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Originally Posted by SonicMaster
I wish they would promote local TV channels to that slot, it would make so much sense, rather than just leaving it as dead space.
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It's not really dead space, it's an app, but there are probably better ways of using the slot. Maybe promoting BBC Four to 106, BBC One HD to 107 and BBC Two HD to 108, preserving the PSB content of these slots. I'm not sure that the DCMS would be entirely happy with that approach though.
There are a lot of areas not covered by local TV and a large number of local TV channels which haven't agreed terms for carriage on VM. Surrendering 106 to local TV would leave it empty across much of the network.
Then again, from what I've seen of some of the local TV stations, any slot they land in could be considered dead space. There's a lot of room for improvement.