A long-running Dunedin-based TV station is set to close by Christmas, with staff understood to be blindsided by the news. “The South Today delivers video news content to local communities in collaboration with the Allied Press' daily and community newspaper network,” the report noted. Video-based news items for the audiences of Southland/Otago would still be available on the digital platforms owned by Allied Press. The channel’s flagship production was The South Today, which provided video news from across the South Island across several digital platforms at 5:30pm. Hamish McNeilly/Stuff The Allied Press building on Stuart St, in central Dunedin, which houses the Otago Daily Times, The Star, and CH39.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 13, 2023 00:57 UTC