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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. The channel was one of five community cable television experiments that were authorised by the UK's Minister for Posts and Telecommunications in 1972. It closed on 2 January 1976 due to lack of funds.

References

Notes

1. 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.

Citations

1. "Community cable experiments". Terra Media. 30 January 2006.
2. 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.
3. ^ "Lack of funds closes local TV". The Guardian. 2 January 1976. p. 6.

Further reading

• "Remember DIY TV?". The Star. 13 June 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
• "Why cablevision works in Sheffield". New Scientist. 11 December 1975. p. 640.

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