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Kent TV is the UK's first county council funded on-demand
broadband television channel. It was launched on 21 September 2007
by Bob Geldof and by early December there had been more than
 100,000 visits to the website.
This new website is a community channel for Kent, covering
tourism, education, sports, history and many other areas. It will
strengthen the way KCC communicates with residents and is aimed at
everyone living and working in Kent. It will also encourage
tourists and businesses to visit and invest in Kent.
The new service is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week
at www.KentTV.com (link opens in a new window) and
by December there were more than 300 films online. Eight local
production companies had been commissioned to help produce
films.
There's an area-based Kent Video Map and programmes about the
county's major tourist attractions, business news, and community
events. It also features information about local public services,
as well as covering issues such as bullying, social exclusion and
health.
It has an independent news service and has the facility for the
public to submit their own short films and have a say on issues
that concern them.
An independent Kent TV Board of Governors has been appointed to
monitor the channel's performance, editorial content and ensure it
represents good value for money for the people of Kent.
Bob Geldof, who has lived in Kent for more than 20 years, is
co-founder of Ten Alps plc, the media company that won the contract
to operate Kent TV on behalf of KCC. Bob said: "It's pretty cool;
it's very experimental and potentially very interesting.
"I think it's very smart for whoever came up with this on the
council and it's fairly brave of the council to go ahead and give
this the thumbs up." |