Seven and Nine digital channels continue momentum
While Seven led Sunday night’s ratings, two weeks after launch, its digital channel 7Two continues to gain momentum in a race against Nine rival Go.
Seven won the night with a 31.1 per cent channel share, led by The Force, Border Security, Bones, Sunday Night and Sunday News, according to preliminary OzTam figures.
Its digital channel 7Two launched two weeks ago with an audience of 1.8 per cent. Last night it reached 3.7 per cent. Nine’s Go also experienced growth, leading with a share of 5.3 per cent, up from 4.1 per cent on the previous Sunday.
However, Ten’s One suffered a slight fall to 0.8 per cent, compared to last Sunday’s 1.3 per cent. The big news for the network last night was the announcement that Rove McManus would end his variety show after ten years.
It had been suffering from a slump in ratings this year, last night attracting over 700,000 viewers. However, Ten managed a 19.1 per cent channel share in ratings which was up from the 17 per cent it recorded the previous Sunday.
Sunday’s channel share:
- Seven: 31.1%
- Nine: 21.2%
- Ten: 19.1%
- ABC1: 13.4%
- Go: 5.3%
- SBS1: 4.3%
- 7Two: 3.7%
- ABC2: 0.9%
- One: 0.8%
- SBS2: 0.2%
Sunday’s top shows:
- The Force – Seven 1.58m
- Border Security- Seven 1.5m
- Bones – Seven 1.4m
- Sunday Night – Seven 1.3m
- Seven News – Seven 1.3m
- Nine News – Nine 1.2m
- 60 Minutes – Nine 1.078m
- Castle – Seven 0.997m
- 20 to 1 – Nine 0.930m
- Australian Idol – Ten 0.924m
- ABC News – ABC 0.898m
- Rove – Ten 0.760m
- The Australian Masters – Nine 0.713m
- Miss Austen Regrets – ABC 0.637m
- Ten News – Ten 0.623m
Tim Burrowes founded Mumbrella in 2008. He worked on Mumbrella until 2021. At various points he was editor, content director and editor-at-large.
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has anyone asked why GO! and 72 don’t have to meet Australian content requirements?
Nine is already treating GO, like they do their main channel. They’ve already dropped Weeds and Curb Your Enthusiasm and the repeats of Funniest Home Videos and they started running 2 eps of Wipeout back to back without warning.
GO! looked very promising for Weeds fans but Nine’s burned us all again like they did with The Sopranos, The West Wing and countless other shows.
It’s back to Bit Torrent for me – the most reliable place to find Weeds and Lost.
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