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Ofcom announces local TV licence for Carlisle

Ofcom has yesterday announced the licence to run a local TV service for Carlisle on digital terrestrial TV.

That’s Carlisle Limited successfully applied for the licence. 

Channel name: That’s Carlisle 
Website: www.thatstv.com

Local TV is a new form of broadcasting, enabled through legislation passed by the UK Parliament in 2011.

Ofcom is responsible for licensing local TV stations on digital terrestrial TV. It has now awarded 34 licences across the UK to a wide range of different organisations, from not-for-profit community ventures to new commercial partnerships between local newspapers, TV production companies and educational institutions.

A total of 18 local TV services are now on air, from Brighton and Hove to Cardiff, Belfast and Glasgow1.

A statement setting out the main reasons for the award of the local TV licence for Carlisle is published on Ofcom’s website.  

NOTES TO EDITORS

  1. 18 local TV services are now on air:

Estuary TV in Grimsby

Made in Tyne and Wear

London Live

Notts TV in Nottingham

Mustard TV in Norwich

Sheffield Live

STV Glasgow

Made in Leeds

Latest TV in Brighton & Hove

That’s Solent in Southampton

NvTv in Belfast

Bay TV in Liverpool

Made in Bristol

STV Edinburgh

Made in Cardiff

Big Centre TV in Birmingham

That’s Oxford

YourTV Manchester
Channel website: https://www.ofcom.org.uk/

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