London Live

No real surprise and it is not the first time they've shopped it around. To be fair, it should have been put out of its misery a long time ago. The recent round of lay offs are a clear sign that an end is in sight. I wouldn't want to be one of the last people there turning off the lights.

"broadcasting revenues from the London Live TV channel fell by a quarter from £4.2m to £3.1m"

https://pressgazette.co.uk/evening-standard-reports-loss-of-11m-for-second-year-in-a-row/

Wonder whether this retrenchment by That's TV will affect the possibility of them buying London Live?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-48939451

I would be amazed if they buy London Live now. It is running out of options. It's a dead duck. I wouldn't surprised if it disappears over the Christmas holidays. A final few days of repeats and then come midnight... *poof*

If this happens, I wonder what would take its channel slot?

Its capacity on the mux would surely have to be put out for re-advertisement as it's reserved for the holder of an L-DSP license.

If local TV were no longer a thing then I guess EPG rules would mean that eligible channels could move up a slot. So BBC Four, could conceivably 'replace it on the EPG', if nowhere else. But as local TV wouldn't necessarily die (as a concept) with London Live, it would likely stay dormant while there are other L-DSPs, elsewhere in the country.

The BBC missed a trick really by not switching BBC3 and 4 before BBC3 closed so they could hold on to the 7 slot.

No special programmes for Notting Hill Carnival this year

The nail in the coffin!

Do they do any original programming other than the "news" nowadays?

I don’t think so. I do believe they did have some original/acquired stuff but dunno if it’s still being made/shown.

Surprised they haven’t stopped broadcasting to be honest...

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