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| - TV Times is a UK television listings magazine. First published on 20th September 1955 in the London area only to coincide with the launch of ITV, it was for many years the “official” magazine of the network.
- TV Times is a UK television listings magazine. First published on 20th September 1955 in the London area only to coincide with the launch of ITV, it was for many years the “official” magazine of the network. Inevitably the change in 1991 meant that sales were heavily reduced for both magazines. Today Radio Times sells just under one million copies a week of its non-Christmas issue (down from a peak of almost nine million in 1955) while TV Times has a circulation of just under 300,000 issues, down from ten times that figure in the early 1970s.
- TV Times is a television listings magazine published in the UK, similar to the American TV Guide. Originally a regional publication produced by Channel Television, it became a national publication in 1968. It originally listed only ITV (independent TV station) programs; in 1982 Channel 4 listings were added, and from 1991 onwards it listed all major television channels in the UK. The children's version of the magazine is called Look-in Junior TV Times.
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| - TV Times is a television listings magazine published in the UK, similar to the American TV Guide. Originally a regional publication produced by Channel Television, it became a national publication in 1968. It originally listed only ITV (independent TV station) programs; in 1982 Channel 4 listings were added, and from 1991 onwards it listed all major television channels in the UK. The children's version of the magazine is called Look-in Junior TV Times. The Muppet Show was featured on a 1977 TV Times cover, taking the spotlight from Robert Redford. The Muppets were featured on the cover several times in the following years. "TV Times" is also the name of television listing magazines included in some newspapers in other countries, similar to TV Week. The November 6, 1987 Vancouver Sun edition of TV Times included an article on Jim Henson and his 30 year career in TV and movies.
- TV Times is a UK television listings magazine. First published on 20th September 1955 in the London area only to coincide with the launch of ITV, it was for many years the “official” magazine of the network. During that period, TV Times and its BBC counterpart Radio Times (first published in 1923) were the only television listings magazines in the UK as the profits they generated meant that the companies involved continued to hold strict copyright on the listings of their programmes. They had embargo times close enough to transmission to ensure publicity from daily newspapers but not far enough away from transmission to mean that they lost their guaranteed monopoly on the first publication of forthcoming programmes. This situation generated huge sales with the Christmas 1988 edition of Radio Times achieving 11,220,666 copies - a record for magazine sales in the UK and recognised as such by the Guinness Book of Records. Increasingly, the BBC and ITV faced legal action to force them to remove the copyright and provide details upon request. The 1990 Broadcasting Act removed this monopoly and from 1st March 1991 newspapers were allowed to print billings in advance and other independent magazines - usually aimed at the cheaper end of the market - were also launched. Commensurate with that change both Radio Times and TV Times went “multi-channel”, a situation with exists to this day, although each has a subtle preference for its original station loyalty, with arguably Radio Times demonstrating this to more effect than its long-standing rival. Inevitably the change in 1991 meant that sales were heavily reduced for both magazines. Today Radio Times sells just under one million copies a week of its non-Christmas issue (down from a peak of almost nine million in 1955) while TV Times has a circulation of just under 300,000 issues, down from ten times that figure in the early 1970s. Since 1989, TV Times has been published by IPC Media under licence from the ITV group of companies.
- TV Times is a UK television listings magazine. First published on 20th September 1955 in the London area only to coincide with the launch of ITV, it was for many years the “official” magazine of the network.
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