Local TV Leeds (typeset as LOCAL TV Leeds and formerly known by the names of Leeds TV and Made in Leeds) is a local television station serving

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...

and

West Yorkshire West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

. The station is owned and operated by Local Television Limited and forms part of a group of eight Local TV stations. It broadcasts from studios and offices in the Chapeltown area of Leeds.

Overview

In February 2013, the broadcast regulator OFCOM announced Made Television had been awarded a licence to broadcast the local TV service for

and West Yorkshire, serving a potential audience of 3.5 million viewers - the largest footprint in the Made TV network. In May 2012, media regulator Ofcom extended the invitation for local operators in cities across the United Kingdom to operate a new local television service in their area. There were four other bids for the licence - Leeds TV (a group including

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), Metro8 Leeds, 'NORTH' and YourTV Leeds. The channel began broadcasting on Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media platforms on Thursday 6 November 2014, following the launches of Made TV's

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and

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stations the previous month. After three months on air, Made in Leeds claimed a weekly audience of around 431,000 viewers. In March 2016 the station claimed a monthly audience of 715,000 viewers. Since August 2015, the station has also been streaming live online via its website. On 5 April 2016, Made in Leeds moved from Freeview channel 8 to Freeview channel 7. On Thursday 25 May 2017, Made in Leeds and its sister channels began carrying acquired programming from the UK & Ireland version of factual entertainment channel

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as part of a supply agreement with

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. The station simulcasts TruTV in two daily blocks from 1-5pm and from 9pm-1am (8pm - midnight on Tuesdays to accommodate '' America's Got Talent''). As of November 2017, the Made network simulcasts

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for eleven hours a day. On 2 January 2018, Made in Leeds ceased broadcasting on digital satellite and was replaced by a generic ''Made Television'' networked feed featuring a daily three-hour block of local news programming for six of the network's licence areas, including Leeds.Made TV splits Sky and Freeview local TV feeds
a516digital.com, 4 January 2018

Programming

Leeds TV is required to broadcast 37 hours a week of first-run local programming.OFCOM allows six local TV stations to cut back on local programming, news and current affairs
Press Gazette, 8 October 2015 As of February 2018, the station's sole local programme is ''Yorkshire Live'', a rolling four-hour block of pre-recorded local news, sport and features airing each weeknight from 5-9pm. A half-hour block also airs on the generic ''Made Television'' networked feed on digital satellite each weekday evening. Programmes produced by the other Local TV Ltd stations also air on the channel along with acquired programming from independent producers and other broadcasters around the UK, including the thrice-daily programming blocks from

- airing from 9-11am, 1-5pm and 9pm-2am.

Awards

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