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Walt Zingmatilder

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Local TV hits the buffers again
« on: April 20, 2018, 04:55:13 PM »
Ofcom thinking of scrapping role out of local TV.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-43837949

People blaming Jeremy Hunt but three previous waves of local TV ended in failure.

Of course it might have been better to have given the project to the BBC as they did in local radio, after all there was a ready made network of the old 405 transmitters to start from.

Apparently this wave of local tv was due to be done by the BBC but Hunt changed his mind.

On the other hand local radio is apparently not at all local as envisaged by the BBC and IBA of old with BBC stations all having the same Jinglage and commercial stations only having the odd local opt out.

Of course local people also established Local radio but appearing on TV was never going to wash with todays Chavetariat who will only appear on TV if there is the smell of celebrity..................................... something opposite the principles of local TV.
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Re: Local TV hits the buffers again
« Reply #1 on: April 20, 2018, 05:02:05 PM »
There’s actually much more of a case for rural areas to have their own stations. My local news is so centred on the big towns that anything outside of them may as well not exist. The BBC local radio is even worse than the tv coverage.
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Re: Local TV hits the buffers again
« Reply #2 on: April 20, 2018, 05:19:48 PM »
Quote from: Rhiannon on April 20, 2018, 05:02:05 PM
There’s actually much more of a case for rural areas to have their own stations. My local news is so centred on the big towns that anything outside of them may as well not exist. The BBC local radio is even worse than the tv coverage.
They got rid of Nationwide too. It seems there can't be a local feature on say the one show unless a national reporter, treasure or celeb has their mug in shot.
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Re: Local TV hits the buffers again
« Reply #3 on: April 20, 2018, 07:57:14 PM »
Quote from: Rhiannon on April 20, 2018, 05:02:05 PM
There’s actually much more of a case for rural areas to have their own stations. My local news is so centred on the big towns that anything outside of them may as well not exist. The BBC local radio is even worse than the tv coverage.
The reason that TV and radio concentrates on the big towns is because that is where things happen. There's no point in having a rural TV station, if the most exciting thing to report on is "man wees in phone box".
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Re: Local TV hits the buffers again
« Reply #4 on: April 23, 2018, 02:10:53 PM »
Quote from: jeremyp on April 20, 2018, 07:57:14 PM
The reason that TV and radio concentrates on the big towns is because that is where things happen. There's no point in having a rural TV station, if the most exciting thing to report on is "man wees in phone box".
Man wees in phone box? You better get down there Lois and take Jimmy Olsen with you.
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