''TV Choice'' is a British weekly
TV listings
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magazine published by H. Bauer Publishing, the UK subsidiary of family-run German company
Bauer Media Group
Heinrich Bauer Publishing (german: Heinrich Bauer Verlag KG), trading as Bauer Media Group, is a German multimedia conglomerate headquartered in Hamburg. It operates worldwide and owns more than 600 magazines, over 400 digital products and 50 r ...
.
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Media UK It features weekly TV
broadcast programming
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Modern broadcasters use broadcast automation ...
listings, running from Saturday to Friday, and goes on sale every Tuesday.
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Bauer Media A double issue is released to cover the Christmas & New Year period at a higher price.
Overview
Regular issues
Launched on 14 September 1999, the magazine includes features on UK TV shows, including the British
soap opera
A soap opera, or ''soap'' for short, is a typically long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term "soap opera" originated from radio drama ...
s, and films, as well as puzzles, crosswords, a letters page and prize competitions.
Prices
The following prices have been effective.
Christmas and New Year issues
A special Christmas & New Year double-issue was originally priced at £1, double the normal price. As of December 2021, the seasonal issue is priced at £1.50, twice the price of the regular 72p weekly issues. It was revealed on 29 November 2022, that the 2022 seasonal issue would be released on 13 December, making it the first ever issue to be published in such a late date in December.
Podcast
In February 2022, it was announced that ''TV Choice'' would release its first ever podcast entitled ''My TV Years'', with
television presenter
A television presenter (or television host, some become a " television personality") is a person who introduces, hosts television programs, often serving as a mediator for the program and the audience. Nowadays, it is common for people who garne ...
and
radio DJ
A disc jockey, more commonly abbreviated as DJ, is a person who plays recorded music for an audience. Types of DJs include radio DJs (who host programs on music radio stations), club DJs (who work at a nightclub or music festival), mobile D ...
Mel Giedroyc hosting. The podcast ran for eight weeks, on a Wednesday, with the first airing 23 February 2022, and the final episode on 13 April 2022.
Episodes
Circulation
In February 2008, ''TV Choice'' became the biggest selling (actively purchased) magazine of all categories in the UK, a position it has held ever since. It sells over 1.2 million copies a week and has an adult readership of 1.8 million. It has a target market among
C1 C2 young, mass market adults.
Awards
''TV Choice'' also has its own annual awards ceremony, the ''TV Choice Awards'' originally called the ''TV Quick Award'', awarded on the basis of a public vote by readers of ''TV Choice''. The following categories and winners are shown from the 2009 awards to the present day.
References
External links
''TV Choice''''TV Choice'' Magazine (Official website)
''TV Choice'' Bauer UK (facts and ratecard)
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