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Article: TV hosts seen by only 1,200 people a day, but costing you [pounds sterling]630,000; MAYOR FACES QUESTIONS OVER AUDIENCE SIZE AFTER TOURIST CHANNEL'S FIRST YEAR.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 15, 2005
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Byline: MATHEUS SANCHEZ
IT IS the only television channel dedicated to London and features aspects of life from pie and mash to musicals.
London TV is supposed to promote the city to locals and give tourists ideas on what to do but new figures reveal a daily audience of only 1,285.
That puts the digital channel third from bottom among Britain's 166 stations, narrowly beating little known contenders such as Wine TV, Get Lucky (24-hour gambling) and Sky Premiership Plus - which is only on during the football season.
The channel has a budget of [pounds sterling]6 million - [pounds sterling]2million for each of the three years it is due to ...