9-563: Bristol News (branded on air as #BristolNews) is a local television news and current affairs service, broadcast between 2014 and 2017, covering the city of Bristol , England and the surrounding areas. The service was produced by Made in Bristol and broadcast from studios at Abbey Wood Business Park in Filton between 2014 and 2017. The service originally aired as a twice-nightly programme called The 6 and The 9 , carrying news stories from
18-696: A local opt-out at 6pm for regional news, and a service streaming to the whole country via the VisionTV platform on channel 264 (which includes extra pop videos rather than the local news). Local Television Limited has nine licences in the United Kingdom, eight branded as Local TV operating as part as the Local Digital Television Programme, while the ninth – Manchester TV on the Greater Manchester multiplex –
27-663: A number of channel closures, channel 23 was used. Following the closure of BBC Three , the local stations moved to channel 7 in England and Northern Ireland, and channel 8 in Scotland and Wales. Some local stations in England however are broadcast on Channel 8 for other reasons. Some stations are also available (in their local areas) via cable (Virgin Media) channel 159 and satellite (Sky) channel 117 (channel 134 in Wales because channel 117
36-535: A restructuring of the Made Television network's operations, The Crunch Bristol was axed and local production was cut. A replacement programme, Made TV News – combining local and national news stories – was produced from Leeds. This was axed in February 2018 in favour of Bristol Live , a rolling block of pre-recorded news, sport and features produced by local videojournalists. Local television in
45-536: Is already occupied). Channels 168, 169 and 209 (previously 216) were used if a region wants multiple local TV channels on Sky before 1 May 2018. In May 2012, Ofcom invited bids for local TV services in selected areas. Storeton Nottingham In August 2012, 57 applications were received to provide these services. Bristol, Brighton & Hove and Grimsby attracted only one bid each. Plymouth and Swansea received no bids from potential broadcasters. † The owners of Birmingham licence City8 went into administration before
54-518: The Bristol area, as opposed to the broader regional news services provided by BBC West and ITV West Country . The programme was rebranded as Bristol News on 5 April 2016. In February 2017, the weekday programme was replaced by shorter updates aired during the live magazine programme, The Crunch Bristol , each weeknight from 6pm to 8pm. A half-hour weekly review programme continued to air on Saturdays and Sundays at 6pm. In November 2017, following
63-480: The United Kingdom Local television in the United Kingdom , described in legislation as Local Digital Television Programme Services ( L-DTPS ), provides a television station for a specific local area. Successful applicants are awarded a sole licence for their chosen area, and are expected to locate their studios within the same area. They broadcast on the digital terrestrial (DTT) system, as used by
72-501: The channel launched. The licence was re-awarded to another operator, Big Centre TV. In March 2013, Ofcom announced that more areas had been selected to invite bids for local television services, in addition to re-advertising the previously un-awarded Swansea and Plymouth locations. As of February 2021, That's TV broadcast as a semi-national network (one which also uses the That's Christmas or That's New Year name over festive periods) with
81-492: The national Freeview service. The independent regulator, Ofcom , invites applications in all areas where transmission is technically possible, and assesses proposals against the statutory criteria. The multiplexes carrying the stations are operated by Comux, owned by the local TV broadcasters, with operations run by Canis Media. In England and Northern Ireland, the local channels were on channel 8 and in Scotland and Wales they were originally given channel 45; however, after
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