Al Gore launched Current TV in the US of A in 2005. Today sees the launch of the UK & Ireland version of the service. Available to view on Sky (boo!) & Virgin TV (boo!) it also has an internet presence. Their blurb goes something like this:
Current is about what's going on: stories from the real world, told by you.
We slice our schedule into short segments that we call "pods" — each just a few minutes long. You'll see profiles of interesting people on the rise, intelligence on trends as they spring up around us, and international news from new perspectives.
And much of it comes straight from you.
We call it viewer-created content, or VC2. Right now, VC2 makes up about a third of our channel — and that share is growing.
If I can put aside my reservations about allowing the great British public another medium for their execrable videos, so far so good. On the other hand, the training package for producing content looks very good. Watch this space.
http://uk.current.tv/
Is Al Gore not in danger of becoming the US version of Denis Healey, i.e. the best president / prime minister we never had? Or was that George McGovern?
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