 TV Times logo from 1999 to 2016 | |
| Editor | Claire Ruck |
|---|---|
| Categories | TV listings magazine |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | 197,153 (ABC Jan – Jun 2016)[1] (Print and digital editions) |
| First issue | 22 September 1955 |
| Company |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Based in | London |
| Language | British English |
| Website | www |
| ISSN | 0962-1660 |
TV Times is a British television listings magazine. From 1955 until 1991, it was the only source of seven-day listings for ITV and, from 1982, Channel 4 (as well as S4C in Wales in an enclosed local supplement titled 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 deregulated, its nearest rival was Radio Times – owned then by the BBC and at the time the only source of weekly 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.
Previously published by Independent Television Publications, owned by the participating ITV companies, the magazine was acquired by IPC Media in 1989, which became Time Inc. UK in 2014.[2] It was acquired by Future plc in 2020.[3]
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