Local TV

Two bidders for Belfast Local Television Licence announced

Alan Meban (Alan in Belfast) on August 14, 2012, 4:08 pm | Readers 117

Two bidders have submitted applications to Ofcom to run a local television channel in Belfast: Northern Visions and Made in Belfast. If one of the candidates is successful, a local channel 8 would go live during 2013 on Freeview (as well as being carried on cable and satellite) and would cover Greater Belfast and Lisburn. This morning, Ofcom announced the list of 51 applicants pitching for the 21 local digital television programme services (L-DTPS). While some licences appear to be …

“That’s the sort of “local” that these TV stations will be.”

Pete Baker on August 14, 2011, 3:44 pm | Readers 4

Having scrapped plans for a syndicated Local TV network, last week the UK Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt, announced a list of 65 areas across the UK identified by Ofcom as suitable for local TV services – including Belfast [and Lisburn], Londonderry, and Limavady [including parts of Ballymoney and Coleraine]. The list is expected to be further “narrowed down to about 20 contenders for the first set of licences before the end of the year.” The local stations’ set-up costs will be subsidised from …