The only positive with Ofcom's decision is that LL have to broadcast an hour of news in peak, so it's likely that the (late) breakfast show will be axed, 30 mins added to the lunchtime bulletin and an hour from 6pm. This would require only one presenter, where as now there's two presenting shifts for the news.
Lower requirement for local content also means they can likely cut more staff and reduce overheads further. Less content but can be repeated throughout the news shows so you would only need about 45 minutes of stuff for a whole hour.
Never! The management of London Live categorically stated they wanted to improve the quality of their news output - surely they wouldn't renege on their commitments? I can't believe they'd stoop so low!!
Looks like London Live are wasting no time in reducing local output, with changes to the published listings from next Tuesday.
According to their website, the 8.30 bulletin is gone, with the noon bulletin now running for an hour and the same for the evening bulletin, starting at the later time of 5.30.
Strangely, they've keeping two hours of news at weekends, despite being allowed to reduce to 60 minutes per day.
If this schedule is final, they're reducing to 2 hours per day, which is 1.5 hours short, plus only 30 minutes in peak, when it's an hour that Ofcom have approved.
London Film Club has been scheduled for 6.30pm on Thursday, which would meet the hour requirement on that day only.
It's not a surprise - as far as I can remember London Live have never actually met their local programming commitments since they started.
If you remember, Vikki Cook's 5.5 hours of 'news and current affairs' programming only ever applied to Weekdays, and included the then nightly entertainment show London Go as part of that commitment.
Unfortunately London Live have only been able to join the last hour of the parade due to 'technical difficulties'. They have now joined it - but it looks like a PC streaming the YouTube feed, juddery and nasty picture tearing...
I tuned in just before 3 and at first I was impressed that London Live was showing this. Then, as usual with London Live, I realised my optimism was misplaced.
They're just taking the organisers' live YouTube feed (including the commentary) - free to any broadcaster who wants it, according to the parade's website. And, by the looks of it, they weren't even able to keep that on air. They've also dumped out of it before the end.
Better just to watch the HD YouTube feed directly. Incidentally, one of the presenters is ex-Daybreak presenter Dan Lobb.
In terms of Ofcom's decision on the reduction of local news, I think this is the final nail in the coffin for any hope of effective regulation of local TV. Multiple consultation respondents complained about London Live's consistent failure to live up to its its obligations and promises, and Ofcom has chosen just to turn a blind eye.
Have they published their decision and their reasons for it? I can't find it on their website.
Sounds like the shared LAN network I suspect they share with the other Lebvdev companies in Northcliffe House went down or one of the Standard hacks took all the bandwidth. Not that you need too much to stream at 480p.
Just had a look at my recording of the event. They were on-air at midday with Luke Blackall on the route with a condensed edition of London Live News, the first time they've been on-air on NYD with another presenter who's name I don't know.
47 mins in, the newsreader handed over to an ancient Royal Ballet performance, then returned to the studio at 2.34pm where the newsreader handed over to the YouTube feed of the event. He'd cut in from time to time as well as crashing into commercials.
In terms of Ofcom's decision on the reduction of local news, I think this is the final nail in the coffin for any hope of effective regulation of local TV. Multiple consultation respondents complained about London Live's consistent failure to live up to its its obligations and promises, and Ofcom has chosen just to turn a blind eye.
Have they published their decision and their reasons for it? I can't find it on their website.