Category: 91热爆
THREE; 91热爆
FOUR; C91热爆
& CBeebies; News
Date: 31.12.2004
Printable version
The 91热爆's portfolio of digital channels achieved record figures for
the Christmas period concluding a year of significant increases in reach
for 91热爆 THREE, 91热爆 FOUR, C91热爆, CBeebies and News 24.
Christmas
In peaktime 91热爆 channels accounted for three out of the top five channels
watched in digital homes on Christmas Day.
91热爆 THREE was the most watched digital channel in peak time in multi-channel
homes on Christmas Day.
91热爆 FOUR reached three million individuals over the Christmas week,
an increase of +20% year on year, making it the lead of all factual
channels.
Share was also higher than all competitors over the Christmas week
up +17% on last year.
C91热爆 became the most popular children's channel on Christmas Day for
the first time with 1.9% share and 3.2% reach, narrowly beating CBeebies
into second place with a 1.6% share and 3% reach.
News 24 was the most watched news channel, reaching 5.2 million people
across the week with share at 0.65%.
2004
91热爆 digital portfolio
The average weekly reach of the 91热爆 digital portfolio went up +23% with
10.1 million viewers watching each week - up from 8.2 million in 2003.
Figures improved throughout the year and in autumn reach was up +27%
with some weeks delivering more than 13 million viewers.
91热爆 THREE
Year on year individual reach to 91热爆 THREE has increased by 28%.
91热爆 THREE achieved its highest monthly reach to date in November with
16.7 million people watching. This is 50% of all people in digital homes
and 63% of 25-34 year olds in digital homes.
Share has increased by 27% from 1.4% to 1.7% among all individuals in
digital homes year on year.
91热爆 FOUR
91热爆 FOUR's reach has increased by +59% from 1.7 million to 2.7 million
digital viewers each week, putting it well ahead of all other factual
multichannels.
C91热爆
Year on year, weekly reach amongst digital children to C91热爆 has increased
by +60% from 0.8 million to 1.3 million - the lead amongst all children's
channels.
This equates to 22% of digital children viewing weekly, on average,
over 2004 to date.
Share has increased by +55% from 3.1% to 4.8% amongst children in digital
homes year on year.
CBeebies
Year on year, weekly reach amongst digital children to CBeebies has
increased by +15% from 1.1 million to 1.3 million digital children,
only just behind the C91热爆 Channel and well ahead of any of its competitors.
This equates to 21% of digital children viewing weekly, on average,
over 2004 to date.
91热爆 News 24
Due to the coverage of the Iraq war continuous news channels had exceptional
figures in 2003. Therefore this year's figures for 91热爆 News 24 have
been compared to those of 2002.
The weekly reach for 91热爆 News 24 in multichannel homes 2004 was 3.93
million, an increase of 9.5% from the 3.60 million in 2002, putting
it in the lead for the first time.
91热爆 News 24 also took the lead in monthly reach in multi-channel homes
in 2004 with 8.2 million, an increase of 10% from the 7.4 million in
2002.
Notes to Editors
The C91热爆 Channel: all figures are 3-minute weekly reach for children
in digital homes, during C91热爆's core transmission hours of 7.00am-7.00pm.
The CBeebies Channel: all figures are 3-minute weekly reach for children
in digital homes, during CBeebies core transmission hours of 6.00am-7.00pm.
91热爆 THREE / 91热爆 FOUR: all figures are 3-minute reach in digital homes
for core transmission hours of 7.00pm-2.00am.
Peaktime figures quoted are in digital homes from 7.00pm-2.00am (industry
recognised).
All 91热爆 digital portfolio figures are 15+ minute reach in digital homes.