Digital Communities: The Future of Local TV
Thursday 29 June 2006
Digital broadcasting technology has opened up new possibilities for the development of local television services, but there are many different visions about how the development of local TV can best service local communities. With ITV and BBC both planning to create more local media should we leave the development of local TV to broadcasters, or are they more interested in serving local audiences than developing community media networks? With the Institute of Local TV drafting its own blueprint for a 240-channel local TV network produced from the bottom up we look at the options and ask whose plans will best tap into the talent and knowledge based of the local communities?
Speakers:
Brian Thornton, ITV Local
Tim Burke, Community Content Editor, BBC Local
James Morris, Chief Executive, Digital Bridge
Phil Shepherd, Chair, Council for the Community Media Association and Facilitator, Somerset Film and Video