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Al Gore Beams DIY TV To The UK
The former US vice president and eco-warrior, Al Gore, is to launch his TV
channel in the UK where programmes made by the viewers will be aired.
Called Current TV, the channel already reaches 40 million people in the
US, mainly in the 18-34-year old bracket, and 10 million UK viewers will now
have access too.
Available through Sky and Virgin
Media, Current TV will feature short, non-fiction content from three to eight
minutes long, called Pods, many made by viewers. 
The majority of the content
will come from sources not generally tapped by regular TV stations. For
instance, a third will come from video subscriptions via the Internet which are
first cleared by the TV execs, while the rest is voted on by the general public.
There will be news bulletins on the half-hour and Google will be
providing access to its top searches. Gore has assured people that the channel
will not push the green agenda, nor will it endorse any political stance.
He was quoted as saying: “This is not going to be a political or
ideological channel - it's more revolutionary than that.”
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