Radio Times price increase
dsimiller
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Is anyone else feeling a bit peeved about the recent increase of 20p on the RT?
I don't see how they can justify this huge rise,so I am trying out Total TV Guide,which is £1.10. and seems to have everything RT has,including radio info.I did write to them asking why they didn't impose a 5 or 10p rise instead,but they have not bothered to reply.
I don't see how they can justify this huge rise,so I am trying out Total TV Guide,which is £1.10. and seems to have everything RT has,including radio info.I did write to them asking why they didn't impose a 5 or 10p rise instead,but they have not bothered to reply.
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The Radio Times has shed around 60,000 copies in the first half of the year, while market leaders TV Choice and What's on TV drove further ahead of their nearest rivals.
The fact that it's produced in six different regional editions can't help either.
I used to buy the Radio Times every week, but I haven't bought it for years now — not even the Christmas edition. I do use the free Radio Times website, though.
Never now though. They've priced themseles right out of the market.
Yes I can't seem to concentrate with digital versions of papers and mags, it may be an age thing but i like to roll them up and read at leisure. I only get the RT at Christmas these days
The radio times is not on a digital platform, so yes people still do.
Of course there is the Radio Times website but I like the articles in the Magazine.
I have a subscription with the radio times and I haven't had a price hike in years.
Personally I like that they print the channel numbers, and +1 numbers and when a program is repeated. It's easy to flip between 2 or 3 pages to see the whole days viewing for virtually all channels which is not possible easily by scrolling on channel guides.
I use a highlighter pen to show what to set my PVRs to record. Conflicts are often easier to resolve manually with a paper copy.
Strangely, I didn't notice the 20p increase last week but my newsagent pointed it out in disparaging terms, as I paid, and wished me a Happy New Year.
Quite a hike indeed. Sadly I can't survive even with other guides, magazine or newspaper.
also they should really add 2mins to ALL the BBC2 listing times cos they NEVER start on time, dammit.
same but as the paper is dearer on a Saturday, I'd call the tv guide cheap but not free!
I bought the Christmas one out of habit, never actually opened it.
Never bought the Radio Times as always thought it was too pricey and I only listen to the radio for music.
I really would be sorry to miss some of these gems, which are infrequent but all the more valued for this reason. It's small things like this which forced me to abandon my previous boycott of Radio Times.
watch out everyone - we have a high horse loose :rolleyes:
Its only a 20p rise, so hardly a massive increase.
This to me seems a very laborious and awkward way to record stuff. I have a couple of apps on my tablet/phone. I get the listing for all channels, I click on a programme and a synopsis appears, I can see all other times the program is on. Also pressing the record button will add the program to my Sky PVR. No need to worry about channel numbers. Nothing can be simpler. I can also search for programs. Nothing is easier.
If you do have sky, try their listing site, as you can set a recording from their site. If you have a smart phone download the sky app. Not sure if virgin media have a similar app.
I have bought the Radio Times regularly for about 11 years now, but it looks like I'm going to have to find a cheaper alternative. A 20 pence rise is just taking the rise.
Edited to add, just browsing about this and it seems the RT was sold in August to a private equity company. So that nails it for me. Off to find another listings mag!
I'm a subscriber. I enjoy the articles etc (even if it has dumbed down a bit recently). The big plus is that it DOES come in regional variations
It will come soon - paper only magazines will eventually die off. In fact the RadioTimes trialed an electronic (iPad) version for the Christmas edition this year. (it was a low key affair) but it was also free to subscribers.
And it was brilliant. Lots of interactive items - behind the scenes videos, promo clips etc
They are currently doing surveys to see what was good / bad about the magazine, presumably for a full weekly release
From Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Times
There was a time when some people bought both the Radio Times and the TV Times, but I don't think my family ever did, largely because my mother considered ITV a bit common.
Anyway, though it may once have been the magazine with the largest circulation in Europe, it seems that the Radio Times isn't even the TV listings magazine with the highest circulation in the UK, since it's outsold by both TV Choice and What's On TV. I'm relieved to see that one can still buy a leather cover for one's Radio Times, though:
http://shop.radiotimes.com/14/RadioTimes-Leather-covers.html
At least the country hasn't gone completely to the dogs just yet!