[cma-l] Local TV Survey 2008

[Dave Rushton]

Dear Members

If you've contacted Marilyn Hyndman or I recently on this topic,  
please ignore.

ULTV (United for Local Television) of which the CMA is a founder  
member is interested to hear from CMA members (and others) who have  
provided a business plan or letter of intent to Ofcom to run local  
television services in their area.

The notifications to Ofcom will have been for the informal  
expressions of interest deadline

•	for 14th February 20008;

•	the Second PSB Review consultation in June 2008, or;

•	the Digital Dividend consultation closing in August.

Further expressions and support may have been forwarded to Ofcom in  
between (or since August).

The Institute of Local Television is carrying out a short exercise to  
identify local TV interest in support of ULTV's meetings with  
Ministers early in the New Year.

This is an attempt to network better with local groups and to find  
out what their needs are and follows the survey conducted by the  
Institute a couple of years ago and published in AIRFLASH.

Meanwhile please provide phone number of contact who is best able to  
discuss scope and support for your local community/TV plans using  
digital spectrum freed up with switchover (discussion without need to  
breach any confidences). It is not proposed to publish this list but  
to better prepare the presentation to Ministers with an awareness of  
activity on the ground.

The objective is to have a map of scale and scope identified in the  
last year, particularly for service proposals and business plans that  
are making progress in England and Wales.

With regards,



Dave Rushton
Institute of Local Television