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Old 22-09-2017, 00:33   #2686
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Re: Coming Soon to Virgin Media TV (2017)

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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter View Post
Notts TV has been removed from Sky, is/was this on VM?

Another sign that Local TV has been a failure.
Indeed, I wonder how long it will last before we see news of a takeover by Made TV or That's TV. Note that That's TV is basically carried on Freeview only and that the newer Made TV franchises such as North Wales & Teesside don't have carriage on Sky.

As the period of cross funding from the BBC ends for the older local tv franchises, it will be interesting to see how the original commitments to local content are allowed to fall by the wayside. Also, with funding restrictions, how long will the franchises carried on multiple platforms be able to continue to do so?

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Originally Posted by Phil-ntl View Post
Not quite sure where this fits in with "Coming Soon to Virgin TV" though?
"Coming soon to Virgin TV.. the departure of cash-strapped local tv franchises" perhaps?