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Big Centre TV is a local television station based in Walsall, in the United Kingdom. It serves Birmingham, the Black Country, Wolverhampton, Solihull and Walsall. The station was launched at 6 pm on 28 February 2015 on Freeview Channel 8, and is owned and operated by Kaleidoscope TV Limited in partnership with the BBC and Walsall Studio School, where the channel's headquarters are based. == Overview == Kaleidoscope, a Midlands-based voluntary organisation specialising in television history, were granted a licence to establish a local television station in November 2014, following the collapse of City8, a proposed station centred on the Birmingham area, which went into administration after failing to secure sufficient funding. Kaleidoscope were given ten minutes notice that their bid had been successful before an official announcement was made by the regulatory body Ofcom.〔 The new license, initially known as Kaleidoscope TV, was given an Ofcom deadline of Saturday 28 February 2015 to launch.〔(Kaleidoscope TV to bring local television to Birmingham, the Black Country and Solihull from 2015 ), Kaleidoscope Archive, 22 November 2014〕 Big Centre TV is jointly run by Kaleidoscope owner Chris Perry and former ATV announcer and television executive Mike Prince, the station's director of programming who was previously involved with the aborted City8 license.〔(Birmingham TV channel on course for next year switch-on ), The Birmingham Press, 2 October 2013〕 Big Centre TV's studios at the Goldmine Centre in Walsall are shared with the town's studio school, where students are able to gain work experience with the channel as part of their studies.〔(Walsall Studio School – Big Centre TV )〕 In April 2015 it was reported that the Canadian media company Trek 2000 had invested in Big Centre TV as it sought to gain a foothold in the British television market. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Big Centre TV」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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