%)
22:00 - 8 Out of 10 Cats Uncut: 1.0m (4.4%)

Five
18:00 - Meerkat Manor: 0.3m (2.0%)
18:30 - OK! TV: 0.2m (1.1%)
19:00 - Cricket: England v India: 1.3m (6.3%)
20:00 - The Removal Men: Pickfords: 1.1m (4.9%)
21:00 - NCIS: 0.9m (3.8%)
22:00 - FILM: Universal Soldier: 0.5m (3.5%)

Ratings include HD and are for the full slot.

Good start for WDYTYA, 5.8m is still a strong number regardless of opposition. Both News at Ten's did solidly, with the BBC news winning the day.
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Old 11-08-2011, 11:01
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Solid enough rating for WDYTYA. Pretty much in line with how I thought it would rate. The BBC news continues its strong week as these riots rumble on. Emmerdale figure is OK but that share isn't great. The Tonight show did fine and that Lewis rating is pretty good considering how everything else has been rating on ITV1 in the last few weeks.
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Old 11-08-2011, 11:20
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Tuesday 9th August 2011
BBC News Channel - Hourly Breakdown
06:00 - 156k (6.7%)
07:00 - 170k (3.6%)
08:00 - 290k (4.7%)
09:00 - 746k (10.9%)
10:00 - 922k (13.3%)
11:00 - 866k (12.7%)
12:00 - 868k (11.7%)
13:00 - 543k (6.9%)
14:00 - 801k (11.3%)
15:00 - 865k (11.6%)
16:00 - 959k (10.6%)
17:00 - 1.16m (9.1%)
18:00 - 893k (4.9%)
19:00 - 1.03m (5.1%)
20:00 - 1.77m (7.9%)
21:00 - 1.70m (7.1%)
22:00 - 1.26m (6.3%)
23:00 - 1.20m (10.7%)
00:00 - 788k (13.2%)

One has to assume that it was beating the majority of the terrestrials including ITV1 on Tuesday daytime. Figures yesterday were relatively normal, a 15-minute peak of 717k (3.0%) at 21:30, still massively above their usual shares though.

The cricket on Sky Sports by the way had 407k (4.1%) yesterday.
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Old 11-08-2011, 11:35
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I know that the one show is getting a larger lead in, but still 4 million in August is preety good, especially if you look a couple of years ago on barb.
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Old 11-08-2011, 11:54
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Amazing figures for BBC News Channel. I can't recall any figures like that for the news channel in recent memory. Does anyone have Sky News breakdown?
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Old 11-08-2011, 12:11
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The cricket on Sky Sports by the way had 407k (4.1%) yesterday.
Not bad for an 8 1/2 hour slot. Any peak or reach figures?
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Old 11-08-2011, 12:14
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The Million Pound Drop Live returns on Friday 2nd September: http://www.applausestore.com/applaus...p?id=153&bid=1
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Old 11-08-2011, 12:15
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The Million Pound Drop Live returns on Friday 2nd September: http://www.applausestore.com/applaus...p?id=153&bid=1
Ironic that Davina will be up against Big Brother. The ratings for both shows will be very interesting if they go head to head.
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Old 11-08-2011, 12:28
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The Million Pound Drop Live returns on Friday 2nd September: http://www.applausestore.com/applaus...p?id=153&bid=1
Cool, Love this show and Fridays are a bit dull now with Graham Norton and Jools Holland off the air. Thank God for Rob Brydon's show.
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Old 11-08-2011, 12:29
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From Broadcast:

ITV1 is enduring one its worst summers on record after some of its new entertainment formats underperformed.

In July and early August, the flagship channel recorded an average audience of 1.2 million (14%) at all times and across all demographics, compared with 1.3 million (15%) over the same period last year.

ITV1 has also experienced audience declines during its key primetime hours of 7pm to 11pm. The channel averaged 3.5 million viewers (17%) at these times in June and early August, a sizeable decline on last year’s equivalent ratings of 3.9 million (19%).

This year’s figures are the lowest the channel has posted since at least 2006 - the earliest year for which Attentional figures are available - and some industry sources said they are likely to be among the worst on record.

The finger has been pointed at shows including The Marriage Ref, Popstar To Operastar and Born To Shine, which have all fallen well below their slot averages.

One source said single-figure shares for shows like The Marriage Ref - which fell to a low of 1.4 million (8%) - were a “disaster”.

Despite the decline, ITV1 remained the largest commercial broadcaster across all viewers in the past four weeks and was most popular with the key demographic of 16-to 34 year-olds.

ITV1 has enjoyed success in other areas as well this year, with the Britain’s Got Talent final peaking with 14.4m viewers – the highest audience of the year bar the royal wedding - and the Champions League final attracted the biggest sports audience of 2011.

An ITV spokesman said: “The summer months often see a drop in overall viewing. As we announced at our interim results, we had a strong on-screen performance for the first half of the year, with the ITV family share of viewing up 2%.

“We have launched eight of the top 10 new dramas, while ITV2 and ITV3 are the two most popular - and among the fastest-growing - digital channels.”

1 July – 8 August 2011
ITV1 all times
2011: 1.16m (13.64%)
2010: 1.27m (14.87%)
2009: 1.32m (16.26%)
2008: 1.37m (17.37%)
2007: 1.46m (18.76%)
2006: 1.24m (16.80%)

ITV1 peak 7pm-11pm
2011: 3.53m (17.42%)
2010: 3.87m (18.76%)
2009: 3.95m (20.15%)
2008: 4.18m (21.38%)
2007: 4.45m (22.92%)
2006: 3.93m (21.13%)
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Old 11-08-2011, 12:34
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What was going on in 2006, ratings that summer seem much lower than the following 4 summers.
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Old 11-08-2011, 12:37
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What was going on in 2006, ratings that summer seem much lower than the following 4 summers.
Love Island horribly underperformed after a moderately successful Celebrity Love Island the previous year. Plus Britain's Got Talent launched in 2007.
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Old 11-08-2011, 12:37
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What was going on in 2006, ratings that summer seem much lower than the following 4 summers.
World Cup in Germany was on, would that make ratings low?
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Old 11-08-2011, 12:39
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2006 was by far ITV's worst year ever both on and off screen. Love Island bombed as Grenade said.
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