Launched 8 October 2014 Picture format 576i (16:9 SDTV) Broadcast area Bristol | Owned by Made Television Country United Kingdom | |
Audience share Local TV Macro Network:
0.01% (September 2015 (2015-09), BARB) | ||
Made in Bristol is a local television station serving Bristol and surrounding areas. The station is owned and operated by Made Television Ltd and forms part of a group of six city-based TV stations. It broadcasts from studios and offices at Abbey Wood Business Park in the Filton suburb of Bristol.
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Overview
In September 2012, the broadcast regulator OFCOM announced Made Television had been awarded a licence to broadcast the local TV service for the Bristol area, serving a potential audience of around 330,000 viewers. The company was unopposed in bidding for the licence.
The station began broadcasting on Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media platforms at 8pm on Wednesday 8 October 2014 - the first of Made TV's stations to be launched. After three months on air, Made in Bristol claimed a weekly audience of around 168,000 viewers. The advertising section of the Made in Bristol TV website shows the channel now receives an average of 91,000 viewers per week.
Since August 2015, the station has also been streaming live online via its website. On 5 April 2016, Made in Bristol moved from Freeview channel 8 to Freeview channel 7.
In February 2017, a revamp of the station's local output led to the launch of a flagship two-hour live magazine show on weeknights, The Crunch Bristol, incorporating news, sport, current affairs and entertainment.
Programming
Made in Bristol is required to broadcast 37 hours a week of first-run programming.
The station's flagship programme is the live magazine programme, The Crunch Bristol, airing each weeknight from 6-8pm and incorporating local #BristolNews updates, sports coverage, current affairs (Crunch the Week) and entertainment features.
Other local non-news programmes produced by the channel include feature series The Shadow Chasers, weekly Bristol News review compilations and twice-weekly sports magazine show Subs Bench. Programmes produced by the other Made TV stations in Birmingham, Bristol, Leeds, Liverpool and Tyne & Wear also air on the channel along with acquired programming from other broadcasters, including local TV stations around the UK.