The ITV Thread

Elmo · 16-02-2015 4:53pm

Bellerstring wrote: »

How did UTVI, have a "contract" with the teleshopping company?
It's only existed since 1st January.
Who's gonna take out a 3 week contract??

Advertisers, rolling contract. UTV decided not to renew. They had the rights to GMB from 1st Jan as Lorraine is part of GMB.

Missed the "r" no spellcheck.

CorkMartin · 17-02-2015 6:48pm

Weekend ending 8th Feb, Top Fives:
RTE1:
Voice of Ireland 637,000
Room to Improve 604,000
Fair City 536,000
At Your Service 530,000
Saturday Night Show 502,000

RTE2:
RBS Six Nations 458,000
RBS Six Nations 341,000
RBS Six Nations 291,000
Notorious 164,000
Revenge 159,000

TV3:
Red Rock 165,000
The Cube 154,000
The Restaurant 152,000
All star Family Fortunes 132,000
Red Rock 130,000

UTV Ireland
Coronation Street 542,000
Coronation Street 526,000
Coronation Street 468,000
Coronation Street 451,000
Coronation Street 395,000

mikom · 17-02-2015 7:10pm

CorkMartin wrote: »

Weekend ending 8th Feb, Top Fives:
RTE1:
Voice of Ireland 637,000
Room to Improve 604,000
Fair City 536,000
At Your Service 530,000
Saturday Night Show 502,000

RTE2:
RBS Six Nations 458,000
RBS Six Nations 341,000
RBS Six Nations 291,000
Notorious 164,000
Revenge 159,000

TV3:
Red Rock 165,000
The Cube 154,000
The Restaurant 152,000
All star Family Fortunes 132,000
Red Rock 130,000

UTV Ireland
Coronation Street 542,000
Coronation Street 526,000
Coronation Street 468,000
Coronation Street 451,000
Coronation Street 395,000

Mannnnn.... the power of Coronation Street.

An Ciarraioch · 17-02-2015 9:41pm

mikom wrote: »

Mannnnn.... the power of Coronation Street.

And due to the Six Nations, RTE2 became the second-most watched channel last week

TheRedDevil10 · 17-02-2015 9:43pm

Getting plenty of abuse this evening from angry football fans

https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=utvireland&src=typd

Elmo · 17-02-2015 10:52pm

TheRedDevil10 wrote: »

Getting plenty of abuse this evening from angry football fans

https://twitter.com/search?f=realtime&q=utvireland&src=typd

Daft they lose it from next season in any case.

irishfeen · 17-02-2015 11:01pm

Elmo wrote: »

Daft they lose it from next season in any case.

They could have badly taken those CL rights from TV3 from next year.. Big mistake from UTV not to win them imo..

An Ciarraioch · 17-02-2015 11:21pm

That's assuming TV3 have enough reserves to sustain operations for a full 3-year contract - can a commercial channel be viable with a top regular rating below 200k?

Elmo · 17-02-2015 11:54pm

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

That's assuming TV3 have enough reserves to sustain operations for a full 3-year contract - can a commercial channel be viable with a top regular rating below 200k?

Yeah as long as they can get big sports on the channel. IMO sport rights on TV3 will bring TV3 to the level they had with coro st. And Emmers

JCX BXC · 17-02-2015 11:58pm

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

And due to the Six Nations, RTE2 became the second-most watched channel last week

Amm, I think its the third, which is not that impressive....

Elmo · 18-02-2015 1:08am

Carnacalla wrote: »

Amm, I think its the third, which is not that impressive....

No it was actually the 2nd for that week

RTÉ ONE 19.3%
RTÉ2 8.6%
TV3 7.4%
UTV I 6%
3e 2.6%
TG4 1.9%
RTÉ ONE +1/RTÉjr 0.6%

Problem for Irish TV channels is they can't see to grow they are basically robbing each others audience with around 45% share of the audience.

TV3+1 had 0.16% of the audience in Jan.

mikom · 18-02-2015 1:13am

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

And due to the Six Nations, RTE2 became the second-most watched channel last week

Fleeting.

Elmo · 18-02-2015 1:41am

mikom wrote: »

Fleeting.

That's what we're saying When big sports appear on channels they get a good improvement in their audience figures. RTÉ2's 2012 9% share was down almost entirely to Soccer and the Olympic Games

TV3 should see a 10% for 2015 just because of RCW 2015 alone. In the same way it used Coro St and Emmers.

TV3's viewing figures haven't changed all that much since 1998.

Oct 1998 (medialive Adults 15+)

Rank Programme Name 000's
1 Babysitter's Seduction 132
2 Kickboxer 120
3 When Cars Attack 113
4 Baby Snatcher 108
5 Timecop 105
6 Rambo: First Blood 103
7
Touching Evil 103
8 Early Edition 102
9 Death of a Cheerleader 103
10 Early Edition 96
11 Universal Soldier 95
12 Halloween 93
13 Morrison Murders 91
14 Legends of the Fall 89
15 Stalkers Apprentice 86
16 Touching Evil 85
17 C15: The New Professionals 85
18 C15: The New Professionals 84
19 Snowbound 81
20 In Cold Blood 80

Gits_bone · 18-02-2015 1:45pm

Who's yer man that reads the news? Flicked over and watched for first time last night. He's not very good is he? He's nearly looking down at his desk when talking to a guest. Looks very nervy and tired.

iseegirls · 18-02-2015 1:49pm

Gits_bone wrote: »

Who's yer man that reads the news? Flicked over and watched for first time last night. He's not very good is he? He's nearly looking down at his desk when talking to a guest. Looks very nervy and tired.

Is he still doing the breakfast show on Newstalk? That's probably why he's so tired.

irishfeen · 18-02-2015 2:28pm

radiowaves wrote: »

His point was that there is no point in getting FTA satellite for Champions League as ITV lose the rights at the end of this season.

Could very well see ITV going big for other sports though .. That Carl Frampton fight coming up might signal a re-emergence of ITV Boxing.

icdg · 18-02-2015 6:59pm

To take this back to UTV, the Frampton v Avalos fight will air on UTV Ireland:

http://utv.ie/Sport/2015/02/18/UTV-Ireland-to-air-Framptons-Bantamweight-Challenge-31957

JCX BXC · 18-02-2015 7:35pm

Saturday night takeaway starts soon, that'll get a few viewers (including myself)

irishfeen · 18-02-2015 7:41pm

icdg wrote: »

To take this back to UTV, the Frampton v Avalos fight will air on UTV Ireland:

http://utv.ie/Sport/2015/02/18/UTV-Ireland-to-air-Framptons-Bantamweight-Challenge-31957

Big fight for UTVI .. I would assume any new sports rights ITV pick up in the absence CL, F1, FA Cup etc. will be picked up by UTVI.

radiowaves · 18-02-2015 7:45pm

irishfeen wrote: »

Big fight for UTVI .. I would assume any new sports rights ITV pick up in the absence CL, F1, FA Cup etc. will be picked up by UTVI.

As this is a different market no such assumption should be made.

I'm sure UTV Ireland would go for the same rights though.

Mallagio · 18-02-2015 7:52pm

irishfeen wrote: »

Big fight for UTVI .. I would assume any new sports rights ITV pick up in the absence CL, F1, FA Cup etc. will be picked up by UTVI.

I'd put good money on that mate, they need more sports rights that appeal mostly to the male viewer imo....

Lets be honest the soaps they have attract a majority of female viewers I'd imagine.

Mallagio · 18-02-2015 7:55pm

icdg wrote: »

To take this back to UTV, the Frampton v Avalos fight will air on UTV Ireland:

http://utv.ie/Sport/2015/02/18/UTV-Ireland-to-air-Framptons-Bantamweight-Challenge-31957

Superb rights to net there, the guy is going places and traditionally Boxing pulls in a vast array of viewership in their droves - especially on national tv.

Elmo · 23-02-2015 10:23pm

Here is something complete insane from the Department of Communications

http://www.dcenr.gov.ie/NR/rdonlyres/AC9DBB70-99F2-48B2-8E98-0E222E0DB37E/0/ReportforDCENRbyPerspectiveConsultants.pdf

An Ciarraioch · 28-02-2015 11:29pm

Fair to say they'll have their largest non-soap audience tonight?

JCX BXC · 28-02-2015 11:33pm

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

Fair to say they'll have their largest non-soap audience tonight?

Yep. Its the only show that I have a desire to watch in the coming months on UTV.

firestarter51 · 01-03-2015 12:08am

Carnacalla wrote: »

Yep. Its the only show that I have a desire to watch in the coming months on UTV.

your right there, bit of a let down so far.
hope the fight is good

channelsurfer2 · 02-03-2015 9:39am

seems jonathan ross is not being simulcast now. Its moved to Wednesday. A quick look at their peak schedule this weeks shows a lot of gaps(arthur, DCI Banks, etc) from the ITV network. I have to say having a free to air system really has its benifits especially on Saturday night with the fight I could watch UTVHD instead of UTVIRL.

iseegirls · 02-03-2015 9:46am

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

seems jonathan ross is not being simulcast now. Its moved to Wednesday. A quick look at their peak schedule this weeks shows a lot of gaps(arthur, DCI Banks, etc) from the ITV network. I have to say having a free to air system really has its benifits especially on Saturday night with the fight I could watch UTVHD instead of UTVIRL.

I think they moved Jonathan Ross to Wednesday because they were showing a boxing doc before the fight on Saturday night. They possibly couldn't broadcast JR before it aired on ITV, so had GN put in there instead. Although if the schedule is the same next week, then that's my theory gone.

Doesn't help viewers though - just frustrates them with shows moving around.

I see they've added the soap repeats in the afternoon too.

channelsurfer2 · 02-03-2015 11:14am

iseegirls wrote: »

I think they moved Jonathan Ross to Wednesday because they were showing a boxing doc before the fight on Saturday night. They possibly couldn't broadcast JR before it aired on ITV, so had GN put in there instead. Although if the schedule is the same next week, then that's my theory gone.

Doesn't help viewers though - just frustrates them with shows moving around.

I see they've added the soap repeats in the afternoon too.

I see on Twitter that they have confirmed to someone the the JR show will be on Wed from now on. Strange decision. they obviously dont have (or wouldnt buy ) the DCI banks rights, which is made by Left Bank Pictures.

Elmo · 02-03-2015 2:13pm

DCI Banks looks to be distributed by BBC Worldwide, I think RTÉ have broadcast the show.

twinklerunner · 02-03-2015 2:16pm

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

I see on Twitter that they have confirmed to someone the the JR show will be on Wed from now on. Strange decision. they obviously dont have (or wouldnt buy ) the DCI banks rights, which is made by Left Bank Pictures.

Their weekend schedule is particularly poor. Repeats galore.

ftakeith · 02-03-2015 4:02pm

twinklerunner wrote: »

Their weekend schedule is particularly poor. Repeats galore.

UTV ireland and TV3 after 3 months are terrible

Once again I predict the merger/takeover between tv3/utv ireland in the next 12 months

I can see 'red rock' been aired after the UK soaps in the next 12 months on the new merged/takeover tv channel

irishfeen · 02-03-2015 4:18pm

Any word on the boxing viewership from last Saturday night on UTVI?

Souriau · 02-03-2015 8:47pm

What boxing?
There was more advertising going on...

An Ciarraioch · 02-03-2015 10:16pm

irishfeen wrote: »

Any word on the boxing viewership from last Saturday night on UTVI?

Apparently, 457k North of the Border, you'd expect 200-300k for the Republic.

lertsnim · 02-03-2015 10:31pm

Souriau wrote: »

What boxing?
There was more advertising going on...

An ad between rounds is all. What did you expect?

iseegirls · 02-03-2015 11:37pm

The lack of a press release today might mean the ratings weren't as high as expected.

irishfeen · 02-03-2015 11:41pm

iseegirls wrote: »

The lack of a press release today might mean the ratings weren't as high as expected.

That's what I was thinking too..

An Ciarraioch · 03-03-2015 1:19pm

irishfeen wrote: »

That's what I was thinking too..

107,000 according to MediaLive, so even Ant and Dec rated higher.

channelsurfer2 · 03-03-2015 1:23pm

in the UK it got around1.1 million with a 1.9 million peak. not bad but nothing to set the ratings on fire, when the average ratings for that time of the night are 980k.

http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/ratings/the-voice-recovers-from-series-low/5083776.article

icdg · 03-03-2015 2:09pm

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

107,000 according to MediaLive, so even Ant and Dec rated higher.

Sounds pretty good for 11pm on a Saturday night though?

irishfeen · 03-03-2015 2:29pm

As I said on DS to put the main fight on after 11pm was ridiculous from ITV/the promoters .. 9-10pm was the time it should have been.

channelsurfer2 · 03-03-2015 2:31pm

irishfeen wrote: »

As I said on DS to put the main fight on after 11pm was ridiculous from ITV/the promoters .. 9-10pm was the time it should have been.

They couldnt as tyson fury was fighting at 10pm on Boxnation-so they wont clash. Frank Warren already has expressed his dissasisfaction with the fact that the BBBC had sanctioned two fights in the UK on the same night and I expect the 11pm start was the reason for that.

irishfeen · 03-03-2015 2:42pm

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

They couldnt as tyson fury was fighting at 10pm on Boxnation-so they wont clash. Frank Warren already has expressed his dissasisfaction with the fact that the BBBC had sanctioned two fights in the UK on the same night and I expect the 11pm start was the reason for that.

Ah ok I didn't know that, I knew their had to be a reason because it's very rare that a big fight would go that late.. The viewing figures suggest it was an hour too late.

Any figures for UK ITV viewershp??

channelsurfer2 · 03-03-2015 2:49pm

irishfeen wrote: »

Ah ok I didn't know that, I knew their had to be a reason because it's very rare that a big fight would go that late.. The viewing figures suggest it was an hour too late.

Any figures for UK ITV viewershp??

see my previous post with the link to figures. 1.1 million average.

irishfeen · 03-03-2015 2:52pm

channelsurfer2 wrote: »

see my previous post with the link to figures. 1.1 million average.

Ah sorry, on phone here in work so missed it .. 100k in Ireland actually isn't bad considering ITV only got a million more. As I said the time was off putting to say the least for the casual viewer.

Elmo · 03-03-2015 3:07pm

irishfeen wrote: »

Ah sorry, on phone here in work so missed it .. 100k in Ireland actually isn't bad considering ITV only got a million more. As I said the time was off putting to say the least for the casual viewer.

Nearly 50% from NI

irishfeen · 03-03-2015 3:09pm

Elmo wrote: »

Nearly 50% from NI

So only ~600k from the rest of the UK??

Elmo · 03-03-2015 3:49pm

irishfeen wrote: »

So only ~600k from the rest of the UK??

Yeah around 600k in Britain watched, around the same watched in Ireland. UTV nearly had the same audience as its ITV in England and Wales. Wonder how it did on STV.

irishfeen · 03-03-2015 4:28pm

Elmo wrote: »

Yeah around 600k in Britain watched, around the same watched in Ireland. UTV nearly had the same audience as its ITV in England and Wales. Wonder how it did on STV.

I don't think ITV will be happy with that - UTVI 100k looks very respectable compared with that

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