[cma-l] Ofcom invites applications for 11 further local TV licences

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Ofcom is today inviting applications for licences to run local TV
channels in 11 further locations across the UK.

They are: Barnstaple, Basingstoke, Derry/Londonderry, Gloucester,
Guildford, Limavady, Luton, Maidstone, Plymouth, Reading and
Salisbury.

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 7 January 2014.

This new invitation to apply follows the advertisement earlier this
year of licences for Bangor, Cambridge, Middlesbrough, Mold,
Scarborough, Swansea and York.

Ofcom has received 10 applications for these areas and will award the
licences in the coming months. It is possible that these services will
be on air by the end of 2014.

Ofcom has already awarded 19 local TV licences, with the first
channel, Estuary TV (Grimsby), expected to launch in November 2013.

Ofcom intends to advertise one more set of locations next year. They
are Aberdeen, Ayr, Bromsgrove, Carlisle, Dundee, Falkirk, Inverness,
Kidderminster, Stoke on Trent and Stratford upon Avon.

Awarding licences in these different stages will minimise the length
of time between applications being submitted and licence awards being
made.

These licences are for channels on the Freeview platform (i.e. digital
terrestrial television), but the local operators may also wish to
offer their services on satellite, cable and online.

Details about how to apply can be found here.:

http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/tv-broadcast-licences/local/apply/

Source: consumers.ofcom.org.uk/2013/09/ofcom-invites-applications-for-11-further-local-tv-licences/

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