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Yahoo
18-02-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
The end of Notts TV is a blow for local journalism - and the city of Nottingham
Ten years of local broadcasting will come to an end later this year as Notts TV broadcasts its final show. The local TV station - owned and mostly subsidised by Nottingham Trent University - announced on Monday (February 17) its licence would not be renewed and it would come off air in November. I've worked closely with Notts TV since its inception and know lots of the staff there. The kind of opportunities it can offer for journalism students on the 'Notts TV pathway' at NTU are unrivalled and I've hired many of its graduates myself. Where else could students work on a live TV station like this? READ MORE: Britain's Got Talent's Amanda Holden made heartbreaking admission after meeting ex Les Dennis READ MORE: Take That BAFTA Awards performance leaves fans 'embarrassed' as they 'turn off' Reader, you may think I'd be celebrating the loss of a competitor. But it doesn't work like that. The local media ecosystem is a poorer place without Notts TV. We each brought something different for audiences but we found much common ground. Over the years, we've worked on several projects together - most recently a hustings event for the East Midlands Mayoral elections which was screened on Notts TV and our Facebook pages and featured on our website and in print. Our photographer also provided imagery for the post-event publicity. Nottinghamshire Live used to have a daily slot on the news show where we would talk about the biggest stories of the day. This personally gave me experience of live and pre-recorded television, something I would later go on to do fairly regularly in my role as editor on much bigger channels. It's been a breeding ground for many great journalists who have gone on to different jobs and that sort of environment is important in our industry. With the number of jobs shrinking across the board, no journalist out there would take pleasure in seeing yet another outlet close down. The more voices out there in the media, the more choice the audience has, the better. But it's the training opportunities for student journalists that will be irreplaceable in our city. That safe, yet real, environment is unlike anywhere else and will be missed. NTU has an excellent reputation for its journalism training and I hope students will still find it an attractive prospect, without the Notts TV feather in its cap. So where does the Nottingham media scene go from here? What do you read, watch and listen to (apart from Nottinghamshire Live of course!) Will you miss Notts TV? I am interested to hear your thoughts - email me at .
Yahoo
17-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Independent broadcaster to shut down after 10 years
Independent broadcaster Notts TV is to close down after more than a decade, it has been announced. Nottingham Trent University (NTU), which runs the local news channel, confirmed on Monday it would not be seeking to renew its licence from communications regulator Ofcom. It means Notts TV's current licence will expire in November this year, at which point the channel would shut down. The university, which is the main funder of the broadcaster, said "the numbers involved have been too small to warrant continued investment". The local news outlet, covering Nottingham and the wider county, has been running since 2014. In a notice to colleagues, the university's vice-chancellor Prof Edward Peck - who announced his upcoming departure from the position in January - said: "In November 2025, Notts TV's broadcasting licence will be up for renewal. "This has provided NTU with an opportunity to consider if Notts TV delivers sufficient benefit to its students at a time when all organisations in and around the public sector are operating with constrained budgets. "Whilst students who have had placements with Notts TV have gained significant real work experience, the numbers involved have been too small to warrant continued investment." The university said it hoped other organisations would submit their own proposals to Ofcom "to continue focused local broadcasting and pick up the baton that NTU has been holding aloft since May 2014". Interim chairman of Notts TV Mike Sassi said the channel looked forward to "bringing you the best of what we do over the next few months" and thanked its supporters. "We're incredibly proud of everything Notts TV has achieved over the last decade," he said. "We've also helped to launch hundreds of careers in media across Britain and beyond with our industry training, and help power to account by hosting the BBC Local Democracy Reporting Service," he added. A spokesperson for Ofcom said: "The statutory deadline for all local TV services to apply for their renewal is 31 March 2025. "If an existing licensee decided not to apply to renew their licence, Ofcom would need to consider whether it would be appropriate to complete a competitive re-licensing process to provide an opportunity for a new service to apply for a local TV licence in that specific area. "We will only take this decision once the renewal application window has closed and we have the full information regarding which licensees have applied for renewal or not." Follow BBC Nottingham on Facebook, on X, or on Instagram. Send your story ideas to eastmidsnews@ or via WhatsApp on 0808 100 2210. Nottingham Trent University Notts TV
