The licence, which can last for a period of up to 12 years, was awarded to ESTV Ltd – owned by the Evening Standard and Independent owners Alexander and Evgeny Lebedev – with the channel name ‘London Live’.
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When the 19th series of Top Gear UK débuts on BBC channels across the world over the next few days a brand new second screen app will for the first time accompany the international broadcasts.
A double whammy of Yorkshire glamour instigated Thursday evening’s top line entertainment as a familiar face crawled his way back to the turbulent community of Emmerdale (ITV, 7pm & 8pm).
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Last night, while the nation was still recovering from the trauma of the big freeze, BBC One offered up a slice of perspective in the form of David Attenborough’s Africa (9pm).
Tuesday night saw the two top channels peak a little too early in the evening with their frothy soap output.
