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TV Week

January 17, 2023

For the Canadian television magazine, see TVWeek.

TV Week is a weekly Australian magazine that provides television program listings information and highlights, as well as television-related news.

TV Week
January 2019
EditorAmber Giles
Former editorsEmma Nolan, Thomas Woodgate
Founded1957
First issue5–11 December 1957
CompanyAre Media[1]
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Websitewww.nowtolove.com.au/tvweek

Content ranges from previews for upcoming storylines of popular television programs, particularly dramas, comedies, soap operas and reality shows airing in Australia, celebrity interviews, gossip and news reports about television, movies and music. A full weekly program guide with highlights is featured, as well listings for streaming services and crossword puzzles.

It was first published as a Melbourne-only publication in December 1957 (as TV-Radio Week), bearing a strong affiliation to television station Channel Nine, GTV9.[2] The publication is also well known for its association with the annual TV Week Logie Awards.

History

Early days

The first issue of TV-Radio Week published in Melbourne covered the week 5–11 December 1957, with popular GTV9 performers Geoff Corke and Val Ruff featured on the cover. In 1958, the title was shortened to TV Week. Around 1956, radio magazine Listener In first published in 1925 adapted with the times and began covering television and added "TV" to its title. As part of the Herald and Weekly Times (HWT) group, Listener In-TV had an affinity to the company's new television station, HSV7. The magazine was renamed TV Scene in 1976.[3]

Rival publication Television Preview, produced by the Television Owners Club of Australia, was also launched in 1957. By June 1958, the two magazines had more competition with TV News, published by the Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) and a fortnight later Australian Consolidated Press (ACP) launched its own guide, TV Times.

It was thought that so many television titles in the market was unsustainable, so ACP entered into a co-publishing deal with the ABC, which saw their respective magazines merged to become TV News-Times, soon simplified to TV Times. By the end of 1958, Television Preview was incorporated into TV Week, leaving two strong rival publications in the market for the next two decades.[4]

In July 1958, TV Week added an edition in Sydney, then the only other TV market in Australia. It continued to expand publication as television launched in other capital cities and regional areas across Australia. At the close of 1958, Melbourne readers were invited to vote for their favourite TV personalities and programs, to be presented awards along with some categories judged by an industry panel. Graham Kennedy and Panda Lisner from GTV's In Melbourne Tonight were voted Melbourne's Most Popular TV personalities. Kennedy then named the awards the Logies, after the inventor of the first working television system, John Logie Baird.[5]

TV Week introduced colour internal pages in 1962, moving to gloss colour covers and internal pages in 1967. As a final evolutionary stage, the magazine doubled size from A5 to A4 in July 1968.

Mergers and rivals

By 1971 TV Week had a national weekly circulation of 400,000. South Australia's TV Guide (formerly TV-Radio Tonight) attempted to launch a Melbourne edition in 1973 but only lasted for four months and later became known as TV-Radio Extra in its home state. TV Week and TV Times dominated the market across Australia. In 1979, Family Circle Publications introduced a local version of the American magazine TV Guide, in the compact A5 size.

In 1980, the ABC chose to end its agreement with TV Week and ACP purchased their interest. ACP then entered into a partnership with News Limited, leading to rival publication TV Times being incorporated into TV Week. Later that year, Family Circle Publications sold the national TV Guide to ACP and it was also incorporated into TV Week. Competition then came from existing women's magazines when The Australian Women’s Weekly began including a free television magazine TV Weekly (later TV World) as an insert for its publication in May 1980. Family Circle followed suit in August 1980, as did Woman's Day with TV Day in November 1981. TV Week hit a peak circulation of 850,000 in the mid-1980s.

In 1984, the Federal Publishing Company's tabloid celebrity gossip magazine Star Enquirer was restyled to become TV Star but only ran until 1985. The Victorian publication TV Scene (formerly Listener In-TV) was shutdown after 62 years of publication after it was handed over to Southdown Press, following the media shake-up sparked by Rupert Murdoch's takeover of the Herald and Weekly Times Group Group. TV-Radio Extra was discontinued in South Australia in 1988 when it was incorporated into the Sunday Mail's free television guide, TV Plus. With an increasing number of these types of free magazine supplements in Sunday newspapers across the country in the 1990s, TV Week began to lose significant circulation.

In 1998, in an attempt to boost its local entertainment news credentials, Who Weekly introduced a TV supplement with television news and TV listings but by 2000 this had been dropped.

Later years

TV Week was a joint venture between Kerry Packer's Australian Consolidated Press and Southdown Press (later Pacific Publications), with the latter publishing the magazine on behalf of both parties. In 2002, Packer bought TV Week out of the joint venture, with a clause in the agreement. A legal battle over the custody of the magazine's Logie Awards followed as both Australian Consolidated Press and Pacific Publications claimed ownership. Pacific wanted to use the Logies to promote their new rival TV listing What's on Weekly but Packer won the battle and the Logies remain connected to TV Week.[2] What’s on Weekly ceased publication by the end of that year and it became the last attempt to launch a national rival to TV Week, now with a circulation of 265,000.

ACP Magazines sold TV Week and Foxtel magazine to German Bauer Media Group in 2012.[6] In 2016, another women's magazine New Idea published by Pacific Magazines, introduced TV Extra a supplement covering television news and highlights, however it did not contain TV listings.[7]

In recent years, online program guides have had a significant effect on TV Week's traditional market with circulation dropping below 200,000.[citation needed]

In 2020, Are Media acquired TV Week as part of its acquisition of Bauer Media's Australian and New Zealand assets.[1][8]

Criticism

In 2013, TV Week received criticism from former Neighbours actress Kym Valentine for their lack of coverage of Neighbours. Valentine tweeted to TV Week, saying: "Why don't you give Neighbours as much coverage as Home and Away? The fans are asking for it? Bring back the love xx".[9]

TV Week Soap Extra

TV Week Soap Extra
EditorErin McWhirter
Founded2014
First issue31 July 2014
Final issue29 October 2015
CompanyBauer Media Group
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

TV Week Soap Extra was an Australian fortnightly television magazine, produced as a sister magazine to TV Week.[10]

In January 2014, Bauer Media published a one-off special of TV Week Soap Extra which featured exclusive teasers and first-look photos of upcoming storylines, reviews, and interviews with the stars from local and international soap operas screening in Australia, including Neighbours, Home and Away, The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives.[11] Other soaps included in its content were Coronation Street,[12] EastEnders,[13] Emmerdale,[14] Hollyoaks,[15] and Shortland Street.[16]

On 14 July 2014, Bauer Media confirmed that they would be launching TV Week Soap Extra as a fortnightly magazine dedicated to the storylines of Australian and overseas soaps and dramas.[17] The decision came after Bauer Media had identified a gap in the market for a contemporary magazine that covered television soaps and dramas.[18] TV Week deputy editor Erin McWhirter told TV Tonight, "The one-off special of TV Week Soap Extra we produced and launched in January was a huge success. Off the back of that, as well as TV Week's reputation as a known and trusted brand, it was evident there was enough room in the magazine market for TV Week Soap Extra as an ongoing offering."[18] The 66-page magazine was edited by McWhirter, published on a Thursday and cost $4.50.[17] The first issue was available from 31 July 2014.[17][19][20][21]

The final issue of Soap Extra was released on 29 October 2015.[22] Following its release, their coverage of soap operas moved back to TV Week.[23] McWhirter told TV Tonight, "Whilst Soap Extra has attained a loyal following since launch, due to the relative size of the soap market the business decision has been made that the popular content from Soap Extra is better placed within TV Week.[24]

TV Week Close Up

TV Week Close Up
EditorThomas Woodgate
Founded2018
First issue2 August 2018
CompanyBauer Media Group
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

TV Week Close Up is an Australian monthly television magazine, produced as a sister magazine to TV Week.[25]

On 2 August 2018, Bauer Media launched TV Week Close Up as a monthly magazine dedicated to interviews with stars and industry power brokers and behind the scenes stories about Australia's most popular TV shows. TV Week editor Thomas Woodgate told Mumbrella, "TV Week has earned the trust of our best talent over many years, and we have unrivalled access to Australian stars and shows. It's this access that we want to be able to share every month. We want to provide more of what we know readers love, which is in-depth chats, photo shoots with the stars, exclusive behind- the-scenes looks at favourite shows, and nostalgic trips down TV memory lane".[26] The magazine was sold at a special launch price of $2.99 but normally sells for $5.99.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "TV Week - Australia's Biggest & Best TV Guide". Are Media. from the original on 29 March 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b "TV Week". 10 June 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Remembering Listener In, TV Scene". 26 June 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Television Magazines | AustLit: Discover Australian Stories". austlit.edu.au. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  5. ^ "The Logies". 10 June 2012. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  6. ^ Kruger, Colin (4 September 2012). "ACP magazines sold to German giant". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  7. ^ Knox, David. "New Idea launches TV Extra | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  8. ^ "About Us". Are Media. from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  9. ^ Lallo, Michael (17 October 2013). "Axed Neighbours star Kym Valentine takes 'long hard fight' to Twitter". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  10. ^ . Bauer Media. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  11. ^ Idato, Michael (9 January 2014). "Prisoner X series on the way". The Age. Retrieved 8 January 2014.
  12. ^ "Why Coronation Street's Kym Marsh is crippled by nerves!". TV Week Soap Extra. January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  13. ^ "EastEnders: 5 Jan – 7 Jan Soap Snapshots". TV Week Soap Extra. January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  14. ^ "Emmerdale: Wednesday's Soap Snapshot". TV Week Soap Extra. August 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  15. ^ "This week on Hollyoaks". TV Week Soap Extra. August 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  16. ^ "Shortland Street: Friday August 1's Soap Snapshot". TV Week Soap Extra. July 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  17. ^ a b c Sinclair, Lara (14 July 2014). "Bauer eye on extra soap for TV lovers". The Australian. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  18. ^ a b Knox, David (15 July 2014). "TV Week to launch Soap Extra mag". TV Tonight. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  19. ^ Robinson, Luke (14 July 2014). "Bauer to launch TV Week Soap Extra". B&T. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  20. ^ "TV Week Soap Extra". Mag Shop. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  21. ^ "TV Week Soap Extra makes its debut!". TV Week Soap Extra. July 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
  22. ^ McWhirter, Erin (29 October – 11 November 2015). "Ed's letter". TV Week Soap Extra (23): 3.
  23. ^ "Soap Extra's New Home". TV Week Soap Extra (23): 2. 29 October – 11 November 2015.
  24. ^ Knox, David (4 November 2015). "Bauer folds TV Week Soap Extra". TV Tonight. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  25. ^ "TV Week launches new monthly mag, Close Up". TV Tonight. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
  26. ^ "Bauer Media extends TV Week with new monthly features mag". Mumbrella. Retrieved 2 August 2018.

External links

  •   Media related to TV Week at Wikimedia Commons
  • Official website
  • The History Of Australian Television: TV Week

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For the Canadian television magazine see TVWeek TV Week is a weekly Australian magazine that provides television program listings information and highlights as well as television related news TV WeekJanuary 2019EditorAmber GilesFormer editorsEmma Nolan Thomas WoodgateFounded1957First issue5 11 December 1957CompanyAre Media 1 CountryAustraliaLanguageEnglishWebsitewww wbr nowtolove wbr com wbr au wbr tvweekContent ranges from previews for upcoming storylines of popular television programs particularly dramas comedies soap operas and reality shows airing in Australia celebrity interviews gossip and news reports about television movies and music A full weekly program guide with highlights is featured as well listings for streaming services and crossword puzzles It was first published as a Melbourne only publication in December 1957 as TV Radio Week bearing a strong affiliation to television station Channel Nine GTV9 2 The publication is also well known for its association with the annual TV Week Logie Awards Contents 1 History 1 1 Early days 1 2 Mergers and rivals 1 3 Later years 2 Criticism 3 TV Week Soap Extra 4 TV Week Close Up 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksHistory EditEarly days Edit The first issue of TV Radio Week published in Melbourne covered the week 5 11 December 1957 with popular GTV9 performers Geoff Corke and Val Ruff featured on the cover In 1958 the title was shortened to TV Week Around 1956 radio magazine Listener In first published in 1925 adapted with the times and began covering television and added TV to its title As part of the Herald and Weekly Times HWT group Listener In TV had an affinity to the company s new television station HSV7 The magazine was renamed TV Scene in 1976 3 Rival publication Television Preview produced by the Television Owners Club of Australia was also launched in 1957 By June 1958 the two magazines had more competition with TV News published by the Australian Broadcasting Commission ABC and a fortnight later Australian Consolidated Press ACP launched its own guide TV Times It was thought that so many television titles in the market was unsustainable so ACP entered into a co publishing deal with the ABC which saw their respective magazines merged to become TV News Times soon simplified to TV Times By the end of 1958 Television Preview was incorporated into TV Week leaving two strong rival publications in the market for the next two decades 4 In July 1958 TV Week added an edition in Sydney then the only other TV market in Australia It continued to expand publication as television launched in other capital cities and regional areas across Australia At the close of 1958 Melbourne readers were invited to vote for their favourite TV personalities and programs to be presented awards along with some categories judged by an industry panel Graham Kennedy and Panda Lisner from GTV s In Melbourne Tonight were voted Melbourne s Most Popular TV personalities Kennedy then named the awards the Logies after the inventor of the first working television system John Logie Baird 5 TV Week introduced colour internal pages in 1962 moving to gloss colour covers and internal pages in 1967 As a final evolutionary stage the magazine doubled size from A5 to A4 in July 1968 Mergers and rivals Edit By 1971 TV Week had a national weekly circulation of 400 000 South Australia s TV Guide formerly TV Radio Tonight attempted to launch a Melbourne edition in 1973 but only lasted for four months and later became known as TV Radio Extra in its home state TV Week and TV Times dominated the market across Australia In 1979 Family Circle Publications introduced a local version of the American magazine TV Guide in the compact A5 size In 1980 the ABC chose to end its agreement with TV Week and ACP purchased their interest ACP then entered into a partnership with News Limited leading to rival publication TV Times being incorporated into TV Week Later that year Family Circle Publications sold the national TV Guide to ACP and it was also incorporated into TV Week Competition then came from existing women s magazines when The Australian Women s Weekly began including a free television magazine TV Weekly later TV World as an insert for its publication in May 1980 Family Circle followed suit in August 1980 as did Woman s Day with TV Day in November 1981 TV Week hit a peak circulation of 850 000 in the mid 1980s In 1984 the Federal Publishing Company s tabloid celebrity gossip magazine Star Enquirer was restyled to become TV Star but only ran until 1985 The Victorian publication TV Scene formerly Listener In TV was shutdown after 62 years of publication after it was handed over to Southdown Press following the media shake up sparked by Rupert Murdoch s takeover of the Herald and Weekly Times Group Group TV Radio Extra was discontinued in South Australia in 1988 when it was incorporated into the Sunday Mail s free television guide TV Plus With an increasing number of these types of free magazine supplements in Sunday newspapers across the country in the 1990s TV Week began to lose significant circulation In 1998 in an attempt to boost its local entertainment news credentials Who Weekly introduced a TV supplement with television news and TV listings but by 2000 this had been dropped Later years Edit TV Week was a joint venture between Kerry Packer s Australian Consolidated Press and Southdown Press later Pacific Publications with the latter publishing the magazine on behalf of both parties In 2002 Packer bought TV Week out of the joint venture with a clause in the agreement A legal battle over the custody of the magazine s Logie Awards followed as both Australian Consolidated Press and Pacific Publications claimed ownership Pacific wanted to use the Logies to promote their new rival TV listing What s on Weekly but Packer won the battle and the Logies remain connected to TV Week 2 What s on Weekly ceased publication by the end of that year and it became the last attempt to launch a national rival to TV Week now with a circulation of 265 000 ACP Magazines sold TV Week and Foxtel magazine to German Bauer Media Group in 2012 6 In 2016 another women s magazine New Idea published by Pacific Magazines introduced TV Extra a supplement covering television news and highlights however it did not contain TV listings 7 In recent years online program guides have had a significant effect on TV Week s traditional market with circulation dropping below 200 000 citation needed In 2020 Are Media acquired TV Week as part of its acquisition of Bauer Media s Australian and New Zealand assets 1 8 Criticism EditIn 2013 TV Week received criticism from former Neighbours actress Kym Valentine for their lack of coverage of Neighbours Valentine tweeted to TV Week saying Why don t you give Neighbours as much coverage as Home and Away The fans are asking for it Bring back the love xx 9 TV Week Soap Extra EditTV Week Soap ExtraEditorErin McWhirterFounded2014First issue31 July 2014Final issue29 October 2015CompanyBauer Media GroupCountryAustraliaLanguageEnglishTV Week Soap Extra was an Australian fortnightly television magazine produced as a sister magazine to TV Week 10 In January 2014 Bauer Media published a one off special of TV Week Soap Extra which featured exclusive teasers and first look photos of upcoming storylines reviews and interviews with the stars from local and international soap operas screening in Australia including Neighbours Home and Away The Bold and the Beautiful The Young and the Restless and Days of Our Lives 11 Other soaps included in its content were Coronation Street 12 EastEnders 13 Emmerdale 14 Hollyoaks 15 and Shortland Street 16 On 14 July 2014 Bauer Media confirmed that they would be launching TV Week Soap Extra as a fortnightly magazine dedicated to the storylines of Australian and overseas soaps and dramas 17 The decision came after Bauer Media had identified a gap in the market for a contemporary magazine that covered television soaps and dramas 18 TV Week deputy editor Erin McWhirter told TV Tonight The one off special of TV Week Soap Extra we produced and launched in January was a huge success Off the back of that as well as TV Week s reputation as a known and trusted brand it was evident there was enough room in the magazine market for TV Week Soap Extra as an ongoing offering 18 The 66 page magazine was edited by McWhirter published on a Thursday and cost 4 50 17 The first issue was available from 31 July 2014 17 19 20 21 The final issue of Soap Extra was released on 29 October 2015 22 Following its release their coverage of soap operas moved back to TV Week 23 McWhirter told TV Tonight Whilst Soap Extra has attained a loyal following since launch due to the relative size of the soap market the business decision has been made that the popular content from Soap Extra is better placed within TV Week 24 TV Week Close Up EditTV Week Close UpEditorThomas WoodgateFounded2018First issue2 August 2018CompanyBauer Media GroupCountryAustraliaLanguageEnglishTV Week Close Up is an Australian monthly television magazine produced as a sister magazine to TV Week 25 On 2 August 2018 Bauer Media launched TV Week Close Up as a monthly magazine dedicated to interviews with stars and industry power brokers and behind the scenes stories about Australia s most popular TV shows TV Week editor Thomas Woodgate told Mumbrella TV Week has earned the trust of our best talent over many years and we have unrivalled access to Australian stars and shows It s this access that we want to be able to share every month We want to provide more of what we know readers love which is in depth chats photo shoots with the stars exclusive behind the scenes looks at favourite shows and nostalgic trips down TV memory lane 26 The magazine was sold at a special launch price of 2 99 but normally sells for 5 99 See also EditTV GuideReferences Edit a b TV Week Australia s Biggest amp Best TV Guide Are Media Archived from the original on 29 March 2021 Retrieved 27 April 2021 a b TV Week 10 June 2012 Retrieved 22 August 2020 Remembering Listener In TV Scene 26 June 2017 Retrieved 22 August 2020 Television Magazines AustLit Discover Australian Stories austlit edu au Retrieved 22 August 2020 The Logies 10 June 2012 Retrieved 22 August 2020 Kruger Colin 4 September 2012 ACP magazines sold to German giant The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 22 August 2020 Knox David New Idea launches TV Extra TV Tonight tvtonight com au Retrieved 22 August 2020 About Us Are Media Archived from the original on 10 March 2021 Retrieved 28 April 2021 Lallo Michael 17 October 2013 Axed Neighbours star Kym Valentine takes long hard fight to Twitter The Sydney Morning Herald Retrieved 3 June 2014 TV Week Soap Extra Magazine Bauer Media Archived from the original on 6 October 2014 Retrieved 3 October 2014 Idato Michael 9 January 2014 Prisoner X series on the way The Age Retrieved 8 January 2014 Why Coronation Street s Kym Marsh is crippled by nerves TV Week Soap Extra January 2015 Retrieved 13 January 2015 EastEnders 5 Jan 7 Jan Soap Snapshots TV Week Soap Extra January 2015 Retrieved 13 January 2015 Emmerdale Wednesday s Soap Snapshot TV Week Soap Extra August 2014 Retrieved 3 October 2014 This week on Hollyoaks TV Week Soap Extra August 2014 Retrieved 3 October 2014 Shortland Street Friday August 1 s Soap Snapshot TV Week Soap Extra July 2014 Retrieved 3 October 2014 a b c Sinclair Lara 14 July 2014 Bauer eye on extra soap for TV lovers The Australian Retrieved 15 July 2014 a b Knox David 15 July 2014 TV Week to launch Soap Extra mag TV Tonight Retrieved 3 October 2014 Robinson Luke 14 July 2014 Bauer to launch TV Week Soap Extra B amp T Retrieved 3 October 2014 TV Week Soap Extra Mag Shop Retrieved 3 October 2014 TV Week Soap Extra makes its debut TV Week Soap Extra July 2014 Retrieved 3 October 2014 McWhirter Erin 29 October 11 November 2015 Ed s letter TV Week Soap Extra 23 3 Soap Extra s New Home TV Week Soap Extra 23 2 29 October 11 November 2015 Knox David 4 November 2015 Bauer folds TV Week Soap Extra TV Tonight Retrieved 4 November 2015 TV Week launches new monthly mag Close Up TV Tonight Retrieved 1 August 2018 Bauer Media extends TV Week with new monthly features mag Mumbrella Retrieved 2 August 2018 External links Edit Media related to TV Week at Wikimedia Commons Official website The History Of Australian Television TV Week Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title TV Week amp oldid 1124087433, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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