Media Research organisations

National Readership Survey: The national Readership survey provides estimates of Britain’s major newspapers

and magazines, showing the size of the audiences they cover. They are a non-profit

organization.

Here is an example of a survey they conducted.

Period July 2009 - June 2010

These figures estimate the number of readers of a certain newspaper, their ages and

their sex.

Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board: The Broadcasters’ Audience Research Board Provide estimates for how many people

watch telly, what programs they watch, what channels and for how long. This is done

by using a panel of television owning private home that represent the viewing

behaviour of the population.

Week ending 12 Sep 2010 These figures show the no of people watching telly, the channels they watch and average weekly viewing.

Audit Bureau of Circulations:

The Audit Bureau of circulations provides detailed circulation, distribution,

attendance, traffic and related data across a broad range of media platforms including:

National, regional and free newspapers

Consumer and B2B magazines

Consumer and trade exhibitions

Digital media such as web, email, video and audio, podcasts, databases, directories, adserving

Radio Joint Audience Research Board Limited: The Radio Joint Audience Research Board Limited is in charge of estimating the

numbers of listeners to certain radio programs.

period ending June 2010

These Figures show radio stations listened to, how many listen to the station, average

hrs listened, total hrs listened and listening share compared to the other stations.

Office of Communications The Office of Communications regulates Communications,

They regulate the TV and radio sectors, fixed line telecoms and mobiles, plus the

airwaves over which wireless devices operate.

Their main legal duties are to ensure:

the UK has a wide range of electronic communications services, including

high-speed services such as broadband;

a wide range of high-quality television and radio programs are provided,

appealing to a range of tastes and interests;

television and radio services are provided by a range of different

organizations;

people who watch television and listen to the radio are protected from harmful

or offensive material;

people are protected from being treated unfairly in television and radio

programs, and from having their privacy invaded; and

The radio spectrum (the airwaves used by everyone from taxi firms and boat

owners, to mobile-phone companies and broadcasters) is used in the most

effective way.

Figures for today (22/09/2010)

These figures show broadband connections, provider, broadband speeds average.