TVTimes

Infobox Magazine
title = TVTimes


image_size = 150px
image_caption = TVTimes logo
publisher = IPC Media
category = TV magazines
total_circulation = 377,473
circulation_year =
frequency = Weekly
language = English
editor = Ian Abbott
editor_title = Editor
founded = 1955
firstdate = September 22, 1955
country = United Kingdom
website = [http://www.tvtimes.co.uk www.tvtimes.co.uk]
issn =

"TVTimes" 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.

"TVTimes" 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".

Editions

"TVTimes" 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

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 "TVTimes" listing ATV and ABC programmes, but a separate listings magazine in the Midlands called "TV World" existed from 1964-68 before "TVTimes" 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).

See also

*"What's on TV" magazine

External links

* [http://www.tvtimes.co.uk/ TVTimes Official Homepage]
* [http://tvtip.bufvc.ac.uk/ TVTimes Project - Database of TVTimes listings 1955 - 1985]
* [http://homepage.mac.com/nickgilbert/TVTimes/PhotoAlbum15.html Almost every TVTimes cover from 1955-1980 plus TV World, Television Weekly etc etc]
* [http://www.ipcmedia.com/brands/tvtimes TVTimes profile]