TV Guide is a bi-weekly American magazine that provides information on television programs and television-related news, celebrity interviews and gossip, movie reviews, crossword puzzles, and, in some cases , horoscope. Print magazines are owned by NTVB Media, while their digital properties are controlled by the CBS Interactive division of CBS Corporation; the name TV Guide and related editorial content of the publications are licensed by CBS Interactive for use on websites and mobile apps through agreements with the parent company of TVGM Holdings, Inc. magazine.
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The prototype of what would become the TV Guide magazine, was developed by Lee Wagner (1910-1993), who was director of the MacFadden Publications circulation in New York City in the 1930s - and then, at that time from creation the publication of its predecessor, for Cowles Media Company - distributes film-focused magazines.
In 1948, he scored a magazine listing the New York City area The TeleVision Guide , which was first released in local kiosks on June 14 of that year. Silent Gloria Swanson, who later starred in the short-lived variety series The Gloria Swanson Hour, appeared on the cover of the first edition. Wagner then began publishing regional editions of The TeleVision Guide for New England and the Baltimore-Washington area. Five years later, he sold the editions to Walter Annenberg, who folded them into publishing and broadcasting, Triangle Publications, but stayed as a consultant for the magazine until 1963.
Annon Annenberg/Triangle
The first national TV TV ' issue was released on April 3, 1953, accumulating a total circulation of 1,560,000 copies sold in ten US cities where it was distributed. The inaugural cover features a photo of Luci's newborn son Desi Arnaz, Jr., with a downscaled inset photo of Ball placed in the upper corner under the headline: "Lucy $ 50 million baby". The magazine is published in a digest size, which has remained in its 52 years of print format. From the first edition to 2 to 8 July 1954, the issue, the list in each edition of TV Guide starts on Friday and ends on Thursday; The July 9-16, 1954 edition began on Friday and ends on the following Friday. Then, starting with July 17-23, 1954, the issue, the weekly issue of the list changed to start on Saturday and ends on Friday, which remained the list format for all local editions until April 2004. The establishment of TV Guide as a national publication resulting from the purchase of Publication Triangle from a number of regional television publications such as TV Forecast (circulated in the Chicago area and, in its first publication on May 9, 1948, was the first television magazine published continuously), TV Digest (distributed in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, originally distributed under the title, Local Televiser , when it was first released on November 7, 1948), and > New York-based Television Guide (shortened to TV Guide on March 18, 1950). Each city that has their local TV magazine list folded into the TV Guide is among the early cities where the magazine made its national launch.
The launch as a national magazine with local listings in April 1953 became an almost instantaneous success; However, the circulation declined over the next few weeks, even as the magazine's distribution expanded to five additional cities (Pittsburgh, Rochester, Detroit, Cleveland and San Francisco) throughout the summer of 1953. In mid-August of that year, the magazine's sales dropped 200,000 copies under the first edition. Trust TV Guide ' began to reverse the 4-10 September 1953 issue - the first edition of the magazine "Fall Preview" - when the circulation reached 1,746,327 copies; the circulation rate increased steadily over time, to the point where TV Guide finally became the most widely read and circulated magazine in the United States in the 1960s. The initial cost of each problem is 15 ¢ per copy (equivalent to $ 1.37 today, the price of each problem gradually increasing over the years, selling for $ 4.99 per copy by 2018). In addition to subscribing, TV Guide is sold at cashier counters across national stores. Until the 1980s, the features included in each edition were promoted in television commercials. Under the Triangle, TV Guide continues to grow not only in circulation, but in recognition as an authority in television programs with articles - most of which usually appear in the color section - of both contributing staff and authors.
For decades, the TV Guide has changed to reflect the modernization of television screens, eventually adopting a widescreen appearance in September 2003, and then to the current flatscreen display in September 2016 (different logo versions - one the only cosmetic difference is the use of various typography - currently used for individual magazines and digital properties managed separately and managed by CBS). At first, the logo had various colored backgrounds (usually black, white, blue or green) until the familiar red background became standard in the 1960s with occasional changes used for special editions.
The magazine was first based in a small office in downtown Philadelphia, before moving to the wider national base in Radnor, Pennsylvania, in the late 1950s. The new facility, complete with a large TV Guide logo, is lit at the entrance of the building, based on the management, editors, production personnel and its subscription processors and large computer systems that store data on every television and movie show available for inclusion in publications popular weekly. Printing the national color section of TV Guide - which combines television-related stories, and chooses feature columns like program reviews - takes place at Triangle's Gravure Division factory - known to perform some of the highest quality printing in the industry, with registration nearly always perfect - located next door to the Inquirer Building company on North Broad Street in Philadelphia. The color portion is then sent to the regional printer to be wrapped around the local list section.
In addition to the TV Guide and its flagship newspaper The Philadelphia Inquirer , the Publication Triangle also has Philadelphia Daily News ; ten radio and six television stations (WFIL AM-FM-TV in Philadelphia, WNHC AM-FM-TV in New Haven, Connecticut, KFRE AM-FM-TV in Fresno, California, WNBF AM-FM-TV in Binghamton, New York , WFBG AM-FM-TV in Altoona, Pennsylvania and WLYH-TV in Lancaster-Lebanon, Pennsylvania); The Daily Racing Form ; The Morning Telegraph ; Seventeen ; and the various interests of cable television. It's under the Triangle ownership of WFIL-TV that Dick Clark and American Bandstand become popular. Triangle The publication sold its Philadelphianya newspaper to the Knight Newspaper in 1969, its radio and television stations in the early 1970s to Capital Cities Communications (the now known television station as KFSN-TV and WPVI-TV was later acquired by ABC through its 1986 merger with the Capital City ) and other interests, just saving TV Guide , Seventeen and The Daily Racing Form .
For the first 52 years of magazine publication, the list information is displayed in a "log" format, a list of mostly text-based programs compiled by start time and channel, which is the only method - finally, the primary network after prime time is entered, and then secondary for the last two years due to the inclusion of local lists - from displaying program information on TV Guide until a switch to the national list in 2005; it allows to display full titles for each program as well as inclusion of synopsis for movies and most programs. Most entry lists in the log include the program genre (and for the national news program, anchor) after the program title, while the running time (which is mentioned only if the program lasts at least one hour - then 35 minutes - long) is listed in the synopsis.
Initially, most of the programs listed in the logs of each issue display a brief synopsis, except for local and national news releases, and programs that are aired on specific stations in various timeslots. As broadcast television stations and other cable channels are added, as it specifies the space requirements for the local list section, the detailed synopsis is gradually limited to series and specials - typically those aired in night time slots - as well as movies broadcasted on broadcast television, while shorter synopsis is used for programs seen on broadcast stations outside the home edition market and select cable channels; and only titles along with additional information (such as genre and/or program length) for most other broadcast and cable programs. In addition, black-and-white advertisements for programs scheduled to be broadcast on broadcast stations - and later, cable channels - during prime time (with local on-air time, and for broadcast stations, information for network affiliate stations displayed in the scheduled edition for displaying advertised events) are included in the list.
The regular feature of the listings section is "Close-Up," which provides an extended review of the specific programs that are delivered daily (various editions of "Close-Up" are eventually used for different types of programs, from new series premieres to cable shows). Over time, other regular and recurring features (mostly related to television) are included alongside the list including "Insider" (television news and interview section on the main page of the color section); "Cheers and Jeers" (a page of criticism on various aspects of television programming); "Hits and Misses" (featuring a brief review of a particular program in the coming weeks, rated from 0 to 10); "Guides" (half-page daily section featuring highlight five or six interesting programs); horoscope; recap the previous week's storyline in the daytime network sinetrons; page reviewing new home videos (and later, DVD) releases; a special page featuring each sporting event, a children's program and a four-star "movie" broadcast during the week; and crosswords. Although the problem typically focuses on week-to-week television-related stories, the TV Guide also incorporates repetitive issues that appear several times each year, especially "Fall Preview" (issues that have been featured since the magazine's inaugural year in 1953, featuring a review of the new series premiering during the fall television season), "Returning Favorites" (first published in 1996, featuring a preview of the updated series of previous television season returns for the upcoming fall schedule), " Winter Preview "(first published in 1994 and later known as" TV Impressions (year) "from 2006 to 2009, featuring midseason series previews) and" Best Kids Show on TV "(first published in 1989 and later renamed "Parent" Guide for Children's Television "in 1990, and finally as" Parenting Guide for Children's TV "in the year 1993, featuring stories and reviews about family-oriented programs).
Icons used for other means besides identifying registered stations were first added to magazines in 1962, which showcased special shows and television programs broadcast in color. TV Guide modified all the icons entered into the local list section in May 1969, changed the font for bullet that identifies local stations from Futura to Helvetica standard and expands the TV shaped bullet to show the color program (replaces the icon bar/text that has been used for the previous seven years); because color programming became more common, in August 1972, magazines chose to include including identifying programs that came from black and white (marked with the abbreviation "BW"). In September 1981, the list began to identify programs presented with closed or open texts or by interpretation of sign language on the screen.
Added list of cables
The emergence of cable television will be difficult on TV Guide. Cable channels began to be registered in magazines in 1980 or 1981, depending on the edition; the channels listed are also different from the related edition. The regional and national donations available on the designated wiring systems of many editions are the only listed cable channels at first as well as, in certain markets, over-the-air subscription services delivered via local independent stations (such as ONTV); Local subscription television services are often listed as "STV Programming" or "Subscription Television" for channels carrying services, with services listed separately or, in some editions, not at all. Channels coming from cables - such as HBO, CNN (both originally promoted primarily in full page ads), CBN Cable Network (now Freeform), Alpha Repertory Television Service (ARTS, since being replaced by A & E) and Nickelodeon - are added gradually between the late winter of 1981 and the first half of 1982, depending on the edition.
To save channel space, TV Guide combines the grid (a list of rowing displays for programs scheduled to be broadcast during night hours every night, mainly organized by channel) to the list in September 1981, placed in random pages in the afternoon list every day. The grid originates as a one-page feature that provides program summaries served during prime time (from 7:00 to 10:00 pm or 8:00 to 11:00 pm depending on prime time in a given time zone) at the station mentioned in the related edition; in 1985, it expanded to a two-page section - which started taking about three quarters of the two adjacent pages in which it was placed - which included programs that aired during initial access and late fringe periods (from 5:00 to 11:00 am, or 6:00 pm to 12:00 local time), with the start and end of prime time prime time specified by the magazine (between 7:30 and 11:00 pm or between 6:30 and 10:00 local time on the day Monday to Saturday, and between 7:00 and 11:00 pm or between 6:00 and 10:00 pm local time on Sunday) depicted by thicker borders. Channels listed in the grid are organized by broadcast stations, basic cable channels, and premium channels.
In August 1982, the magazine expanded the coverage of cable programming by introducing two feature parts. The first, "CablePay Section," is a separate color insert that follows the Friday listing, which provides highlights of the program shown on basic cable and national premium channels (this feature was discontinued in 1985, at the time, the spotlight of the cable program was folded into the feature "Guide"). The second feature, "Cable and Pay-TV Movie Guide" (later renamed "Pay TV Movie Guide" in 1984 and "Premium Channel Video Guides" in 1997), initially followed the "CablePay" insert before being moved to the page immediately after list of Fridays in May 1985, which produced a national section - which had been fenced in two parts, both before and after the local part - was consolidated into the first half of the page consisting of each issue. The "Movie Guide," which includes the final page of each edition, provides a movie summary scheduled to be broadcast for one to two weeks to the cable channel included in the list of log lattices and (excluding the grid list ) displayed exclusively on the grid) as well as the first page summary of the movie scheduled for the week's premiere (compiled by channel and categorized by title). Over the years, more and more cable channels are added to the list of each edition. To help compensate for this, the May 11-17, 1985 edition introduced a smaller Helvetica font to log, along with several other cosmetic changes; in particular, the length of the event begins to be listed after the title of the event, not at the end of its synopsis. The issue also sees ads for local stations featured in the related edition are restricted to certain special events, with most program promotions limited to national broadcast and cable networks.
Company news and Gemstar era
On August 7, 1988, the Publication Triangle was sold to a $ 3 billion News Corporation News Corporation branch, one of the largest media acquisitions of the time and the most expensive publicity transaction at the time. Issue 3-9 November 1990, saw the addition of VCR Plus code in several regional editions of the magazine, in order for users with technology-incorporating devices - developed by their
On March 7, 1996, TV Guide launched iGuide, originally developed by the combined company News Corporation-MCI Delphi Internet Service Corp. as a web portal, that displays more comprehensive list of television data than magazines offer (with information that runs two weeks before the current date), as well as news content,
Additional changes to this list occurred with the print edition of 14-20 September 1996 edition. Beginning with the issue, the program title switched from showing in all caps to display in mixed cases, Franklin Gothic fonts, movie titles - previously shown in descriptions films - began to appear before the movie synopsis in slant print format (replacing the generic "MOVIE" head that has been used to identify the movie since the beginning of the magazine), and the children's program in accordance with the 1990 Children's Television Act began to be determined by the " E/I "circular. In addition, the infomercial (which has been specified under the title "COMMERCIAL PROGRAM" [S] "until 1994, and" INFORMERCIAL [S] "thereafter" stopped enrolling in the magazine during the period of time in which the stations aired. continue to be listed in magazines, but mainly limited to religious programs.) Changing the text identifiers that have been included in the movie synopsis, theatrically released films are also beginning to be identified by black and white, the symbol "M" box, depending on the star rated movie ( formulas, on a scale of one [to "poor"] to four [for "excellent"], based on a consensus of reviews from leading film critics, cast and movie director quality, and award-winning movie box office.) The movie icon is also customized for identifies direct-to-video (marked as "M-> V") or made-for-TV (marked with the release of "M-> T"), which is not starred.Started with the 25th edition -31 January 1997, the listing list began to include content ratings for programs assigned through the newly implemented TV Parent Guidelines system (system content ratings then added to their introduction in October 1998).
News Corporation sold TV Guide to United Video Satellite Group, the parent company of Prevue Networks, on June 11, 1998, for $ 800 million and 60 million shares worth an additional $ 1.2 billion (this followed a previous effort merger between the two companies in 1996 that finally fall apart). After the sale, the report suggests that the TV Guide will remove the program list from the magazine, redirecting them entirely to its new Prevue Channel cable network, which will be renamed as a result of United Video purchase for TV magazine Guide ; News Corporation's executives later stated that the listing information will remain part of the magazine. That year, United Video acquired TVSM Inc. (publisher of the list of bidders competing for Total TV and Cable Wizard ) in the $ 75 million acquisition; as a result, TV Guide joins Total TV , and starts printing magazine versions in full format of the latest magazine version (while retaining the original digestion version) effectively with the July 11, 1998 edition.
Because most cabling systems publish their own list magazines that reflect their channel list, and now have separate guidance channels or electronic program guides that can be remotely activated and provide the same information in more detail - in addition to competition that arrives late in the 1990s from websites that also specialize in providing detailed television program information (such as TVGuide.com, then operated in conjunction with TV Guide Magazine and Zap2It), listing print programs in separate magazines becomes less valuable. The number and variety of cable television programs that make it difficult for TV Guide to provide a list of programs that come directly on the cable system. TV Guide also can not match the ability of the cable box to keep a personalized list. However, beginning with the September 12-18, 1998 edition, the magazine added several new channels to many editions, including those previously mentioned only in the introduction on the channel list page and available primarily on digital and satellite cables; although most of the newly added channels are placed in the main time network, only a few (such as Animal Planet and MSNBC) are also included in the log list.
The magazine feature was also changed with the addition of "The Robins Report" (review column by author J. Max Robins), "Family Page" (featuring reviews about the family-oriented program) and the selection of classic movies aired that week, as well as the removal of the feature "Guidelines" in the list section that supports the new spotlight "Do not Miss" (the list of preferred programs selected by magazine staff for the coming week) in the national color section. The listings for movies in the log also begin to identify movies made for TV and movies directly to video, as well as quality ratings on a scale of one to four stars (signifies movies that have received "bad" to "excellent" reviews).
In 1999, the magazine began hosting the TV Guide Awards, an awards show (broadcast on Fox) to honor television programs and actors, with winners selected by TV Guide subscribers by ballots entered in magazines; the broadcast was suspended after the events of 2001. The 17-23 July 1999 edition saw the night network lowered to the designated clock, 8:00 to 11:00 pm. (or 7:00 to 10:00 pm) Monday to Saturday and 7:00 to 11:00 pm. (or 6:00 to 10:00 pm) on Sundays, to complete the list of descriptive logs for that time period; this also allows the grid to be loaded onto a single page in a particular edition that provides a list for more than 20 cable channels.
On 5 October 1999, Gemstar International Group Ltd., maker of VCR Plus schedule tools and systems (whose channel codes and programs for VCRs used systems for timely recordings were included in the magazine list in 1988), and which in fact is partly owned by News Corporation, bought United Video Satellite Group; the two companies have previously engaged in a legal battle over intellectual property rights for their interactive programming guidance system, VCR Plus and TV Guide On Screen, which began in 1994. That month, TV Guide made its debut. a 16-page insertion into editions in 22 markets with a large Hispanic population entitled TV Guide en Espaà ± a ol , which provides programming information from the Spanish national language network (such as Univision and Telemundo) as well as a special section with program reviews famous this week. The magazine discontinued the insert in March 2000 because of difficulties resulting from advertiser confusion over its marketing as "the first weekly Spanish magazine," despite its structure as an insertion in the main publication
To commemorate 50 years of TV Guide as a national magazine, in 2002, the magazine published six special editions:
- "TV We Will Always Remember (6-12 April): Our Favorite Star Sharing the Fifty Years of Memories, Moments, and Magic"
- "50 Biggest Events of All Time (May 4-10): List of the Top 50 Best TV Series. (Try to Guess What No. 1!)"
- Note : This is the only one presented on the television itself (in a special form of two hours) and is referenced in the book
TV Guide: Fifty Years of Television , taking into account magazine objectives to present weekly lists of regularly scheduled series.
- Note : This is the only one presented on the television itself (in a special form of two hours) and is referenced in the book
- "50 Largest Cover of All Time (June 15-21): Extraordinary Photos from Your Favorite Show and Plus Stars: Stories Behind-Stunning-Stories"
- "50 Worst Occasion of All Time (July 20-26): Not Just Bad! Absolutely Terrible - And We Love Them In That Way!"
- "50 Greatest Cartoon Characters of All Time (3 - 9 August): Funny! Smart! Perfectly drawn! They are the top in toons!"
- "The 50 Sexiest Stars of All Time (September 28-Oct 4): Charisma, Curves, Confidence, Charm! Can We Become More Exciting?"
In 2003, the number of cable channels registered on the network expanded, with the addition of channels such as BBC America, Soapnet, and National Geographic Channel (some editions also feature a limited number of broadcast stations - either in the market, out-of-market or both) exclusive on the grid); on the other hand, the TV Channel TV channel sister (whose listing was added to the magazine after Gemstar purchases) was downgraded from the log list to the grid in most editions. From the beginning to 2003, the TV Guide has offered a list for the entire week, 24 hours a day. Many changes to local listings begin with the June 21, 2003 edition - only in certain markets, from 5:00 am to 5:00 pm. The Monday to Friday list is compressed into four grids: this is from 5:00 to 8:00, 8:00 to 11:00, 11:00 to 2:00, and 2:00 to 5:00. afternoon If the programming differs from one business day to the next, the generic description of "Programs" is listed. The weekday grid maintains a daily list for specific cable channels (especially movie channels as well as a number of basic cable channels such as Lifetime, The History Channel and USA Network), which are held separately from other channels. This change becomes permanent in all edition TV Guides beginning with September 13, 2003, "Fall Preview".
Other changes were made to magazines beginning with the June 21 issue in selected markets and the 2003 "Fall Preview" elsewhere. The half-page half-page prime-time section featuring evening shows, movies and sport events - similar to previous "Guide" features - has been added back to the list section; full-page "Workday Spot" pages are also added featuring guest and topical information for daytime talks and Sunday morning events as well as filming for broadcast at noon on broadcast and cable channels. Additionally, while log lists continue to be used for prime time lists, program synopsis is added to the grid and log, as well as the " NEW " indicator for the first-run episode, replacing the "(Repeat)" indicator in the log synopsis. The "Premium Channel Video Guide" is also restructured as "The Big Movie Guide," with an expanded movie list to include that aired on all broadcast networks and cable channels featured in each edition (as well as some not listed in the local edition special), as well movies available on pay-per-view (page references to movies included in this section are also included in the main timelines and log lists). Starting January 2004, the midnight list until 5:00 am (as well as the Saturday and Sunday lists from 05:00 to 8:00) excludes broadcast stations outside the edition home market, leaving only program information for stations in the home market and for cable channels.
The magazine's format was changed starting with the issue of April 11, 2004, to commence the week's list in every edition on Sunday (the day when newspaper-based magazines traditionally started each weekly listing information), rather than Saturday. In July 2004, the overnight list was completely removed, replaced by a grid that runs from 11:00 pm. until 2:00 which includes only broadcast stations in the home market of each edition and several cable channels. It also includes a small selection of late-night movies aired on certain channels. The time period of the list in the daylight grid also shifts from 5:00 and ends at 5:00 am. to run from 7:00 am to 7 pm. At this point, the log lists are limited to programs that run from 7:00 to 11:00 pm. In early 2005, more channels were added to prime time and late-night networks.
The format of reshuffle and conversion to national listing
On July 26, 2005, Gemstar-TV Guide announced that the TV Guide will abandon the old digestion format and start printing as a larger full-size national magazine that will offer more stories and fewer program lists. The 140 local editions were abolished, replaced by two editions covering the contiguous time zones in the United States: one for the East and Central time zones, and one for the Pacific and Mountain time zones (which already existed separately from previous local editions for change, although their distribution is mainly limited to hotels). Changes in this format are associated with an increase in the internet, cable television channels (such as TV Guide Network), electronic programming guides and digital video recorders as the source of choice for a list of audience programs. The new version of TV Guide went on sale on October 17, 2005, and displays Ty Pennington's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition host on the cover. The list format, now entirely composed of a grid, was also changed to start the list in the matter weekly on Mondays rather than Sundays. As a result of deleting local editions, broadcast stations were replaced by broadcast network schedules with a description of "Local Programming" used to indicate the period of time at which syndication programs, produced locally or paid for air, not network events.
In September 2006, TV Guide launched a redesigned website, with original, expanded editorial and user-generated content not included in print magazines. On December 22, 2006, TV Guide introduced its first two-week edition of the magazine. The edition, featuring Rachael Ray on its cover, was issued for the period from December 25, 2006 to January 7, 2007. In early 2008, Monday to Friday afternoon and daily late-night networks were eliminated from the list section, and television spotlight was solidified into the six page of the week, rather than the previous two pages for each night. In 2007, TV Guide ' s circulation has dropped to less than three million copies from a peak of nearly 20 million in 1970.
With the acquisition of the $ 2.8 billion Gemstar-TV Guide by Macrovision on May 2, 2008, the company, which bought most to capitalize on VCR Plus and their profitable and profitable patent electronic program guides, said it wanted to sell both magazines. and TV Guide Network, along with the company's TVG horse racing channel to other parties.
TV Guide Talk
On May 18, 2005,
TV Guide Talk podcasts are released every Friday afternoon and an average of one hour in length. They featured the participants of the discussions and comments last week on television and the entertainment industry in general. The beginning of each podcast is devoted to an in-depth discussion of the biggest new story of the week in the entertainment industry, whether it's a television program or something beyond the scope of a television show or movie (such as an Academy Awards or Emmy). The middle section is devoted to discussions and comments on individual performances. Podcasts emphasize programs that tend to have large online followers though if that is not always reflected in the Nielsen rating program. Examples include American Idol , Hero , Lost , Survivor , Gilmore Girls , < i> Veronica Mars , and Project Runway (the last three are examples of low-ranking events that nevertheless have large enough online followers). Each podcast also ends with a weekly review of the new theatrical weekend release.
OpenGate Capital Era
On October 13, 2008, Macrovision sold a money-losing magazine (reportedly posted a loss of $ 20 million per year at the time) to Beverly Hills, OpenGate Capital equity funds of $ 1 and $ 9.5 million in interest 3 %. As part of the sale, however, Macrovision retained ownership of a companion website - which was then sold to a $ 300 million Equity Partners equity firm - which severed all editorial connections between magazines and websites, including the end of attendance by critic Matt Roush on TVGuide.com. The editorial content of this magazine is launched on a new site, TVGuideMagazine.com, which does not display a TV Guide ' list of any kind. TVGuideMagazine.com then closed on June 1, 2010; TV magazine and TVGuide.com then signed an agreement to return magazine content to the latest website, which Lionsgate Entertainment purchased with TV Guide Network in January 2009.
In January 2009, the magazine trimmed several networks from its list of plots - including MTV and DIY Network - which mentions "space issues"; however, the two cuts, The CW and the TV Guide Network, are viewed as suspicious and arbitrary, because the magazine carries multiple channels that have the same schedule night after night or have a low-key and easily cropped audience, while some Fox- owned networks continue to be registered due to agreements with former ownership of News Corporation. It looks like the removal of the TV Guide Network from the TV Guide list is related to "divorce" from magazines and websites and networks. In early February 2009, The CW and MTV were brought back to the list after the magazine received many emails protesting the move; as a result, the listing for some of the lower ranked networks is deleted. Other channels previously included in the list prior to their removal were slowly added back, until TV Guide Network's schedule returned to the list page in June 2010 with a prominent logo in the grid as part of an agreement with Lionsgate TV Guide division. Under OpenGate ownership, TV Guide is slowly returning to profitability primarily through reduced costs institutionalized by venture capitalists, making significant staff reductions and switching to full-time biweekly editions, reducing the number of issues published up to 29 per year.
In March 2013, CBS Corporation acquired One Equity Partners shares from their TV Guide assets. The CBS acquisition was completed by the end of the month for $ 100 million. On May 31, 2013, CBS purchased a Lionsgate section from TV Guide Digital, which includes websites and mobile apps. On January 31, 2014, OpenGate Capital and CBS Interactive announced an agreement to cross-promote TV Guide Magazine with TVGuide.com and other CBS Interactive internet properties (including TV.com, Metacritic and CNET).
Shift to feature
On June 26, 2014, OpenGate Capital announced that TV Guide will undergo a major redesign starting with the 11 August issue; the magazine eliminates the 14-page list, with a list of pages that keep programming information available only for broadcast and top-tier cable networks. It also adds "enhanced editorial features," including a recommendation section focusing on traditional television and online programming - such as additional content from senior Matt Roush critics (expanded Roush Review column and additional columns featuring ten choices for each program this week as selected by Roush) and some new sections ("Upfront," featuring stories related to television trends, infographics, coluumns of questions and answers and the "Guide" chart, which contains an extended highlight for daily television programs, including sports, daytime programming and content available for online streaming, a monthly television-related technology column, "The TV Guide Interview," an occasional feature featuring career-focused celebrity interviews, and "On Demand," a review column from movies played through streaming and on-demand services). In addition, the size of the magazine is reduced from 7Ã,³/? ÃÆ' â € "10Ã,¼ inch to 7ÃÆ' â €" 10 inches in cost saving measure; it also began to be distributed in airport newsstands.
Sales to NTVB Media
On October 8, 2015, OpenGate Capital sells magazines and websites with TVInsider.com to the publishing company Troy, Michigan, NTVB Media for an undisclosed amount, marks TV Guide '
This acquisition makes NTVB Media the largest owner of consumer television publications in the United States, with a combined reach of more than 20 million readers. NTVB already has TV Weekly and Channel Guides , both providing national editorial content and - through syndication agreements with 160 newspapers across the country, where they are distributed in addition to the merged publications in every Sunday edition of paper - a list customized for each region (the company began distributing its listing magazines this way in 2008, as newspapers began to stop publishing their own television magazine because of cost-cutting measures triggered by declining circulation and income) ; it also publishes listing publications for paid television providers such as Comcast, Time Warner Cable and Dish Network. Thus, it can not be determined whether NTVB will reach an agreement to distribute TV Guides to newspapers separately or extend the name to existing television publications. Staff with TV Guide and other NTVB titles will collaborate on feature content that is included in each magazine, while the company will fold ad sales for magazines with existing television magazine titles.
Maps TV Guide
Issue
From the beginning of the magazine to the October 2005 conversion to the national list by time zone, TV Guides maintains a local-national hybrid format with local editions tailored to a specific region or individual market. Each regional edition generally serves either a particular city or region (comprising the largest market served by editions and one or more smaller, adjacent markets, or one or more neighboring neighboring states or provinces). South Dakota, Delaware, and the US region have no editions of their own during the local listing era. In the case of two US states, Rapid City and Sioux Falls, South Dakota (each with their respective television stations in Northern Colorado and Nebraska all over the state), are thought to be too small to have their own edition and are located too far from each other to be included in one edition; Delaware is divided between two markets - New Castle and Kent County are part of the Philadelphia market (consisting of two editions, the Southeast Pennsylvania Regional edition and a market-specific edition for the Philadelphia area), while Sussex County is part of Salisbury, Maryland, the marketplace (whose station listed in the Washington-Baltimore edition until 1994, and the Baltimore edition thereafter). Some editions that once gave the state list were eventually divided into separate editions that only provided lists for specific areas; In addition, certain markets have been added or downgraded from several editions.
In the mid-1990s, nearly 150 magazine editions were published; during that decade, the TV Guide began diversifying their editions for each city and some media markets in certain states or multi-country regions to include editions for specific cable providers in the larger television market - which was later branded as the "Ultimate Cable" edition - also an edition for satellite providers such as DirecTV and Dish Network (published in addition to magazine lists produced by both providers).
List section
Each channel in the list is determined by a bullet, which, like the magazine's logo, appears in the form of a television screen. Bullets used for broadcast stations contain channel numbers, which have different layouts depending on the channel being identified, and are often used in the included network promotion ads to identify local affiliates who carry the advertised program. The black bullet filled with white numbers coated on them designed local broadcast stations located in one of the major market areas served by a particular edition; white bullet with the outline of the black screen indicates the stations in the remote secondary market covered by the related edition. Off-market stations display alphanumeric identifiers (with letters next to channel numbers) to distinguish them from local stations, especially on feature pages that precede the main list (as in the North Wisconsin edition, where "6M" is used to disrupt WLUC-TV in Marquette, Michigan, from WITI in Milwaukee, who only use "6" as his identifier).
There are some exceptions to this formatting. For example, the Hawaiian edition has Honolulu's first listed main stations, followed by their satellite radio stations, while the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania edition has the first listed primary market stations, followed by out-of-market outlets; the latter is unique by having another station listed under WPGH (channel 53) when registered events during non-network hours, and during the scheduled network-scheduled network - in this case, NBC - the first major and first listed channel - WPXI (11 ), followed by WJAC-TV/Johnstown (6), WTOV-TV/Steubenville (9), WBOY-TV/Clarksburg, West Virginia (12) and WFMJ-TV/Youngstown, Ohio (21) - instead of order over-the-air channel number for all stations. If a particular edition shows more than one station transmitted on the same channel but serves a different market, the main station in this edition is set by a black bullet with a white number, while the other is shown by a white bullet with a black number; some editions also use splits (half for station broadcasting at frequencies from channel 10 and up; three split with channel number in center) or vertical channel shells if covering large areas.
After the incorporation of these channels into the list section in 1979-80, superstations outside the market were first identified alphanumerically, showing them with a combination of their over-the-air channel numbers and letters representing their home market town (WKBD -TV in Detroit, which effectively functioned as a Fox affiliate for most of Michigan through December 1994 via cable, listed as "50D", for example). The three major national superstations at the time, TBS, WGN and WOR (each identified as "17A", "9C" and "9N"), were finally abbreviated conventional letters used by other cable channels. Alphanumeric identifiers are also used in some regional editions to sort broadcast stations with the same channel number - usually for off-market stations, with numerical identifiers used for local or off-market stations - in lists based on page genres (such as sports guides), cross references in the page before the local list and in the list section for the station that acts as the default network affiliate (via cable) in the market without the local premier network outlet. (One exception is the New Mexico edition, which from 1984 to 2005, listed the Los Angeles KTLA, KTTV and KCOP-TV stations, available via cable in some parts of the country at certain points during that period, under the "TLA, "" COP "and" TTV "instead of" 5L, "" 11L "and" 13L ".)
The outlined bullet originally used only for off-market television stations was also assigned to cable-derived channels when they began to be incorporated into the list section in 1981, indicating the service with a three-letter abbreviation in condensed type: for example, "ESN" representing ESPN, "DSC" representing The Discovery Channel and "NIK" representing Nickelodeon/Nick on Nite. (E! And FX then becomes an exception, since the channel is identified by two character abbreviations.) In certain cases, abbreviations are used (eg "AMC" for American Movie Classics, "TNT" for "Turner Network Television" and "MTV" for "Music Television") is a branded channel (The Nashville Network [now Paramount Network] is a well-known exception, since it was originally abbreviated "NSH," rather than the initialism assigned to its "TNN" network). Following the launch of the group in September 1998, in editions where one or more smaller markets served by the edition had local affiliates of cable-only services alone, the affiliates of The WB 100 Station Group were also identified in the same manner as conventional cable channels (under the abbreviation "WB") for brevity. Some PBS states or regional member networks are listed in the same edition (such as Mississippi ETV [now Mississippi Public Broadcasting], which is listed in the Memphis edition under the "E" code). Two pay-cable networks, Cinemax and Showtime were eventually renamed in 1997 so that their respective TV TV Guide - "MAX" and "SHO" - became the focal point of their logo. Several channels were added to prime time networks beginning with the 12-18 September 1998 edition, identified by four character abbreviations (such as "BBCA" for BBC America and "HBOS" for HBO Signature). In a special edition of cables, a bullet indicating the assignment of a local cable broadcast or cable line (except where the broadcast station cable channel assignment equals an over-the-air channel or a smaller listed cabling system location) appears next to a specific station or network indicator.
Some cable channels - especially premium channels - have an asterisk displayed by them in the channel's edition directory, which means it's only listed in the night grid (and then "Pay TV TV Guide"). Cable channels such as Cinemax and The Disney Channel initially had their programs exclusively listed in major time network programs in several magazine editions, but later expanded to have a full daily schedule included in the log list as well. In some of the larger markets where local TV Guide editions maintain a regional format, pay-per-view services (such as Demand TV and Audience Selections) are also included in the primary time network. In the mid-1990s, most TV Guide editions list programs for virtually all cable channels featured in every issue in both the grid and log lists, although some editions continue to register at least one channel, such as The Movie Channel (the only premium service excluded from the listing list in many editions at the time - though its inclusion in logs, like on other cable channels, varies by market - until September 1998 the addition of Starz, Encore and HBO multiplex HBO channels Plus (now HBO2) and HBO3 (now HBO Signature) to the list), exclusively on the grid. (Starz and Encore are listed in certain markets where networks are available before being extended to all local and regional editions with the 1998 "Fall Preview" issue.)
If the same program or episode is scheduled to be displayed in the same time on more than one channel, two or more bullets identifying each channel will precede the program title listed in a particular time entry. The use of multiple cartridges to show stations exhibiting the same program is a more common occurrence in cases where several broadcast stations are broadcasting the same network program or local news program respectively at the same time, although this also applies to broadcast and/or channel cable. carrying the same syndicated program episode; Separate time entries will only be used in this situation if the program has different running times between channels (bulk grouping based on station affiliate network then applied to main time network starting in September 2003). Other examples will involve synopsis or topics of listed programs; if the same description of the program is displayed on a different channel at a later date or during that week when it first aired on another station listed in the edition, the reader will see "View ch. (xx) in (day/time) for details" below program.
Channel directory
For most of the log list era, the list section is preceded by the channel directory, which lists broadcast stations - and then, cable channels - for which program information is provided in each edition. The listed channels are numerically organized for the broadcast station and alphabetically (with abbreviation) for the cable channel. Until cable-generated channels are added to magazines, they exclusively include broadcast stations that serve each market served by the corresponding edition. Each station is listed in a separate entry corresponding to its licensing city, and in some cases one or more stations serving a particular media market are broken down from competing stations serving the same market based on their primary service (for example, in Oklahoma City/Oklahoma State editions and North Texas, an ABC affiliate of KSWO-TV in Lawton, Oklahoma listed as serving "Lawton/Wichita Falls," appeared on separate entries from three stations serving the station's main town market house, Wichita Falls, Texas, affiliate NBC KFDX-TV, affiliates CBS, KAUZ-TV, and independent stations that turn into RIM KJTL affiliates).
This directory originally appeared in the bottom quarter of the first page of the list field; from May 11-17, 1985, the problem goes on, it becomes a full page insert that directly precedes the list. Until May 31-June 6, 1969, the problem, the directory also includes a studio address for each of the stations listed. Beginning with the June 7-13, 1969 edition, the introduction was included in the directory to indicate that all public television stations listed in the appropriate edition broadcast the teaching program for classroom use during the academic year.
Additional keywords are added under the channels listed on the channel list page beginning with the September 10-16, 1983, "Fall Preview" issue (in certain markets, nationally expanded with May 11-17, 1985 editions) providing channel descriptions not included in any matter; The introduction was removed starting with the September 12, 1998, edition, when the magazine began adding many channels mentioned in the paragraph. If there is a broadcast television station registered in a particular edition satellite station operated to cover an adjacent area that is not adequately covered by the main signal, the notation list of each repeater - identified only by the channel number - includes directing the readers living in the area to see programs on stations in correspondence to their home stations (for example, North Wisconsin edition readers will be guided to the following, "for the 3 Escanaba program, Mich., see 5) at 28 Eau Claire, 31 La Crosse and 55 Ellison Bay, Wis. , See 38; at 22 Sturgeon Bay, see 26. ")
From the incorporation of cable magazines in their local editions from 1982 to 1984/85, nationally distributed base cable channels (such as ESPN, Nickelodeon, Lifetime and CNN) are usually separated from off-market stations distributed to the cable area. provider on the channel list page, under the heading "Satellite Program Service," while premium channels (such as HBO and Showtime) are categorized as "Paid TV Service"; all cable channels listed in each edition are listed in alphabetical order afterwards, with premium service only categorized separately from other cable channels in prime time lattice. Notations were also included in several editions, beginning with the September 14, 1985 "Fall Incidents" issue, to describe the programs offered at certain local stations not listed in the edition. In some editions, especially the "Main Cable" edition and satellite editions, the channel list is depicted in the form of a conversion chart listing the placement of individual channels on cable and satellite providers and Plus VCR code numbers; listing pages in several local editions switch to this chart starting in 2003, a list of channel slots for major cable providers in the local edition home market (or in a more terrestrialized edition, the largest market served by the edition). The channel list page was dropped in June 2004 in most local editions.
Related services
Television and digital services
Channels/TV Channels Guide
In June 1998, the brand and TV Guide magazine was purchased by United Video Satellite Group, the parent company of Prevue Channel - a channel first launched in 1981 as an Electronic Program Guide network, carried by cable and some satellite television providers and initially formatted to display scrolling program guides, short segments featuring upcoming program previews, and short duration movie promos and trailers for programs aired on various channels. The new owner immediately re-branded Prevue as a TV Guide Channel on February 1, 1999. With rebranding, several hourly segments displayed on the channel were renamed after the feature in the magazine, including TV Guide Close -Up , TV Guide Sportsview (formatted more like the section's sports guide than the color column of the name) and TV Guide Insider . After Gemstar's acquisition of TV Guide , the channel began switching to a full-fledged program featuring celebrity gossip and film-focused talk shows in addition to the list of programs; the channel was renamed to TV Guide Network in 2007.
Following the sale of each TV Guide magazine and cable channel by Macrovision to OpenGate Capital and Lionsgate, the magazine and TV Guide Network became operational separately, although the two properties are still collaborating on content for TVGuide.com. After CBS Corporation purchased shares in the TV Guide property in March 2013, TV Guide Network was renamed under the name of TVGN, which was abbreviated as APR in order not to emphasize its relationship with TV Guide magazine, as part of the transition to the public entertainment format while the channel gradually closing the rolling list box. The network was relaunched as Pop on January 14, 2015, with the focus of its program turning to events about pop culture and its fandom.
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