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The Digital UK Postcode checker was updated last week - shows in-service dates for the local multiplex from Nottingham and Waltham as being 10/02/2014 (tomorrow).
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Ofcom have finally come to a decision about Bangor, despite there only being one applicant. And... it has been rejected. This is the first area to have an applicant yet not get a licence awarded.
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I thought this local Tv idea would have been dropped by now. I suppose that will happen when the first one loses money and closes.
Our local Tv is going to be merged with Gloucester and it will not even have the name of our city in it, so what is the point? A local company is going to try and put one online just for us, if it will work is another thing, as to be honest, there is not much here to stick on Tv for hours on end. But at least it will be to do with Hereford and not some other city which we have nothing in common with at all. |
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I thought this local Tv idea would have been dropped by now. I suppose that will happen when the first one loses money and closes.
Our local Tv is going to be merged with Gloucester and it will not even have the name of our city in it, so what is the point? A local company is going to try and put one online just for us, if it will work is another thing, as to be honest, there is not much here to stick on Tv for hours on end. But at least it will be to do with Hereford and not some other city which we have nothing in common with at all. |
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LCN 8 (Mustard TV) has just been added at Tacolneston. Currently a blank screen.
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BonazaBonanza (LCN 64) and Comux Local Test (LCN 791) have appeared on Rowridge HP.
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I wonder whether Birmingham will ever make it to air, been postponed now till September. Test transmissions still continuing on ch791, i would have thought to save money they would have turned ch791 until nearer the opening date.
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The Nottingham Post (one of the Notts TV Consortium) is reporting that Notts TV will be launching Tuesday May 27 (they previously tweeted saying it would be April 29) Hmm....
Apparently Sky and Virgin negotiations are ongoing too. |
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I wonder whether Birmingham will ever make it to air, been postponed now till September. Test transmissions still continuing on ch791, i would have thought to save money they would have turned ch791 until nearer the opening date.
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... and if I were Comux I would quite like an off air test rig!
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Quick round-up of the last couple of days:
KMTV has been awarded the licence for Maidstone, and That's Basingstoke for Basingstoke. Sheffield is getting improved coverage via a new relay. Ofcom have finally advertised the final tranche of Phase 2. No word on Bedfordshire Television, which disappeared off the Ofcom applicants page not long after they were put up. Either it has been withdrawn (I'd expect it to have been moved to "previous applicants" though) or it's still being considered. The disappearance is a bit odd though. |
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Is local tv for Birmingham still going to launch, was featured on BBC Midlands Today the other day, a local MP is asking OFCOM if they still exist and are going to launch anytime soon. Strangely no one was available for comment from the broadcaster.
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Is local tv for Birmingham still going to launch, was featured on BBC Midlands Today the other day, a local MP is asking OFCOM if they still exist and are going to launch anytime soon. Strangely no one was available for comment from the broadcaster.
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Their licence has been granted with a start date of w/b 3rd November.
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The Government has confirmed the local TV licence for Birmingham will be re-advertised if City TV does not launch by November 6, after Selly Oak MP Steve McCabe branded the delay a "fiasco". http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news...re-run-7502354In reply to a Parliamentary question from Mr McCabe, Minister of State for Culture, Media and Sport Edward Vaizey said November 6 was the deadline for parent group BLTV to launch the channel. Mr Vaizey said: "Local TV licences issued by Ofcom expire on November 25, 2025. "Successful applicants have two years from the date they were awarded the licence to begin operating services, at which point their licence commences. "The Birmingham licence was awarded on November 6, 2012 and the licence holder must be on air by November 6, 2014. Where a local TV station does not launch within two years, Ofcom’s policy is to re-advertise the licence." In a separate question on when the Department for Culture, Media and Sport last met BLTV to discuss progress on delivering local TV to Birmingham, Mr Vaizey said: "DCMS ministers have not met representatives from BLTV." Before tabling the questions, Mr McCabe told the Post last week: "This is not good enough. Birmingham is being short-changed. All there seems to be is radio silence after all this fanfare. "Clearly, something has gone wrong. Given that there is public money involved, I am surprised that the Government has not taken more interest." The BLTV team - led by former Birmingham City Council PR boss Debra Davis and Alan Grindley - now have just three-and-a-half months to meet the deadline. Ms Davis failed to respond to calls from the Post to reveal whether any plans for a studio or staff appointments are yet in place. She previously pledged the station would broadcast on Channel Eight Freeview, covering 1.2 million households in Birmingham and the Black Country. In her last public statement on progress, she said in May: "We are making excellent progress for an autumn launch. "There is a great deal of work going on in the background around logistics and programming. "Viewers in Birmingham, Solihull and the Black Country will be able to tune in soon. It is very exciting!" Prior to that: Quote:
Mr McCabe said: "This is not good enough. Birmingham is being short-changed. Clearly, they have missed their deadline and all there seems to be is radio silence after all this fanfare. http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/busi...y-city-7440685"I will be putting down parliamentary questions to see if City TV is still alive and if and when it is going to deliver a TV station. "I will be asking about the process involved and who is responsible for it and how do we check this has not been a complete fiasco. "It seems bizarre when you have all this fanfare of publicity and people saying how thrilled they are. "Clearly, something has gone wrong. Given there is public money involved, I am surprised the Government has not taken more interest." <snipped> The questions come after it emerged a new company called City Eight, set up two months ago, had failed to get off the ground. City Eight was registered with Companies House on May 8, with shareholders including City TV stalwarts Debra Davis, Alan Grindley and broadcaster Ashley Blake, alongside executive Stuart Reed from rival licence bidder YOURTV. However, talks over a possible merger to bring a local TV station finally to Birmingham have failed, sources told the Post. Ms Davis' consortium was awarded the licence in November 2012 and had two years to get the station off the ground. But there is still no sign of any studio or staff appointments with the deadline less than four months away. It is understood former ATV presenter Mike Prince, named earlier this year as the Birmingham station's programme controller, has been seeking to drum up support for the station. An insider said: "Mike is doing what he can to pull it all together and get some finance. At present, they have not got any equity or property. The City Eight talks fell through because people were not prepared to put any money in. "Debra Davis has put years of her life into this - an enormous amount of effort." Another source said: "It just goes round and round in circles. The timescale has gone now - it is just too short." That does not look at all promising |
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That does not look at all promising
I suspect financial backing is proving difficult to secure in many cases. A disaster waiting to happen...and in some cases already happening. The best effort so far appears to be STV Glasgow which has the benefit of being tied to an existing broadcasting brand with the resources that go with that. |
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The best effort so far appears to be STV Glasgow which has the benefit of being tied to an existing broadcasting brand with the resources that go with that.
Much of this local TV discussion in the forums and media seems to focus on the misfortunes of London at the moment. Let us not forget that it can, and has been successful - Estuary TV is testament to that. |
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We're getting to the point two years from when Ofcom started to award the licences so we'll find out shortly how many fail to make it on-air. |
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http://www.kentonline.co.uk/maidston...idstone-21002/
I hope they have deep pockets! The KM running TV is not the best of ideas! If fact they admit they dont even have any ideas!. If its as good as the Radio it might have a chance, but that took years and while not perfect is better than Heart (mind you, having boiling oil poured in your ears is better than Heart!) TV is very different and a much fickle bunch. Know the KM they will hunt down the TVS archives! I have been told that it will basically be a few news bulletins on constant repeat with infomercials. I seriously hope not. |
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That does not look at all promising
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The lack of positive information with regard to future service launch dates is at best troubling. Essentially a broadcaster has two years from the date of the award of a licence in which to commence broadcasting. However, before it can actually commence broadcasts a formal licence (with full terms and conditions) has to be granted.
There are currently 9 areas where licences were awarded which have yet to commence broadcasts but which must do so before the end of the year. 6 of the broadcasters concerned have been granted formal licences - in Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Belfast, Birmingham and Newcastle. The dates by which the 9 must start broadcasting under the licence terms which are as follows:- 10 September - Brighton 17 September - Bristol, Cardiff 8 October - Belfast 22 October - Southampton 5 November - Birmingham, Oxford 19 November - Sheffield 3 December - Newcastle Southampton, Oxford and Sheffield have been awarded licences but licences have not been formally granted (certainly not confirmed by Ofcom) as yet - not unusual in itself. I would seriously doubt that any other launches will happen this year as no other areas yet have licences granted (as opposed to awarded), save for Leeds, and none of them require to launch this year pursuant to the dates of award. As for Leeds although its licence was granted on 22 July and commences on 1 October the service has until 11 February 2015 to launch. When you visit the various web sites relating to the licence holders there are only indications or hopes of launch dates, many of which have already passed. As for 2015 the must launch by dates are as follows:- 7 January - Edinburgh 4 February - Manchester 11 February - Leeds 18 February - Liverpool 25 February - Preston 21 October - Cambridge, Scarborough 10 November - Middlesbrough 11 November - York Guildford, Maidstone, Mold, Reading, Salisbury and Swansea have until 2016. Interestingly the 5 services that have already launched all did so months in advance of the two year time limit from licence award. All of the remaining 2014 "must launches" are beginning to cut it fine however. |
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The made in network could really launch off the back of each other as 3rd December seems to be long after Leeds for transmission.
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Made in Cardiff has already indicated a September launch and NvTV - The Belfast Channel has also confirmed September.
Brighton's Latest TV is already confirmed as launching 28th August. From 26 November 2013 to 31 August 2014, 5 out of 5 local TV licences have/are launching on licence commencement date. The Sheffield "must launch date" is in fact 25 September, as confirmed in Ofcom's approval for an additional transmitter serving Sheffield for Comux, as published on the Ofcom website last month. All of those stations granted licences - except it appears Birmingham - have been actively recruiting staff over recent months. |
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The Sheffield "must launch date" is in fact 25 September, as confirmed in Ofcom's approval for an additional transmitter serving Sheffield for Comux, as published on the Ofcom website last month.
The muxes in Sheffield and Oxford aren't on-air yet, presumably because both were negotiating coverage improvements. I doubt either will commit to a date until transmission is sorted out, and Ofcom are unlikely to revoke their licences if they can't launch due to Comux missing their target dates. |
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All of those stations granted licences - except it appears Birmingham - have been actively recruiting staff over recent months.
Indeed, any station that is leaving it to the last possible moment to launch, running it extremely close to the wire, must be seen to be at risk. |
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Made in Cardiff has already indicated a September launch and NvTV - The Belfast Channel has also confirmed September.
Brighton's Latest TV is already confirmed as launching 28th August. From 26 November 2013 to 31 August 2014, 5 out of 5 local TV licences have/are launching on licence commencement date. The Sheffield "must launch date" is in fact 25 September, as confirmed in Ofcom's approval for an additional transmitter serving Sheffield for Comux, as published on the Ofcom website last month. All of those stations granted licences - except it appears Birmingham - have been actively recruiting staff over recent months. Local TV Services Launched 23 Nov 2013 - Estuary TV (Grimsby) 24 March 2014 - Mustard TV (Norwich) 31 March 2014 - London Live (London) 27 May 2014 - Notts TV (Nottingham) 2 June 2014 - STV Glasgow (Glasgow) Licence Granted (Launch Date Confirmed) 28 August 2014 - Latest TV (Brighton) (Must Launch Date 10 Sep 2014) http://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2...ugust-28/32360 Licence Granted (Launch Windows* - Launch date TBC) 10 Sep to 17 Sep 2014 - Made in Bristol (Bristol) 17 Sep to 17 Sep 2014 - Made in Cardiff (Cardiff) 29 Sep to 8 Oct 2014 - NvTv (Belfast) 3 Nov to 5 Nov 2014 - City 8 (Birmingham) 15 Oct to 3 Dec 2014 - Made in Tyne & Wear (Newcastle) 1 Oct 2014 to 11 Feb 2015 - Made in Leeds (Leeds) * - Launch Window is the period between the commencement date of the licence and the must launch by date (two years from original licence award) Licence awarded but not yet formally granted (Must Launch Dates) 22 October 2014 - That's Solent (Southampton) 5 November 2014 - That's Oxford (Oxford) 19 November 2014 - SL TV / Sheffield Live (Sheffield) 7 January 2015 - STV Edinburgh (Edinburgh) 4 February 2015 - YourTV Manchester (Manchester) 18 February 2015 - Bay TV Liverpool (Liverpool) 25 February 2015 - YourTV Preston & Blackpool (Preston) 21 October 2015 - Cambridge Presents (Cambridge) 21 October 2015 - Yorkshire Coast TV (Scarborough) 10 November 2015 - Made In Teesside (Middlesbrough) 11 November 2015 - The York Channel (York) 13 January 2016 - Bay TV Swansea (Swansea) 13 January 2016 - Bay TV Clwyd (Mold) 2 June 2016 - That's Surrey (Guildford) 2 June 2016 - That's Reading (Reading) 2 June 2016 - That's Salisbury (Salisbury) 7 July 2016 - That's Hampshire (Basingstoke) 7 July 2016 - KMTV (Maidstone) Applications Invited (Closing Date 23 October 2014) Aberdeen, Ayr, Carlisle, Dundee, Forth Valley, Inverness, Stoke on Trent Invitation to Express Interest (by 29 August 2014) Kidderminster, Bromsgrove, Stratford upon Avon Contracts Advertised but not awarded No applicants - Barnstaple, Gloucester, Limavady, Londonderry, Plymouth Rejected - Bangor Other - Luton (Considering merger of licence with Bedford) |
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