Leeds TV
television station based in Leeds, England
Local TV Leeds (formerly known by the names of TalkLeeds, Leeds TV and Made in Leeds) is a local television station serving Leeds and West Yorkshire. The station is owned and operated by Local Television Limited and forms part of a group of eight Local TV stations. It broadcasts from studios and offices in the Chapeltown area of Leeds.
Overview
In February 2013, the broadcast regulator OFCOM announced Made Television had been awarded a licence to broadcast the local TV service for Leeds and West Yorkshire, serving a potential audience of 3.5 million viewers - the largest footprint in the Made TV network.
In May 2012, media regulator Ofcom extended the invitation for local operators in cities across the United Kingdom to operate a new local television service in their area. There were four other bids for the licence - Leeds TV (a group including Leeds United), Metro8 Leeds, 'NORTH' and YourTV Leeds.
The channel began broadcasting on Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media platforms on 6 November 2014, following the launches of Made TV's Bristol and Cardiff stations the previous month. After three months on air, Made in Leeds claimed a weekly audience of around 431,000 viewers. In March 2016 the station claimed a monthly audience of 715,000 viewers.
Since August 2015, the station has also been streaming live online via its website.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Leeds TV” as television station based in Leeds, England. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as television station based in Leeds, England. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 23, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q6726682. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2013, 2012, 2014 and 2016.
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