Industry Updates
Local TV- pilot areas announced
09/08/2011 
Fife and Tayside one of 60 potential areas for local TV announced by UK Government
Fiona Hyslop on broadcasting in Scotland and local TV
16/06/2011 
Latest from Scottish Parliament
Now Ok for media interests to own other media interests
15/06/2011 New order removes all local cross-media ownership rules
Local TV a step closer
06/06/2011 
UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport updates plan and publishes results of March 2011 consultation
Local TV - a view from South of Scotland
03/05/2011 
WOULD a localised television service be a viable option in the south of Scotland? Report from Dumfries Courier
Brand Scotland or Brand Britain?
01/02/2011 
Help shape the future of Scottish local TV - free event in Perth on 21st February 2011
Action plan to make local TV a reality
19/01/2011 
Government aims to award licences by the end of 2012 and wants initial expressions of interest by 1st March 2011
Shott report into local television published
14/12/2010 
Nicholas Shott?s report into the conditions necessary for financially viable local TV stations
Greg Dyke to chair exec group consulting on local TV plans
22/10/2010 
Greg Dyke has agreed to chair a committee that will feed into the government?s local TV plans.
Local TV - BBC and licence fee support
20/10/2010 Despite the crunching affect of the public spending review described by some executives as ?brutal?, the BBC is to make capital expenditures from the licence fee on local TV
Let's explore local TV potential
14/10/2010 Jeremy Hunt?s plan would create hundreds of jobs across the country, writes Peter Williams in Broadcast 14th october 2010
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt backs local TV stations
28/09/2010 
Plans for a new "landscape of local TV services" in the UK would help "strengthen local democracy", Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.
Source: BBC
Hunt dismisses idea of forcing broadcasters to deliver local content
28/09/2010 At the Royal Television Society, Hunt dismisses idea of forcing ITV, C4 and C5 to deliver local content
Interim Findings Local Television in the UK
24/09/2010 Nicholas Shott has provided Jeremy Hunt with his initial findings on the necessary conditions for commercially viable local TV in the UK.
Measures to boost local media
08/06/2010 New plans to ensure a vibrant local media market in the future announced - Jeremy Hunt sets up panel under Nicholas Shott to report later in 2010
Two consortia in running for Scottish IFNC
15/01/2010 
Successful Bidders include consortium involving Dundee's DC Thomson
IFNC Selection Panel announced
11/01/2010 
Richard Hooper appointed chair and Stuart Purvis to act as Panel Adviser
Independently Funded News Consortia
09/12/2009
UK DCMS announces pilot scheme for news - consortia invited to submit expressions of interest
Open Crew Meeting - Glasgow - 18th July 2009
16/07/2009 Leading names in Scottish production call urgent meeting to discuss setting up new Guild - for everyone from runners to producers - a chance to get your views heard
Broadcast video - Stephen Carter
16/06/2009 
Stephen Carter on Digital Britain report due today
Digital Britain Report published
16/06/2009 
Report includes recommendations on local news
Possible funding source for local TV
10/06/2009 
Ofcom proposes Independently Funded New Consortia - likely to be up for tender - see the Ofcom view and a reported BBC row with Ofcom
Future of Broadcasting in Scotland - Local TV high on agenda in year of decision
31/03/2009 Six submissions to Ofcom later by Councils, working groups and production companies across Scotland, extensive lobbying by the Institute of Local Television - and it looks like local TV is high on the agenda.
What is digital local TV and digital transmission?
25/02/2009 The opportunities and challenges ahead - spectrum is a finite resource - what do you want from it?
A view from the House of Lords and Lord Carter of the UK DCMS
25/02/2009 Lord Carter gave a heads up on the conference during a debate in the House of Lords on 25th February 2009
Production Capacity, Regional Media, Facilities and Skills
12/02/2009 Growing media production and service capacity and skills in Fife and Tayside
Public Value Test-BBC Local Video on-line proposal
25/06/2008 Deadline - 4th August 2008
Ofcom's Digital Dividend Review Consultation
25/06/2008 Deadline - 21st August 2008