''TV Quick'' was a British weekly television listing magazine published by H Bauer Publishing, the UK subsidiary of family-run German company
Bauer Media Group
Heinrich Bauer Publishing (), trade name, 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 radio and TV stations, ...
. It featured weekly television listings running from Saturday to Friday, and began publication on 30 March 1991 following deregulation of the UK listing magazine market.
The magazine had its own annual awards ceremony, the ''TV Quick'' Awards, awarded on the basis of a public vote by readers of ''TV Quick'' and its sister publication ''
TV Choice''. The awards were renamed the ''TV Choice'' Awards following the title's closure.
The title's demise followed a 27% year-on-year fall in circulation between 2008 and 2009 according to the
Audit Bureau of Circulations.
On 12 May 2010, Bauer announced that it had commenced a 30-day consultation period with its staff about the magazine's future,
and the magazine ceased publication shortly after. It was suggested that the fall in sales was due to the magazine being caught in a no-mans-land between premium titles such as ''
Radio Times
''Radio Times'' is a British weekly listings magazine devoted to television and radio programme schedules, with other features such as interviews, film reviews and lifestyle items. Founded in September 1923 by John Reith, then general manage ...
'' and ''
TV Times'' and budget titles like ''TV Choice'' and ''
What's on TV
''What's on TV'' is a weekly television listings magazine published by Future PLC.
Overview
''What's on TV'' is a weekly UK television magazine. It publishes features, TV listings, news and gossip from soap operas, as well as puzzles and com ...
''.
Awards
The first ''TV Quick'' awards took place in 1997 with eighteen categories voted for.
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1997
See also
* ''
Look-in''
References
1991 establishments in the United Kingdom
2010 disestablishments in the United Kingdom
Bauer Group (UK)
Defunct magazines published in the United Kingdom
Listings magazines
Magazines established in 1991
Magazines disestablished in 2010
Television magazines published in the United Kingdom
Weekly magazines published in the United Kingdom
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