What’s On TV Tops TV Listings, While Gossip Continues Growth
The latest ABC results saw IPC's Whats On TV push its total circulation up by 2.4% year on year to 1,673,790, retaining its position as the market leader.
However there was also good news for the magazine's closest rival, TV Choice, which gained 6.9% year on year, reaching a circulation high of 1,157,622.
New market entrant TV Easy made a good impression in its first three months of publication notching up a respectable circulation of of 340,018 in the six months to June, having launched in April.
Elsewhere, despite dropping by 2.2% year on year, the Radio Times took third place in the TV Listings sector, with a circulation of 1,080,199.
Overall, the celebrity/gossip magazine sector enjoyed a good performance in the six months to June, with the majority of titles reporting increases.
Emap's Closer enjoyed the largest increase, gaining 12.5% year on year to take its circulation up to 540,044 - closing in on rival IPC's market-leading Now which saw its circulation rise by 2% to 591,795.
Heat claimed second place, with an increase of 3.7% year on year, to command a circulation of 560,438, while long-running celebrity title Hello! gained 8.7% to reach 392,481.
Soaplife managed a small increase, rising by just 0.1% year on year, taking its circulation up to 90,672. Both All About Soap and New suffered declining sales in this set of ABC’s of 8.1% and 7.6% respectively.
| TV Listings Magazines Jan-Jun 2005 Year On Year Comparisons | |||||
| Title | Publishing Co | Jan-Jun 04 | Jan-Jun 05 | Acutal Change | % Ch |
| Radio Times | BBC Worldwide Ltd | 1,104,767 | 1,080,199 | -24,568 | -2.2 |
| Total TV Guide | H Bauer Publishing | 103,560 | 93,137 | -10,423 | -10.1 |
| TV & Satellite Week | IPC tx Ltd | 222,510 | 222,737 | 227 | 0.1 |
| TV Choice | H Bauer Publishing | 1,082,654 | 1,157,622 | 74,968 | 6.9 |
| TV Easy | IPC Media | n/a | 340,018 | n/a | n/a |
| TV Quick | H Bauer Publishing | 354,620 | 313,454 | -41,166 | -11.6 |
| TV Times | IPC tx Ltd | 473,379 | 418,192 | -55,187 | -11.7 |
| Whats On TV | IPC tx Ltd | 1,635,023 | 1,673,790 | 38,767 | 2.4 |
Overall, the celebrity/gossip magazine sector enjoyed a good performance in the six months to June, with the majority of titles reporting increases.
Emap's Closer enjoyed the largest increase, gaining 12.5% year on year to take its circulation up to 540,044 - closing in on rival IPC's market-leading Now which saw its circulation rise by 2% to 591,795.
Heat claimed second place, with an increase of 3.7% year on year, to command a circulation of 560,438, while long-running celebrity title Hello! gained 8.7% to reach 392,481.
Hachette Filipacchi's All About Soap suffered the biggest percentage decline year on year, dipping by 8.1% to a circulation of 81,009. However, in period on period analysis, the title has risen by 12.8%.
Elsewhere, New continued its downwards trend, dropping by 7.6% year on year, taking its circulation down to 373,039.
Northern & Shell's OK! saw its circulation dip by 3.8% year on year in the six months to June, resting to 532,843, while the company's Star magazine attracted a circulation of 182,393.
Soaplife managed a small increase, rising by just 0.1% year on year, taking its circulation up to 90,672.
| Celebrity/Gossip Magazines: Jan-Jun 2005 Year On Year Comparisons | |||||
| Title | Publishing Company | Jan-Jun 04 | Jan-Jun 05 | Actual Change | % Change |
| All About Soap | Hachette Filipacchi | 88,197 | 81,009 | -7,188 | -8.1 |
| Closer | Emap | 480,187 | 540,044 | 59,857 | 12.5 |
| New | Northern & Shell | 403,864 | 373,039 | -30,825 | -7.6 |
| Heat | Emap | 540,556 | 560,438 | 19,882 | 3.7 |
| Hello! | Hello Ltd | 361,225 | 392,481 | 31,256 | 8.7 |
| Inside Soap | Hachette Filipacchi | 182,161 | 182,618 | 457 | 0.3 |
| Now | IPC | 580,007 | 591,795 | 11,788 | 2.0 |
| OK! | Northern & Shell | 553,777 | 532,843 | -20,934 | -3.8 |
| Soaplife | IPC tx | 90,581 | 90,672 | 91 | 0.1 |
| Star | Northern & Shell | n/a | 182,393 | n/a | n/a |
