ofcom has halted the further rollout of local tv stations.dvertise licenses in 13 locations. the then culture secretary, jeremy hunt, outlined the plans for a more decentralised media landscape, but in a matter of years some of the channels have faced financial difficulties and struggled to attract an audience. there are 13 locations where licenses are not going to be re—advertised. and since the iniative launched in 2013, more than 30 local tv stations have been awarded licenses by ofcom. let's talk to stewart purvis. as well as being a former ofcom executive and chief executive of itn, he's a journalism professor and non—executive director at channel 4. we're very grateful you've come in. let's turn the clock back and start at the beginning. what was the thinking behind setting up these local tv stations? well, thinking behind setting up these localtv stations? well, back in 2009, jeremy hunt was the shadow culture and media minister and he was interested about what he thought was interested about what he thought was going on in the us, in

are you disappointed by this decision by ofcom ? disappointed by this decision by ofcom?very small coverage and the costs of very small coverage and the costs of setting them up would be extremely high for very small coverage that they would offer. as you say, costs are high. the existing local tv channels really offering value for money?” existing local tv channels really offering value for money? i think they are offering value for money. a lot of the stations run on very small turnovers a year and provide great local news for people. the newsrooms are busy, people want to engage with the local news agenda we are not even five years old yet as a sector saw from news perspective we are very young. some of them are not producing much local news. they produce the bare minimum and then they tend to show old films most of they tend to show old films most of the time, don't they? each channel has its own programme commitments. each channel has its own broadcast public service commitment, so there will be a variety across the country, as you would expect with local broadcastin

why has ofcom made this decision?n each of these locations, the distribution infrastructure needed to broadcast local tv channel needed to be built. originally, this task was awarded to a company owned by the local tv broadcasters, but primarily, funded by the bbc who spent some 25 million on the scheme. this bbc funding has now continental, which means that if there is any further expansion expansion of the local tv, it would need to be paid for by the broadcasters, themselves, and ofcom considered that this would be a financial burden, which is too unreasonable to ask them to have. so the bottom line is, the broadcasters can't set up channels, what, without bbcfunding? can't set up channels, what, without bbc funding? in theory, they could, have the capital expenditure required to expand to a new area, could range from anywhere between 100,000, and 700,000, perhaps. with operational costs between 30 and 80 million, sorry, 30 and 80,000, every single year. this will probably be beyond most local tv broadcasters to af

in the uk than traditional pay tv services, like sky and virgin, that's according to new data from ofcomr shift in viewing habits and british tv will have to change the way it operates to compete with the internet giants. a celebrity plastic surgeon in brazil has gone on the run after a woman died following injections to enlarge her bottom. dr denis furtado, who appears regularly on brazilian tv, is also known as dr boom boom. he took the patient to hospital in rio dejaneiro before he vanished, and a warrant is now out for his arrest. with temperatures soaring in recent weeks even animals are looking for ways to cool off — imagine going outside to find this. a large black bear decided to take a dip in a swimming pool in los angeles where temperatures are around 30 degrees. the bear was later spotted under the shade of a tree in a nearby garden. it is thought to be around 5 years old and weighs about 250 pounds! the animal was later captured and released back into the wild in the local national forest. i love the way that there seems totally at home in that stunning pool totally at home i

the country's media regulator — ofcom — says tv services will need to adapt to compete, saying it would british netflix. technology entrepreneur elon musk has apologised for calling british cave diver vernon unsworth a "pedo" on twitter, before deleting the posts. mr unsworth was involved in the operation in thailand to rescue 12 boys and their football coach. mr musk had offered to assist the mission and said he was building a mini—submarine, but mr unsworth said it wouldn't have worked, prompting musk‘s outburst. trade negotiators from the 11—member tra ns—pacific partnership are meeting injapan today to discuss whether to accept new members into the free trade bloc. it comes just a day after possibly the biggest trade deal ever was signed byjapan and the eu. with us now is katie silver in singapore. theink the ink has barely dried on the japan— eu trade deal and japan today is on the march, still7 japan— eu trade deal and japan today is on the march, still? they are. they are very forthright when it comes to pursuing free trade. they are meeting west of tokyo in a beautiful national

these complaints to ofcom about the treatment of dani dyer, up to 2,600, the producers are accused ofecause it is about love. it is love island. people were angry that they have fallen in love and why are we splitting them up? i think it is a bit part of what the show‘s about. think it is a bit part of what the show's about. it is what you sign up for. yes. you know things might be distorted to create drama? exactly. just testing your relationship. you know you're going in to be tested on how strong you are as a couple. dani and jack haven't been tested yet. that was their test. i can't understand, how a production company can be used as a scapegoat for mental health issue. do you think they are? yes completely, it is an established reality show. they know what they're facing. it has gone along the same path as last year. because it is established you know there are twists and turns and it is a show to create drama to test a relationship. that is the background and that is why it gets viewers. did you find it upsetting to see see dani crying. yes it is hard, they are dani crying. yes

let me ask you both about this because ofcom have just published a report coming out this week, a bigscriptions to streaming organisations like netflix and amazon have overtaken paid tv subscriptions like yours. 15.4 million for the top three netflix, amazon prime, and now tv, and 15.1 million for paid tv over here. you are both tied to a model that is dying. that is the point and when it comes to on demand, the numbers you have quoted and the streaming services you have named, netflix, on steve's paid channel, gold, they have faulty towers, but they can't give us the box set and it goes to netflix. it is changing but more importantly growing. there are more people watching television sets than ever before and 90% of that time is watching traditional fuming and traditional content. it is not a dying industry at all and the vast majority of viewers are watching traditional television and that is what viewers want and what we will give them. will you kiss and make up before the end of the day? our door is always open and we want to keep talking. they withdrew the channels, not us. thank

viewing of traditional tv services has dropped by more than 40% amongst the young, and ofcom says britishave got that scale to compete globally, making shows together, co—producing great shows that all of us can watch. creating a british netflix — a british amazon? i think it would be great to see a british netflix. the average 20—something now watches an hour a day of youtube. the one group whose habits haven't changed much are people over the age of 65, who still watch an average of more than five and a half hours of traditional tv a day. the average age of viewers to bbc 1, 2 and itv now over 60. rachel is here and there will be telling us about the business use but first a look at the business use but first a look at the headlines. the young thai footballers who were trapped in a cave describe the "miracle" moment divers found them for the first time. sir cliff richard is awarded an initial £210,000 at the high court in damages for the bbc‘s coverage of a police raid on his home — the corporation says its journalists acted in good faith. after narrowly avoiding defeat in two key votes

around the world think, hang on, ifa is all around the world think, hang on, if a trade war is kicking ofcommerica. interesting. nice to see you. in thailand, a former thai navy diver has died while delivering supplies to the 12 boys and their coach trapped in a cave. saman gunan had left the navy but came to help the rescue, lost consciousness on his way back from the cave and could not be revived by his colleague. local media have released this picture of him. there's still no decision on how to rescue the group which has been trapped for almost two weeks. the children were found on a rocky ledge around two—and—a—half miles from the mouth of the cave on monday. more than 128 million litres of water has been pumped out of the cave — allowing rescue teams to walk further into the tunnel — however, some parts are still too narrow to access. more heavy rain is forecast. the boys are being taught the basics of diving — some need to be taught how to swim — but there are concerns that it could be too risky. howard johnson is there for us this morning. do we know what happened to the diver? it isa