Update on Alternative channel

By Bob Toovey - 04 June 2007

Since I last mentioned Alternative Channel, they have now properly launched. There seems to be at least 8 pages of content so far coming from France, Canada and Spain but nothing so far from the UK or the US.

I do like how they are promoting Citizen Jounalism, this snip from their about page…

This isn’t a place for dumping clips from CNN and Al Jazeera for our collective titillation. We aren’t looking for amateur documentary filmmakers, or artists intent on personal expression. We are looking for journalists—people who can zero in on something and share exactly what they see. We are looking for communicators. We are looking for people to make connections, to make compromises in order to be understood. It is a place to share, a place to gather, a place to question, a place to learn. The videos we are looking for on A-Channel manage the miracle of putting forth perspective without bias.

YouTube`s CitizenTube seems to be the direction Alternative Channel is heading for. There should be enough space for the both but it will be interesting to see the sort of content A-Channel ends up with.

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