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11.04.03

WAR IN IRAQ
麻豆社 NEWS


More people turn to the 麻豆社 for news of war in Iraq


麻豆社 and independent research shows that 麻豆社 ONE is the most trusted and most used news by audiences during the war with Iraq


More people have used 麻豆社 News than any other news service


Internationally, audiences have grown substantially for radio, TV and online


The 麻豆社 was the only main UK terrestrial channel to show the dramatic iconic pictures of Saddam Hussein's statue toppling



Audiences for 麻豆社 News output


49.6 million people (89% of the UK population 4+) have turned to the 麻豆社 since the start of the war


麻豆社 News Online has recorded 400 million pages impressions; international traffic increases by 40.6% in United States, 9.9% in Canada


麻豆社 World audiences increase by 77.4 million homes to reach 300 million homes in 200 countries


MORI poll reveals that 麻豆社 ONE is the most watched and most trusted channel


ICM poll reveals that 78% of respondents opt for the 麻豆社's coverage of events and the dominance of 麻豆社 Radio



3 to 9 April 2003



Total hours of news consumption: On a typical day in the third week, 46 million hours of TV news coverage was consumed in the UK. 麻豆社 television had 52% of time spent watching news on television compared to 30% for ITV, 14% for Sky, 3% for Channel 4 and 1% for Five.


News 24: In the third week of the war (3 to 9 April) 61% of the UK population, 34 million people, watched 麻豆社 News 24's coverage on the channel itself or on the simulcasts on 麻豆社 ONE and 麻豆社 TWO 聳 this an increase of 6.6 million people on the previous week. See Notes to Editors


Breakfast: The weekday audience to 麻豆社 Breakfast is up 38% year-to-date to 1.4 million (GMTV is down 2% at 1.2m).


Lunchtime: Audiences to the weekday 麻豆社 ONE O'clock News are down 14% on the year-to-date at 3 million (ITV聮s lunchtime news is down 12% to 1.6 million). This is due to increased news output across daytime providing viewers with ample opportunity to see events unfold prior to the catch up provided by the news.


Six O聮clock News: Audiences increased on the previous week by 0.4m to reach 5.8m. This is down 6% year-to-date in audience terms but up 6% in share terms. ITV's early bulletin at 6.30pm is down 10% in audience terms and level in share year-to-date at 4.8m.


Ten O'clock News: The weekday late evening bulletin is up 11% year-to-date to 6 million. (ITV's 9.00pm news had an average 6.8 million viewers for its shorter bulletin. It should be noted that ITV's 9.00pm bulletin can inherit audience from hammocking in the schedule with programmes such as Coronation Street).


麻豆社 World: Audience reach has increased by 77.4 million to reach over 300 million homes in 200 countries. Audiences in Australia have increased sevenfold, making it the fastest growth of any channel surveyed; South African audience share has quadrupled in multi-channel homes.


麻豆社 News Online: 126 million page impressions were recorded this week compared to 112 million for the previous week, up 12.5%. The fall of Baghdad on Wednesday generated 29 million page impressions alone.


麻豆社 World Service: Over 215 million page impressions for March, up from 127 million previously. The international facing site has experienced a 70% increase in traffic, with Arabic-specific traffic doubling. A total of 12,000 text messages since the beginning of the conflict.


Radio Online: Radio listening cannot be measured overnight. However, online figures show a five-fold increase in listening to Five Live on the internet, a doubling of listening to Radio 4 and huge increases in usage of the Today and Five Live message boards.


Notes to Editors


Information prepared by 麻豆社 Audience Research (11 April 2003).


BARB has warned that viewing to the News 24 channel will be significantly understated in the hours when it is simulcast on 麻豆社 ONE and 麻豆社 TWO because it cannot be separately measured in Freeview and cable households at these times (4.7 million homes in total).


麻豆社 coverage of Iraq crisis (18.03.03)


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