OM
Notts TV's programmes are now available to view on catch-up.
Here is a recent daily news bulletin:
http://nottstv.com/videos?id=103
Here is a recent daily news bulletin:
http://nottstv.com/videos?id=103
LL
For what appears to be a minute budget, the 6pm news programme appears to be a hybrid of ITV News London and London Live's Headline London without the panelists, with what I could see from the 26th August edition with three packages, a sports bulletin, three guests including a journalist from the Nottingham Post and a static caption weather forecast.
Despite Becky Sheeran being young and her previous job being at EMT, she was miles better than any of the London Live presenters.
London Lite
Founding member
Notts TV's programmes are now available to view on catch-up.
Here is a recent daily news bulletin:
http://nottstv.com/videos?id=103
Here is a recent daily news bulletin:
http://nottstv.com/videos?id=103
For what appears to be a minute budget, the 6pm news programme appears to be a hybrid of ITV News London and London Live's Headline London without the panelists, with what I could see from the 26th August edition with three packages, a sports bulletin, three guests including a journalist from the Nottingham Post and a static caption weather forecast.
Despite Becky Sheeran being young and her previous job being at EMT, she was miles better than any of the London Live presenters.
LL
London Lite
Founding member
Made in Cardiff launches on October 15th at 8pm and like Made in Bristol will also be on Sky and Virgin.
Mariclare Carey-Jones is the lead presenter.
Mariclare Carey-Jones is the lead presenter.
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A former member
Very unlikely’ all local TV stations will succeed, says Ofcom
Media regulator paints stark picture in wake of Birmingham TV venture’s pre-launch collapse and London Live troubles
Media regulator Ofcom has admitted it is “very unlikely” that all local TV stations it is licensing will succeed, following the pre-launch collapse of Birmingham’s TV ventureand the travails of London Live.
In an update on the local TV initiative, two years since the first local TV licences were awarded, Ofcom said 6,400 hours of programming have been broadcast to a potential audience of six million across the UK.
However, Ofcom issued a frank assessment on the chances of all local TV channels meeting with success.
Ofcom said: “The nature of awarding licences for a new type of service in a competitive media market means that it is very unlikely that all channels will succeed. This is an inherent feature of the nature of awarding a large number of licences for a new service across very different parts of the UK.”
Ofcom’s admission chimes with widespread scepticism within the media industry about the commercial viability of the new generation of local TV stations, an initiative championed by former culture secretary Jeremy Hunt.
In its update, Ofcom also made reference to the problems of City TV, the holder of the local TV licence for Birmingham, which was forced to appoint administrators last month to find a buyer for the licence before it even launched.
Ofcom said that if the administrator Duff & Phelps is unable to find a buyer for the licence, it will be “re-advertised”. Ofcom rules dictate that the Birmingham channel be on air by 4 November this year.
The regulator’s update did not mention London Live, the most high-profile local TV launch to date, which attracted criticism for asking Ofcom’s permission to cut its local output just four months after launching.
It emerged last week that London Live head of programming Jonathan Boseley is leaving, following the decision last month to scrap original content other than news and current affairs.
Ofcom’s public consultation on the proposed changes to London Live, owned by London Evening Standard and Independent proprietor Evgeny Lebedev, ended on 26 August. Ofcom said it would be publishing its findings “very soon” but would not give a specific date.
Read more:
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/sep/15/unlikely-local-tv-stations-succeed-ofcom-london-live
Media regulator paints stark picture in wake of Birmingham TV venture’s pre-launch collapse and London Live troubles
Media regulator Ofcom has admitted it is “very unlikely” that all local TV stations it is licensing will succeed, following the pre-launch collapse of Birmingham’s TV ventureand the travails of London Live.
In an update on the local TV initiative, two years since the first local TV licences were awarded, Ofcom said 6,400 hours of programming have been broadcast to a potential audience of six million across the UK.
However, Ofcom issued a frank assessment on the chances of all local TV channels meeting with success.
Ofcom said: “The nature of awarding licences for a new type of service in a competitive media market means that it is very unlikely that all channels will succeed. This is an inherent feature of the nature of awarding a large number of licences for a new service across very different parts of the UK.”
Ofcom’s admission chimes with widespread scepticism within the media industry about the commercial viability of the new generation of local TV stations, an initiative championed by former culture secretary Jeremy Hunt.
In its update, Ofcom also made reference to the problems of City TV, the holder of the local TV licence for Birmingham, which was forced to appoint administrators last month to find a buyer for the licence before it even launched.
Ofcom said that if the administrator Duff & Phelps is unable to find a buyer for the licence, it will be “re-advertised”. Ofcom rules dictate that the Birmingham channel be on air by 4 November this year.
The regulator’s update did not mention London Live, the most high-profile local TV launch to date, which attracted criticism for asking Ofcom’s permission to cut its local output just four months after launching.
It emerged last week that London Live head of programming Jonathan Boseley is leaving, following the decision last month to scrap original content other than news and current affairs.
Ofcom’s public consultation on the proposed changes to London Live, owned by London Evening Standard and Independent proprietor Evgeny Lebedev, ended on 26 August. Ofcom said it would be publishing its findings “very soon” but would not give a specific date.
Read more:
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/sep/15/unlikely-local-tv-stations-succeed-ofcom-london-live
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A former member
I wonder when City8 Birmingham is launching? I asked them, and it has responded to my email yet. They say it's some time this year.
GO
They went bust last month as it says in the post above yours.
I wonder when City8 Birmingham is launching? I asked them, and it has responded to my email yet. They say it's some time this year.
They went bust last month as it says in the post above yours.
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A former member
But it still says on the Local TV Website that it's launching this year!
GO
Highly unlikely to happen now.
But it still says on the Local TV Website that it's launching this year!
Highly unlikely to happen now.
MK
Yep, I agree, sadly. Remember, this all started because Jeremy Hunt saw US TV which has a lot of local content, albeit mostly newscasts. The thing is, network television like in the US is very different to standalone TV channels, particularly ones that will be competing with nationwide channels in what is a crowded market.
Add to that, they've clearly went too local. I mean, Mold, seriously? To be honest, I think, for the most part, ITV subregions are about the right size for a local TV region and if there was just a bit more in the way of local TV on that level than there is now, most people would be satisfied. I'd say only Granada and perhaps Central West are on the large side. The latter may not be so bad as there's clearly only one very large city in the area, so doesn't have the Liverpool/Manchester issue.
Very unlikelyâ all local TV stations will succeed, says Ofcom
Yep, I agree, sadly. Remember, this all started because Jeremy Hunt saw US TV which has a lot of local content, albeit mostly newscasts. The thing is, network television like in the US is very different to standalone TV channels, particularly ones that will be competing with nationwide channels in what is a crowded market.
Add to that, they've clearly went too local. I mean, Mold, seriously? To be honest, I think, for the most part, ITV subregions are about the right size for a local TV region and if there was just a bit more in the way of local TV on that level than there is now, most people would be satisfied. I'd say only Granada and perhaps Central West are on the large side. The latter may not be so bad as there's clearly only one very large city in the area, so doesn't have the Liverpool/Manchester issue.