DIGITAL FOCUS
No extentions on Katie Price
Apologies this week if I sound a bit like a broken record as I point out that ITV2’s What Katie Did Next (1.1 million, 5%) is comfortably the highest non-brand extension, non-sports show in the multichannel world.
Fighting for attention
Violet Elizabeth Bott screamed and screamed until she was sick, but still William Brown would take no notice.
Sunday soccer scores for Sky
The top two spots in the digital chart went to Sky Sports’ Super Sunday.
Funny debuts still fractured
In this, The Jetsons age of multichannel, push VoD, MobileMovies and fingernail DVD (I made that one up), digital channels might seem to have the advantage when connecting with those prepared to experiment.
More 4’s food for thought
The nature of digital channels is that they are focused on a specific audience, and this obviously determines programme strategy. But there are times when that pesky free-thinking audience confounds things.
Reap rewards from re-runs
Acquired programmes play a significant role for digital channels. They are able to buy programming in at a relatively cheap rate compared with terrestrial networks and can play the stuff many times in a week to squeeze out value.
Digital repeat contenders
When Galileo first gazed at the stars through his telescope 400 years ago, he probably said: “Crikey, there’s a lot.” He might have said the same about digital channels; frighteningly, there are well over 300 channels measured by Barb.
Talent attracts older viewers
The Hoff factor was in full force for ITV2 at the weekend, with the finale of America’s Got Talent drawing 911,000 viewers in a tough Friday 9pm slot.
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BBC3 hits its youth target
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E4 wins battle for key 16-34s
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Share up for new Virgin 1
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Laughter is Paramount
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BBC3 exceeds weekly share
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Dining show hits the spot
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D-Day landing BBC4 viewers
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Final ratings hit for ER
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Film 4 pulls in more viewers
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TV lovers' ups and downs
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BBC4's better sort of viewer
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The funny side of teen angst
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OVERNIGHTS
C4 feels The Force as ITV1 struggles
Channel 4’s feature length, ‘real life CSI’ doc The Force was a surprise hit last night, as ITV1’s Joan Collins makeover show floundered.
RATINGS ANALYSIS
Season of cops and football
As autumn kicked off this week, the Uefa match scored for ITV and BBC1 showed its criminal expertise.
