Northern Television

Northern Television was the Network SIX broadcaster for North West England from June 2006 to February 2009.

History and Formation
Northern Television was formed from Vision Television plc, they wanted to expand into other regions, so they bided for the North West franchise, which they successfully won, therefore changing the parent company name from Vision Television plc to V Group plc.

Studio
Northern's studios are mainly used for local programmes and some network programming. Northern only controls playout of local shows (news, current affairs etc..) the majority is done from V Group in Cardiff.

Northern HD
Northern HD is a channel which shows HD programming in 1080i (1920x1080) interlaced. Selected HD programmes are shown on this channel however SD 16:9 programmes will be in a letterbox with a message explaining that the programme is standard and advises the viewer to go to the appropriate channel.

Programming

 * Techknowlogy - (Part Networked)


 * The Afternoon Show - (Regional)


 * Musak Britain - (Network)


 * Crimefighters - (Regional version as well as Part Networked)


 * The Investigator - (Part Networked)


 * Manchester Airport - (Part Networked)


 * The Zone - (Part Networked)


 * SIX Feedback - (Part Networked) (unconfirmed for network programming)