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Journalists 'can no longer work in silos' at the Independent
Chris Blackhurst from the London Evening Standard and Independent, discusses newsroom integration and London Live, a local TV station launching in March
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 09/10/13Q&A: MD of Standard on launching TV channel for London
Andrew Mullins on how the Evening Standard newsroom will provide round-the-clock news coverage for London Live, the local TV channel it will run
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 04/02/13Evening Standard awarded London local TV licence
The new channel will be called London Live and is expected to be received in 4 million homes
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 04/02/13BBC details plans to buy news content from local TV licencees
Ofcom also opens applications today for the 21 local TV channels to be launched in the UK
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 10/05/12Jeremy Hunt: Reform should 'recognise multimedia age'
Culture secretary says if the newspaper industry can formulate a structure which the public can have confidence in, he will look at whether this could regulate content across platforms
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 14/03/12Study finds planned local TV coverage 'should be possible'
Feasibility study finds 'at almost all locations there is space on the masts near or at the heights assumed' by Ofcom's coverage proposals
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13/03/12Ofcom names 20 cities for local TV licences
The regulator has named the cities it will advertise licences for if proposed legislation on local TV is passed by Parliament
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 13/12/11New local TV service has 65 cities in contention
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt asks broadcasters and audiences to argue why their town or city should be selected
Posted by Rachel McAthy on 09/08/11Shaun Milne appointed editor of STV Local
Former regional editor for Edinburgh replaces Iain Hepburn at the helm of the hyperlocal network
Posted by Joel Gunter on 04/07/11Jeremy Hunt leans towards individual stations for local TV
Culture secretary said today following a consultation that individual stations with local licenses may be more feasible that a national network channel
Posted by Joel Gunter on 02/06/11Channel 4 bids to run Jeremy Hunt's new local TV network channel
Broadcaster confirms it has 'expressed an interest in operating the national backbone that would underpin a local TV network'
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 11/03/11Element TV announces bid for Hunt's new national TV channel
TV company has emerged as the latest contender for the license to run 'Channel 6'
Posted by Joel Gunter on 28/02/11STV hails 'excellent start' for hyperlocal network
Announcing financial results for 2010, Scottish broadcaster said it was on track to add more hyperlocal sites in the rest of Scotland over the next 18 months
Posted by Paul McNally on 24/02/11STV Local launches in Edinburgh with three new sites
Hyperlocal network from Scottish broadcaster STV has now gone live in six local authority areas across
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 15/02/11Johnston Press chief: Local TV network should not get public money
Johnston Press chief executive John Fry has warned against the idea of a long-term public subsidy for a planned £25 million-a-year local TV network
Posted by Paul McNally on 26/01/11Oxfordshire's good news station Witney TV to launch county-wide programme
Oxbox will be produced 'in the same light' as Witney TV, covering positive stories across the the county
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 20/01/11Jeremy Hunt unveils plans for new local TV services
New national channel will provide local news and information via a number of regional services
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 19/01/11Shott report recommends £25m trial for dozen local TV stations
Report commissioned by culture secretary Jeremy Hunt suggests local content could be delivered via digital TV in the short term and via internet TV services in the future
Posted by Laura Oliver on 14/12/10The comprehensive spending review: what does it mean for local media?
Defence, public sector jobs and the retirement age may have made the headlines, but how will cuts to the BBC and local councils and new broadband services affect local media?
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View TV Group plans to bring local TV to 660 UK towns
Local TV platform is in talks with 78 interested parties, including a newspaper group
Posted by Sarah Marshall on 22 July 2011Hunt favours individual stations for local television plan
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt changes his plan from a centralised service to a network of stations for local TV
Posted by Andy Halls on 20 July 2011Guardian: Jeremy Hunt stakes his reputation on local television
Community purists fear 'Channel 6' will become just another national channel while others are sceptical of plan's commercial viability
Posted by Joel Gunter on 28 February 2011Channel 6 to partner with universities across the UK
Channel 6, which is reportedly planning on bidding for the new national TV network, has plans underway to work with both Sunderland and Cardiff University
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 25 February 2011Guardian: Greg Dyke's LTN group to bid for national TV network
Local Television Network is planning on bidding for a new national TV network announced by Jeremy Hunt at the Oxford Media Convention
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 23 February 2011Jeremy Hunt on local TV plans: full speech
A new national television channel which will be devoted to providing local news and information via regional services, was announced by Jeremy Hunt
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 19 January 2011Ofcom delivers local TV report to Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Department for culture, media and sport is considering an Ofcom report on ways the current system of public service broadcasting (PSB) might be changed
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13 December 2010Local TV operators criticise new service YouView in letter to Times
Plans for YouView, a new on-demand and internet-connected TV service have been criticised by local TV operators and production firms.
Posted by Laura Oliver on 5 October 2010Jeremy Hunt: Providing local content should be condition of broadcasters' licences
Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt intends to make the provision of local content a condition of the licences given to commercial broadcasters like ITV, Channel 4 and Five
Posted by Joel Gunter on 28 September 2010paidContent: Advisory panel preparing report on local TV development
A report on ways to establish new local TV services is due to be delivered to culture secretary Jeremy Hunt by the end of the month
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13 September 2010First local TV stations planned by Hunt to be licensed by 2012
Plans for local media include a relaxation of the rules governing cross-media ownership and for the first of Hunt's local TV stations to be licensed by summer 2012
Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 16 July 2010Jeremy Hunt: No local TV is one of biggest gaps in British broadcasting
New Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt tied his colours firmly to the local TV mast in his inaugural speech on the media and digital economy
Posted by Laura Oliver on 9 June 2010Media Guardian: Regional news consortia will miss election contract deadline
Attempts to rush through plans for Independently Funded News Consortia before the general election, have failed
Posted by Laura Oliver on 8 April 2010IFNC update: CN Group, STV, ITN and Bauer in race for news consortia pilots
Scottish broadcaster STV has confirmed its bid in partnership with ITN and Bauer Media for the independently funded news consortia pilot scheme in Scotland
Posted by Laura Oliver on 4 January 2010SFNBlog: Local TV is 'most important' news source in US
SFN's World Digital Media Trends 2007 has reported that local TV news is rated 'as the most important news source,' followed by the internet
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Josh Hinkle of KXAN on translating solutions journalism to local TV news
The director of investigations and innovation at a US-based TV station talks about using the traditionally long-form style of reporting in short and sweet TV news bulletins that investigate education inequality during the pandemic
Posted by Jacob Granger on 01/10/20