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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
Yup, all this money wasted for Hunts vanity project at a time of austerity 
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.
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. |
This is NOT license fee money. It was money collected along side the license fee (not for the bbc) which was intended for digital switchover. There was a considerable amount of money left over and parliament decided to spend it on this.
Btw we have perfectly good regional news on bbc 1 and ITV as part of the licenses to broadcast. One poster suggested there wasn't enough news, on these channels. Audience research says there's the right balance.
These local licenses are about the micro city level news and information based. Anything else like repeats of entertainment programs is a bonus, but causes license issues on DSAT. Really London's station should have dealt with their freesat/DSAT licensing issue sooner.