That's TV

{{Infobox TV channel | name = That's TV | logofile = | launch = Solent: 26 November 2014
Oxfordshire: 17 April 2015
Manchester: 31 May 2015
Lancashire: 24 August 2015
Thames Valley (Berkshire): 3 May 2017
Hampshire: 23 May 2017
Cambridge: 28 November 2016
York: 5 July 2017
Salisbury: 19 July 2017
Carlisle: 25 July 2017
North Yorkshire: 1 August 2017 | slogan = | owner = That's Media | broadcast area = Cambridge, Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire, Preston and Blackpool, South Hampshire, Greater Reading, Salisbury, Carlisle, Cumbria, [[Scab | share = Local TV Macro Network:
0.01% | share as of = September 2015 (2015-09) | share source = BARB | headquarters = The Flint Glass Works, 64 Jersey Street, Manchester | country = United Kingdom | language = | web = www.thats.tv }}

That's TV is a local television network in the United Kingdom, licensed to operate services in several conurbations. That's Television Ltd is owned by That's Media Ltd, which is based at The Flint Glass Works in the Ancoats suburb of Manchester.

Services

As of June 2017, seven services are operating under the "That's" brand, and the company holds licences in a further four areas.

Operating

• That's Cambridge
• That's Hampshire – based at Basingstoke, north Hampshire
• That's Lancashire – based at Preston, also covering Blackpool, Chorley, Leyland and Lancaster
• That's Manchester – covering Greater Manchester
• That's Oxfordshire – based at Witney
• That's Salisbury – based at Salisbury
• That's Solent – based at Portsmouth, also covering Southampton, Winchester and the Isle of Wight
• That's Thames Valley – based at Reading
• That's York – covering York
• That's Cumbria (was That's Carlisle) – based in Carlisle.

Licensed but inactive

• Surrey (Guildford area)

History

In September 2012, the broadcast regulator Ofcom announced That's TV had been awarded a licence to broadcast a local TV service for Oxfordshire. Two months later, the company won a second licence for the Southampton and Portsmouth areas, in conjunction with newspaper publishers Newsquest and Johnston Press. That's Solent began broadcasting on 26 November 2014 while a soft launch of That's Oxford took place on 17 April 2015.

Prior to the launch of the Solent station, That's TV gained a further three licences in the south of England in June 2014 for the Guildford, Reading and Salisbury areas, followed a month later by a Basingstoke licence. In June 2015, a ninth licence was gained to serve the Carlisle area, in partnership with the CN Group.

The local TV licences for the Manchester and Preston/Blackpool areas were initially awarded to YourTV in February 2013, but both services failed to launch within the two-year timeframe permitted by the regulator. That's TV took a controlling stake in YourTV in March 2015 with the licences subsequently reawarded. A soft launch of That's Manchester took place on 31 May 2015, followed by That's Lancashire on 24 August.

The founder of That's TV, Esther Rantzen, became the group's Vice President when it opened its first station in Portsmouth and was lined up to present a weekly magazine programme. In May 2015, Rantzen resigned from the company along with former Meridian Broadcasting executive Mary McAnally.

In March 2016, OFCOM placed three of the stations – Manchester, Oxford and Solent – on notice over persistent technical issues.

In October 2016, it was announced That's TV had brought the licence for the York local TV service, formerly held by 'Hello York'. The group has also brought out another station, Cambridge TV.

Programming

Each That's TV station produces its own output, mostly consisting of studio-based talk programming and local news bulletins.

External links

• Official website