HTFP: Kent County Council to scrap controversial TV channel
February 10th, 2010Posted by Laura Oliver in Editors' pick, Newspapers
Kent TV, the TV channel run by Kent County Council and the subject of a long-running battle with local newspaper the Kent Messenger, will be axed, the local authority confirmed yesterday.
The cost to the taxpayer of the channel, which was launched in September 2007 as a pilot project, is estimated by Holdthefrontpage.co.uk as in the region of £1.8 million.
The pilot period was due to come to an end next month and council leader Paul Carter said further spending on the channel could not be justified in the current economic climate.
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