In February 2013, the broadcast regulator
OFCOM announced Made Television had been awarded a licence to broadcast the local TV service for
Leeds and West Yorkshire, serving a potential audience of 3.5 million viewers - the largest footprint in the Made TV network. In May 2012, media regulator
Ofcom extended the invitation for local operators in cities across the
United Kingdom to operate a new local television service in their area. There were four other bids for the licence - Leeds TV (a group including
Leeds United), Metro8 Leeds, 'NORTH' and YourTV Leeds. The channel began broadcasting on Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media platforms on 6 November 2014, following the launches of Made TV's
Bristol and
Cardiff stations the previous month. After three months on air, Made in Leeds claimed a weekly audience of around 431,000 viewers. In March 2016 the station claimed a monthly audience of 715,000 viewers. Since August 2015, the station has also been streaming live online via its website. On 5 April 2016, Made in Leeds moved from Freeview channel 8 to Freeview channel 7. As of November 2017, the Made network simulcasts
CBS Reality for eleven hours a day. On 2 January 2018, Made in Leeds ceased broadcasting on digital satellite and was replaced by a generic
Made Television networked feed featuring a daily three-hour block of local news programming for six of the network's licence areas, including Leeds. This station broadcasts on
Freeview on channel 7 from the
Emley Moor transmitter. == Programming ==