Television in the United Kingdom 4 Corp, according to BARB's viewing figures for January 2018. On 18 January 2011, then Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport Jeremy Hunt announced his intentions to set up a network of local television stations across the UK. The initial plan was to create a network of local television stations, connected through a national backbone. This plan would create a television network similar to that of the network-affiliate model in the United States and Canada. In June 2011, however, it was announced that the national spine plan would be scrapped, and a 'bottom-up' approach would be followed instead,
UK City of Culture Hull's status as the UK City of Culture attracted more than five million people, £220 million of investment and 800 new jobs. The third UK City of Culture, for 2021, will be Coventry. The result was announced by John Glen in Hull and broadcast live on "The One Show" on 7 December 2017. Chelmsford, Luton, Northampton, Southampton and Tees Valley have all expressed interest in bidding for UK City of Culture in 2025. UK City of Culture The UK City of Culture is a designation given to a city in the United Kingdom for a period of one year. The