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Originally Posted by muppetman11
Local TV the brainchild of Mr Hunt , yet more public money wasted.
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Yup, all this money wasted for Hunts vanity project at a time of austerity
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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
Which is exactly the case with the largest Local TV station, London Live. (Virgin 159, Sky 117, Free/Youview 8). |
Yes, it's London Live that I was talking about. FTV would make it more difficult to receive outside London as I would need a London registered card.
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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
...I'm not sure how much public money is going into this - I thought they were going to be commercial channels. I'll have to read up on that.
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Local TV channels are to be run on a commecial basis, but the start up costs have come from grants and by forcing the BBC to give them part of their income from the licence fee.
Expect to see a LOT of Teleshopping.