[Neil Jones]

It looks like some of the 'local' TV stations have now rebranded themselves to be inline with TalkTV, having already simulcast the channel during most of the day. For example "Birmingham TV" is now "TalkBirmingham".

A rather clever move by News UK as a way of helping TalkTV to survive. Essentially it gives them the channel 7 position, which I imagine is likely to increase ratings via those scrolling through the channels. It's not clear what the "local programming" consists of during the opt-outs, as to whether that's local news or not.

Hmm... I'd be inclined to argue we're sort of flogging a dead horse here so far as local TV on Channel 7 is concerned...