Local TV initiative by ex-Trinity man

A former Trinity Mirror executive, Richard Horwood , has held talks with a government advisory panel to launch an integrated national and local television channel, reported Amanda Andrews in yesterday's Sunday Telegraph . Horwood, ex-managing director of Trinity Mirror Television, spoke to Nick Shott , the Lazard banker who is carrying out a government review on the commercial viability of local TV. Horwood is evidently about to put forward a formal proposal to launch Channel 6, which would serve 25m homes with a national framework of programming but allow for opt-outs at a local level.