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LL
London Lite Founding member
Ofcom have approved the transfer of the Birmingham licence to Kaleidoscope TV Limited. They have until the end of February to launch the service.
GO
gottago
Ofcom have approved the transfer of the Birmingham licence to Kaleidoscope TV Limited. They have until the end of February to launch the service.

Well that's stupid. Sheffield Live the Brum addition here we inevitably come.
DB
dbl
Ex-ATV/Central announcer/presenter, Mike Prince is behind Kaleidoscope, so hopefully it won't be as bad as Sheffield. But still, that is a tall order.
BE
Ben Founding member
Seems to be related to the classic TV organisation of the same name, going by the logo on the website anyway.

In other news That's Solent is apparently going to launch next Wednesday, it was originally meant to be on the air in June but got postponed. Apparently showing a coming soon trailer now.
LL
London Lite Founding member
From Estuary TV's Facebook page.

Quote:
We're busy getting ready for next week. The evening news will be longer at 24 minutes and feature a lot more content.
Within each show there'll be a news round up, but each night you'll also get a sports bulletin, as we know you love your local sports news.
There'll be the usual guest on the sofa, but each day will also feature more news packages: a chance for us to explore in depth the news story, and each day will see news features.
These include Big Questions to Little Kids (Tues); The Mayor's Going Where? (Fri) and What You Say? (Weds) plus each week (Weds) we'll be looking at issues affecting your area and putting the questions to those involved.
So tune in weekdays Monday to Friday at 5.30pm and then repeated again at 7.30pm for the new look news presented by Hugh Riches and the team.
:-(
A former member
From Estuary TV's Facebook page.

Quote:
We're busy getting ready for next week. The evening news will be longer at 24 minutes and feature a lot more content.
Within each show there'll be a news round up, but each night you'll also get a sports bulletin, as we know you love your local sports news.
There'll be the usual guest on the sofa, but each day will also feature more news packages: a chance for us to explore in depth the news story, and each day will see news features.
These include Big Questions to Little Kids (Tues); The Mayor's Going Where? (Fri) and What You Say? (Weds) plus each week (Weds) we'll be looking at issues affecting your area and putting the questions to those involved.
So tune in weekdays Monday to Friday at 5.30pm and then repeated again at 7.30pm for the new look news presented by Hugh Riches and the team.

That's very ambitious. Estuary TV will do a great job, in my opinion.
:-(
A former member
Do you think the Birmingham Station will go on air by the deadline? It seems quite harsh to only give them three months. I think it will just completely fail, or we'll have ssomething even worse than Sheffield Live! Which is bad quality at its worst.
MO
Mouseboy33
Kaleidoscope TV....dont like the name. Having said that not really fan of many of the station names. Some are ok. Nottstv decent. Not a fan of LondonLive. Been there done that when BBCLDN was branded as such. MadeinTV.... Horrible. My opinion.
DB
dbl
Kaleidoscope TV sounds either outdated from the 60/70's or some über low budget community station.
MA
Markymark
dbl posted:
Kaleidoscope TV sounds either outdated from the 60/70's or some über low budget community station.


It's 'the girl with kaleidoscope eyes' , !

If it's anything like the weird stuff on Sheffield Live, it could be quite an apt name !
NW
nwtv2003
Kaleidoscope TV....dont like the name. Having said that not really fan of many of the station names. Some are ok. Nottstv decent. Not a fan of LondonLive. Been there done that when BBCLDN was branded as such. MadeinTV.... Horrible. My opinion.


Bay TV Liverpool launches on December 8, can't say I'm a fan of the name, but I don't think there's much else better, you could have had Liverpool TV, but there's also currently Liverpool FC TV, so that would cause a bit of confusion.
LL
London Lite Founding member
Estuary TV's That Friday Show from November 21st. Mainstream enough, but the sound and the brickwork behind the presenters!

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