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Painstakingly copied and pasted from Digital Spy:
Well, he's not content with merely buying out Channel 4 (that's IF he does, mind you) - he now wants to play at being a hero by launching a series of "local digital channels". Of course, I take anything like this with a great deal of scepticism, and I doubt it will ever actually happen, but that's a shame because it's actually quite a nice idea.
Digital Spy posted:
Mersey TV chief Phil Redmond has announced plans "to colonise" local public service broadcasting with a series of regional channels.
The first step will be the launch of a digital channel in Liverpool, with funding from public stakeholders. If successful, the service will expand across the north-west and then on to other regions.
"It turns the traditional PSB paradigm on its head," Redmond told Broadcast. "Instead of a team of commissioning editors deciding what’s a good idea and seeing if the public think so, the public will create the issue and if it registers, it will spark further debate, interest and programming. It allows anyone unfiltered access."
The channel will have interactive capability, as well as accompanying broadband and online services.
He added: "Teachers’ TV for example could have an hour’s programme on the channel, and then behind that teaching packs could be downloaded from the broadband archive."
The first step will be the launch of a digital channel in Liverpool, with funding from public stakeholders. If successful, the service will expand across the north-west and then on to other regions.
"It turns the traditional PSB paradigm on its head," Redmond told Broadcast. "Instead of a team of commissioning editors deciding what’s a good idea and seeing if the public think so, the public will create the issue and if it registers, it will spark further debate, interest and programming. It allows anyone unfiltered access."
The channel will have interactive capability, as well as accompanying broadband and online services.
He added: "Teachers’ TV for example could have an hour’s programme on the channel, and then behind that teaching packs could be downloaded from the broadband archive."
Well, he's not content with merely buying out Channel 4 (that's IF he does, mind you) - he now wants to play at being a hero by launching a series of "local digital channels". Of course, I take anything like this with a great deal of scepticism, and I doubt it will ever actually happen, but that's a shame because it's actually quite a nice idea.