WRN Broadcast is providing pioneering local TV broadcaster Made TV with distribution services to make its local TV content available on the UK Sky platform. The service includes multiplexing, encoding and uplinking onto WRN Broadcast's satellite capacity for four local TV channels. This will allow over 10 million viewers living around Bristol, Cardiff, Leeds and Tyne & Wear to enjoy Made TV through their Sky box.
"Local TV is a once-in-a-generation opportunity which Made TV is
determined to make the most of. This means making Made TV's
carefully created content available as widely and easily as
possible. We were thrilled to find that WRN Broadcast shared our
passion for this exciting new opportunity and happily took the time
to work closely with us to achieve our goals. Through WRN
Broadcast's expertise and innovation they have provided us with
effective and extremely cost effective distribution onto the Sky
platform."Jamie Conway, CEO., Made TV
"We are extremely excited about local TV and are delighted to be
supporting Made TV's efforts to make a real difference to both UK
television and local people's everyday lives. WRN Broadcast has a
long history of supporting innovative broadcasting and for
utilising pioneering technology. Our recent move to a new stat mux
system has enabled us to keep satellite distribution costs down and
to pass these savings on to our customers - including Made TV. We
wish them every success." Tom Eyton-Jones, WRN Broadcast