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27-06-2021, 09:39 AM
Spencer post_id=24103 time= user_id=891 Wrote:Markymark post_id=24099 time= user_id=1078 Wrote:BTW @Spencer it was Bilsdale not Belmont that was the originally going to be York's local TV tx site, but you're quite right about the use of a tx site being used in the same direction as the main national tx sites As Mrs Markymark says, 'they all look the same, tall and skinny'
05-07-2021, 05:43 AM
That's TV Gold is testing on Satellite...
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09-07-2021, 06:34 PM
That's TV GOLD launches at 9pm tonight!
Mostly wall to wall music vids, with cheapo docos from 7pm-10pm and 3am-6am. Are these 6 hours of "programmes" the minimum they can get away with to be in the entertainment section of the Sky EPG without being shunted to the music section? Some of these programmes have already been shown on CCXTV I believe. Is this channel "doing a CCX" on Freeview just to trade the slot later down the line?
"From today you'll hear some new voices when you're watching UTV, as for the time being we're handing over to our colleagues at ITV, but rest assured Julian and I will be back with you as soon as possible"
Gillian Porter, UTV (2nd April 2020; 5:59am)
09-07-2021, 06:38 PM
Contrast this to what has been mentioned in the French TV thread where BFM have launched three more actually local channels in the South of France which will have more local news by the time you leave for work on Monday morning than That's TV have all week.
@Brekkietweets
09-07-2021, 08:12 PM
This is UTV post_id=26837 time= user_id=1188 Wrote:That's TV GOLD launches at 9pm tonight! If its on Sky 117 I believe its protected as IIRC that's the designated local TV slot. So they in theory can put any old junk out on it and it can't be moved. even if it started simulcasting God Channel all day every day.
09-07-2021, 08:19 PM
Neil Jones post_id=26856 time= user_id=961 Wrote:This is UTV post_id=26837 time= user_id=1188 Wrote:That's TV GOLD launches at 9pm tonight! That's TV Gold is on Sky 187/Freeview 91. It's a national channel totally separate from local tv versions of Thats TV on Sky 117/Freeview 7 (even though the 'local' channels will be showing mostly the same as the GOLD channel).
"From today you'll hear some new voices when you're watching UTV, as for the time being we're handing over to our colleagues at ITV, but rest assured Julian and I will be back with you as soon as possible"
Gillian Porter, UTV (2nd April 2020; 5:59am)
16-07-2021, 08:15 PM
Pure uninformed speculation, I wonder if That's TV have considered switching their simulcasts of TJC and/or CBS Reality with GB News. It would allow them to claim they're showing more news on their channels, whilst helping GB News with their ratings.
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16-07-2021, 08:30 PM
Keith post_id=28339 time= user_id=1115 Wrote:Pure uninformed speculation, I wonder if That's TV have considered switching their simulcasts of TJC and/or CBS Reality with GB News. It would allow them to claim they're showing more news on their channels, whilst helping GB News with their ratings. It would certainly give a profile boost to both GB News and That's TV - but I daresay even That's TV would look at GBN and go 'ugh, what amateurs...'
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16-07-2021, 11:41 PM
I'm pretty sure GB News is becoming a toxic brand even That's TV don't want to touch.
17-07-2021, 12:33 PM
James2001 post_id=28397 time= user_id=956 Wrote:I'm pretty sure GB News is becoming a toxic brand even That's TV don't want to touch. Toxic brand lol. I guess you're trying to incite with rhetoric like that. How does That's TV get away with just producing 10 minutes at 6pm weeknights? Those local channels just don't work and the channel operators are getting money in through other means. Just take away the licenses and close the slot down. 
17-07-2021, 12:44 PM
onetrickypony post_id=28456 time= user_id=944 Wrote:How does That's TV get away with just producing 10 minutes at 6pm weeknights? Those local channels just don't work and the channel operators are getting money in through other means. Just take away the licenses and close the slot down.At least it’s not London Live, where they made no news for about a year!
20-07-2021, 10:47 PM
Can we just do a little audit of where we are now with Local TV - certainly in most cases nowhere near what was initially promised when the licences were first awarded, but still a few independents giving it a go.
From what I know we have: That's TV Just 10 minutes of local news at 6pm, which in the case of Scotland I believe is national rather than local. The rest is classic music videos. How are these news programmes presented? Made TV - rebranded Local TV Lengthy simulcasts with CBS Reality but with news opts at breakfast, lunchtime and in the evening (from 5-9pm I think) which I think is a half-hour loop, which in the case of Liverpool TV (which I pick up) is usually presented in the street, but having been caught a bit on Sunday it's of a passable quality but not something you'd want to watch for more than a few minutes. The Sky stream shows various local news bulletins at different points in the evening block for half an hour each. London Live After a year off news is back between 6pm and 7pm, the one hour in the day of course where people wanting London news have viable alternative options. It looks like most of the C4 style content which filled the schedules has gone. Still a three hour kids block at Christmas then mainly factual (alot of Hitler stuff this week) and old films, with a few random things like Goodnight Sweetheart, Hardware and Stella Street in the schedule. The independent channels now few and far between - I think less than half a dozen in total. Full list of channels here: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/manage-your-lic...s/local-tv Kent TV was still giving it a good go last I saw although the schedule online is for November 2019. Looks like they still have a nightly bulletin which is up to an hour long and things like their political, team talk and business show are airing fairly regularly. Notts TV still a primarily local schedule as well, though looks like only their "Ey Up Notts" nighty show is regularly airing new content. If anyone can fill in the blanks or give more info on the channels local to them would be interesting to see the state of play with these channels across the country and whether it's fair or not to tar the ones that have remained independent with the same brush as That's TV and Made/Local TV.
@Brekkietweets
20-07-2021, 10:52 PM
Brekkie post_id=29518 time= user_id=976 Wrote:Can we just do a little audit of where we are now with Local TV - certainly in most cases nowhere near what was initially promised when the licences were first awarded, but still a few independents giving it a go. Made in Birmingham seems to pick random locations for no apparent reason for local news. They used to hang out by the Gas Street Basin, until they either got bored or were asked to move on for loitering  Quality of presentation is still woefully crap, its tragic when their bitrate on Freeview is higher than the channel they spend all day simulcasting...
20-07-2021, 10:58 PM
Notts TV's news coverage has been assisted by securing three Local Democracy Reporters and I have noticed more news stories on its website as a consequence:
https://nottstv.com/notts-tv-awarded-loc...-contract/ The station did also start inviting donations a while ago - I do wonder it would benefit from a more structured supporter scheme with benefits offered for higher contributions.
20-07-2021, 11:07 PM
That 'Manchester TV' for viewers in Manchester on Ch99.
Not on the Local Mux but on the 'Local to Manchester' GMAN mux. Unsure why 'Thats TV Manchester' needs a rival 'Manchester TV' channel? Manchester TV appears to show more Local news than the official Local channel Thats TV Manchester? Why? Surely Manchester TV has no requirement to show local news unlike its rival on epg7? Why on earth did they launch Manchester TV when there was clearly no demand for it? Is it expecting That’s TV to give up channel 7, and Manchester TV comes in as the Knight in shining armour to save Local tv? Just very bizarre the whole thing in Manchester.
"From today you'll hear some new voices when you're watching UTV, as for the time being we're handing over to our colleagues at ITV, but rest assured Julian and I will be back with you as soon as possible"
Gillian Porter, UTV (2nd April 2020; 5:59am) |
