Made Television
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| 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: 0.01% (September 2015, 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 Tyne & Wear Made in North Wales Made in Teesside |
| Website | www |
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.
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. Three months later, the company was granted a third licence to serve the Newcastle, Sunderland and Gateshead areas, followed in February 2013 by a licence for the Leeds area.
In November 2013, the company gained a fifth local TV licence to serve the Middlesbrough and Teesside areas. The channel, provisionally titled Made in Teesside, launched on 31st March 2017.
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.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 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. 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.
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