Meh, not a massive fan of Shearer myself, but apart from Keane ITV has the worse pundits/presenter/commentary team in history. Tyldesley ridiculous hyperbole, Chiles being Chiles, and Townsend and Southgate, WTF have they got jobs for. Inarticulate, bland, average players, never done anything in management.

At least the Beeb pundits were very good players, and people have recognition of them.

1.27m for BB including +1. Much higher than I would have thought against the Euro final.

BBC One
19:00 Match of the Day Live: Euro 2012 Final: 10.02m (41%)
*coverage began with: 4.11m (22%);
*at kickoff: 9.5m (40.1%);
*peak audience: 13.38m (49%) at 21.00;
*match average: 12.28m (46.5%).

ITV1
19:00 Euro 2012 Final Live: 1.69m (6.9%); +1: 40k (0.2%)
*coverage began with: 1.34m (7.2%);
*at kickoff: 1.44m (6.1%);
*peak audience: 2.27m (8.3%) at 20.55;
*match average: 1.98m (7.5%).

BBC Two
20:00 The Boys are Back: 1.42m (4.6%) inc. HD
21:40 The Sarah Millican Television Programme: 1.16m (4.7%)
22:10 Mock the Week: 1.52m (7.7%)

Channel 4
18:20 Bride Wars: 912k inc. +1
20:00 Come Dine with Me: 1.44m inc. +1
21:00 The Ugly Truth: 1.07m (4.5%); +1: 241k (1.6%)

Channel 5
20:00 Once Upon a Time: 867k (3.3%); +1: 120k (0.4%)
21:00 Big Brother: 1.09m (4.1%); +1: 184k (1%)

ITV3
20:00 Lewis: 1.33m (5%)

Sources: Broadcast, Channel 4 Sales, Digital Spy.

Is that a record high multichannel all-day share? Might have beaten ITV1 in primetime....

Like the Sky+ boxes Amstrad used to make you mean?

The first set of YouView boxes are made by Humax who have got a good reputation for this sort of thing.

Not quite. Although ITV3 did manage to beat C5 in primetime and was only slightly behind C4. From DS:


It's good news for ITV that when the main channel performs really badly a lot of their viewers migrate to their digital channels, showing there is some brand loyalty there.

But I don't think it's terrible news for C4/C5. The total share for the C4 and C5 group of channels was probably up or about the same as a typical Sunday, whereas ITV's total share would be well down even with ITV2/ITV3 performing really well.

Yes, I have the current top Humax box, the HDR FOX-T2. It's an excellent bit of kit.

I will replace it in a heartbeat with the new Youview model when it is released.

ITV are in a tricky situation. They might now consider going back to their 2008 strategy and just dropping the final: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008...tv.television1

They seem to be suggesting from that it's only the chance of England competing in the final that makes them show it, but even if England did ever reach the final, it would still be 6:1 BBC.

Friday 29th June 2012 - More Ratings
BBC One
18:00 - BBC News at Six: 3.99m (24%)
18:30 - Regional News and Weather: 4.82m (27%)
22:00 - BBC News at Ten: 3.69m (19%)

BBC Two
17:50 to 21:00 - Wimbledon 2012: 2.63m (13.7%)
* 17:50 to 20:00 - 2.12m (12.2%)
* 20:00 to 21:00 - 3.73m (17%)

Primetime Shares
BBC One - 18.1%
ITV1 - 17.7% (+1: 0.7%)
BBC Two - 9.4%
Channel 4 - 4.9% (+1: 0.7%)
Channel 5 - 4.5% (+1: 0.3%)
ITV2 - 2.9% inc +1
E4 - 2.3% inc +1
Yesterday - 1.5% inc +1
5* - 1.2% inc +1

Facts
- Yesterday's highest Friday primetime share ever
- 5*'s highest Friday primetime share since December 2009
- BBC Two's highest Friday primetime share since July 2010
- E4's highest Friday primetime share since August 2010
- ITV2's highest Friday primetime share of the year
- BBC One's second lowest Friday primetime share of the year

Ratings include HD and are tape-checked where necessary.

Multichannels
5* (inc +1)
21:00 - FILM: Ghost Rider: 0.5m (2.3%)

BBC Three
23:15 - Family Guy: 700k (5.6%)
23:35 - Family Guy: 740k (7.6%)
24:00 - American Dad: 663k (9.2%)

E4
18:30 - The Big Bang Theory: 666k (3.8%)
19:00 - Hollyoaks: 710k (3.7%), +1: 84k (0.5%)

Film4 (inc +1)
21:00 - FILM: The Day the Earth Stood Still: 884k (4.5%)

ITV2 (inc +1)
20:00 - You've Been Framed!: 620k (2.8%)
21:00 - FILM: Love Actually: 868k (4.8%)

ITV3 (inc +1)
21:00 - A Touch of Frost: 591k (3.0%)

Yesterday (inc +1)
21:00 - Museum Secrets Specials: 0.4m (1.8%)

First sets are here and here. Source: ITV Media.

Out of interest, having seen that ITV rating for the Euro Final, does anyone remember the audience figure that they predicted for the Final themselves and how it compares to the actual figure?

I predicted 11.7m and the combined figure comes to 11.71m.

Saturday 30th June 2012 - More Ratings
BBC One
10:00 - Saturday Kitchen: 1.68m (25%)

BBC Two
18:10 - Wimbledon 2012: 1.81m (11%)
19:00 - The Many Faces of Les Dawson: 1.18m (6.6%)
20:00 - Coast: 972k (4.9%)
21:00 - The Hollow Crown: 726k (3.6%)

ITV1 (inc +1)
17:30 - You've Been Framed!: 1.70m (13%)

Channel 4
19:30 - FILM: Iron Man: 1.17m (5.7%), +1: 285k (1.4%)
22:00 - The Million Pound Drop Live: 1.04m (5.7%), +1: 106k (1%).

Channel 5
20:00 - NCIS: 955k (4.7%)
21:00 - Big Brother: 975k (4.5%), +1: 132k (0.7%)

Primetime Shares
BBC One - 31.7%
ITV1 - 9.6% (+1: 1.3%)
* note - ITV Media reports 9% including +1
Channel 4 - 5.4% (+1: 1.2%)
ITV3 - 5.2% (+1: 0.3%)
BBC Two - 4.6%
Channel 5 - 4.0% (+1: 0.3%)

Facts
- ITV3's highest primetime share ever
- 5*'s and Sky1's highest Saturday primetime share since July 2011
- ITV1's second lowest Saturday primetime share ever

Multichannels
5* (inc +1)
19:00 - FILM: Ghost Riders: 0.3m (1.6%)

BBC Three
23:00 - Family Guy: 611k (3.7%)
23:20 - Family Guy: 802k (6.4%)
23:45 - American Dad: 617k (6.3%)
24:05 - American Dad: 561k (7.8%)

ITV2 (inc +1)
19:00 - Britain's Got More Talent: 564k (3.2%)
20:00 - Britain's Got More Talent: 664k (3.3%)
21:00 - FILM: The Bourne Ultimatum: 977k (4.8%)

ITV3
18:00 - Agatha Christie's Marple: 732k (4.3%) inc +1
20:00 - Doc Martin: 973k (4.9%), +1: 57k (0.2%)
21:00 - Lewis: 1.18m (5.7%), +1: 67k (0.3%)

ITV4 (inc +1)
14:00 - Tour de France Live: 0.2m (3.9%)
19:00 - Tour de France Highlights: 0.3m (1.7%)

Sky1
21:00 - FILM: Forrest Gump: 0.4m (2.3%)

First set is here Source: DS, ITV Media.

Super ITV multichannel figures. Not so super ITV1 figures.

oops, sorry allthingsuk, I didn't word my post very well.......I meant, what was the figure that ITV predicted they would get for the Final........I remember reading their predictions on this thread earlier in the year.

Anyone got the Spanish and Italian TV ratings for the game ?

ITV predicted 1.92m for their coverage of the final.

Thank you.

http://translate.google.co.uk/transl...641436463.html

In Spain it was 15.5m (83.4%) peaking at 17.889m. Article says it's the highest rated football match of all time but doesn't go as far as saying it's the highest rated programme of all time, it seems to suggest that it's the third highest of all time.

Wow, the Lewis repeats are doing brilliantly for ITV3. Not far behind the football coverage shown on ITV1 yesterday!

I fully expected an ITV thrashing, but I just don't get the slagging of their coverage. Give me Chiles, Keane and Southgate over Hansen, Shearer and Lawrenson any day.

I do believe ITV should give up airing the final against the BBC though. Regardless of how much advert revenue they may have earnt last night, those figures are humiliating.

Sunday 1st July 2012 - More Ratings
BBC One
09:00 - The Andrew Marr Show: 1.82m (26%)
18:00 - Countryfile: 4.31m (24%)
22:40 - John Bishop's Britain: 2.64m (20%)

BBC Two
19:00 - Secrets of Our Living Planet: 2.00m (9%)

ITV1 (inc +1)
17:00 - The Chase: 1.89m (13%)
18:30 - You've Been Framed!: 2.25m (12%)

Channel 4 (inc +1)
20:00 - Come Dine with Me: 1.44m (5%)

Primetime Shares
BBC One - 38.8%
ITV1 - 6.5% (+1: 0.3%)
BBC Two - 5.9%
Channel 4 - 4.5% (+1: 0.7%)
ITV3 - 4.3%
Channel 5 - 3.6% (+1: 0.5%)

Facts
- ITV3's highest Sunday share since 6th June, 2010

Multichannels
BBC Three
19:30 - FILM: The Proposal: 626k (2.4%)
22:00 - Family Guy: 993k (4.6%)
22:20 - Family Guy: 854k (4.6%)
22:45 - American Dad: 623k (4.3%)

E4 (inc +1)
17:35 - The Big Bang Theory: 597k (3.7%)

ITV2 (inc +1)
18:50 - FILM: Mamma Mia!: 1.10m (4.7%)
21:00 - Benidorm: 931k (3.5%)
22:00 - Mark Wright's Hollywood Nights: 625k (3.3%)

ITV3
17:50 - Lewis: 679k (3.5%) inc +1
20:00 - Lewis: 1.33m (5.0%), +1: 76k (0.3%)

First set is here. Source: ITV Media.

You've Been Framed and The Chase repeats beat the ITV1 final last night. Embarrassing.

Terrific for BBC1's coverage of the final, but ITV should just give up as they did dreadfully. Some comfort for them that ITV2 and ITV3 did so well across the weekend though. Lewis repeats in particular did incredibly well and Mamma Mia and Benidorm also did really well yesterday. A new high for Hollywood Nights too, for some bizarre reason.

Also, just noticed that Love Actually got 868k on Friday. That's really good considering they only aired it last Saturday and it averaged 1.2m then! So basically it's averaged over 2m across two screenings within a week. Very good going. I remember they didn't air it at Christmas, so they must have temporarily lost the rights and must have recently got them back. Clearly a very popular film. Not exactly very seasonal for the middle of Summer though!

If ITV's bosses were Japanese, they would close the network down in shame and commit ritual hari-kari.

Wow, what a trouncing and possibly ITV's biggest ever humiliation. "Join our winning team" they said. LOL!

Biggest bunch of losers in TV history.

No better endorsement from the public, who want free live football on the BBC, you could possibly hope for. Thompson and Patten should take note - THIS is public service broadcasting, events that bring the nation together, not highbrow Shakespeare plays attracting an audience you could fit in a heavily subsidised theatre.

We're talking about two completely different things here though - programmes that bring the nation together and programmes that a broadcaster of the BBC's nature should do.

The Shakespeare programming fits into two. As does all of the BBC Four programming.

Very well said. Although they do need a bit of both.

Ken