.tv Scottish Internet TV (sit1.tv)

[mckennaronnie]

This new Intent tv site idea is getting lots of press in Scotland today due to it being fronted by a woman who was on the TV show "The Apprentice"

Here is the deatils:

One of the Scottish contestants in the last series of The Apprentice business talent programme on BBC 2 is launching what is believed will be the first internet TV station in Scotland, and among the first in the UK. Sharon McAllister says it was partly her celebrity status, following her Apprentice appearances, that got her thinking of creating a new TV channel for Scotland. Simply, most invitations to be interviewed on television, in the wake of The Apprentice, involved first having to take a flight to London.

Another inspiration was after spotting her son watching the BBC programme, Newsround, and the subsequent thought that there might be potential for more Scottish children’s TV programming.

Sharon told Spike: “All these different individual observations and conversations started to come together to form the big idea of Scotland perhaps needing another TV station, but this time on the web, so that people can control their own access to programming. We feel there is so much creative talent in Scotland but not sufficient outlets.”

The station, Scottish Internet Television, or sit1.tv, is scheduled for launching a fortnight tomorrow. Twelve programmes have already been made, with a former BBC director Sharon’s business partner in the venture.

Fellow Scot, Jackie Smith, with a CV including Horizon and Newsnight, took voluntary redundancy from the BBC in London four years ago, to return to Scotland, to work freelance.

Among the twelve programmes already completed are some on fashion and beauty. But the station is keen to provide organisations the opportunity to produce their own editorial. As well as various sponsorship opportunities, for a fee of around £50,000, it is possible for a client to have a programme made exactly to their specifications.

One of the attractions of the internet is the facility to archive programming for repeated viewing. And the company is already in talks with a Scottish local authority who are keen on not only programming of their own but then having it appear on their own website - once it is capable of hosting it.

Next week, sit1.tv launches its website

This should be interesting once launched, more great publicity for .tv's

mckennaronnie

 

[StoneRoses]

All good news for .TV

 

[RPK]

I think someone on this Board has Scotland.tv, great news for him!

 

[kev]

I think someone on this Board has Scotland.tv, great news for him!

ye, that is my name :tu:

great news!