[cma-l] [comtv-l] The Launch of Sheffield Live TV!

[Marilyn Hyndman]

Congratulations Sheffield from all at Northern Visions!




On 22 Sep 2014, at 13:05, CMA-L <cma-l at commedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Sheffield's local television channel Sheffield Live! Television will begin broadcasting, via Freeview channel 8, Virgin Cable and the internet, on Tuesday 23rd September.
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> The TV channel will broadcast news about Sheffield alongside programmes covering Sheffield music, sport, culture and much more. It promises unique, high quality content, "Made in Sheffield, Made by you." A flagship daily news programme will cover Sheffield news in depth. Other programmes will cover Sheffield's "rich, varied, and diverse"  music, events, culture, arts, and sports.
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> The channel is part of a society set up for community benefit which earlier this year raised over £165,000 of investment through a "community share issue" in which ordinary Sheffielders became part owners of their local media.
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> The channel will collaborate with existing community radio station, Sheffield Live!, which has been broadcasting via FM for nearly seven years; and will offer an inclusive platform for local talent, as well as great opportunities for local businesses and social enterprises to engage with its audience.
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> Over 450,000 people will be able to access SLTV through Freeview Channel 8 if they are tuned to the Crosspool transmitter and Virgin Cable in Sheffield. And others will be able to watch the channel, live, through the Internet from www.sheffieldlive.org - anywhere in Sheffield, South Yorkshire and across the world.
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> Sheffield Live! TV is locally owned and run for community benefit. Find out more at: www.sheffieldlive.org
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