Editing Swindon (section)

===Television===
The Swindon area is in the overlap between TV transmitters from two regions, [[Oxford transmitting station|Oxford]] (Thames Valley) and [[Mendip transmitting station|Mendip]], supplemented by a local relay transmitter in the town <ref>{{cite web |url=https://ukfree.tv/transmitters/tv/Seagry_Court |title=Seagry Court (Swindon, England) Freeview Light transmitter |date=May 2004}}</ref> (West of England). [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] regional news programmes come from [[ITV News Meridian]] (with offices at Abingdon) and [[ITV West Country]] (Bristol). On [[BBC One]], the area is served by both [[South Today]] (from Southampton) and [[BBC Points West|Points West]] (Bristol).

Between 1973 and 1982, the town had its own cable television channel called [[Swindon Viewpoint]]. This was a community television project run mainly by enthusiasts from studios in Victoria Hill, and later by Media Arts at the Town Hall Studios. It was followed by the more commercial [[Swindon Cable|Swindon's Local Channel]], which included pay-per-view films.<ref>[http://www.swindoncable.co.uk/ ''Swindon Cable — Swindon View Point — The Local Channel'', Swindoncable.co.uk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070809025914/http://www.swindoncable.co.uk/ |date=9 August 2007 }}. Retrieved on 21 July 2007.</ref> NTL (later [[Virgin Media]]) took over the channel's parent company, ComTel, and closed the station.