Made Television

Made Television
Launched Bristol: 8 October 2014
Cardiff: 15 October 2014
Leeds: 6 November 2014
Tyne and Wear: 12 November 2014
Liverpool: 12 October 2016
Birmingham: 8 November 2016
Teesside: 30 March 2017
North Wales: 26 April 2017
Audience share Local TV Macro Network:[Note 1]
0.01% (September 2015 (2015-09), BARB)
Country United Kingdom
Broadcast area Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds and West Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear, Liverpool, Birmingham, West Midlands, Teesside, Flintshire and Denbighshire
Headquarters Leeds
Sister channel(s) Made in Birmingham
Made in Bristol
Made in Cardiff
Made in Leeds
Made in Liverpool
Made in North Wales
Made in Teesside
Made in Tyne & Wear
Website www.madetelevision.tv

Made Television is a local television network in the United Kingdom, operating eight local TV stations serving the Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Mold and Tyne and Wear areas. The stations air locally produced news, sport and feature output, alongside networked and acquired programming, including daily simulcasts from factual entertainment channel TruTV.[1][2][3]

Overview

In September 2012, the broadcast regulator OFCOM announced Made Television had been awarded two licences to broadcast local TV services in the Bristol and Cardiff areas.[4][5] Three months later, the company was granted a third licence to serve the Newcastle, Sunderland and Gateshead areas,[6] followed in February 2013 by a licence for the Leeds area.[7]

In November 2013, the company gained a fifth local TV licence to serve the Middlesbrough and Teesside areas.[8]

Made in Bristol was the first of the company's channels to launch at 8pm on Wednesday 8 October 2014, followed a week later by its sister station in Cardiff.[9] Made in Leeds began broadcasting on Thursday 6 November 2014 and Made in Tyne & Wear launched six days later. The stations launched an on-demand service, OnView, in March 2015[10] followed in August by live streaming.

In 2016, the company bought two independently-run local TV stations - Bay TV Liverpool, shortly after it went into administration in August, followed by Walsall-based Big Centre TV in October.[11] Bay TV was reopened and relaunched as 'Made in Liverpool' at 6pm on Wednesday 19 October 2016, followed by the relaunch of Big Centre as 'Made in Birmingham' on Tuesday 8 November 2016.[12]

Two further stations launched during the spring of 2017 - Made in Teesside for the Middlesbrough area on Thursday 30 March 2017[13] followed by Made in North Wales for Mold and surrounding areas on Wednesday 26 April 2017.[14]

On Thursday 25 May 2017, all Made channels began carrying acquired programming from the UK & Ireland version of factual entertainment channel TruTV as part of a supply agreement with Sony Pictures Television. The stations simulcast TruTV in two daily blocks from 1-5pm and from 9pm-1am (8pm - midnight on Tuesdays to accommodate America's Got Talent).[15][16]

Made Television's headquarters are at the Leeds Media Centre in the Chapeltown area of Leeds, with studios and offices based at the Goldmine Centre in Walsall, Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham, Abbey Wood Business Park in the Filton suburb of Bristol, Elgin House in Cardiff city centre, the Toxteth TV studios in the Toxteth suburb of Liverpool and the David Puttnam Media Centre at the University of Sunderland.[17] Playout and presentation for the eight channels is run from Made Television's headquarters in Leeds.

Local programming for the Teesside and North Wales stations is produced from Made's Sunderland and Liverpool studios respectively, with production teams based within the two licence areas.

Programming

The stations also produce their own bespoke current affairs and sports programming, although other locally produced feature productions - for example, debate show Chatty Lasses (Tyne and Wear) and new music showcase Tramshed Sessions (Cardiff) - may also be broadcast across all Made TV channels. The company also produces some specific networked output, such as Made with Pride (Tyne and Wear) and Carb African Cookery (Bristol).

In addition, the stations simulcast TruTV every day from 1-5pm and 9pm-1am (8pm - midnight on Tuesdays) and also air acquired programming from other broadcasters, production companies and local TV stations around the UK.

References

  1. ↑ Audience data for Local TV channels across England, Wales & N. Ireland are measured and reported together, as "Local TV Macro Network".
  1. ↑ Made Television and Trinity Mirror land Middlesbrough local TV licence, theguardian.com, 27 November 2013
  2. ↑ "Liverpool's Bay TV set to be bought days after going into administration".
  3. ↑ Made Television to launch North Wales service in April, Prolific North, 20 March 2017
  4. ↑ Local TV in Bristol: Made in Bristol awarded licence by Ofcom, recombu.com, 19 September 2012
  5. ↑ Local TV: Made in Cardiff to be capital's new channel, BBC News, 19 September 2012
  6. ↑ Made in Tyne and Wear awarded TV licence, Press Gazette, 6 December 2012
  7. ↑ "Ofcom awards Leeds local TV licence". Ofcom. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  8. ↑ Made Television and Trinity Mirror land Middlesbrough local TV licence, theguardian.com, 27 November 2013
  9. ↑ First Welsh local TV station prepares for launch, OFCOM, 15 October 2014
  10. ↑ Made Television - about us
  11. ↑ "Liverpool's Bay TV set to be bought days after going into administration".
  12. ↑ Big Centre TV acquired by rival network 18 months after launch, Birmingham Mail, 4 October 2016
  13. ↑ Made TV network continues to expand with launch of new channel for Teesside, Made Television, 8 March 2017
  14. ↑ Made TV network continues to expand with launch of Made in North Wales, Made Television, 20 March 2017
  15. ↑ Made Television reveals all-new summer line up, Made Television, 25 May 2017
  16. ↑ TruTV on Made, Made Television, 25 May 2017
  17. ↑ Made Television, media.info
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