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Article: The telly girls that nobody sees... And they're costing you, the taxpayer, more than [pounds sterling]600,000.
- Article from:
- 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 life and features everything 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 1,280.
That puts the digital channel third from bottom of Britain's 166 channels, narrowly beating little-known contenders such as Wine TV, Get Lucky (24-hour gambling) and Sky Premiership Plus - which only shows football matches and only during the football season.
Today, the channel's value was under scrutiny after it emerged it costs [pounds sterling]630,000.
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