Notts TV

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Notts TV
Country United Kingdom
Broadcast area Nottinghamshire
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerNotts TV Limited
History
Launched27 May 2014
Links
Website www.nottstv.com
Availability
Terrestrial
Freeview Channel 7
Streaming media
Notts TV On Demand www.nottstv.com

Notts TV is a British commercial local television channel which broadcasts to the City of Nottingham and the surrounding areas. The channel broadcasts on Freeview on channel 7 from the Nottingham relay TV transmitter which is transmitted via the Waltham transmitter which also broadcast the station. [1]

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Notts TV is owned and most of its programming is produced by a consortium of four Nottingham based media-related organisations: Nottingham Post, Nottingham Trent University, Confetti Media Group and Inclusive Digital. Other local independent producers also provide content for the channel.

Notts TV also has an extensive video on demand library available on its website with most programming becoming available shortly after broadcast.

History

Ofcom has granted the channel a 12-year licence. [2]

Notts TV launched on 27 May 2014 on Freeview channel 7 followed by Virgin channel 159. [3]

From opening in 2014, the BBC contributed to the funding of Notts TV for the first three years. [4]

In July 2015, the channel also became available on Sky channel 117; the carriage ended in September 2017.

In April 2016, Notts TV moved to channel 7 on Freeview (the number previously occupied by BBC Three which closed as a linear channel the month before).

On 17 February 2025, Notthinghamshire Live reported that Notts TV was set to shut down by the end of the year (the licence is set to expire on 25 November) and there has been no new licence renewal for the area. As of the time of the decision, the channel has an average staff of nine. [5]

References

    1. ↑ "Nottingham (Nottinghamshire, England) Full Freeview transmitter". May 2004.
    2. ↑ "Licence No. L-DTPS000010BA/5" (PDF). Ofcom .
    3. ↑ "Notts TV goes live". Digital TV Europe. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
    4. ↑ New Notts TV channel launches on Freeview BBC News , 27 May 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2022
    5. ↑ Pridmore, Oliver (17 February 2025). "Notts TV set to close down by the end of the year after more than a decade of broadcasting". The Nottingham Post .
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