The LTVN:
• Holds regular meetings to discuss local TV issues and policies
• Liaises with national media, government and other organisations
• Negotiates relevant access and commercial agreements on behalf of services
• Investigates audience measurement options.
The current chair of the LTVN is David Powell
Ofcom has awarded licences to the following Services:
Phase One
19 CHANNELS – ALL NOW ON AIR
Belfast: NvTv
Birmingham: TalkBirmingham
Brighton & Hove: Latest TV
Bristol: TalkBristol
Cardiff: TalkCardiff
Edinburgh: That’s TV Scotland – Capital
Glasgow: That’s TV Scotland – Central
Grimsby: That’s TV Humber
Leeds: TalkLeeds
Liverpool: TalkLiverpool
London: London Live
Manchester: That’s TV Manchester
Newcastle: TalkTyne and Wear
Norwich: That’s TV Norfolk
Nottingham: Notts TV
Oxford: That’s TV Oxfordshire
Preston: That’s TV Lancashire
Sheffield: Sheffield Live! TV
Southampton: That’s TV Solent
Phase Two
15 CHANNELS – ALL NOW ON AIR
Aberdeen: That’s TV Scotland – North
Ayr: That’s TV Scotland – West
Basingstoke: That’s TV Hampshire
Cambridge: That’s TV West Anglia
Carlisle: That’s TV Cumbria
Dundee: That’s TV Scotland – East
Guildford: That’s TV Surrey
Maidstone: KMTV
Middlesbrough: TalkTeesside
Mold: TalkNorth Wales
Reading: That’s TV Thames Valley
Salisbury: That’s TV Salisbury
Scarborough: That’s TV North Yorkshire
Swansea: That’s TV Swansea Bay
York: That’s TV York