TV Times
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| Editor | Ian Abbott |
| Categories | TV magazines |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Publisher | IPC Media |
| Total Circulation | 377,473 |
| Year founded | 1955 |
| First issue | September 22, 1955 |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.tvtimes.co.uk |
TV Times is a television listings magazine published in the United Kingdom by IPC Media, a subsidiary of TimeWarner. It is known for its access to television actors and their programmes. In 2006 it was refreshed for a more modern look, increasing its emphasis on big star interviews and soaps. TVTimes is positioned in the premium sector as a quality TV weekly magazine for all generations.
TV Times belongs to IPC Media's family of television magazines, which form the sub-group TX. This includes What's on TV, TV Easy and TV & Satellite Week, as well as the soap bi-weekly Soaplife.
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[edit] Editions
TV Times currently publishes listings for all major television channels. Before 1991 it published listings for ITV and (from 1982) Channel 4 only. Although every ITV region originally had its own version, there are now only four:
- England - All ITV and BBC regions in England
- Scotland - STV, ITV Border and BBC Scotland
- Wales - ITV Wales, S4C, BBC Wales
- Northern Ireland - UTV, BBC Northern Ireland, RTÉ and TV3
[edit] History
The magazine was launched in 1955, but became a national magazine only in 1968. Prior to 1968, several of the regional ITV companies - Westward Television, Scottish Television, Tyne Tees Television, Ulster Television, TWW and Teledu Cymru (and briefly WWN) - produced their own listings magazines. The Midlands originally had their own edition of TV Times listing ATV and ABC programmes, but a separate listings magazine in the Midlands called TV World existed from 1964-68 before TV Times went national.
Channel Television continued to publish its own listings magazine until 1991 (it was feared that the company might go under without the revenue from its own magazine).
[edit] See also
- What's on TV magazine
[edit] External links
- TV Times Official Homepage
- TV Times Project - Database of TV Times listings 1955 - 1985
- Vintage Times: Unofficial TV Times covers site
- Almost every TV Times cover from 1955-1980 plus TV World, Television Weekly etc etc
- TV Times profile
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