Multichannels help Seven win ratings week

Seven has won its first outright ratings week in two months.

While it has snatched back the odd week from Nine thanks to Timeshifted viewing, it’s been a long time since it took a clear victory. But it was a win secured thanks to multichannels, with Nine leading in primary share.

ABC also pushed TEN back to fourth place last week.

Network:
Seven: 29.6
Nine: 28.2
ABC: 18.4
TEN: 17.9
SBS: 5.9

Primary channel:
Nine: 20.2
Seven: 20.1
ABC: 13.5
TEN: 12.1
SBS: 4.7

Multichannels:
7TWO: 4.8
7mate: 4.7
GO!: 4.3
GEM: 3.7
ABC2 / ELEVEN / ONE: 2.9
ABC News 24: 1.3
SBS 2: 1.0
ABC3: 0.7
NITV: 0.2

Best brands last week were:

Seven: Seven News (Sun: 1.18m), Sunday Night (1.06m), Dancing with the Stars (883,000) and Cats Make You Laugh out Loud 2 (869,000).

Nine: Nine News (Sun: 1.27m), 60 Minutes (1.11m), The Block (Sun: 1.08m), NRL (Pre-game: 949,000 in 2 cities).

ABC: Gruen (999,000), Grand Designs (866,000) and ABC News (845,000).

TEN: The Bachelor (Thurs: 982,000), The Great Australian Spelling Bee (Winner announced: 909,000), The Project (7pm: 635,000) and Family Feud (Simulcast: 570,000).

SBS: Who Do You Think You Are? (385,000), Insight (360,000) and The Sugar Conspiracy (294,000).

Nine won 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54 Demos.

Seven won Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. Nine scored Sunday and Thursday. ABC bettered TEN on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.

Seven was victorious in Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth. Nine won Sydney and Brisbane.