IPC rival What's on TV was the second biggest-selling radio and TV listings magazine during the first half of 2008, averaging 1,346,815 copies, down 5.3% year on year. TV Choice overtook What's on TV during the second half of 2007 to become the UK's biggest-selling paid-for magazine.
BBC Magazines' Radio Times came in third within the sector, averaging 1,009,028 copies during the first half of 2008, although this figure represents a 3.6% year-on-year decline.
All About Soap was the only radio and TV listings magazine to post significant year-on-year growth during the first six months of the year, increasing circulation by 20.1% year on year, while all but two of its 10 other rivals suffered a circulation drop.
The Hachette Filipacchi-owned title averaged 105,198 copies during the first half of 2008, up from 87,619 copies during the same period in 2007. However, it remains the radio and TV listings magazine with the smallest circulation.
Soaplife, up 0.1%, and TV Choice were the only other titles among the radio and TV listings magazines sector to have improved circulation year on year.
IPC-owned TV Easy, down 18.8% year on year, and Bauer Media-owned TV Quick, down 17.2% year on year, suffered by far the biggest circulation drops among the sector.
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