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Local TV Limited
Local TV (formerly Made Television) is a local television network in the United Kingdom, operating nine channels serving the Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, London, Liverpool, North Wales, Teesside and Tyne and Wear areas.
In September 2012, the broadcast regulator Ofcom awarded two licences to Made Television to broadcast local TV services in the Bristol and Cardiff areas. Three months later, the company was granted a third licence to serve the Newcastle, Sunderland and Gateshead areas, followed in February 2013 by a licence for the Leeds area. In November 2013, the company gained a fifth local TV licence to serve the Middlesbrough and Teesside areas.
Made in Bristol was the first of the company's channels to launch, at 8 p.m. on Wednesday 8 October 2014, followed a week later by its sister station in Cardiff. Made in Leeds began broadcasting on Thursday 6 November 2014 and Made in Tyne & Wear launched six days later. The channels launched an on-demand service, OnView, in March 2015 followed in August by live streaming.
In 2016, the company bought two independently run local TV channels: Bay TV Liverpool, shortly after it went into administration in August, followed by Walsall-based Big Centre TV in October. Bay TV was reopened and relaunched as 'Made in Liverpool' at 6 p.m. on Wednesday 19 October 2016, followed by the relaunch of Big Centre as 'Made in Birmingham' on Tuesday 8 November 2016.
Two further channels launched during the spring of 2017 – Made in Teesside for the Middlesbrough area on Thursday 30 March 2017 followed by Made in North Wales for Mold and surrounding areas on Wednesday 26 April 2017.
On Thursday 25 May 2017, all Made channels began carrying acquired programming from the UK and Ireland version of factual entertainment channel TruTV as part of a supply agreement with Sony Pictures Television. The channels simulcast TruTV in two daily blocks from 13:00 to 17:00 and 21:00 to 01:00 (20:00 to 00:00 on Tuesdays to accommodate America's Got Talent). From November 2017, the Made channels began simulcasting CBS Reality for 11 hours a day.
In November 2017, following a restructuring of the Made network's operations, local programming was cut and studio production of daily news and magazine programmes was centralised at Made's Leeds and Birmingham channels. Around forty staff across the network were reportedly made redundant.
Following the cutbacks, the network began producing two weekday programmes - Made TV News (broadcast from Leeds) and The Big Daily (initially produced from Birmingham), both including local and networked content. Both programmes were axed in February 2018 and replaced by separate rolling blocks of pre-recorded local news, sport and features
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Local TV Limited
Local TV (formerly Made Television) is a local television network in the United Kingdom, operating nine channels serving the Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, London, Liverpool, North Wales, Teesside and Tyne and Wear areas.
In September 2012, the broadcast regulator Ofcom awarded two licences to Made Television to broadcast local TV services in the Bristol and Cardiff areas. Three months later, the company was granted a third licence to serve the Newcastle, Sunderland and Gateshead areas, followed in February 2013 by a licence for the Leeds area. In November 2013, the company gained a fifth local TV licence to serve the Middlesbrough and Teesside areas.
Made in Bristol was the first of the company's channels to launch, at 8 p.m. on Wednesday 8 October 2014, followed a week later by its sister station in Cardiff. Made in Leeds began broadcasting on Thursday 6 November 2014 and Made in Tyne & Wear launched six days later. The channels launched an on-demand service, OnView, in March 2015 followed in August by live streaming.
In 2016, the company bought two independently run local TV channels: Bay TV Liverpool, shortly after it went into administration in August, followed by Walsall-based Big Centre TV in October. Bay TV was reopened and relaunched as 'Made in Liverpool' at 6 p.m. on Wednesday 19 October 2016, followed by the relaunch of Big Centre as 'Made in Birmingham' on Tuesday 8 November 2016.
Two further channels launched during the spring of 2017 – Made in Teesside for the Middlesbrough area on Thursday 30 March 2017 followed by Made in North Wales for Mold and surrounding areas on Wednesday 26 April 2017.
On Thursday 25 May 2017, all Made channels began carrying acquired programming from the UK and Ireland version of factual entertainment channel TruTV as part of a supply agreement with Sony Pictures Television. The channels simulcast TruTV in two daily blocks from 13:00 to 17:00 and 21:00 to 01:00 (20:00 to 00:00 on Tuesdays to accommodate America's Got Talent). From November 2017, the Made channels began simulcasting CBS Reality for 11 hours a day.
In November 2017, following a restructuring of the Made network's operations, local programming was cut and studio production of daily news and magazine programmes was centralised at Made's Leeds and Birmingham channels. Around forty staff across the network were reportedly made redundant.
Following the cutbacks, the network began producing two weekday programmes - Made TV News (broadcast from Leeds) and The Big Daily (initially produced from Birmingham), both including local and networked content. Both programmes were axed in February 2018 and replaced by separate rolling blocks of pre-recorded local news, sport and features