[cma-l] Local TV - Who's in the Frame?

[Steve Buckley]

Dear all

CM Solutions, together with the Sheffield Cultural Industries Quarter 
Agency are assisting to coordinate a Sheffield-based partnership 
response to the government's Local Media Action Plan, published in 
January. We intend to submit, by the deadline of 1 March, an 
expression of interest in the provision of a network of local 
television services with an initial focus on the major cities in 
England and Wales and building on existing cultural and economic 
partnerships such as the Core Cities initiative www.corecities.com

The Sheffield proposal will involve private and public partners, 
community groups, schools, FE and HE sector, with a strong 
student/educational component. We favour a bottom up approach in 
which local consortia group retain their local branding and group 
together to establish network services such as news provision, sales, 
marketing and infrastructure.

We are keen to hear from others who are either (a) similarly working 
to establish a local TV channel; and/or (b) interested in a bottom-up 
approach to network service provision.

We are happy to share our ideas and concept with like-minded groups.

Best wishes

Steve