Big centre TV Is the local TV channel for Birmingham, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Solihull and black country.

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They are showing local based news and specially commission programmes on Freeview channel 8. The channel is commercial entity offering local, national advertisers and brands an integrated range of audience Engagement and opportunity.

It launched in February 2015.Owned by Kaleidoscope TV ltd.

Viewers have given Birmingham’s newly launched TV channel Big Centre TV the big thumbs down – labelling it “rubbish,” “painfully slow” and “trash.”The local broadcaster launched last night (Saturday, February 28) but it appears to have hit a bum note with viewers who also claimed it was “sombre and dreary”.

On the Birmingham Mail’s Facebook page some people posted their idea:

Darren O’Donnell: “I gave it 10 minutes then got bored and turned it off, went back later, got crossroads! Wont be going back anytime soon.”

Pat Kennedy simply said: “Rubbish!”

Ray Woods said: “All new TV is slow to take off and this was no different. I expected it to hit the ground running, but it was painfully slow over intellectualised and self indulgent.“However, give it time – we need local output since ITV gave it up.

Kaleidoscope, a Midlands-based voluntary organisation specialising in television history, were granted a licence to establish a local television station in November 2014, following the collapse of City8, a proposed station centred on the Birmingham area, which went into administration after failing to secure sufficient funding. Kaleidoscope were given ten minutes notice that their bid had been successful before an official announcement was made by the regulatory body Ofcom.

The new license, initially known as Kaleidoscope TV, was given an Ofcom deadline of Saturday 28 February 2015 to launch. Big Centre TV is jointly run by Kaleidoscope owner Chris Perry and former ATV announcer and television executive Mike Prince, the station's director of programming who was previously involved with the aborted City8 license.

Big Centre TV's studios at the Goldmine Centre in Walsall are shared with the town's studio school, where students are able to gain work experience with the channel as part of their studies.

In April 2015 it was reported that the Canadian media company Trek 2000 had invested in Big Centre TV as it sought to gain a foothold in the British television market

Licence and Ofcom

People and positions

Director of ProgrammesMike Prince

Chris PerryChannel Director

Clare BramleyCommercial

Director

Bob HallHead of News and Sport

Nick Tiday Head of Sales

Jennifer MeierhansSenior Producer and Presenter

06:00TeleshoppingTeleshopping

07:30The Midland: Morning News LiveThe latest news, travel and sport from across the West Midlands with Bob Hall.

10:00Cuppa TVMonica Price presents our daily lifestyle show, featuring lively chat and celebrity guests.

11:00BookendersLaura Lockington meets best-sellingauthors and talks about what inspired them to write their latest novels. Programmes for younger viewers introduced by Bostin' Bearand his friends.

07:00The Bostin' Bear ClubProgrammes for younger viewers introduced by Bostin' Bear and his friends.

09:30Crossroads(Episode 2525) April 1976 and David's past catches up with him. This episode was recovered from an ATV compilation tape and exists in a slightly different format to the usual episodes.

10:30The WelliesAllotment and city gardens show. (Episode 5)

11:30The Bostin' Bear Club

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