Research & Insight at Channel 4 In Research & Insight we look at what, why and when people watch TV and provide audience insight to help our commissioning teams and schedulers understand our viewers. This presentation is a summary of key insights of our performance, reputation and consumer understanding.
A Brief History of Channel 4
The schedule This is the most recent example of what Channel 4 is currently putting on air: Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
17:00 17:30
Early peak Hobbies/Leisure ( CDWM/Coach Trip/Jamie/4 in a Bed)
18:00
The Simpsons
18:30
Hollyoaks
20:00 20:30 21:00 21:30 22:00 22:30
Science / Nature / Human I nterest Docs Lifestyle & Entertainment
Lifestyle Series Contemporary factual / features
23:00
Stripped Factual and Entertainment 23:30
*The schedule is subject to change
Current Affairs
Factual Commissions
Channel 4 News Factual commissions
Aquired Factual, Entertainment & Lifestyle
Current affairs docs
UK/US Entertainment/Drama
( Jamie/CDWM)
Time Team
Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News
Current Affairs
CDWM stacks
Channel 4 News
19:00 19:30
Lifestyle stacks
Aquired and commissioned series
Feature films Feature films
Channel Share Over the past decade, the television industry has seen a sharp growth in the digital market and share of viewing to digital channels is now 44%. Channel 4 has averaged a 7.0% share in 2010.
50
Individual share YTD 2010
16-34 share YTD 2010
ABC1 share YTD 2010
7.0%
9.3%
7.4% Digital channels
45
43.9%
40
35 30 25
BBC1 20.7% ITV1
20
16.6%
15 10
C4 7.1%
BBC2 6.9% FIVE 4.6%
5 0 2001
2002
BARB, 2001-2010 (up to 31st Oct 2010), Network homes
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010 YTD
Our Portfolio Channel 4 kept its competitive edge in the growing digital market by launching four new digital channels that have continued to grow and helped to maintain a strong portfolio performance. Now amongst 16-34s, E4 can outperform Channel Five in certain timeslots. 11.0 10.1
BARB, 2001-2010, Network homes
10.6
10.3
10.5
12.1
11.9
11.8
11.5
11.5
Channel 4 viewers are younger and more upmarket than other commercial broadcasters The profile of the Channel 4 audience throughout the day 16-34 ABC1
40
36 Female
58
55
42
45
C4 Total
Total Commercial
35-44
45-54 C2DE
52
55 Male
55+
C4 Total
Age BARB, Jan-Oct 2010, Network homes, C4 Total.
Social Grade
Total Commercial
Sex
Research also shows that Channel 4 is renowned for creating new and exciting content and for covering ground other channels wouldn’t Channel 4 is the most talked about commercial TV channel for 16-34s (TGI 2009)
Channel 4 is watched by 21 million ABC1s every month (Barb Jan-Nov 09)
Channel 4 is a distinctive and thought provoking channel % of people saying each channel is best for…
BBC1
BBC2
I TV1
Channel 4
40%
11% 6%
36%
10%
8%
five
Being provocative
11%
10%
12% 6%
Covering ground other channels wouldn't 33%
31% 17%
13% 5%
Trend setting Source : C4 Image Tracker, 2010. Base: 4,000 UK Adults
8%
10%
11%
8%
9%
Taking a different approach to subjects
E4 is more than just an entertainment brand, it’s a lifestyle
“Targeted for teenagers, brilliant comedy” Female Inbetweeners viewer, age 15. Taken from E4 focus groups.
E4 is the favourite digital channel of 16-34’s (TGI Q4 2010)
E4 viewers are young, upmarket and female. Profile of the E4 audience, throughout the day 10 16-24
27
12
ABC1
36
41
Female
16 25-34
21
35-44
15
C2DE
54 45+
55
62
55
47
Male
45
38
25
E4 Total
Age BARB, Jan-Oct 2010, Network homes, E4 Total.
Total Commercial
E4 Total
Total Commercial
Social Grade
E4 Total
Total Commercial
Sex
More4 has a unique appeal to intelligent, affluent and informed viewers
Watched by nearly half of all ABC1 adults every month (11.3million) (Barb Jul-Sep 10)
More4 has an older, upmarket following Age 16-34
20
Profile of the More4 audience, throughout the day Social Grade
21 ABC1
35-44
16
16
45-54
19
17 C2DE
55+
39
37
More4 Total
Total Commercial
BARB, Jan-Oct 2010, Network homes, More4 Total.
Sex
40
55
More4 Total
36 Female
57
55
Male
43
45
More4 Total
Total Commercial
55
Total Commercial
Programme Highlights over 2010 My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding Thurs, 22:00 Inds: 6.4m ABC1 Profile: 47% (3 profile points above average of 44%)
the YTD
Grand Designs
One Born Every Minute
Wednesday, 21:00
Tues, 21:00
Inds: 4m
Inds: 3.8m
ABC1 Profile: 57%
16-34 Profile: 34%
(13 profile points above
(6 profile points above YTD average of 28%)
the YTD average of 44%)
Source: BARB YTD2010 Series Averages. VoD Views 7 days post tx,.
Programme Highlights over 2010 The Million Pound Drop (all eps YTD)
This Is England 86
Mon-Sat, 22:00
Inds: 3.2m
Inds: 2.3m
16-34 Profile: 44%
16-34 Profile: 28%
(16 profile points above
(Matching the YTD
the YTD average of 28%)
Monday, 21:00
average of 28%)
The Inbetweeners
Shameless
Mon, 21:00
Tues 22:00 (C4)
Inds: 4.1m
Inds: 3.1m
16-34 Profile: 59%
16-34 Profile: 40%
(An impressive 31 profile points above the YTD
(12 profile points above the YTD average of 44%)
average of 28%)
Our target audiences have a strong relationship with Channel 4 Emotional Connection (Average scores from 1-100)
How close do you feel to each of these channels?
16-34s
ABC1s 44
45
45
24
46
34
23 66
20
30
75 47
41
59 56
57 70
61
40
37
56
31 23
40
Source : Hall & Partners tracking, September 2010. Base: 1,042 Adults; 345 16-34s; 601 ABC1s
43
42
Keep me in touch with our youth audience What is it? Contemporary youth culture is changing fast and UK tribes is our way to get a hold on it all. UK Tribes is a massive study of 16-24 year olds. Using qualitative research methods we identified 25 “tribes” from Indie Scenesters to Boy Racers. We then surveyed 4,000 16-24s online to find what makes each tribe unique, their loves and hates, music tastes, favourite brands and top telly shows. We update the research as often as we can to keep it fresh and we have found that new tribes pop up and grow whilst other tribes evolve, divide and sometimes disappear altogether. Click here to find out more…
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“New normal” Continues to Take Shape in the UK A survey by the Future’s Company found that 57% peopleBryce agree with the For more info please contact Leonie Hodge (
[email protected]) orofLaura statement “I find myself thinking twice before making even the smallest day-to-day This is an increase of 42%since last November. Similarly, 53%of adults (
[email protected]) purchase”. think that “the recession will change consumer behaviour forever”.
Keep me in the know A powerful research resource Propeller is an independently run panel of over 1,000 nationally representative 16-54 year olds. Every three weeks, Channel 4 submits an online questionnaire to the panel, covering anything from their shopping or media habits to brand attitudes. Propeller can be used for pre and post campaign testing and as it’s online, visuals like adverts can be tested.
Did you know…? •A quarter of 16-34 year old women would consider cosmetic surgery •69% of people have a Facebook profile •43% of people have played on a Nintendo Wii
Keep me in touch with what our viewers want CASE STUDY: Qualitative research into the 5pm slot. We wanted to find out what was going on between 5-6pm in the new era of multiscreen households. What are people doing? What mood are they in? Who is around? What is going on in the house? In particular, we wanted to find out what role TV played for the different people in the house at this time of day.
Through this, we found out what was actually going on in a household at 5pm, and the events that different family set ups experienced. This is imperative for planning new programmes and how well the viewers respond to them at this time of day.
The next thing we needed to establish was what programmes people were looking for at this time of day. Did they tend to stick to old favourites, or look for something new? We also wanted to know whether viewing in the household was active or passive at this time of day, and did the viewer choose what they wanted to watch or did other people choose for them (such as children.)
Using qualitative research methods these questions were put to 40 respondents, who were also asked to watch the pilot programmes intended for the 5pm slot in the comfort of their own homes at around that time to test their engagement at that time of day, as well as their general thoughts and feelings about them.
For more info please contact Leonie Hodge (
[email protected])
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