May 16, 2003 • 1 min read

Live TV returns

Live TV, the former entertainment news channel, is returning on Sky Digital under a licence granted to Eckoh Technologies, with phone-in features planned to make money.

Live TV - do you remember that? - the Topless Darts and the News Bunny. Well, according to Broadcast the legendary cable TV station that began life as a rolling entertainment news service but quickly became page-three-tv is returning. The ITC have granted Eckoh Technologies a licence to broadcast as Live TV via Sky Digital. Word is the station will consist of Live TV 'classics' mixed in with new phone in features through which the network plans to make its cash.

Talk Sport's Kelvin MacKenzie, the former Sun editor who transformed the channel into the page-three-tv format told reporters yesterday: "This is great news. All the old favourites will be back and it can only add to the gaiety of the nation. My particular favourite will be the return of the bouncing weather dwarf on a trampoline. I've no idea if it will work commercially but I'm delighted to see it back."

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