tv 11 general vsb tv 11 news newscasts channels analog 11 vhf cable 4 owner defontes group ltd. first air date june 1991 last air date august 31 2014 former affiliations nbc 1991 2014 website vsb.bm vsb tv channel 11 vsb tv was an nbc television affiliate serving hamilton and the british territory of bermuda . the station broadcast on channel 11 . in addition to carrying the full nbc network east coast feed vsb locally produced a half hour nightly newscast at 7 p.m. preceding the nbc nightly news which aired at 7 30 p.m. atlantic time in bermuda . the station was owned by defontes group a bermuda based company which also owned and operated radio stations in the island nation . as of august 31 2014 vsb tv ceased broadcasting over the air on channel 11 due to financial difficulties but still provides daily news via their online website . contents 1 programming and newscasts 2 discontinuation of operations 3 references 4 external links programming and newscasts edit vsb s schedule ran an hour ahead of the eastern time zone without any delays which meant primetime began at 9 00 p.m. at and today began live at 8 00 a.m. at with the late local news carried at midnight at . the station also ran access hollywood live and ellen . other station newscasts were carried at 7 00 p.m. at and 8 30 p.m. at with the nbc nightly news airing live at 7 30 p.m. at . discontinuation of operations edit on august 29 2014 the ownership of vsb announced that over the air broadcasting would be suspended indefinitely due to financial losses effective august 31 2014 whilst expressing the hope that the station might reorganize and return to the air in the future . declining advertising revenues resulting in continual deficits were cited by defontes group . 1 a daily 20 min . video streaming of vsb news online continued for another year produced by vsb staff . on september 1 2015 it was announced that defontes group would cease all remaining operations and lay off all 19 of its staff . 2 the station s news director said declining advertising revenues concurrent with the explosion of electronic media had been our death knell when defontes broadcasting ceased operations completely on september 30 2015 including its radio stations and online streaming . 3 references edit bell jonathan 29 august 2014 . vsb tv station to cease broadcasting . royal gazette . retrieved 2014 08 29 . defontes to cease operations 19 staff affected . bermews . 2015 09 01 . retrieved 2015 09 01 . bell jonathan 1 october 2015 . vsb closes after 34 years of broadcasting . royal gazette . retrieved 2015 10 01 . external links edit vsb news online v t e broadcast television in bermuda broadcast zfb tv 7 abc bbcwn zbm tv 9 cbs local cable television channels bermuda business channel bermuda channel bermuda weather channel citv fresh tv look bermuda onion tv continental broadcast stations available on cable only wpbt 2 pbs miami cblt dt 5 cbc toronto krma tv 6 pbs denver wtvj 6 nbc miami wsvn 7 fox miami wwor tv 9 mntv new york kdtv dt 14 univision san francisco wuhf 31 fox rochester city dt 57 city toronto defunct stations vsb tv 11 nbc see also telecommunications in bermuda retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title vsb tv & oldid 714069648 categories television stations in bermudanbc network affiliatestelevision channels and stations established in 1991television channels and stations disestablished in 2014defunct television channelstransnational network affiliates1991 establishments in bermuda navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages italiano edit links this page was last modified on 7 april 2016 at 12 50 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view