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House of Commons debate discusses media's democratic role in UK society

MPs examine issues raised in DCMS select committee local media report

Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 24/06/10

#JNTM: Think of Conservative local media plans as multimedia, not just TV, says Roger Parry

Former Johnston Press chair talks about his plans for local media

Posted by Judith Townend on 09/06/10

Trinity Mirror questions Hunt's local TV plans as local news consortia axed

New Culture Secretary cuts Independently Funded News Consortia and plans for local TV and changes to cross-media ownership rules

Posted by Laura Oliver on 09/06/10

STV in recruitment drive for local news microsite network

Scottish broadcaster hiring editors for network of more than 200 town and city sites

Posted by Laura Oliver on 21/05/10

Video for local newspapers: lessons from the Emmy-nominated Star-Ledger

Journalism.co.uk talks to the US newspaper about what makes video work for newspapers and why it's not 'a magic bullet'

Posted by Laura Oliver on 01/04/10

STV launches local microsite network for more than 200 locations

New site will feature user reviews and opportunities for student writers

Posted by Laura Oliver on 23/11/09

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View TV Group plans to bring local TV to 660 UK towns

Local TV platform is in talks with 78 interested parties, including a newspaper group

Posted by Sarah Marshall on 22 July 2011

Hunt favours individual stations for local television plan

Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt changes his plan from a centralised service to a network of stations for local TV

Posted by Andy Halls on 20 July 2011

Guardian: Jeremy Hunt stakes his reputation on local television

Community purists fear 'Channel 6' will become just another national channel while others are sceptical of plan's commercial viability

Posted by Joel Gunter on 28 February 2011

Channel 6 to partner with universities across the UK

Channel 6, which is reportedly planning on bidding for the new national TV network, has plans underway to work with both Sunderland and Cardiff University

Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 25 February 2011

Guardian: Greg Dyke's LTN group to bid for national TV network

Local Television Network is planning on bidding for a new national TV network announced by Jeremy Hunt at the Oxford Media Convention

Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 23 February 2011

Jeremy Hunt on local TV plans: full speech

A new national television channel which will be devoted to providing local news and information via regional services, was announced by Jeremy Hunt

Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 19 January 2011

Ofcom delivers local TV report to Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for culture, media and sport is considering an Ofcom report on ways the current system of public service broadcasting (PSB) might be changed

Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13 December 2010

Local TV operators criticise new service YouView in letter to Times

Plans for YouView, a new on-demand and internet-connected TV service have been criticised by local TV operators and production firms.

Posted by Laura Oliver on 5 October 2010

Jeremy Hunt: Providing local content should be condition of broadcasters' licences

Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt intends to make the provision of local content a condition of the licences given to commercial broadcasters like ITV, Channel 4 and Five

Posted by Joel Gunter on 28 September 2010

paidContent: Advisory panel preparing report on local TV development

A report on ways to establish new local TV services is due to be delivered to culture secretary Jeremy Hunt by the end of the month

Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 13 September 2010

First local TV stations planned by Hunt to be licensed by 2012

Plans for local media include a relaxation of the rules governing cross-media ownership and for the first of Hunt's local TV stations to be licensed by summer 2012

Posted by Rachel Bartlett on 16 July 2010

Jeremy Hunt: No local TV is one of biggest gaps in British broadcasting

New Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt tied his colours firmly to the local TV mast in his inaugural speech on the media and digital economy

Posted by Laura Oliver on 9 June 2010

Media Guardian: Regional news consortia will miss election contract deadline

Attempts to rush through plans for Independently Funded News Consortia before the general election, have failed

Posted by Laura Oliver on 8 April 2010

IFNC update: CN Group, STV, ITN and Bauer in race for news consortia pilots

Scottish broadcaster STV has confirmed its bid in partnership with ITN and Bauer Media for the independently funded news consortia pilot scheme in Scotland

Posted by Laura Oliver on 4 January 2010

SFNBlog: Local TV is 'most important' news source in US

SFN's World Digital Media Trends 2007 has reported that local TV news is rated 'as the most important news source,' followed by the internet

Posted by Judith Townend on 19 December 2008

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