UK broadcast regulator has written to local TV channel operators to remind them that local news must remain at the centre of their offering.
UK broadcast regulator has written to local TV channel operators to remind them that local news must remain at the centre of their offering.
The idea of the local TV project was a good one, ten years ago.
Lowering the barriers to getting content on the air, centralised operations/transmission centres to lower the technical requirement at a local station, it was neat.
The trouble is, the demand for local TV (outside of BBC regional opt-outs) is pretty low nowadays. Content that would have gone on the local news is now hosted online.
So these networks have kinda become zombies, putting out the minimum content required to keep the primo spots in the EPG.