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Made Television
CountryUnited Kingdom
HeadquartersLeeds

Made Television is a local television network in the United Kingdom, operating four city-based TV stations serving Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds and Tyne and Wear. The four stations air locally-produced news, sport and feature output, alongside networked and acquired programming.

Overview

In September 2012, the broadcast regulator OFCOM announced Made Television had been awarded two licences to broadcast local TV services in the Bristol and Cardiff areas.[1][2] Three months later, the company was granted a third licence to serve the Newcastle, Sunderland and Gateshead areas,[3] followed in February 2013 by a licence for the Leeds area.[4]

In November 2013, the company gained a fifth local TV licence to serve the Middlesbrough and Teesside areas.[5] The channel, provisionally titled Made in Teesside, has yet to launch.

Made in Bristol was the first of the company's channels to launch at 8pm on Wednesday 8 October 2014, followed a week later by its sister station in Cardiff.[6] Made in Leeds began broadcasting on Thursday 6 November 2014 and Made in Tyne & Wear launched six days later.

The stations launched an on-demand service, OnView, in March 2015[7] followed in August by live streaming.

In 2016, the company brought two independently-run local TV stations - Bay TV Liverpool, shortly after it went into administration in August, followed by Walsall-based Big Centre TV in October.[8] Bay TV will be relaunched as 'Made in Liverpool' on 12 October 2016, followed by the relaunch of Big Centre as 'Made in Birmingham' on 1 November 2016, subject to approval.[9]

In November 2016, it was announced that the company has taken over the license When Sheffield Live is ceased broadcasting in December 2016, ahead of a forthcoming relaunch and rebranding as 'Made in Sheffield' on January 2nd 2017.

Made Television's headquarters are based at the Leeds Media Centre in the Chapletown area of Leeds, with local studios and offices based at Abbey Wood Business Park in the Filton suburb of Bristol, Elgin House in Cardiff city centre and the David Puttnam Media Centre at the University of Sunderland.[10] Playout and presentation for the four channels is run from Made Television's headquarters in Leeds.

Programming

All four Made TV stations are required to broadcast 37 hours a week of first-run local programming.[11]

Each licence produces 90 minutes of daily news and feature programming for its broadcast area each weekday - consisting of a twice-nightly local news programme and a half-hour magazine show, along with hour-long compilation shows at the weekend.

The stations produce their own bespoke current affairs and sports programming, although other locally-produced feature productions - for example, debate show Chatty Lasses (Tyne and Wear) and new music showcase Tramshed Sessions (Cardiff) - may also be broadcast across all four Made TV channels. The company also produces specific networked output, such Made with Pride.

In addition, the stations also air acquired programming from other broadcasters and production companies, including local TV stations around the UK.

References

  1. ^ Audience data for Local TV channels across England, Wales & N. Ireland are measured and reported together, as "Local TV Macro Network".
  1. ^ Local TV in Bristol: Made in Bristol awarded licence by Ofcom, recombu.com, 19 September 2012
  2. ^ Local TV: Made in Cardiff to be capital's new channel, BBC News, 19 September 2012
  3. ^ Made in Tyne and Wear awarded TV licence, Press Gazette, 6 December 2012
  4. ^ "Ofcom awards Leeds local TV licence". Ofcom. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  5. ^ Made Television and Trinity Mirror land Middlesbrough local TV licence, theguardian.com, 27 November 2013
  6. ^ First Welsh local TV station prepares for launch, OFCOM, 15 October 2014
  7. ^ Made Television - about us
  8. ^ "Liverpool's Bay TV set to be bought days after going into administration".
  9. ^ Big Centre TV acquired by rival network 18 months after launch, Birmingham Mail, 4 October 2016
  10. ^ Made Television, media.info
  11. ^ OFCOM allows six local TV stations to cut back on local programming, news and current affairs, Press Gazette, 8 October 2015
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