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Andrew
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As a matter of impartiality I feel I must bring your attention to this story, as when it was the same situation with ITV1 there was a thread about it with multiple pages of ranting
BBC1 records worst ever monthly ratings
Channel 4's Ashes coverage over the weekend hit rival networks' ratings hard once again, with BBC1 slumping to what is believed to be its lowest ever daily audience share on Sunday - at the end of its worst ever month. The network's audience share for the four weeks to Sunday fell to 21.5%.
Channel 4 on Sunday achieved the rare feat of being the most watched broadcaster, attracting a 21% audience share over the day - more than double its normal ratings, as 8 million tuned into the climax of the fourth Test match. On the same day, BBC1 slumped to a 16.8% audience share, while ITV1 attracted 17.9%, according to unofficial overnights.
This continued a lousy run of Sunday ratings this summer for BBC1, which is now thought to have recorded its four worst-ever daily audience share figures - all on a Sunday - since July 24.
And BBC1's two previous monthly lows were in June, with a 22.6% audience share, and July, with a 22.7% share. ITV1 fared little better, beaten by Channel 4 in audience share on both Saturday and Sunday.
Channel 4 squeezed ahead of ITV1 on Saturday, attracting a 16.2% audience share, compared with the latter's 15.9%. BBC1 won the day with an 18.1% audience share, still well below its Saturday average.
The growing popularity of Channel 4's cricket coverage, as the England team draws within sight of a first Ashes series victory over Australia for nearly 20 years, has piled on the ratings misery for BBC1 and ITV1, which were already having a summer filled with the wrong sort of statistical milestones.
(Media Guardian)
See, its not just ITV1 that generates this sort of news story
BBC1 records worst ever monthly ratings
Channel 4's Ashes coverage over the weekend hit rival networks' ratings hard once again, with BBC1 slumping to what is believed to be its lowest ever daily audience share on Sunday - at the end of its worst ever month. The network's audience share for the four weeks to Sunday fell to 21.5%.
Channel 4 on Sunday achieved the rare feat of being the most watched broadcaster, attracting a 21% audience share over the day - more than double its normal ratings, as 8 million tuned into the climax of the fourth Test match. On the same day, BBC1 slumped to a 16.8% audience share, while ITV1 attracted 17.9%, according to unofficial overnights.
This continued a lousy run of Sunday ratings this summer for BBC1, which is now thought to have recorded its four worst-ever daily audience share figures - all on a Sunday - since July 24.
And BBC1's two previous monthly lows were in June, with a 22.6% audience share, and July, with a 22.7% share. ITV1 fared little better, beaten by Channel 4 in audience share on both Saturday and Sunday.
Channel 4 squeezed ahead of ITV1 on Saturday, attracting a 16.2% audience share, compared with the latter's 15.9%. BBC1 won the day with an 18.1% audience share, still well below its Saturday average.
The growing popularity of Channel 4's cricket coverage, as the England team draws within sight of a first Ashes series victory over Australia for nearly 20 years, has piled on the ratings misery for BBC1 and ITV1, which were already having a summer filled with the wrong sort of statistical milestones.
(Media Guardian)
See, its not just ITV1 that generates this sort of news story
