An Antidote to Corporate Television
Sean Dodson, Guardian, Monday June 20, 2005 (registration required)
Billed as a leftwing contender to rival the might of CNN and Fox, and weighing in with a annual budget of just $25m, Independent World Television (IWT) plans to create a news network that will counter a corporate media culture that has become infamous for placing profits above the public interest. The mission is to convince an "internet army" of half a million donors to contribute $50 each to secure the $25m that the network needs to fund its first year of broadcasting. It is a big ask. The network will take no commercials, sponsorship or government funding. IWT plans to start broadcasting to more than 25m US homes by 2007.
Billed as a leftwing contender to rival the might of CNN and Fox, and weighing in with a annual budget of just $25m, Independent World Television (IWT) plans to create a news network that will counter a corporate media culture that has become infamous for placing profits above the public interest. The mission is to convince an "internet army" of half a million donors to contribute $50 each to secure the $25m that the network needs to fund its first year of broadcasting. It is a big ask. The network will take no commercials, sponsorship or government funding. IWT plans to start broadcasting to more than 25m US homes by 2007.
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