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Please find below links to a selection of articles, blogs and audio/video about ULTV campaigns and local TV:

ITV and C4 flinch at local TV aid request – Financial Times, 07/06/11
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Jeremy Hunt confirms major shift in local TV policy – The Guardian, 02/06/11
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Newspaper, magazine industries protest VOD regulation – PaidContent:UK, 13/04/11
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Channel 4 bids for national TV network – Media Guardian, 10/03/11
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Jeremy Hunt stakes his reputation on local television – The Guardian, 28/02/11
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Channel 6 teams up with Universities – Digital Spy, 24/02/11
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Greg Dyke heads group bidding for national TV network – Media Guardian, 23/02/11
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DMGT chief voices doubts over Jeremy Hunt's local TV plans – Media Guardian, 09/02/11
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John Fry on local TV: I don’t really like public subsidises – Press Gazette, 26/01/11
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Local TV: A picture at last, but still poor reception – The Guardian, 24/01/11
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Phil Redmond: Shott’s plans for local broadcasting are not local enough – Liverpool Daily Post, 21/01/11
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PM to hear call for abolition of ATVOD – Broadcast 20/01/11 (subscription required)
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Time to switch on local TV? – Broadcast, 20/01/11 (subscription required)
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Media Talk podcast: Jeremy Hunt unveils his grand plan for local TV – guardian.co.uk, 20/01/11 (audio)
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Government proposes local TV – Channel 4 News, 19/01/11 (video)
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Local TV plans – ITV News, 19/01/11 (video)
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Local TV: Will it succeed in the UK? – Torin Douglas, BBC News, 19/01/11
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Jeremy Hunt outlines plans for local TV – BBC News, 19/01/11
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Jeremy Hunt’s local TV: a recipe for editorial disaster – The Telegraph, 19/01/11
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Local television plan could spell end for regional news on ITV and BBC – The Telegraph, 19/01/11
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TV news gets local touch with new channel – The Telegraph, 19/01/11
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Local TV channel carrying news and information to be on air by 2013 – Mail Online, 19/01/11
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Hunt is so nice most people want to believe in local TV just for him – MediaTel, 19/01/11
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Oxford Media Convention: Hunt’s local TV plans ‘sheer fantasy’ – Media Week, 19/01/11
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Hunt’s vision for local TV: Market to decide number of stations – Press Gazette, 19/01/11
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Local channels to gain valued slot in TV guides – Financial Times, 19/01/11 (registration required)
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Jeremy Hunt unveils plans for new national television channel – guardian.co.uk, 19/01/11
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Hunt unveils plans for local TV channel – Digital Spy, 19/01/011
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York chancellor calls for local TV in the city – Nouse, 18/01/11
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Jeremy Hunt: the future of media policy – interview at London School of Economics (video)
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Coventry could get its own TV station under Greg Dyke plans – Coventry Telegraph, 13/01/11
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Nicholas Shott would be ‘delighted’ if local TV proves viable – MediaWeek, 11/01/11
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Greg Dyke encourages Hunt’s local TV plans – MediaTel, 11/01/11
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Dyke outlines plan for up to 80 local TV stations – The Drum, 11/01/11
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Dyke: Local TV viable in 60 areas of UK – Digital Spy, 11/01/11
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Dyke outlines plans for 80 local TV stations in UK – Press Gazette, 11/01/11
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Editor plans for local TV in his city – Holdthefrontpage.co.uk, 11/01/11
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Greg Dyke: York would be ideal location for new generation local TV station – The Press, 10/01/11
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Dyke backs local TV services – Broadcast, 10/01/11 (subscription required)
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Greg Dyke calls for bigger local TV future – The Telegraph, 10/01/11
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TV producer challenges UK VOD regulation – Digital Spy, 07/01/11
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Bitter spat at ATVOD UK meeting – Advanced Television, 15/12/10
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Local TV could cost commercial broadcasters £15m per year – MediaWeek, 14/12/10
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Organ Grinder: Jeremy Hunt needs to rethink the saga of local TV – The Guardian, 06/12/10
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Lin Glover: What's next for local TV? – The Media Briefing, 02/12/10
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Organ Grinder: Has Richard Horwood found a way to make local TV profitable? – guardian.co.uk, 18/11/10
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Greg Dyke to chair local TV committee – Digital Spy, 25/10/10
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Greg Dyke to develop move for local TV – Sunday Telegraph, 24/10/10
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Dyke to join exec group consulting on local TV plans – Broadcast, 21/10/10 (subscription required)
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Comment: Let’s explore local TV potential – Broadcast, 14/10/10 (subscription required)
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No point to local TV if no one wants to watch – new media age, 14/10/10 (subscription required)
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Local TV Groups Looking YouView’s Gift Horse in the Mouth – paidContent:UK, 01/10/10
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Local TV groups challenge YouView – Digital Spy, 01/10/10
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Local TV says no to YouView – Broadband TV News, 01/10/10
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Project Canvas launch may be derailed as opposition mounts – Total Telecom, 31/09/10 (subscription required)
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Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt backs local TV stations – BBC News, 28/09/10
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Traditional channels safe from being pushed down EPGs, says Jeremy Hunt – guardian.co.uk, 28/09/10
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Lis Howell: At last regional news is sexy! – Our Kingdom, 27/09/10
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Ofcom explores local TV options – Broadband TV News, 22/09/10
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Witney TV's Top Gear scoop puts it on the map – The Guardian, 20/09/10
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Open Source Consortium adds to complaints about Project Canvas – new media age, 14/09/10
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Local news TV advisory panel set to report to Jeremy Hunt – guardian.co.uk, 13/09/10
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Complaints mount over Canvas launch – The Independent, 13/09/10
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Project Canvas not an “imperial gesture”, says BBC’s Thompson – News Media Age, 10/09/10 (subscription required)
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Project Canvas defends web-TV plans – Financial Times, 09/09/10 (registration required)
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Project Canvas faces another complaint – Digital Spy, 09/09/10
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Local TV joins campaign for Canvas review – Broadcast, 09/09/10 (subscription required)
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Canvas faces new challenge – Broadband TV News, 09/09/10
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Project Canvas ignores local media, says CMA – Media Week, 03/09/10  
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Canvas called Poison Pill for Internet TV – City AM, 01/09/10
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Local TV group challenges Project Canvas – Digital Spy, 01/09/10
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Project Canvas attacked as a “poison pill” by local TV group -  What Hi-Fi?, 31/08/09
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Hunt: No regional news obligation for ITV post 2014 – Press Gazette, 31/08/10
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Local TV group to complain to Ofcom over BBC-Canvas joint venture – The Guardian, 30/08/10
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New local TV stations promised by Nov 2011 – Press Gazette, 15/07/10
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Sly Bailey: We don’t see ‘City TV’ as viable proposition – Press Gazette, 09/07/10
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Jeremy Hunt deals final blow to IFNC plan – Press Gazette, 08/07/10
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Are you a VoD service provider? – Talking Media, 07/07/10
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Annual Fee confirmed for VOD providers – Digital Spy, 18/06/10
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ITV local news pilot schemes scrapped – BBC News, 08/06/10
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Tim Luckhurst: Hunt's local splash is good news for all – The Independent 14/06/10
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ULTV welcomes local TV review – Digital Spy 08/06/10
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ULTV challenges Ofcom’s ‘VOD poll tax’ – Digital Spy 01/03/10
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ULTV slams Ofcom band manager plans – Digital Spy 19/11/09
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80 MPs back local TV channel on Freeview – Digital Spy 21/10/09
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MPs call for local TV channel on Freeview – DTG, 21/10/09
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Jeremy Hunt lays out Conservative plans for TV – Marketing Week, 18/09/09
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Tories call for American-style local news channels – Daily Telegraph, 14/07/09
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Virgin ‘backtracks’ on Channel 7 move – Digital Spy, 24/06/09
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ULTV calls for coherent Channel 6 brand - Digital Spy, 18/06/09
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Do the BBC's local media proposals go far enough? – Media Week, 06/05/09 (registration required)
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Channel 6 - the TV station that knows where you live - The Observer, 22/03/09
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MPs press Department for Culture on local TV for Freeview – Media Week, 18/03/09
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Peter Williams letter – Broadcast, 21/01/09 (Broadcast subscription required)
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Peter Williams letter – Broadcast, 5/11/08 (Broadcast subscription required)
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Peter Williams Blog – Broadcast, 8/10/08 (Subscription required)
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Local TV coalition attacks Ofcom – Broadcast, 19/08/08
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Did Ofcom finalise the PSB Review before comments were even submitted? – Ofcomwatch, 19/08/08
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MPs back plan for local TV – Press Gazette, 18/03/08
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Over 120 MPs back local Freeview plan – Digital Spy, 18/03/08
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Ofcom’s spectrum auction criticised, Media Guardian, 14/12/07
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