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John Joe Jones

This is a thread to keep an eye on the weekly ratings of irish television.

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Elmo

iseegirls wrote: »

No sign of Big Brother starting yet on Channel 5 & TV3. It started this time last year. Looks like the series will be a lot closer to the Celebrity version.

They are happy to take a hit in May. Big Brother returns in June with Euros. This seem to be their strategy. no word about their plan for new shows.

Elmo

Interesting to see RTÉ put GAA on ONE due to the Olympics. It won't be a good year for 2.

Elmo

No. Programme Channel Start Time Day TVR 000's
1 The Late Late Show RTE ONE 21:40 Fri 13.1 440
2 Prime Time RTE ONE 21:38 Tue 10.2 345
3 The Ray D'Arcy Show RTE ONE 22:05 Sat 9.9 335
4 Fair City RTE ONE 20:03 Tue 9.8 329
5 Reeling In The Years RTE ONE 18:31 Mon 9.4 315
6 Dragons' Den RTE ONE 21:31 Sun 9.2 310
7 Fair City RTE ONE 20:31 Sun 9.1 306
8 Super Garden RTE ONE 20:31 Tue 8.6 291
9 Fair City RTE ONE 20:30 Thu 8.6 288
10 Prime Time RTE ONE 21:37 Thu 8.3 281
11 Coronation Street UTV Ireland 20:30 Mon 8.2 277
12 Coronation Street UTV Ireland 19:32 Mon 8.2 275
13 Winning Streak RTE ONE 20:37 Sat 8.1 274
14 Coronation Street UTV Ireland 19:32 Wed 7.8 263
15 FILM: Life's A Breeze RTE ONE 21:30 Mon 7.8 262
16 Champions League Live RTE2 19:30 Wed 7.7 260
17 Nationwide RTE ONE 19:00 Wed 7.6 256
18 Coronation Street UTV Ireland 19:32 Fri 7.5 254
19 Fair City RTE ONE 20:01 Wed 7.5 252
20 Wild Cities RTE ONE 18:32 Sun 6.6 221
21 Britain's Got Talent TV3 20:02 Sat 6.6 221
22 What Are You Eating? RTE ONE 20:30 Wed 6.4 216
23 Garda Down Under RTE ONE 19:00 Tue 6.4 215
24 FILM: Nanny McPhee And The Big Bang RTE ONE 20:05 Sat 6.2 210
25 Eastenders RTE ONE 19:28 Tue 6.2 210
26 Eastenders RTE ONE 20:02 Fri 6 204
27 UEFA Champions League TV3 19:31 Tue 6 202

Elmo

RTE2's Champions League coverage took most of UTV and TV3s normal audience. With Palidum getting just 55,000 viewer on UTV and TV3's Red Rock down to 76,000 viewers. Red Rock on Thursday Night was below 62,000 viewers, which unfortunately brings Red Rock back down, after the initial months of the year stagnating at 100,000 viewers. Though TV3 can be happy with 100,000 viewers for Doctor in the House.

Charles Slane

Elmo wrote: »

Red Rock on Thursday Night was below 62,000 viewers, which unfortunately brings Red Rock back down, after the initial months of the year stagnating at 100,000 viewers.

Was Red Rock directly up against Fair City last Thursday?

Elmo

Charles Slane wrote: »

Was Red Rock directly up against Fair City last Thursday?

Wouldn't be usual to re-schedule along other soap lines. I know Fair City has at times rescheduled because of Coro St.

Elmo

1 The Late Late Show RTE ONE 21:36 Avg 14.69 495.1
2 Prison In Peru: Michaella's First Interview RTE ONE 21:30 Apr-03 13.4 451.6
3 Dragons' Den RTE ONE 21:31 Avg 10.68 360.1
4 The Voice Of Ireland RTE ONE 18:32 Avg 10.25 345.6
5 The Ray D'Arcy Show RTE ONE 21:41 Avg 10.21 344.1
6 Crimecall RTE ONE 21:37 Avg 10.08 339.8
7 Fair City RTE ONE 20:31 Avg 10.06 339.3
8 The Many Lives Of Kevin McKeever RTE ONE 21:36 Apr-20 9.89 333.3
9 Prime Time RTE ONE 21:37 Avg 9.71 327.2
10 The Ray D'Arcy Show RTE ONE 22:05 Avg 9.59 323.3
11 Fair City RTE ONE 20:02 Avg 9.27 312.6
12 Christy Moore: Journey RTE ONE 21:33 Avg 9.05 305
13 Toughest Place To Be RTE ONE 21:36 Apr-18 8.93 300.9
14 Winning Streak RTE ONE 20:36 Avg 8.78 295.9
15 Coronation Street UTV Ireland 20:30 Avg 8.64 291.1
16 Big Week On The Farm RTE ONE 19:00 Avg 8.48 285.9
17 Mrs Brown's Boys RTE ONE 22:06 Apr-03 8.37 282.1
18 What Are You Eating? RTE ONE 20:32 Avg 8.32 280.4
19 Home Of The Year RTE ONE 20:30 Avg 8.25 278.2
20 Super Garden RTE ONE 20:31 Apr-26 8.18 275.7
21 Coronation Street UTV Ireland 19:32 Avg 7.98 269.1
22 Winning Streak RTE ONE 20:12 Avg 7.35 247.9
23 Emmerdale UTV Ireland 19:01 Avg 6.59 222
24 UEFA Champions League TV3 19:30 Avg 6.53 220.1
25 Champions League Live RTE2 19:30 Avg 6.35 214.1

I left in Champions League coverage and Emmerdale. Just one enter from UTV in twenty for Coro Street. News programmes have been removed from the list by Medialive

Elmo

1 The Late Late Show RTE ONE 21:38 Fri 12.9 435
2 Veronica Guerin: A Legacy RTE ONE 21:36 Mon 9.6 325
3 Eurovision Song Contest RTE2 20:00 Thu 8.8 296
4 Fair City RTE ONE 20:31 Sun 8.6 289
5 Fair City RTE ONE 20:02 Tue 8.5 286
6 Coronation Street UTV IRELAND 19:32 Mon 8.2 277
7 Fair City RTE ONE 20:01 Wed 8.1 274
8 Coronation Street UTV IRELAND 20:30 Mon 8.1 272
9 Eurovision Song Contest Final 2016 RTE ONE 20:00 Sat 7.9 267
10 Dragons' Den RTE ONE 21:30 Sun 7.5 251
11 Prime Time RTE ONE 21:38 Tue 7.3 245
12 Coronation Street UTV IRELAND 19:32 Fri 7.2 242
13 Coronation Street UTV IRELAND 19:32 Wed 6.9 232
14 Super Garden RTE ONE 20:31 Tue 6.8 229
15 Coronation Street UTV IRELAND 20:31 Fri 6.7 227
16 Nationwide RTE ONE 19:00 Mon 6.6 224
17 Eastenders RTE ONE 19:29 Tue 6.5 217
18 Emmerdale UTV IRELAND 19:00 Mon 6.4 216
19 Room To Improve RTE ONE 19:30 Sun 6.4 215
20 My Money And Me RTE ONE 20:30 Wed 6.4 214
21 Garda Down Under RTE ONE 19:00 Tue 6.2 209
22 Eastenders RTE ONE 19:59 Mon 6.1 205
23 FILM: Taken 2 RTE ONE 21:37 Wed 6 201
24 Emmerdale UTV IRELAND 19:00 Tue 6 201
25 Claire Byrne Live RTE ONE 22:37 Mon 5.9 200
26 First Dates Ireland RTE2 22:10 Thu 5.9 200
27 Emmerdale UTV IRELAND 19:01 Wed 5.9 197
28 Eastenders RTE ONE 19:30 Thu 5.7 194
29 Eastenders RTE ONE 19:58 Fri 5.6 190
30 Wild Cities RTE ONE 18:32 Sun 5.3 178

Elmo

phenomenal drop in audience for RTE ONE we should start a repeat watch for each of the channels.

RTE2 1st dates get 200,000 adults with the help of Eurovision.

Nothing more to say really.

I wear socks

TV is dying slowly but surely

Elmo

I wear socks wrote: »

TV is dying slowly but surely

Irish TV is dying slowly but surely. Remember this is live broadcast audience only the top 30 and only Irish Broadcasters. And only accounting for 40% of the audience (ex TG4/Setanta/3e and the +1s)

Pointed out RTE's own stats on the RTE player see them only gaining 30,000 viewers for soaps, this would be similar to a +1 channel or a repeat.

TV will slowly die but Irish TV channels have stopped trying.

iseegirls

Awful figure for the Eurovision final for RTE. Normally if/when Ireland are in the final - it's in the Top 10 or 20 shows of the year.

Love to know did many watch it on the BBC in comparison.

icdg

Elmo wrote: »

Interesting to see RTÉ put GAA on ONE due to the Olympics. It won't be a good year for 2.

They have decided that all live GAA this summer will be on RTE One, though the Sunday Game highlights show will remain on RTE Two. While its the first time in many years RTE One will be used as a matter of course for sports (aside from horse racing on weekdays occasionally), it does make sense give both the Euros and the Olympics.

Sam Russell

icdg wrote: »

They have decided that all live GAA this summer will be on RTE One, though the Sunday Game highlights show will remain on RTE Two. While its the first time in many years RTE One will be used as a matter of course for sports (aside from horse racing on weekdays occasionally), it does make sense give both the Euros and the Olympics.

But surely, RTE 2 must show kids programmes by ministerial order, so RTE 1 becomes the default for horse racing and any day time sports like Euro footie.

If RTE had the freedom to choose, they could have a special Euro channel just for the Euros, and an Olympic channel for the games (in addition to RTE 1 and RTE 2). They could use the RTE 1+1 channel.

Elmo

Sam Russell wrote: »

But surely, RTE 2 must show kids programmes by ministerial order, so RTE 1 becomes the default for horse racing and any day time sports like Euro footie.

If RTE had the freedom to choose, they could have a special Euro channel just for the Euros, and an Olympic channel for the games (in addition to RTE 1 and RTE 2). They could use the RTE 1+1 channel.

Not the major change has to be for more than 90days.

icdg

I am not sure where Elmo's ninety days comes from, but be that as it may, it wasn't a problem before, though neither of the last two tournaments had early afternoon games, and wouldn't have been a problem at all before the 2009 Act.

Elmo

icdg wrote: »

I am not sure where Elmo's ninety days comes from, but be that as it may, it wasn't a problem before, though neither of the last two tournaments had early afternoon games, and wouldn't have been a problem at all before the 2009 Act.

Not more than 30days (90 was an over exaggeration) , I found this out by asking why RTÉ do not need ministerial permission for changes in schedule during summer months for RTÉjr, more than 30 days anyway the reply came back with

Broadcasting Act 2009, Section 103, Part 10, The requirements of subsection (2) shall not apply to the establishment by a corporation of a television or sound broadcasting channel for a period of not more than 30 days (whether consecutive days or otherwise) in any period of 12 months.

Now that I read it TRTÉ during summer months, Christmas and Mid terms falls into this.

I wear socks

In that case RTE should take RTE Jr off 2 at random times of the year for 30 days and test new stands of programs.

Sam Russell

I wear socks wrote: »

In that case RTE should take RTE Jr off 2 at random times of the year for 30 days and test new stands of programs.

That breaks continuity. To build an audience, there must be reliable programmes on that people will watch at more or less the same time every time.

Elmo

Channel Apr Mar Feb Jan 2016 2015 2014
RTÉ ONE 19.09% 19.91% 21.38% 20.03% 20.10% 18.87% 20.00%
RTÉ ONE +1 0.80% 0.73% 0.70% 0.76% 0.75% 0.59% 0.50%
RTÉjr 0.74% 0.75% 0.78% 0.91% 0.80% 0.54% 0.50%
RTÉ2 4.76% 6.35% 6.90% 4.24% 5.56% 6.30% 7.00%
RTÉ Total 25.39% 27.74% 29.76% 25.94% 27.21% 26.30% 28.00%
TV3 7.41% 7.21% 7.62% 7.32% 7.39% 8.44% 11.00%
TV3 +1 0.31% 0.33% 0.37% 0.44% 0.36% 0.29% -
3e 2.33% 2.42% 2.45% 2.45% 2.41% 2.85% 3.00%
TV3 Total 10.05% 9.96% 10.44% 10.21% 10.17% 11.58% 14.00%
UTV 0.77% 0.82% 0.77% 0.80% 0.79% 0.77% 3.00%
UTV Ireland 5.82% 5.89% 6.06% 5.83% 5.90% 6.24% -
UTV Total 6.59% 6.71% 6.83% 6.63% 6.69% 7.01% 3.00%
TG4 2.66% 2.05% 1.56% 1.56% 1.96% 1.76% 2.00%
Setanta 0.56% 0.68% 0.36% 0.32% 0.48% 0.34% 0.30%
Total 45.25% 47.14% 48.95% 44.66% 46.50% 44.66% 47.30%
Other 54.75% 52.86% 51.05% 55.34% 53.50% 55.34% 52.70%

Elmo

Channel Apr Apr-15
RTÉ ONE 19.09% 17.78% 7.37%
RTÉ ONE +1 0.80% 0.63% 26.98%
RTÉjr 0.74% 0.63% 17.46%
RTÉ2 4.76% 4.93% -3.45%
RTÉ Total 25.39% 23.97% 5.92%
TV3 7.41% 7.38% 0.41%
TV3 +1 0.31% 0.33% -6.06%
3e 2.33% 2.56% -8.98%
TV3 Total 10.05% 10.27% -2.14%
UTV 0.77% 0.71% 8.45%
UTV Ireland 5.82% 5.83% -0.17%
UTV Total 6.59% 6.54% 0.76%
TG4 2.66% 2.08% 27.88%
Setanta 0.56% 0.37% 51.35%
Total 45.25% 43.21% 4.72%
Other 54.75% 56.79% -3.59%

An Ciarraioch

TG4 doing well from the NFL final and the hurling replay, while RTE Two is really tanking - the philosophy seems to be "shovel in whatever rubbish wouldn't fit in with the main channel", rather than build an identity that viewers will latch on to.

Elmo

An Ciarraioch wrote: »

TG4 doing well from the NFL final and the hurling replay, while RTE Two is really tanking - the philosophy seems to be "shovel in whatever rubbish wouldn't fit in with the main channel", rather than build an identity that viewers will latch on to.

And with a little imagination both TV3 and UTV could grow their audience. No real change for either from this time last year. Clearly they have a strong core audience.

Elmo

1 The Late Late Show RTE ONE 21:36 Fri 13.5 455
2 The Ray D'Arcy Show RTE ONE 21:45 Sat 10.3 346
3 The Sunday Game Live RTE ONE 16:52 Sun 10.1 341
4 Fair City RTE ONE 20:02 Tue 9.8 330
5 The Sunday Game Live RTE ONE 15:54 Sun 9.6 322
6 Room To Improve RTE ONE 19:32 Sun 9.5 321
7 Fair City RTE ONE 20:31 Sun 9.4 315
8 Dragons' Den RTE ONE 21:30 Sun 9 305
9 Prime Time RTE ONE 21:37 Tue 9 303
10 Fair City RTE ONE 20:01 Wed 8.6 291
11 Wild Cities RTE ONE 18:32 Sun 8.4 283
12 Mrs Brown's Boys RTE ONE 21:35 Wed 8.4 282
13 Fair City RTE ONE 20:02 Thu 8.1 272
14 Coronation Street UTV IRELAND 20:29 Mon 8 271
15 Prime Time RTE ONE 21:37 Thu 7.8 264
16 UEFA Europa League Final: Liverpool v Sevilla TV3 19:43 Wed 7.7 260
17 PJ Mara: A Legacy RTE ONE 21:36 Mon 7.7 258
18 Eastenders RTE ONE 19:58 Fri 7.4 251
19 Coronation Street UTV IRELAND 19:32 Mon 7.3 244
20 Super Garden RTE ONE 20:31 Tue 7.2 242
21 Coronation Street UTV IRELAND 19:32 Fri 7.2 242
22 Brendan O'Connor's Cutting Edge RTE ONE 22:11 Wed 7.1 239
23 Eastenders RTE ONE 19:23 Tue 7.1 238
24 Coronation Street UTV IRELAND 20:29 Fri 6.7 227
25 Nationwide RTE ONE 19:00 Fri 6.6 224

Elmo

How to depress RTE2 audiences put GAA on RTE ONE, helping to steady the ship during the summer months on the main channel.

You'd think with BGT Red Rock would see increase but its down at 80,000 again.

FA Cup had 187,000 viewers on TV3.

Ireland's Craziest TV Moments had 84,000 viewers V Coronation Street's 184,000 viewers. (also 13 episodes of Emmerdale and Coronation Street!).

BTW Eurovision on BBC1 in UK had 7.3million viewers V BGT's 8.2m on ITV.

Interesting to see how BGT does up against Champions League Final on RTE2 next week.

FRIENDO

Elmo wrote:

How to depress RTE2 audiences put GAA on RTE ONE, helping to steady the ship during the summer months on the main channel.

I suppose with the Euros and the Olympics, RTE 2's figures will be back up.

Will be interesting to see the viewing figures for the Champions League alright, being an all Spanish final, figures will suffer a little with no English team involved.

Elmo

FRIENDO wrote: »

I suppose with the Euros and the Olympics, RTE 2's figures will be back up.

Will be interesting to see the viewing figures for the Champions League alright, being an all Spanish final, figures will suffer a little with no English team involved.

Olymipics doesn't have the same effect as other sports. I can't see TV3 wanting it. While RTE have sold 22 Euro games to TV3 plus the final, unlikely to see it peek above 10% IMO.

511

FRIENDO wrote: »

Will be interesting to see the viewing figures for the Champions League alright, being an all Spanish final, figures will suffer a little with no English team involved.

It's rematch of the 2014 final. How did that preform on RTE, anyone?

FRIENDO

Elmo wrote:

Olymipics doesn't have the same effect as other sports. I can't see TV3 wanting it. While RTE have sold 22 Euro games to TV3 plus the final, unlikely to see it peek above 10% IMO.

RTE 2 have held the 3 ROI group games (should get good views), also some games from Wales, NI and England.

FRIENDO

511 wrote:

It's rematch of the 2014 final. How did that preform on RTE, anyone?

The figures should be higher this year as the game is not FTA anymore on the UK stations. RTE 2 will be the only FTA option.

I wonder will it be as high as the TV3 Europa league final involving Liverpool.

Slightly going of topic, in the UK ITV lost the FTA rights for Champions league to BT Showcase, I wonder what the FTA viewing figures are for Champions league this year compared to ITV last year.