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Originally Posted by toady
Doesn't pooling programming for a group of local TV channels defeat the object of local channels?
The budgets and audience are not big enough to support these local channels, I'm expecting these to fail and die over the next couple of years and in the meantime they will will be full of mediocre content
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I have a distinct feeling of Jeja Vu here. It reminds me of the launch of local radio in the 80s. They all eventually got absorbed by groups who would these days be termed as national broadcasters.
As for why it's happening. Another motive is that there is a desire for people to re-engage in politics. The thinking is that people first engage as youngsters in local issues. Today's councillor is tomorrow's waste of breath (I might have altered that slightly).