ABC Consumer Jan-Jun 2009: TV Listings

Every title in the TV listings sector saw a year on year decline, according to ABC figures for Jan-June 2009.

TV Choice had the highest circulation, at 1.33 million copies, although it was down 4.2% year on year.

It was followed closely behind by What’s on TV – down 5.5% year on year – with a circulation of 1.27 million copies.

Following a 4.3% year on year dip, the Radio Times fell below the one million mark for the first time ever. Its circulation now stands at 966,000 copies.

TV & Satellite Week and Total TV Guide fell 2.4% and 2.2% year on year respectively.

TV & Satellite Week now had a total figure of just under 184,000, while Total TV Guide’s is around 108,000.

Falling almost 13% year on year to around 202,000 copies was TV Easy, published by IPC Media.

There was a hefty year on year percentage decline for TV Quick, which now has a circulation of around 144,000 following a 22.5% drop.

And after a drop of 7.6%, TV Times has a circulation of 311,307.

IPC Media’s Soap Life had a very good six months, enjoying both period on period and year on year increases.

It was up 5.1% on last period and 7.7% year on year, to around 118,000 copies.

Hachette Filipacchi’s top selling Inside Soap suffered a year on year decline of almost 7%, although its total circulation remains strong at around 182,000.

All About Soap, also published by Hachette Filipacchi, recorded year on year growth of around 2% although it was down 5.5% period on period.