BRIGHT HOUSE NETWORKS EXPANDING COVERAGE TO THE CAPITOL

The St. Petersburg Times' political blog The Buzz tells us this morning that the cable powerhouse Bright House Networks is setting up a news bureau in Tallahassee for it's two news networks, Bay News 9 in the Tampa/St. Petersburg/Lakeland area, and Central Florida News 13 in the Orlando area.

The new bureau will be manned by former WCJB-TV Gainesville political/legislative reporter Troy Kinsey and photojournalist Thomas Jenkins, and will have a satellite truck to have the capability for live feeds. The bureau will be located in WFSU-TV's broadcast centre at Florida State University.