Capital TV is the free local broadcast tv station for Cardiff, the capital city of Wales. The award-winning station is licensed by the UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom. From its transmitter in Cardiff Bay it broadcasts local news, local programming, documentaries, features and educational programming plus international news from Sky, teleshopping from QVC and up to four movies a day.

Capital TV was founded in 1998 by David Morris Jones - former Head of News and Current Affairs at BBC Wales, Controller News and Current Affairs for ITV in the South and South East of England, and Head of Programme Development for HTV (ITV1 Wales). Capital TV first went live on air in December 2002.

The station broadcasts 24/7 across the city on traditional analogue tv on Channel 49 with a horizontally polarised signal. Viewers don't need any set-stop boxes, satellite dishes or subscriptions to receive it. Capital TV's output can also be seen around the world as it's streamed live continuously on its website, www.capital.tv. Capital TV has been broadcasting since 2002 and every week is claimed to reach 37% of the population of Cardiff (320,000) plus an estimated 156,000 every week on its web site. Capital TV's major shareholders are Media4Group Ltd and NewsNet UK Ltd. Capital TV is endorsed by Cardiff County Council and the National Assembly of Wales but receives no public funding of any kind and is the only tv broadcaster in Wales financed entirely by advertising revenue.

Capital TV serves the whole of the city and all the diverse communities within it. It is the only local tv station in Wales.






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