Memorandum submitted by Peter Williams
Television
It would be of huge benefit both to the democratic
process and to public service broadcasting if the Government were
to give priority to awarding space in the spectrum for LOCAL TV.
LOCAL TV should be carried on PSB multiplexes, enabling local
channels to reach all households in the UK after digital switchover.
This will allow individual counties to have their own LOCAL TV
as ITV retire from—and even the BBC hesitate about—their
regional commitments. The ability to have PSB LOCAL TV will fill
a void that, willy nilly, is going to appear if a nation-wide
PSB provision is not considered now.
18 January 2007
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