Six TV

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Six TV

Launched	June 1999
Owned by	Milestone Group
Formerly called	The Oxford Channel
Website	www.sixtv.co.uk
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue – Southampton (Fawley)	UHF channel 29
Analogue – Southampton (Millbrook)	UHF channel 55
Analogue – Oxford	UHF channel 47

Six TV is the sixth free to air terrestrial television channel, broadcast in Oxford, Southampton, Reading and Portsmouth in the UK. It operates under a set of Restricted Service Licences. It broadcasts on UHF channel 47 (679.25 MHz) in Oxford and UHF channel 29 (535.25 MHz) in Southampton. It is owned by the Milestone Group.

1 Launch and expansion
2 Future
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Launch and expansion

Oxford Broadcasting, owned by Milestone Group, successfully won the licence to broadcast in the Oxford region as "The Oxford Channel" in early 1999. The company won further licences to broadcast in Southampton, Fawley, Reading and Portsmouth in 2003 after the re-advertising of the four year contracts, and successfully renewed their contract to broadcast to Oxford. They re-branded as "Six TV" for the launch of these services.

The channel broadcasts from 7am to 12 midnight, 7 days a week. In the channel's downtime, Oxford's FM 107.9 is available, which is useful for listeners who do not have Oxford's FM in their area, in particular, the Banbury area.

Six TV's licenses to broadcast in Reading and Portsmouth have not appeared to be active until recently, however on their website, the words "Reading" and "Portsmouth" can be seen under their logo, suggesting the channel is now in operation in these places. However, the channel has not launched in these areas as yet.

[edit] Future

The channel's contract to broadcast expires 30 June 2007, where the future of further RSL licences is still unconfirmed. A local digital multiplex could be possible, however Ofcom have not confirmed anything as yet.