Set to Launch August 1, Independent Venture Will Be First National Television Network Created For, By and With an 18-34 Year-Old Audience; Google Zeitgeist Data Used to Produce News Feature, 'Google Current'
"The Internet opened a floodgate for young people whose passions are finally being heard, but TV hasn't followed suit," said Gore. "We want to transform the television medium itself, giving a national platform to those who are hungry to help create the TV they want to watch."
Current, the new name of the cable network, formerly known as IndTV, sent out a press release Monday, seeking "to cultivate a national, and eventually global, coterie of 'Current Journalists' (CJs)."
Viewers will be able to upload video through the Current Studio where users can vote for the best clips to put on the air. But the real innovation of Current Studio is an online training program for users to learn how to improve their craft.
"We're creating a powerful new brand of television that doesn't treat
audiences as merely viewers, but as collaborators," said the former two-term Vice President, often erroneously mocked as the self proclaimed inventor of the Internet.
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