Owned by That's TV | Country United Kingdom | |
Launched 26 November 2014 (2014-11-26) Audience share Local TV Macro Network:
0.01% (September 2015 (2015-09), BARB) Sister channel(s) That's Basingstoke
That's Cambridge
That's Lancashire
That's Manchester
That's Oxfordshire
That's Reading
That's Salisbury
That's Surrey | ||
That's Solent is a local television station on the south coast of England.
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Background
That's Solent is a local TV channel, that according to Ofcom (the UK telecoms regulator), broadcasts to Southampton including Eastleigh, Fareham and parts of the Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Winchester. Ofcom granted a licence to That's Solent on 14 August 2014 with a commencement date of 26 November 2014 and the licence, subject to conditions, will remain in force until 25 November 2025.
The original plan was for That's Solent to be launched on 26 June 2014, however this was postponed until the 22 October 2014. The station finally went live on 26 November 2014.
In March 2016, the station was placed on notice by OFCOM over persistent technical issues in its programming, along with its sister stations, That's Lancashire, That's Manchester and That's Oxfordshire.
Company
That's Solent Limited was licensed by the Ofcom in 2012 after a bidding process. That's Solent Ltd is owned by SIX TV Ltd, trading as That's TV, with the That's Media Ltd as the ultimate parent company.
Broadcasting and reception
That's Solent is broadcast from the Rowridge transmitting station on the Isle of Wight and covers the area around the Solent and Southampton Water. It broadcasts on Freeview channel 7 and is also available on Wightfibre. The studios are based in Cosham, Portsmouth.
Programming
The channel features a two-hour live news programme called Solent Headline News. This is broadcast between 5.30pm and 7.30pm Monday to Friday, and anchored by Charlotte Briere-Edney.
It also broadcasts a talk show 'Talk Solent' which features discussion of local news and stories making the headlines.
The channel is backed by Newsquest and Johnston Press, who own the Southern Daily Echo and Portsmouth's The News, who will provide the local news content for the new channel.