Televisual Editorial & Audience
Following UK television, film and commercials production from commission to final master. Televisual is a quarterly industry magazine for the people leading and delivering content production across the UK.
Televisual reports on the experience, perspectives and opinions of the UK’s leading practitioners. Televisual’s editorial follows the complete production process, from commissioning, development and what’s in demand through the shoot, studios and production technology to workflow, edit, VFX, grade, audio and final delivery.
Televisual is read by senior business, creative and technical management working in production companies, broadcaster studios, film studios, rental companies, post and VFX houses alongside senior freelance production executives and creative leads.
The common thread is simple: Televisual’s readers have a leading role in making television, film and commercials and in shaping the creative, operational and purchasing decisions that make that work possible.
If you are looking to subscribe, visit Televisual+ HERE which also provides digital access to the exclusive magazine content and archive, all available as fully searchable, downloadable PDFs, web pages and digital magazines.
TELEVISUAL: AT A GLANCE
Televisual is the UK’s leading industry magazine serving senior decision-makers across the television (first), film and commercials production community.
Televisual’s editorial focus is on recorded media from commissioning trends and content themes through to production, post and VFX covering British-made films, streamer and PSB drama, entertainment, reality and factual.
- Audience: Founders, owners, CEOs, managing directors, heads of department and leading creative, operational and technical staff across production companies, broadcasters and the supply chain including senior freelance production roles, post and VFX, film and TV studios and other service companies
- Editorial: Authoritative benchmark surveys (like the Production 100 and Facilities 50), in-depth reports, interviews, analysis and craft coverage spanning commissioning, production, post, VFX, studios, technology and workflow. Always with a focus on what’s new and what’s next
- Frequency: Quarterly (Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter)
- Physical distribution: More than 4,000 mailed copies each quarter
- Total print and digital distribution: 4,300+
- Average pagination: 104 pages in 2025
Televisual combines substantial physical distribution with a deliberately concentrated senior production audience.
TELEVISUAL: EDITORIAL PHILOSOPHY
Televisual is founded on the belief that long-form editorial works best in print. The magazine delivers deep engagement, reflection and inspiration, supported by a digital offer of fully searchable downloadable PDFs (including advertising).
Televisual maintains editorial independence from commercial activity. This investment in high-value, authoritative journalism has earned it a reputation as the definitive voice of the UK production community and a trusted reference for industry leaders.
Ask most industry executives what magazines they read and value and Televisual will surely come up.
WHO READS TELEVISUAL?
Almost all printed copies are distributed directly by post to named individuals across the UK production community, either through subscription, direct invitation or complimentary distribution based on role.
Rather than distributing indiscriminately for scale, Televisual’s circulation is deliberately built around people with a leading role in creating content.
Audience breakdown:
- Independent television, film & commercials production companies: 34%
CEOs, owners, Managing Directors, Directors and Heads of Production, Production Executives, Creative Directors, operational and technical management and Executive Producers - Broadcasters & SVoDs: 13%
Commissioners and in-house (studios) Directors and Heads of Production, Production Executives, Creative Directors, operational and technical management and Executive Producers - Senior freelance production staff: 19%
Showrunners, Series Producers, Producers, Directors, Production Managers, Post Production Supervisors and VFX Supervisors - Senior freelance operators: 5%
Including Directors of Photography, Film Editors and Compositors - Production supply chain (post, VFX, studios, rental): 26%
CEOs, owners, Managing Directors, Chief Technology Officers, Technical Directors, Commercial and Operational Directors, Heads of Department and leading creative and technical talent - Other (consultants, PR, agencies): 3%
More than 95% of recipients have a leading role within content creation or the services and technology that support it.
This includes an unusually strong reach to senior freelance production executives who sit outside conventional company-based distribution but play a central role in choosing and specifying production services.
More than 900 of Televisual’s print edition include the job title Founder, Owner, CEO or Managing Director.
You will find Televisual across the UK production community; within independent producers and broadcasters, studios, post and VFX companies and high-end finishing environments.
THE BENEFITS OF PRINT
Daily news belongs online. The magazine has a different job.
Televisual is designed to provide the time and space for deeper reporting, analysis, reflection and inspiration.
Rather than repeat the news cycle, Televisual’s quarterly editorial looks at what is changing, why it matters and what comes next.
That might mean analysing shifts in commissioning and production economics; asking senior production executives how the market is changing; canvassing specific industry practitioners (like Directors and Heads of Production or Post Production Supervisors) about their experience; exploring new workflows with CTOs and technical directors; looking inside a major drama production; or talking to the directors, cinematographers, editors, colourists, VFX artists and sound teams behind outstanding work.
Print also gives that content permanence. Each issue is supported digitally through Televisual+, where subscribers can search and download issues and reports from the archive.
Every issue of Televisual offers reflective, authoritative, long-form content that explains what has changed, why it matters, and who is shaping it and asks what comes next? While news is better served online, the magazine focuses on analysis, context and insight.
WHAT’S IN TELEVISUAL?
BENCHMARK INDUSTRY SURVEYS
Televisual’s major annual surveys have become long-established reference points for the UK production industry and form a cornerstone of the editorial offer.
They include:
- Production 100 (Winter): the UK’s independent television production sector including extensive commentary about the current industry sector, attitudes to commissioners and future prospects as well as a detailed who’s who
- Facilities 50 (Autumn): the only detailed survey of the UK post and VFX sector in the public domain, again with extensive commentary, polls and a ranking of the top suppliers
- Commercials 30 (Spring): the UK’s leading commercials production companies
Each has been published annually for almost 40 years and the surveys are widely used and referenced as primary sources.
Additional surveys include the Top 10 Rental Cameras, alongside a growing series that explores key roles held by senior decision makers, with surveys to date covering:
- Directors and Heads of Production
- Post Production Supervisors
- Post and VFX CTOs and Technical Directors
GENRE & FOCUS REPORTS
Across the year, Televisual examines the production landscape through major Genre Reports covering drama, factual, entertainment and comedy. Televisual explores commissioning demand, funding, budgets and production trends through the experience of commissioners, producers and other senior practitioners working directly in each market.
These are further supplemented by Focus Reports covering more specific disciplines such as current affairs, single documentaries, specialist factual, fixed rig and digital futures.
And Televisual interviews industry leaders (typically five or six) about future prospects including the Drama Producers report in the Spring issue and the Factual Producers report in Summer.
These reports deconstruct market realities for producers with practical, informed commentary.
MARKET REPORTS, CREATIVITY & CRAFT
Craft sits at the heart of Televisual.
Each issue begins with New Work, Editor Jon Creamer’s selection of outstanding recent post, VFX and animation.
Across the magazine Televisual goes behind the scenes of notable television programmes and films and talks directly to the people responsible for the work.
Televisual’s Art of and other craft strands feature directors, cinematographers, editors, production designers, VFX artists, colourists, sound specialists and other leading practitioners.
The aim is not simply to show finished work, but to understand how it was made, the creative decisions behind it and the people and technology that made those decisions possible.
Televisual is widely regarded as the most detailed source of information on the UK production supply chain.
POST, VFX, TECHNOLOGY & WORKFLOW
Post production, VFX and production technology have been central to Televisual’s editorial coverage for decades.
Televisual follows technology through its practical application rather than simply through product launches: looking at how production companies, broadcasters, post houses and VFX companies are changing infrastructure, workflows and working practices.
Coverage ranges from storage, cloud and cyber-security to colour management, HDR, virtual production, AI, remote workflows and new approaches to production and finishing.
Crucially, much of that discussion takes place through the people implementing the technology including CTOs, Technology Directors, workflow specialists and senior production and post management.
The Televisual Exchange develops that further by bringing groups of senior business and technical leaders together to share experience and explore common challenges around the changes affecting production and post.
FOLLOWING WHAT CHANGES
If there is a common thread running through Televisual, it is change.
The UK production sector is continually being reshaped by commissioning demand, funding, technology, audience behaviour, new production models and changing skills and roles.
Televisual’s job is to ask what is changing, why it matters and what happens next.
That means talking extensively to the people experiencing and driving that change. Televisual’s surveys, reports and Exchanges bring together hundreds of senior practitioners across the year, allowing common themes to emerge rather than relying on individual opinion.
Televisual maintains a clear separation between independent editorial and commercial activity. The magazine is edited by Jon Creamer, supported by an experienced team of editors and contributors with longstanding knowledge of UK production.
EXPLORE TELEVISUAL
To read Televisual
Visit TELEVISUAL+ for subscriptions and access to the searchable digital archive.
To see what’s coming up
The TELEVISUAL TIMETABLE sets out the major surveys, reports and features in each issue, together with advertising deadlines and publication dates.
To connect with Televisual’s audience
Visit TELEVISUAL ADVERTISING for Televisual’s audience research, advertising opportunities, editorial environments and print rates.
For digital advertising
Visit DIGITAL ADVERTISING to find out about page impressions and advertising options on this site and within Televisual’s Daily Newsletters
For the wider Televisual offer — including the Televisual Bulldog Awards, Televisual Village Fete, Exchanges and bespoke commercial projects — visit ABOUT TELEVISUAL.
The magazine is edited by Jon Creamer, with over two decades’ experience at Televisual, supported by an experienced team of industry editors and contributors all with decades of relevant editorial experience including Associate Editor, Pippa Considine and regular contributors like Michael Burns.
TELEVISUAL: VALUE FOR ADVERTISERS
With comprehensive physical distribution across UK production and its supply chain, combined with editorial authority and depth, Televisual remains more relevant than ever as the UK television and film sector goes through profound change. It provides benchmark industry knowledge, explores and forecasts the changing production ecosystem, champions creativity and delivers credible analysis of technology and workflow, making it the essential magazine for the UK production community.
- The largest printed reach and engagement within the UK production community
- A uniquely senior, balanced audience directly involved in recorded content creation, spanning most of the UK’s larger and mid-sized companies as well as senior freelance production roles
- A premium editorial environment that gives advertisers relevant context and adds meaning and value to their marketing
Televisual is not the cheapest medium and nor is it the most expensive, but it is widely regarded as offering by far the best value and most effective platform for post, VFX, studios and other suppliers who want to connect with production-side decision-makers.
Televisual is also particularly effective for technology vendors and resellers serving production and post, with a highly engaged audience of senior technology buyers and decision-makers.
Televisual’s consistent advertiser base, including leading studios, post houses, technology vendors and resellers, reflects deep industry trust and engagement.
CONTACT
Televisual enjoys an exceptional relationship with readers, contributors, advertisers and sponsors alike. I hope to discuss how Televisual can make your marketing work harder.
James Bennett
