Sheffield Cablevision

Sheffield Cablevision
Ownership
Owner	British Relay Wireless
History
Launched	29 August 1973
Closed	2 January 1976

Sheffield Cablevision was a cable television community channel in Sheffield, England which launched on 29 August 1973.^[1] The channel was one of five community cable television experiments that were authorised by the UK's Minister for Posts and Telecommunications in 1972.^[2] It closed on 2 January 1976 due to lack of funds.^[3]^[a]

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Notes

^ Although Allen and Miller state that only the Greenwich and Swindon broadcasters were still operating in 1975, contemporary news reports indicate that Sheffield Cablevision did not cease broadcasting until 2 January 1976.^[3]

Citations

^ "Community cable experiments". Terra Media. 30 January 2006.
^ Allen, Rod; Miller, Nod (2002). "Panaceas and Promises of Democratic Participation: Reactions to new channels, from the wireless to the World Wide Web". In Henwood, Flis; Miller, Nod; Senker, Peter; Wyatt, Sally (eds.). Technology and In/equality: Questioning the Information Society. Routledge. pp. 52–53. ISBN 9780203134504.
^ ^a ^b "Lack of funds closes local TV". The Guardian. 2 January 1976. p. 6.

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