Suffering from the post-Christmas decline, no title in the TV listings market was able to record growth in the first half of 2019.
However, the top performing magazines – all still print-only – draw sizeable circulations.
Continuing to lead the market with a circulation of 1.12m, Bauer’s TV Choice witnessed a period-on-period decline of -3.4% in H1 and -3.8% year-on-year.
Meanwhile, TI Media’s What’s on TV, ranked second in the market, was down -5.5% PoP to 778,300, while Immediate Media’s Radio Times, the third most popular magazine, suffered a more serious decline of -10.5%, taking its circulation down to just under 520,000.
Elsewhere, TI Media’s TV Times recorded the largest decline – a drop of -12.3% PoP and -9.9% YoY – leaving it in fourth place with a circulation of 141,600.
| Print & Digital (Gross) | Total Print Circulation | Total Digital Circulation | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | Publisher | Jan – Jun 19 | % PoP | % YoY | Jan – Jun 19 | % PoP | % YoY | Jan – Jun 19 | % PoP | % YoY |
| TV Choice | Bauer Media | 1,122,207 | -3.4 | -3.8 | 1,122,207 | -3.4 | -3.8 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| What’s on TV | TI Media (UK) Ltd | 778,348 | -5.5 | -6.4 | 778,348 | -5.5 | -6.4 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Radio Times | Immediate Media Company | 519,603 | -10.5 | -10.0 | 519,603 | -10.5 | -10.0 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| TV Times | TI Media (UK) Ltd | 141,596 | -12.3 | -9.9 | 141,596 | -12.3 | -9.9 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| TV & Satellite Week | TI Media (UK) Ltd | 89,696 | -4.6 | -8.2 | 89,696 | -4.6 | -8.2 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Total TV Guide | Bauer Media | 87,543 | -5.3 | -3.6 | 87,543 | -5.3 | -3.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Inside Soap | Hearst UK | 87,350 | -7.7 | -4.7 | 83,144 | -7.8 | -4.4 | 4,206 | -6.6 | -11.0 |
| Total | 2,826,343 | 2,822,137 | 4,206 | |||||||
Source:ABC
