Country | United Kingdom |
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Broadcast area | London (region) |
Headquarters | Alphabeta, 14-18 Finsbury square, London |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Ownership | |
Owner | ESTV (Lebedev Holdings Limited) |
Key people | Tim Kirkman CEO |
History | |
Launched | 31 March 2014 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview | Channel 8 |
Streaming media | |
London Live | www |
London Live is a local television channel in London, England,[1] which airs local news, current affairs, sports, arts, events, and entertainment. The channel launched in 2014 to serve the London area under the legislation for local television, and broadcasts on Freeview and Sky. The owner of London Live is Russian oligarch Evgeny Lebedev, who is also the chairman and owner of both Evening Standard Ltd (publisher of the Evening Standard newspaper, which he bought in January 2009) and Independent Print Ltd (publisher of The Independent, which he bought in March 2010).[2]