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On almost every third day, the channel exceeded the 6.0 percent mark! “We are very pleased that viewers have responded so positively to our programme offering,” said Guido Bolten, Managing Director of kabel eins, “and we are confident that, despite major sporting events, we will also be able to impress in 2008 with attractive alternatives and a clearly positioned brand. An important step towards this is also the new design, including a new channel claim, which we will present in February.”
The afternoon (Mon-Fri, 1.00 to 6.00 pm), which increased by +0.3 percentage points compared with 2006 to a 6.2 percent market share, and prime time (Mon-Fri, 8.15 to 11.15 pm), which reached 5.6 percent (2006: 5.4 percent), were particularly on a growth course in 2007.
The two daily information formats "Abenteuer Alltag - So leben wir Deutschen" (4.45 pm) and "Abenteuer Leben - täglich Wissen" (5.15 pm) contributed to the afternoon's success, delighting audiences with peak figures of up to 12.0 and 10.1 percent respectively. Also top in the information segment: "Abenteuer Leben Spezial: Das große Fressen" with a 13.8 percent market share, "Mein neues Leben" (up to 10.9 percent market share), "Mein neues Leben XXL" (up to 9.4 percent), the first season of "Männer allein daheim" (up to 11.5 percent), and "Mein neuer Job" (up to 7.9 percent). The kabel eins information formats on Thursday evening ("Mein neues Leben", "K1 Reportage", "K1 Magazin" and "K1 Discovery") achieved an annual average market share of 6.9 percent from 8.15 pm to 12.15 am.
Friday evening was and is series evening on kabel eins - and a guarantee of success: In 2007, "Ghost Whisperer" and "Medium" launched new seasons and market shares of up to 11.4 and 9.4 respectively! But it was not only mystery series that made headlines on kabel eins; comedy series did too: the season finale of "King of Queens" on October 15 made kabel eins the market leader for the first time for just under an hour, with market shares of up to 17.8 percent.
Feature films also once again guaranteed strong market shares in 2007: "The President's Man" (10.3 percent), "The Saint - Der Mann ohne Namen" (10.2 percent), "Running Man" (10.2 percent), "Star Trek - Der Aufstand" (9.7 percent) or "Besser geht's nicht" (9.5 percent).
In entertainment, Thomas Hackenberg made his mark with "Quiz Taxi": from Monday to Friday (7.15 and 7.45 pm), he drove the mobile quiz show to a market share of up to 9.0 percent, "Promi Quiz Taxi" achieved up to 9.6 percent, and the "Mallorca Spezial" up to a 7.6 percent market share. To remain unrecognised as a celebrity for once - Ingolf Lück made it possible in "Experiment Inkognito" and achieved a market share of up to 7.2 percent. The musical highlight of 2007 on kabel eins: the big "FALCO" event evening, which delighted an average of 8.8 percent of viewers on February 5. In January 2008, viewers can look forward to the new Crime Monday: From January 7, kabel eins presents new episodes in their German premiere of "Without a Trace" (every Monday from 8.15 pm)! Further highlights: the new report series "Wir sind Viele!" (from January 3, Thursdays, 9.15 pm) and the feature films "Der mit dem Wolf tanzt" (5.1.), "Rob Roy" (9.1.) and "Die Thomas Crown Affäre" (16.1.).
