Anglia Television has successfully applied to the Independent Television Commission to allow it to reduce the amount of entertainment programming it broadcasts in favour or more factual-based shows.
The ITV broadcaster will be reducing its entertainment programming from 28 minutes per week to 16 and arts from 41 minutes a week to 36, whilst increasing factual material (excluding documentaries and current affairs) from 38 minutes to 55.
A spokesman from Anglia told Newsline that the move was aimed at broadcasting more programmes with a regional bias. He said it was difficult to produce entertainment programmes such as gameshows which maintained a regional flavour, whereas the programmes which would be brought into the schedule, such as political and topical discussion shows, would better reflect the region’s interests.
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