Made in North Wales
| Made in North Wales | |
|---|---|
| Launched | 26 April 2017 |
| Owned by | Made Television |
| Picture format | 576i (16:9 SDTV) |
| Audience share |
Local TV Macro Network:[Note 1] 0.01% (September 2015, BARB) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Broadcast area | Mold, Denbigh, Ruthin and surrounding areas |
| Headquarters | Mold, Flintshire, North Wales |
| Sister channel(s) |
Made in Birmingham Made in Bristol Made in Cardiff Made in Leeds Made in Liverpool Made in Teesside Made in Tyne & Wear |
| Website | www.madeinnorthwales.tv |
Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview | Channel 8 |
| Satellite | |
| Sky | Channel 134 |
Made in North Wales is a local television station serving Mold, Denbigh, Ruthin and surrounding areas. The station is owned and operated by Made Television Ltd and forms part of a group of eight local TV stations.
The station broadcasts from studios in the Toxteth suburb of Liverpool with local production staff based in Mold.
Overview
In January 2014, the broadcast regulator OFCOM announced it had awarded Bay TV a licence to broadcast the local TV service for Mold and surrounding areas - one of the smallest licences of its kind in the UK.[1] The Mold licence had also been contested by a locally based group known as Serch TV Mold.
A year before, the owners of Bay TV Clwyd had already secured a licence for the Liverpool area, but the company was denied a licence to run a service for the Bangor area of Gwynedd, amid concerns about the viability of the proposed station.[2]
Bay TV Clwyd was due to start broadcasting in October 2014, but the company said it had faced long delays because of problems with the Moel-y-Parc transmitter.[3] Bay TV's Liverpool service began broadcasting in December 2014, but fell into administration in August 2016. It was sold to Made Television shortly afterwards and ceased broadcasting two months later before it was relaunched as Made in Liverpool.
In March 2017, Made Television announced it had acquired the Mold licence and would launch the service as Made in North Wales the following month.[4] The station opened at 6pm on Wednesday 26 April 2017, broadcasting on Freeview channel 8.
Prior to its launch, the Welsh Language Society (Cymdeithas yr Iaith Gymraeg) accused the station of producing its local programming from Liverpool and pledging a single half-hour weekly programme in the Welsh language.[5] In response, the company said it had hired production staff to work from Mold and the channel was linked to the Liverpool studios as part of its infrastructure.
On Thursday 25 May 2017, Made in North Wales and its sister 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 station simulcasts TruTV in two daily blocks from 1-5pm and from 9pm-1am (8pm - midnight on Tuesdays to accommodate America's Got Talent).[6][7]
Programming
Made in North Wales is required to broadcast an average of six hours and 42 minutes a week of first-run local programming.[8]
The station's flagship programme is the twice-nightly North Wales News, airing each weeknight at 6pm and 8pm and incorporating local news stories and lifestyle features produced by other Made TV stations. A weekly half-hour programme in the Welsh language, Made Cymraeg, airs on Sunday afternoons (also shown on Made in Cardiff).
Programmes produced by the other Made TV stations also air on the channel along with acquired programming from independent producers and other broadcasters around the UK, including the twice-daily programming blocks from TruTV.
Notes
- ↑ Audience data for Local TV channels across England, Wales & N. Ireland are measured and reported together, as "Local TV Macro Network".
References
- ↑ Liverpool news agency to launch TV stations in Mold and Swansea - full breakdown of first 25 local TV licences, Press Gazette, 24 January 2014
- ↑ Press agency boss snubbed in bid for local TV licence, Hold the Front Page, 14 March 2014
- ↑ Mold's own TV station could finally broadcast this autumn, Daily Post, 24 August 2016
- ↑ Made TV network continues to expand with launch of Made in North Wales, Made Television, 20 March 2017
- ↑ ‘Entirely false’ – company refutes claims over where North Wales TV is made, LeaderLive, 13 April 2017
- ↑ Made Television reveals all-new summer line up, Made Television, 25 May 2017
- ↑ TruTV on Made, Made Television, 25 May 2017
- ↑ Mold L-DTPS licence, OFCOM, 18 April 2017