Annual Report

1997 Annual Report

Industry Statistics

for the year ended 31 December 1997

ITC LICENCES EXTANT (nos)

Terrestrial

Channel 3 regional

15

Channel 3 national breakfast-time

1

Channel 4

1

Channel 5

1

Public Teletext Service

1

Other Services

1

Commercial Additional Services

2

Digital Terrestrial Television

4

 

Cable and satellite*

Satellite television services

173

Licensable programme services

90

Local delivery services (15 years)

38

Local delivery transitional (5 years)

31

Cable diffusion

14

Prescribed diffusion

115

Licensable programme services restricted

7

 

PROGRAMME HOURS TRANSMITTED (YEAR)

Channel 3 (ITV) in average region

7,492

GMTV

1,244

Channel 4

8,462

Channel 5

6,636

 

TRANSMISSIONS

Qualifying hours commissioned from independent producers

Regional Channel 3

28

GMTV

54

Channel 4

83

Channel 5

71

EC Origin

Regional Channel 3

69

GMTV

78

Channel 4

63

Channel 5

57

Repeats

Regional Channel 3

27

GMTV

0

Channel 4

42

Channel 5

11

Originally produced or commissioned for:

Regional Channel 3

71

GMTV

85

Channel 5

59

Channel 4 (not applicable).

 

STAFF

ITC (average umber)

184

(at 31 December)

187

 

FINANCE (£M)*

1997

Terrestrial net advertising revenue

Channel 3 (ITV)

1,682

Channel 4

510

S4C

9

GMTV

71

Total

2,272

Terrestrial sponsorship income

31

Total terrestrial qualifying revenue

2,303

 

Total satellite and cable programme services qualifying revenue

1,717

ITC licence fees

16

Channel 4 surplus (paid to Channel 3)

90

 

Tender payments

423

Cash bids

264

Percentage of qualifying income

159

* Excludes Channel 5.
Including those inherited from the Cable Authority.

Cable Delivery    Index