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Monthly Performance Pack
April 2010
Dan Maynard, Publicist, BBC iPlayerBBC Marketing, Communications & AudiencesT. 020 8008 5294 | M. 07912 583654 | [email protected]
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Monthly summary – April 2010
• April was another strong month for BBC iPlayer, with the highest number of requests for TV and radio programmes to date, boosted by the Easter Bank Holiday and the new series of Doctor Who.
• In total there were 123 million requests across all platforms (both online platforms and devices and BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media TV combined) – 93 million for TV programmes and 30 million for radio programmes.
• For TV, this month Doctor Who, Outnumbered and Russell Howard's Good News stood out, whilst for audio requests football coverage and Radio 4 entertainment were in the lead.
• Consistent with previous months:
• The profile of BBC iPlayer users is evening out over time in terms of male/female ratio, but remains strongly under-55 in terms of age, which is younger than the typical TV viewer or radio listener’s profile.
• On-demand makes up the great majority of TV programme requests (in March only 8% of requests were for live simulcast streams), however about two-thirds of requests for radio streams are for live programmes, as opposed to on-demand catch-up listening.
• BBC iPlayer is used for TV at roughly the same time of day as linear TV viewing, although there is proportionally more daytime and late-peak use. For radio, BBC iPlayer is used far more in daytime than traditional radio listening, which peaks at breakfast-time.
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IndexPage
Overview for BBC iPlayer across all platforms 4
Monthly requests 7
Average daily requests 8
Average daily users 9
Weekly requests 10
Weekly users 11
Minutes per user per week 12
Top TV programmes 13
Top radio programmes 14
Live vs on-demand 15
Use of BBC iPlayer for TV by time of day 16
Use of BBC iPlayer for radio by time of day 17
Profile of BBC iPlayer users 18
Glossary 19
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Total Monthly BBC iPlayer Requests across all platformsIncludes Virgin Media
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16.1 18.426.8 23.6 25.4 24.7 25.7 25.5 26.5 26.1 29.3 28.2 32.3 29.9 33.3 30.4
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Virgin Media BBC iPlayer TV requests
Online BBC iPlayer TV requests
Online BBC iPlayer radio requests
In total the BBC iPlayer received 123 million requests for programmes across all platforms in April, including both online platforms and devices, and BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media TV. This is the best month to date.
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Requests for programmes by device typeIncludes Virgin Media
% of requests
In April, the number of BBC iPlayer requests for programmes by platform/device grew on each of the minor platforms, while computer requests were fractionally lower overall (computer requests for TV programmes were also up month-on-month, but down for radio).
NB: iPhone data missing over 10 Nov–02 Feb, and Wii stats missing over 22-31 March, due to technical problems
Number of requests (millions)
Virgin Media data arrives later than online stats, therefore the remainder of this report is only for the online BBC iPlayer, available via computer / mobile / games consoles.
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74% 75%71% 73% 75% 75% 76% 73% 75% 72%
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Notes on figures in this report
These notes apply to pages 5 to 17 in this pack and should be included as footnotes as relevant when quoting any of these figures. A glossary is on page 18.
• This data is collected via a BBC internal data warehouse (BBC iStats). The methodology adheres to industry standard guidelines as defined by JICWEBs and ABCe, with the exception that the BBC data is based on a 25% sample of users and not 100%. The BBC are working towards 100% sample over the coming months
• In 2009 the BBC refined its methodology for measuring AV requests, so figures for 2007/8 are not comparable. There may be further changes in the data in future releases as we continue to refine the methodology
• Please quote the source of these figures as “BBC iStats”
• Unless specified otherwise, figures include requests for both on-demand catch-up (streams and downloads), or views of live simulcasts
• We cannot report download playback due to data privacy restrictions
• All data is for the UK only and excludes listening outside the UK
• January 09 data excludes 1-4 January 09 since changes were made to the measurement system on 5 January
• This data includes requests via the BBC iPlayer on any BBC website – whether on a programme, channel or station page, via the pop-out console, or on the BBC iPlayer website itself
• None of this data following is for the BBC iPlayer on Virgin Media’s TV service - all is for the online BBC iPlayer, available via computer / mobile / games consoles
• This report does not include requests for web-only content (such as online news or sport coverage) – only requests for full-length programmes which have been transmitted on a TV channel or radio station
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30.836.0 36.7 37.1 39.1 36.5
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Monthly BBC iPlayer Online Requests
April 2010 saw a total of 103.9m requests to the BBC iPlayer for TV and radio programmes – a new record of 73.4m for TV and 30.4m requests for radio content.
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Across April 2010 there were 3.5m requests per day on average – 1 million per day for radio programmes and 2.4 million for TV programmes.
Average Daily BBC iPlayer Requests
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Average Daily BBC iPlayer Users
April 2010 saw an average of 1.33 million users per day – 0.98m users only of TV content, 0.3m for only radio content, and 50k users of both media.
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Weekly requests in April 2010 grew slightly across the month, for both TV and Radio, with around 17 million TV requests per week and about 7 million radio requests per week.
* Technical problems - the data measurement systems failed over 10:00-20:00 on Sunday October 18th, so while users successfully received programmes, we did not record their usage of iPlayer.
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Weekly user numbers in April 2010 peaked in w/c 5th April, with the Easter Bank Holiday.
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Requests and average minutes per user per week
On a weekly basis, each user of TV on BBC iPlayer is requesting just under 4 programmes, and streaming just over an hour of content. Each weekly user of radio content is requesting just over 4 programmes, and is streaming nearly three hours of radio content.
On the Easter Bank Holiday weekend user numbers were higher, but this brought down the average stream duration per user – ie. there were more light users of BBC iPlayer on these days.
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BBC iPLAYER TOP 20 TV EPISODE – ALL
BBC iPlayer - Top 20 TV Episodes April 2010
Total requests per Episode
1 Doctor Who Series 5 Episode 1 1,649,000
2 Doctor Who Series 5 Episode 2 1,354,000
3 Doctor Who Series 5 Episode 3 1,124,000
4 Doctor Who Series 5 Episode 4 1,082,000
5 Outnumbered Series 3 Episode 1 908,000
6 Outnumbered Series 3 Episode 2 786,000
7 Russell Howard's Good News S.2 Ep 4 725,000
8 Russell Howard's Good News S.2 Ep 5 715,000
9 Russell Howard's Good News S.2 Ep 3 713,000
10 Outnumbered Series 3 Episode 3 652,000
11 Russell Howard's Good News S.2 Ep 2 610,000
12 Waterloo Road Series 5 Episode 11 548,000
13 EastEnders 01/04/10 511,000
14 EastEnders 23/04/10 494,000
15 Ashes to Ashes Series 3 Episode 1 464,000
16 EastEnders 16/04/10 457,000
17 EastEnders 22/04/10 447,000
18 Have I Got News for You Series 39 Ep 2 447,000
19 EastEnders 13/04/10 446,000
20 Have I Got a Bit More … You S.39 Ep 4 433,000
BBC iPLAYER TOP 20 TV EPISODE
– MOST-REQUESTED EPISODE PER SERIESTotal requests per Episode
1 Doctor Who Series 5 Episode 1 1,649,000
2 Outnumbered Series 3 Episode 1 908,000
3 Russell Howard's Good News Series 2 Ep 4 725,000
4 Waterloo Road Series 5 Episode 11 548,000
5 EastEnders 01/04/10 511,000
6 Ashes to Ashes Series 3 Episode 1 464,000
7 Have I Got News for You Series 39 Ep 2 447,000
8 Have I Got a Bit More News/You S.39 Ep 4 433,000
9 Great Movie Mistakes Part 1 Ep 1 409,000
10 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross S.18 Ep 13 380,000
11 Michael McIntyre: Live and Laughing 380,000
12 Wonders of the Solar System Episode 5 342,000
13 A Passionate Woman Episode 1 340,000
14 Jonathan Creek The Judas Tree 04/04/2010 337,000
15 Snog Marry Avoid? Series 3 Episode 12 335,000
16 Top Gear Series 12 Episode 8 335,000
17 Louis Theroux: America's Medicated Kids 321,000
18 Q.I. Series 7 Episode 16 282,000
19 MasterChef Series 6 Episode 23 242,000
20 Formula 1 2010 The Chinese Grand Prix 236,000
Note: excludes episodes which had been available for fewer than seven days at the end of the month.
In the most-requested list for BBC iPlayer, Doctor Who, Outnumbered and Russell Howard’s Good News make up 11 of the top 20 episodes for April.
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BBC iPLAYER TOP 20 RADIO EPISODE – ALL
BBC iPlayer - Top 20 Radio Episodes April 2010
Note: excludes episodes which had been available for fewer than seven days at the end of the month.
BBC iPLAYER TOP 20 RADIO EPISODE
– MOST-REQUESTED EPISODE PER SERIES
Total requests per Ep
1 5 Live Champ/Lg Barc v Arsenal 06/04/10 102,000
2 5 Live Prem/Lg Man U v Chelsea 03/04/10 92,000
3 5 Live Prem/Lg Tott v Chelsea 17/04/10 90,000
4 The News Quiz Series 71 Ep 1 87,000
5 The Unbelievable Truth Series 5 Ep 3 81,000
6 The Unbelievable Truth Series 5 Ep 4 80,000
7 The News Quiz Series 71 Ep 2 80,000
8 The Unbelievable Truth Series 5 Ep 2 78,000
9 5 Live Prem/Lg Man City v Man U 17/04/10 77,000
10 5 Live Prem/Lg Man U v Tott 24/04/10 73,000
11 5 Live Prem/Lg Tott v Asnl 14/04/10 71,000
12 The Chris Moyles Show 20/04/10 68,000
13 The Chris Moyles Show 01/04/10 65,000
14 The Chris Moyles Show 23/04/10 65,000
15 Official Chart with Reggie Yates 18/04/10 64,000
16 Fearne Cotton 23/04/10 59,000
17 Fearne Cotton 22/04/2010 58,000
18 The Chris Moyles Show 22/04/10 57,000
19 The Chris Moyles Show 21/04/10 57,000
20 The Chris Moyles Show 19/04/10 57,000
Total requests per Ep
1 5 Live Champ/Lg Barc v Arsenal 06/04/10 102,000
2 5 Live Prem/Lg Man U v Chelsea 03/04/10 92,000
3 The News Quiz Series 71 Ep 1 87,000
4 The Unbelievable Truth Series 5 Ep 3 81,000
5 The Chris Moyles Show 20/04/10 68,000
6 Official Chart with Reggie Yates 18/04/10 64,000
7 Fearne Cotton 23/04/10 59,000
8 606 17/04/10 57,000
9 The Now Show Series 30 Ep 6 55,000
10 Greg James 01/04/10 54,000
11 The Vote Now Show Ep 6 49,000
12 Complete Smiley: Smiley's People Part 1 48,000
13 Stephen Nolan 03/04/10 45,000
14 Steve Wright in the Afternoon 01/04/10 42,000
15 Annie Mac 23/04/10 41,000
16 The Archers 20/04/10 39,000
17 Chris Moyles Show with Scott Mills 12/04/10 38,000
18 Ken Bruce 19/04/10 38,000
19 Saturday Play Goldfinger 03/04/10 37,000
20 R1's Essential Mix 500th DJ 24/04/10 36,000
Football, Radio 1 and Radio 4 content was strong on BBC iPlayer in April, similar to previous months.
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Requests by on-demand catch-up vs live simulcast
TV Requests Radio requests
On-demand (catch-up) requests for programmes continued to dominate TV viewing via BBC iPlayer in April, whilst for radio programmes, live listening requests continued to make up just under three-quarters of the total.
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BBC iPlayer – use for TV by time of day, April 2010
Internet and TV usage patterns by time of day
(scales adjusted for comparison)
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The scale for each line on this graph is different – traditional TV viewing is far higher than BBC iPlayer use. However it shows the relative usage pattern by time of day – with BBC iPlayer use (for TV) being closer to the pattern of TV viewing, than of internet use, with proportionally more viewing in daytime and late peak.
TV peak – 26.4 millionBBC iPlayer peak – 244,000
Internet peak – 29.8 million
Sources– TV (aged 4+) from BARB April 10, internet (aged 2+) from Nielsen Mar 10, iPlayer April 2010 iStats See footnotes on final page for more detail
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BBC iPlayer – use for radio by time of day, April 2010
Internet and radio usage patterns by time of day
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Sources - radio (aged 16+) from RAJAR Q4 09, internet (aged 2+) from Nielsen Mar 10, iPlayer April 10 BBC iStats
See footnotes on final page for more detail
Radio peak – 14.3 millionBBC iPlayer peak – 86,000 Internet peak – 29.8 million
The scale for each line on this graph is different – traditional radio listening is far higher than BBC iPlayer use. However it shows the relative usage pattern by time of day – with BBC iPlayer use (for radio) being in-between the pattern of radio listening and internet use, with proportionally more listening in daytime and evening compared with the traditional linear breakfast peak.
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BBC iPlayer use by demographic
Use of the BBC iPlayer is measured on a BBC monthly survey of 700 UK adults. The demographic profile of iPlayer has stabilised for gender, and remains strongly under-55.
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Glossary
Stream – click to play instantly
Download – save to your computer to play laterWe cannot report on playback of downloads due to technical and data privacy restrictions
Users – a count of computer browers accessing the online iPlayer serviceSo please note: if someone has a different computer at work and at home, they are counted twice. If a family watches on a computer together, only one browser is counted. This is the industry-standard way of counting “users” or “visitors” to websites.
Requests – number of successful requests to stream or download a programmeWe only count successful requests, where a stream or a download actually start, rather than “clicks” which can be repeated if the user does not see an immediate reaction on the website.
Catch-up / on-demand – programmes requested after they have gone out on “normal” TV/radio channels and are available on iPlayer
Live / simulcast – streaming of live TV channels / radio stations on the website, at exactly the same time as broadcast on “normal” TV / radio
Special footnotes for slides showing data for time of day
TV data – BARB average audience, live overnights, by hour, all individuals aged 4+, Total TV
Radio data - RAJAR average audience, by hour, all adults 16+, all radio stations
iPlayer - average requests, by hour, all programmes, stream & downloading, live and on-demand, UK only
Nielsen – user numbers, aged 2+ based on internet population estimate of 38 million individuals