TV WEEK is a weekly
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in
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, first published as a Melbourne-only publication in 1957 (as
TV-Radio WEEK), and bearing a strong affiliation to television station GTV.
The publication is still publishing weekly. In its current format it previews upcoming storylines for popular television programs shown in Australia, and reports on some musical acts.
In 1958, the title was shortened to
TV WEEK and circulation expanded to
SydneySydney is the largest city in Australia, and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney has a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million and an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres. Its inhabitants are called Sydneysiders, and Sydney is often called "the Harbour City"...
, then the only other TV market in Australia.
TV WEEK is a weekly
televisionTelevision is a widely used telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images, either monochromatic or color, usually accompanied by sound. "Television" may also refer specifically to a television set, television programming or television transmission...
magazineMagazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles, generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
in
AustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the continental mainland , the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans...
, first published as a Melbourne-only publication in 1957 (as
TV-Radio WEEK), and bearing a strong affiliation to television station GTV.
The publication is still publishing weekly. In its current format it previews upcoming storylines for popular television programs shown in Australia, and reports on some musical acts.
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In 1958, the title was shortened to
TV WEEK and circulation expanded to
SydneySydney is the largest city in Australia, and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney has a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million and an area of approximately 12,000 square kilometres. Its inhabitants are called Sydneysiders, and Sydney is often called "the Harbour City"...
, then the only other TV market in Australia. At the close of that year, Melbourne readers of
TV WEEK were invited to vote for their favourite
TV personalitiesA celebrity is a person who is famously recognized in a society or culture.Generally speaking, a celebrity is someone who gets media attention and most frequently has an extroverted personality. The desire to be notable is implied by some to be a part of Western culture and more specifically the...
and programmes.
Graham KennedyGraham Cyril Kennedy, AO was an Australian radio, television and film performer, often called "Gra Gra" and "The King" of Australian television.-Childhood:...
and Panda Lisner from GTV's
In Melbourne TonightIn Melbourne Tonight, also known as "IMT", was a highly popular nightly variety television show produced at GTV-9 Melbourne from 1957 to 1970....
were voted Melbourne's most popular TV personalities. Kennedy then named the awards the
LogiesThe TV Week Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1959. Renamed by Graham Kennedy in 1960 after he won the first 'Star Of The Year' award , the name 'Logie' awards honors John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who invented the television as a...
, after the inventor of the first working television system,
John Logie BairdJohn Logie Baird was a Scottish engineer and inventor of the world's first working television system, also the world's first fully electronic colour television broadcast...
.
TV WEEK continued to expand publication as television launched in other capital cities and regional areas across Australia. By 1959,
TV WEEK had a competitor,
TV Times, published by the
Australian Broadcasting CommissionThe Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC", is Australia's national public broadcaster. With a total budget of AUD$1.13 Billion annually, the corporation provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as...
(ABC).
In 1980,
TV WEEK merged with rival publications
TV Times and the Australian version of
TV Guide. The revamped publication continued to be known as
TV WEEK, and was now a joint venture between
Kerry PackerKerry Francis Bullmore Packer, AC , son of Sir Frank Packer, was an Australian media tycoon whose family company owned controlling interests in both the Nine television network and leading Australian publishing company Australian Consolidated Press Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer, AC (17 December...
's
Australian Consolidated PressACP Magazines , a member of the PBL Media group, is an Australian media company that was founded in 1933. It publishes the Australian Women's Weekly and the Australian edition of Woman's Day...
(who had bought out the former TV Times from the ABC) and Southdown Press (later Pacific Publications), with the latter publishing the magazine on behalf of both parties. In 2002, Packer effectively bought
TV WEEK out of the joint venture. A legal battle over the custody of the magazines 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. Packer won the battle and the Logies remain connected to
TV WEEK.
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