The Legacy was the most popular TV programme of 2014 on Danish television and one of five homemade TV series in the Top 10 shows of the year, with Seaside Resort (Badehotellet), 1864, Time Travel (Tidsrejsen) and Dicte. All were supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond.

The Top 10 chart based on TNS Gallup TV Meter, was just published in DR’s annual report about the domestic media landscape ‘Medieudviklinge 2014’. The TNS Gallup chart takes into consideration programmes of at least three episodes lasting more than 15 minutes. Therefore sports programmes are not included.

Here under is the full Top 10 Programmes of 2014 with average viewers
1-The Legacy (DR1) 1.709.000
2-X Factor (DR1) 1.551.000
3-Badehotellet (TV2) 1.514.000
4-1864 (DR1) 1.341.000
5-Vild med dans (TV2) 1.057.000
6-Tidsrejsen (DR1) 1.020.000
7-Gift ved første blik (DR1) 967.000
8-Årgang 0 (TV2) 931.000
9-Den store bagedyst (DR1) 891.000
Dicte (TV2) 836.000

According to DR’s report, 2014 was the strongest year since 2004 for pubcaster DR with a 33.7% viewership. DR1 fared extremely well with six of its programmes in the Top 10 shows of 2014 and the mainstream channel increased its viewers by 2.1% to 22.4%. Meanwhile the closest competing broadcasting group TV2 Danmark stayed at number one on the domestic television market with a stable share of 34.9% (34.8% in 2013). The commercial broadcaster’s flagship channel TV2 upped its viewers by 0.2% to 23.5%, thanks notably to strong prime programming such as Badehotellet.
With a 10.9% share, MTG holds on to its third place, followed by SBS Discovery which dropped in market share from 10.4% in 2013 to 9.6% in 2014. 

Overall Danish people watched traditional television 2hours and 53 minutes a day in 2014, representing a 4% drop from 2013. Streaming continues to eat up the linear market, although exact figures remain difficult to obtain, says the DR report. Among streaming providers Netflix dominates the Danish market with viewers spending around 15 minutes a day watching programmes on the US giant. This compares to 6 minutes a day for YouTube, 2 minutes for Viaplay, 2 minutes for DR TV online, and 1 minute for TV2 Play.

For further information check: www.dr.dk - or download the report below.

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