Where do people get their news? BBC 1 & UTV out in front. But Sky News & Radio Ulster neck & neck!

Perhaps pertinent to my earlier post on the media, Ofcom have recently released their News Consumption in the UK report.

In Northern Ireland, the top news sources are BBC One (cited as being used by 65% of adults), UTV (56%), BBC website or app (28%), Sky News Channel (20%) and BBC Radio Ulster (20%). Lots more facts, figures and charts in the set of slides that accompany the report.

Ofcom top 20 news sources by reach NIofcom tv channels by nationofcom radio stations used for news by nationofcom national regional daily newspapers by nationofcom UK wide daily newspapers by nation

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