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| Ofcom awards local TV licence for Leeds to Made Television | Ofcom awards local TV licence for Leeds to Made Television |
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| Ofcom has awarded the local TV licence for Leeds to Made Television, giving the company chaired by former BSkyB executive and Top Up TV co-founder Ian West its fourth franchise. | Ofcom has awarded the local TV licence for Leeds to Made Television, giving the company chaired by former BSkyB executive and Top Up TV co-founder Ian West its fourth franchise. |
| The group, which has already won licences for the cities of Cardiff, Bristol, and Newcastle, beat four other bidders for the right to broadcast the channel Made In Leeds. | The group, which has already won licences for the cities of Cardiff, Bristol, and Newcastle, beat four other bidders for the right to broadcast the channel Made In Leeds. |
| Ofcom now has to decide on just two more cities – Liverpool and Preston – in the bidding process for the first round of 19 local TV licences. | Ofcom now has to decide on just two more cities – Liverpool and Preston – in the bidding process for the first round of 19 local TV licences. |
| The Made In Leeds channel is expected to cover about 840,000 homes and the licence winner said in its application that it hoped to be up and running by next month. However, Ofcom said that this is likely to be later this year because key infrastructure issues need to be resolved. | |
| "This was possible if we had made the awards in September, but this did not happen," said an Ofcom spokeswoman. | "This was possible if we had made the awards in September, but this did not happen," said an Ofcom spokeswoman. |
| The regulator said that its broadcast licensing committee decided that the bidding came down to Made in Leeds and YourTV Leeds. | The regulator said that its broadcast licensing committee decided that the bidding came down to Made in Leeds and YourTV Leeds. |
| Ofcom added that Made In Leeds won because the licensing committee believed that it "demonstrated greater understanding of the specific needs of the area and had stronger local links and more developed partnership proposals". | Ofcom added that Made In Leeds won because the licensing committee believed that it "demonstrated greater understanding of the specific needs of the area and had stronger local links and more developed partnership proposals". |
| The regulator added: "Made in Leeds also gave more specific undertakings in its Programming Commitments, giving the BLC confidence that the needs of the area would be met in the way proposed." | The regulator added: "Made in Leeds also gave more specific undertakings in its Programming Commitments, giving the BLC confidence that the needs of the area would be met in the way proposed." |
| Former City Channel TV executive James Conway is Made Television's chief executive. | Former City Channel TV executive James Conway is Made Television's chief executive. |
| Earlier this month, Ofcom awarded the franchise for London, considered the most lucrative, to the London Live bid from the Lebedevs' London Evening Standard. | |
| All the local TV services in England will be broadcast on channel 8 on Freeview and channel 117 on Sky. The BBC is providing £25m for infrastructure and £5m annually over three years towards content costs for all local TV services. | All the local TV services in England will be broadcast on channel 8 on Freeview and channel 117 on Sky. The BBC is providing £25m for infrastructure and £5m annually over three years towards content costs for all local TV services. |
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