A group of broadcasters, headed by Mainland TV in Nelson hope so and have formed a trust to take a proposal to the Government to make some of its reserved Freeview digital TV spectrum available to community TV broadcasters.
Back in its heyday, in the 1990's, there were 18 TV stations, but many shut down when digital TV was introduced in September 2012. Gary Watson, the chief executive of Mainland TV, tells Jesse of his plan to set up four new regional TV stations.
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