IPC's What's on TV was up 2.4% year on year to 1,673,790 as rival TV Choice, published by H Bauer, continued its success and reached second place in the latest ABCs with an impressive 4.8% increase for the period, showing the largest increase year on year of 6.9% to 1,157,622.
Philippa Brown, IPC tx managing director, said: "What's on TV is simply a publishing phenomenon. For 12 years it has been the UK's best-selling magazine, and that it has extended its lead in the last six months is just further testament to editor Colin Tough and his team. They're simply the best in the business."
Radio Times fell 2.6% for the period, down 2.2% for the year, to 1,080,199 as IPC's TV Times magazine dropped 11.8% for the period and 11.7% for the year to 418,192.
TV Choice's stablemate TV Quick at 313,454, down 7%, did not do so well down for the period, as IPC's TV Easy debuted at 340,018.
IPC's Soaplife saw the biggest rise for the period, up 13.3% to 90,672.
All About Soap, published by Hachette Fillipacchi, sits at the bottom of the table with sales of 81,009. However, the publication reported a 12.8% increase for the period, down year on year by 8.1%.
TV & Satellite Week has continued to show a rise, with sales up 5.5% for the period and 0.1% year on year to 222,737.
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