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Sheffield Cablevision

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Sheffield Cablevision
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OwnerBritish Relay Wireless
History
Launched29 August 1973
Closed2 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

  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.[3]

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. 1 2 "Lack of funds closes local TV channel". The Guardian. London, Greater London. 2 January 1976. p. 6. Retrieved 3 December 2025 – via Newspapers.com.

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