[go: nahoru, domu]
Wikipedia

TVTimes: Difference between revisions

Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
 
(26 intermediate revisions by 16 users not shown)
Line 10:
| editor = Claire Ruck
| frequency = Weekly
| circulation = 197,153 (ABC Jan- – Jun 2016)<ref>{{cite web|title=ABC Certificates and Reports: TV Times|url=http://www.abc.org.uk/Products-Services/Product-Page/?tid=1775|publisher=[[Audit Bureau of Circulations (UK)|Audit Bureau of Circulations]]|access-date=6 January 2015}}</ref><br>{{small| (Print and digital editions}})
| circulation_year=
| category = [[:Category:Listings magazines|TV listings magazine]]
| company = {{plainlist|
| company = Independent Television Publications {{small|(1955–1989)}}<br>[[TI Media]] (formerly IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) {{small|(1989–2020)}}<br>[[Future plc]] {{small|(2020–present)}}
* Associated Rediffusion (1955–1959)
* TV Publications Ltd (1959–1968)
* Independent Television Publications (1968–1989)
* [[TI Media]] (formerly IPC Media and Time Inc. UK) (1989–2020)
* [[Future plc]] (2020–present)
}}
| firstdate = 22 September 1955
| country = [[United Kingdom]]
| based = [[London]], [[England]]
| language = [[British English]]
| website = [{{url|https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/tv-times/ www.whatsontv.co.uk/tv-times/]}}
| issn = 0962-1660
}}
 
'''''TV Times''''' is a British [[Television in the United Kingdom|television]] listings magazine. From 1955 until 1991, it was the only source of seven-day listings for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and, from 1982, [[Channel 4]] (as well as [[S4C]] in Wales in an enclosed local supplement titled ''[[TVTimes#Sbec|Sbec]]''). The magazine did not circulate nationally until 1968 as some (usually smaller) regional stations opted to produce their own listings publications. Until the market was [[Deregulation|deregulated]], its nearest rival was ''[[Radio Times]]'' – owned then by the [[BBC]] and at the time the only source of weekly [[List of BBC television channels and radio stations|BBC television and radio]] schedules. However the two magazines were very different in character, and viewers wanting the full listings for the coming week were required to purchase both publications. The ''TV Times'' branding was also used for several broadcast spin-offs on ITV, including the ''Miss TV Times'' and ''The TV Times Awards'' during the 1970s and 1980s.
'''''TV Times''''' is a British [[Television in the United Kingdom|television]] listings magazine published by [[Future plc]]. It was originally published by Independent Television Publications, owned by the participating ITV companies. The magazine was acquired by [[TI Media|IPC Media]] in 1989, which became Time Inc. UK in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Devitt | first = Maureen | title = Scottish Television profit 21% brighter | work = Herald Scotland | access-date = 2014-08-23 | url = http://www.heraldscotland.com/archive/headline.html }}</ref>
 
Previously published by Independent Television Publications, owned by the participating ITV companies, the magazine was acquired by [[TI Media|IPC Media]] in 1989, which became Time Inc. UK in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web | last = Devitt | first = Maureen | title = Scottish Television profit 21% brighter | work = Herald Scotland | access-date = 2014-08-23 | url = http://www.heraldscotland.com/archive/headline.html }}</ref> It was acquired by [[Future plc]] in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/future_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=967&newsid=1341444|title=Proposed Acquisition of TI Media for £140 million|date=30 October 2019|website=otp.investis.com|access-date=31 October 2019|archive-date=11 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230711103951/http://otp.investis.com/clients/uk/future_plc/rns/regulatory-story.aspx?cid=967&newsid=1341444|url-status=live}}</ref>
Prior to 28 February 1991, it was the only source of seven-day listings for [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] and later, [[Channel 4]] (includes [[S4C]] in Wales). The magazine was first published in 1955, but did not circulate nationally until 1968 as some (usually smaller) regional stations opted to produce their own listings publications. Until the market was [[Deregulation|deregulated]], its nearest rival was ''[[Radio Times]]'' – owned then by the [[BBC]] and at the time the only source of weekly [[List of BBC television channels and radio stations|BBC television and radio]] schedules. However the two magazines were very different in character, and viewers wanting the full listings for the coming week were required to purchase both publications.
 
It also used the branding for several broadcast spin-offs on ITV, often include the ''Miss TV Times'' and ''The TV Times Awards'' during the 1970s and 1980s.
 
==History and profile==
''TV Times'' was launched on 22 September 1955, with the start of transmissions of the first [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] station, [[Associated-Rediffusion]]. Initially, the magazine was published only in the [[London]] area, carrying listings for Associated-Rediffusion (Rediffusion, London from 1964) on weekdays and [[Associated Television|ATV]] at weekends, but regional editions began to appear covering those [[List of ITV regions|ITV regional companies]] which did not opt to establish their own listings magazines. ''TV Times'' became a national magazine (except for the [[Channel Islands]]) from 21 September 1968.
 
During the late 1950s until the early 1980s, ''TV Times'' suffered frequent printing disputes that often meant emergency or special combined editions.
 
The magazine was branded as ''TV Times Magazine'' from 3 October 1981 until 6 October 1984, the premise being it contained more than simply television listings. From November 1982 onwards, it carried listings for [[Channel 4]] and its [[Welsh language|Welsh]] equivalent, [[S4C]]. On 7 October 1989, the programme schedule pages were printed in [[color|full colour]] for the first time. When the television listings were [[Deregulation|deregulated]] on 1 March 1991, ''TV Times'' began carrying listings for the [[BBC]]'s television channels which, up to that point, had only been printed in the BBC's official listings magazine, ''[[Radio Times]]''.<ref name=duopoly>{{cite news |title=The TV-Listings Market: The Duopoly Strikes Back |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |page=53 |date=2 February 1991}}</ref> On 11 February 2006, the magazine was refreshed for a more modern look including the double-page highlights of programmes on all channels as well as [[Radio in the United Kingdom|radio]] and kids' television listings were scrapped, increasing the publication's emphasis on big-star interviews and soaps.
 
On 15 March 2022, the television listings were given a refreshed layout which is similar to ''[[Radio Times]]'', ''[[TV & Satellite Week]]'' and ''[[What's on TV]]''. The changes included a return of radio schedules to the magazine after a 16-year absence.
The magazine was branded as ''TV Times Magazine'' from 3 October 1981 until 6 October 1984, the premise being it contained more than simply television listings. From November 1982 onwards, it carried listings for [[Channel 4]] and its [[Welsh language|Welsh]] equivalent, [[S4C]]. On 7 October 1989, the programme schedule pages were finally printed in [[color|full colour]] for the first time. When the television listings were [[Deregulation|deregulated]] on 1 March 1991, ''TV Times'' began carrying listings for the [[BBC]]'s television channels which, up to that point, had only been printed in the BBC's official listings magazine, ''[[Radio Times]]''.<ref name=duopoly>{{cite news |title=The TV-Listings Market: The Duopoly Strikes Back |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |page=53 |date=2 February 1991}}</ref> On 11 February 2006, the magazine was refreshed for a more modern look including the double-page highlights of programmes on all channels as well as [[Radio in the United Kingdom|radio]] and kids' television listings were scrapped, increasing the publication's emphasis on big-star interviews and soaps.
 
===''TV Times'' Awards===
On 15 March 2022, the television listings were given a refreshed layout which is a similar fashion to ''[[Radio Times]]'', ''[[TV & Satellite Week]]'' and ''[[What's on TV]]''. The changes included a return of radio schedules to the magazine after a 16-year absence.
The awards were held annually to celebrate best in British television as nominations and winners are entirely chosen by its readers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=15 October 2022 |title=TV TIMES Awards 2022 |url=https://www.birminghamworld.uk/news/tv-times-award-my-mame-is-leon-cole-martin-birmingham-3876466 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014141707/https://www.birminghamworld.uk/news/tv-times-award-my-mame-is-leon-cole-martin-birmingham-3876466 |archive-date=14 October 2022 |work=Birminghamworld}}</ref>
 
==Regional editions==
Line 40 ⟶ 49:
|-
! Magazine name
! [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] region
|-
| ''TV Times''
| {{plainlist|
| [[Associated-Rediffusion]] {{small|(weekdays until 1968)}}<br>[[Associated Television|ATV London]] {{small|(weekends until 1968)}}<br>[[ABC Weekend TV|ABC North]] {{small|(weekends until 1968)}}<br>[[ITV Granada|Granada Television]] {{small|(weekdays, and later all week from 29 July 1968)}}<br>[[Southern Television]]<br>[[ITV Anglia|Anglia Television]]<br>[[ITV Border|Border Television]]<br>[[Grampian Television]]<br>[[Scottish Television]] {{small|(from September 1965)}}<br>[[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]] {{small|(from 29 July 1968)}}<br>[[Thames Television]] {{small|(weekdays from 30 July 1968)}}<br>[[London Weekend Television]] {{small|(weekends from 2 August 1968)}}
* [[Associated-Rediffusion]]{{•}} [[Associated Television|ATV London]] {{small|(until 1968)}}
* [[ABC Weekend TV|ABC North]]{{•}} [[ITV Granada|Granada]] {{small|(until 1968)}}
* [[Southern Television]]
* [[ITV Anglia|Anglia Television]]
* [[ITV Border|Border Television]]
* [[Grampian Television]]
* Scottish Television {{small|(from September 1965)}}
* Granada Television {{small|(from 29 July 1968)}}
* [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]] {{small|(from 29 July 1968)}}
* [[Thames Television|Thames]]{{•}} [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] {{small|(from 30 July 1968)}}
}}
|-
| ''TV Guide''
| [[Scottish Television]] {{small|(until 13 May 1962)}}
|-
| ''Television Weekly''
| {{plainlist|
| [[Television Wales and the West]] {{small|(until 1968)}}<br>[[Wales West and North Television|Teledu Cymru]] {{small|(1964–1968)}}<br>[[Independent Television Service for Wales and the West|ITSWW]] {{small|(4 March – 19 May 1968)}}<br>[[ITV Wales & West|Harlech Television]] {{small|(from 20 May 1968)}}
* [[Television Wales and the West|TWW]] {{small|(until 1964)}}
* TWW{{•}} Teledu Cymru {{small|(1964–1968)}}
* [[Independent Television Service for Wales and the West|ITSWW]] {{small|(4 March – 19 May 1968)}}
* [[ITV Wales & West|Harlech Television]] {{small|(from 20 May 1968)}}
}}
|-
| {{plainlist|
| ''Wales TV'' {{small|([[English language|English]])}}<br>''Teledu Cymru'' {{small|([[Welsh language|Welsh]])}}
* ''Wales TV'' {{small|([[English language|English]])}}
* ''Teledu Cymru'' {{small|([[Welsh language|Welsh]])}}
}}
| [[Wales West and North Television]] {{small|(14 September 1962 – 26 January 1964)}}
|-
| ''TV World''<br>{{small|(27 September 1964 – 20 September 1968)}}
| {{plainlist|
| [[Associated Television|ATV Midlands]] {{small|(weekdays, and later all week from 29 July 1968)}}<br>[[ABC Weekend TV|ABC Midlands]] {{small|(weekends until 1968)}}
* [[Associated Television|ATV Midlands]]{{•}} [[ABC Weekend TV|ABC Midlands]] {{small|(27 September 1964 – July 1968)}}
* ATV {{small|(from 29 July 1968)}}
}}
|-
| ''The Viewer''
| {{plainlist|
| [[ITV Tyne Tees|Tyne Tees Television]]<br>[[Scottish Television]] {{small|(13 May 1962 – September 1965)}}
* [[ITV Tyne Tees|Tyne Tees Television]]
* Scottish Television {{small|(13 May 1962 – September 1965)}}
}}
|-
| ''TV Post''
Line 70 ⟶ 104:
|}
 
On 1 March 1991, ''TV Times'' published [[BBC One|BBC1]] and [[BBC Two|BBC2]] programme listings for the first time, which also mirrored the 11 regional editions generally referred to by the ITV company's name, rather than geographical area:
During the late 1950s until the early 1980s, ''TV Times'' suffered frequent printing disputes that often meant emergency or special combined editions.
 
From 1 March 1991, ''TV Times'' published [[BBC One|BBC1]] and [[BBC Two|BBC2]] programme listings for the first time, which also mirrored the 11 regional editions generally referred to by the ITV company's name, rather than geographical area:
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Region
! [[BBC Television|BBC TV]]
! ITV
! [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
|-
| [[BBC Northern IrelandLondon]]
| [[BBC South East]]
| [[UTV (TV channel)|Ulster Television]]
| {{plainlist|
* [[Thames Television|Thames]]{{•}} [[London Weekend Television|LWT]] {{small|(until 31 December 1992)}}
* [[Carlton Television|Carlton]]{{•}} LWT {{small|(from 1 January 1993)}}
}}
|-
| [[BBCEast Scotlandof England]]
| [[BBC East]]
| [[Scottish Television]]<br>[[Grampian Television]]<br>[[ITV Border|Border Television]]
| [[ITV Anglia|Anglia Television]]
|-
| [[Midlands]]
| [[BBC North East and Cumbria|BBC North East]]
| {{plainlist|
| [[ITV Tyne Tees|Tyne Tees Television]]<br>{{small|(also known as Channel 3 North East between 2 September 1996 and 9 March 1998)}}
* [[BBC West Midlands]]
* [[BBC East Midlands]]
}}
| [[ITV Central|Central Television]]
|-
| [[Southern England|South]]/[[South East England]]<br />{{small|(includes [[Channel Islands]] from 26 October 1991)}}
| [[BBC North]]
| {{plainlist|
| [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]]
* [[BBC South]]
* BBC South East
}}
| {{plainlist|
* [[Television South|TVS]]{{•}} [[ITV Channel Television|Channel TV]] {{small|(until 31 December 1992)}}
* [[ITV Meridian|Meridian]]{{•}} Channel TV {{small|(from 1 January 1993)}}
}}
|-
| [[South West England]]
| [[BBC North West]]<br>{{small|(includes [[Isle of Man]])}}
| [[ITVBBC Granada|GranadaSouth TelevisionWest]]
| {{plainlist|
* [[Television South West|TSW]] {{small|(until 31 December 1992)}}
* [[ITV Westcountry|Westcountry]] {{small|(from 1 January 1993)}}
}}
|-
| [[BBC Cymru Wales]]<br>/[[BBC West of England]] {{small|(with [[S4C]])}}
| {{plainlist|
| [[ITV Wales & West|HTV (Harlech Television)]]
* [[BBC Cymru Wales|BBC Wales]]
* [[BBC West]]
}}
| [[ITV Wales & West|HTV]]
|-
| [[BBCNorth West Midlands]]<br>[[BBC East MidlandsEngland]]
| [[BBC North West]]
| [[ITV Central|Central Independent Television]]
| [[ITV Granada|Granada Television]]
|-
| [[Yorkshire]]/[[Lincolnshire]]
| [[BBC East]]
| [[BBC North#BBC region 1968–2004|BBC North]]
| [[ITV Anglia|Anglia Television]]
| [[ITV Yorkshire|Yorkshire Television]]
|-
| [[North East England]]<br />{{small|(includes [[Anglo-Scottish border|English-Scottish border]])}}
| [[BBC South East]]
| [[BBC North East and Cumbria|BBC North East]]
| [[Thames Television]] {{small|(until 31 December 1992)}}<br>[[Carlton Television]] {{small|(from 1 January 1993)}}<br>[[London Weekend Television]]
| {{plainlist|
* [[ITV Tyne Tees|Tyne Tees Television]]
* [[ITV Border|Border Television]]
}}
|-
| [[Central Belt|Central]]/[[Northern Scotland]]
| [[BBC South]]
| [[BBC Scotland]]
| [[Television South]] {{small|(until 31 December 1992)}}<br>[[ITV Meridian|Meridian Broadcasting]] {{small|(from 1 January 1993)}}<br>[[ITV Channel Television|Channel Television]] {{small|(from 26 October 1991)}}
| {{plainlist|
* [[Scottish Television]]
* [[Grampian Television]]
}}
|-
| [[BBCNorthern South WestIreland]]<br />{{small|(includeswith the[[RTÉ One|RTÉ1]] and [[ChannelRTÉ2|Network Islands2]])}}
| [[BBC Northern Ireland]]
| [[Television South West]] {{small|(until 31 December 1992)}}<br>[[ITV Westcountry|Westcountry Television]] {{small|(from 1 January 1993)}}
| [[UTV (TV channel)|Ulster Television]]
|}
 
EveryThe localten stationregional originallyeditions in England had itsended ownby versionSeptember 2005, butand since 2006 asthen theythere have been only four editions:
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Region
! [[Countries of the United Kingdom|Nation]]
! Channels
|-
| [[England]]
| All 13 [[BBC English Regions|13 BBC regions]]<br> and 10 [[List of ITV regions|10 ITV regions]]<br>{{small|(includes regions in England, the [[Isle of Man]] and the [[Channel Islands]])}}
|-
| [[Scotland]]
| [[BBC Scotland]]<br>[[STV (TV channel)|STV]] {{small|(formerly [[Scottish Television|Scottish]] and [[Grampian Television|Grampian]])}}<br>[[ITV Border]]
|-
| [[Wales]]
| {{flatlist|
| [[BBC Cymru Wales]]<br>[[ITV Cymru Wales]]<br>[[S4C]]
* [[BBC Cymru Wales|BBC Wales]]
* [[ITV Cymru Wales|ITV Wales]]
* [[S4C]]
}}
|-
| [[Scotland]]
| {{flatlist|
* [[BBC Scotland]]
* [[STV (TV channel)|STV]]
* [[ITV Border]]
}}
|-
| [[Northern Ireland]]
| {{flatlist|
| [[BBC Northern Ireland]]<br>[[UTV (TV channel)|UTV (Ulster Television)]]<br>[[RTÉ One]]<br>[[RTÉ2]]<br>[[Virgin Media One]] {{small|(formerly TV3)}}
* [[BBC Northern Ireland]]
* [[UTV (TV channel)|UTV]]
* [[RTÉ One|RTÉ1]]
* [[RTÉ2]]
* TV3 {{small|(later [[Virgin Media One]])}}
}}
|}
 
===''TV World''===
From 1956 to 1964, the [[Midlands]] originally had their own edition of ''TV Times'' listing [[Associated Television|ATV]] and [[ABC Weekend TV|ABC]] programmes. A separate listings magazine called ''TV World'' was published from 27 September 1964, with the innovative idea of splitting itself 50:50 with a second cover in the middle allowing for the magazine to be folded over to create both a weekend and a weekday section from one publication. ''TV Times'' went national (except for the [[Channel Islands]]) from 21 September 1968.
 
===''Channel Viewer'' / ''CTV Times''===
[[ITV Channel Television|Channel Television]] published its own listings magazine ''Channel Viewer'' on 1 September 1962, followed by a relaunch as ''Channel Television Times'' in 1971 and then later shortened to ''CTV Times'' until 25 October 1991 as it was feared that the company might cease trading without the revenue from its own magazine.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.transdiffusion.org/2014/09/29/not-the-tvtimes|title=Not the TVTimes - Schedules - Transdiffusion Broadcasting System}}</ref>
 
===''Sbec''===
Line 147 ⟶ 229:
 
==External links==
* [{{official|https://www.whatsontv.co.uk/tv-times/ TV Times website]}}
* [http://bufvc.ac.uk/tvandradio/tvtip TV Times Index Project (TVTip) – Database of TV Times listings 1955 – 1985]
{{Portal bar|United Kingdom|Television|Media}}
 
{{UK TV magazines}}
Line 155 ⟶ 238:
{{DEFAULTSORT:TvTimes}}
[[Category:Listings magazines]]
[[Category:Television magazines published in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Magazines established in 1955]]
[[Category:1955 establishments in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Magazines established in 1955]]
[[Category:Magazines published in London]]
[[Category:Television magazines published in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom]]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TVTimes"