Local television in the United Kingdom, described in legislation as Local Digital Television Programme Services (L-DTPS), provides a television station for a specific local area. Successful applicants are awarded a sole licence for their chosen area, and are expected to locate their studios within the same area. They broadcast on the digital terrestrial (DTT) system, as used by the national Freeviewservice.
The independent regulator, Ofcom, invites applications in all areas where transmission is technically possible, and assesses proposals against the statutory criteria.[
| Norwich | Tacolneston | Mustard TV[14][15] | 24 March 2014 | NR ONE |
| Nottingham | Waltham Nottingham | Notts TV | 27 May 2014 | Television Nottingham |
Mustard TV was a local television station based in Norwich, Norfolk. It broadcast to over 400,000 people, covering Norwich and much of Norfolk reaching Cromer in the north of the county, Dereham to the west and parts of south Norfolk and north Suffolk. It was a wholly owned subsidiary of regional media group Archant and was one of 19 initial local TV stations awarded licences by UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom.[1]
Mustard TV's original aim was to "redefine what people think of as local television". The channel was named as a nod to the Colman family which manufactured mustard in Norwich, although there was no business connection.[2] The production team and studios were at Archant's headquarters in Prospect House, Rouen Road in Norwich.
On 31 August 2017 Mustard TV broadcast its last show, having been sold to the That's TV group.[3] The new owner said that it would not be employing the previous Mustard staff.
In 1995 the company opened a new 25m Print Center in Thorpe, Norwich, with Goss HT70 Presses and Muller-Martini Mailroom Equipment, Replacing the Goss Metro Presses at Prospect House.
In July 2016 Archant announced a new weekly 'pop-up newspaper', The New European, designed in response to the UK's vote to leave the European Union. With a cover price of £2, it was initially intended to run for four editions only;[7]
In August 2017 Mustard TV closed, having been sold to the That's TV Group.
In December 2017, Archant won a €676,000.00 grant from Google's Digital News Initiative. The project, Local Recall, aims to bring 150 years of newspapers back to life through the latest technology; chatbots. Archant, in partnership with local artificial intelligence leaders ubisend,[8] take on this two-year challenge to make their archived newspapers available via voice and text chatbots.[9]However, as of May 2023, the project website is no longer available an redirects to the EDP24 homepage. No explanation has been given for this, or where the money has gone.
In September 2019 Archant announced its intention to out-source all newspaper printing to Newsprinters (Broxbourne) Ltd. from 10 November 2019, and close the Archant Print Center in Thorpe St. Andrew's Norwich, bringing to an end 174 years of newspaper printing in the city. In a letter to staff, Archant said the decision had been taken due to "changes" in the newspaper industry and the move will provide "substantial cost savings".[10] Approximately 95 Norwich Jobs will be lost as a direct result of this change.
In January 2020 Archant sold its headquarters, Prospect House, to regional insurance firm Alan Boswell Group.
| Liverpool | Winter Hill Storeton | Bay TV Liverpool[10] | 4 December 2014 | Made in Liverpool, Metro8 Liverpool, Our-TV, YourTV Liverpool |
Local TV Liverpool (typeset as LOCAL TV Liverpool) is a local television station serving Liverpool City Region and surrounding areas. The station is owned and operated by Local Television Limited and forms part of a group of nine LOCAL TV stations (eight licensed as local stations with Manchester TV on a standard regional licence). It broadcasts from studios and offices in the Toxteth suburb of Liverpool.
Overview[edit]
Bay TV Liverpool was launched in November 2011 as a video-on-demand service producing local content, winning Best Media Website at the 2013 Prolific North Awards.[1]
On 21 February 2013, Bay TV was awarded a local TV licence by Ofcom to broadcast a linear television channel in the Liverpool City Region area including Wigan and parts of Cheshire.[2][3] Under the initial proposals, the channel aimed to air ten hours of local programming each day, including two and a half hours of news on weekdays, and a weekly political programme. The channel began broadcasting on Freeview channel 8 on Thursday 4 December 2014 at 5.30pm, later moving to channel 7 following the closure of BBC Three.
On 23 August 2016 it was announced that Bay TV Liverpool had entered administration.[4] The station owed a total of £451,575, with a debt to Revenue and Customs outstanding at £145,187, individual shareholder loans debts to the value of £133,800, and other “trade and expense creditors” to the sum of £152,488.[5] A week later, Made Television announced it had bought out the station for an undisclosed sum - the group was one of four bidders who lost the original licence award to Bay TV.[6]
Bay TV ceased broadcasting at 11pm on Sunday 9 October 2016 and reopened and relaunched as Made in Liverpool at 6pm on Wednesday 19 October 2016.[7] The station began broadcasting on Sky and digital satellite platforms in January 2017.
As of April 2017, the Liverpool station also produces local news programming for sister station Made in North Wales, serving Mold, Denbigh, Ruthin and surrounding areas.
On Thursday 25 May 2017, Made in Liverpool and its sister channels began carrying acquired programming from the UK & Ireland version of factual entertainment channel TruTV as part of a supply agreement with Sony Pictures Television. The station simulcasts TruTV in two daily blocks from 1-5pm and from 9pm-1am (8pm - midnight on Tuesdays to accommodate America's Got Talent).[8][9] As of November 2017, the Made network simulcasts CBS Reality for eleven hours a day.
In November 2017, following a restructuring of the Made network's operations,[10] local output was cut with studio production of daily news and magazine programmes was transferred to other Made TV stations. The station's bespoke local news programme was also axed.
On 2 January 2018, Made in Liverpool ceased broadcasting on digital satellite and was replaced by a generic Made Televisionnetworked feed featuring a daily three-hour block of local news programming for six of the network's licence areas, including Liverpool.[11]
In 2021, the station was rebranded from Liverpool TV to LOCAL TV Liverpool, with the intention that the station will become part of the 'Northern TV Network'.[12] This is media executive and newspaper owner David Montgomery (National World's Executive Chairman)[13]plan to link up LOCAL TV Liverpool with the new Freeview channel 99 Manchester service[14] and stations in Newcastle and Leeds. It is planned that 'Northern TV Network' will have segments from 6am to 9am, 1pm to 2pm and 6pm to 8pm for local news, but it is unknown if these slots will take a more regional view (similar to Granada Reports or Calendar) or keep these slots for news from each city.
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| Country | England |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Liverpool City Region |
| Headquarters | Toxteth TV, Toxteth, Liverpool |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Local Television Limited |
| Sister channels | Birmingham TV Bristol TV Cardiff TV Leeds TV North Wales TV Teesside TV Tyne & Wear TV Manchester TV |
| History | |
| Launched | 4 December 2014 |
| Former names | Made in Liverpool, Liverpool TV |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 7 |
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