That's Thames Valley is a

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station serving greater

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, England. It is owned and operated by

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and broadcasts on

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channel 7 via the Hannington transmitter and

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159 from studios in central Reading.

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, the national broadcasting regulator, invited licence applications in 2013 and estimated that the service could reach approximately 170,000 homes in the Reading area. That's TV was chosen for Reading in 2014 and the licence for the service was granted in March 2017 for the period 10 May 2017 to 25 November 2025.

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