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2008 May 11 2008

"This is done by television viewers'

Published by Marcello De Giorgio at 12:21 p.m. under ^ Last hour

Al Gore presents Current (Sky)

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ROME - Ingredients: a digital camera, a computer assembly, a pinch of enterprise and above all a great desire to tell the world. This is the recipe for tv "home made" that yesterday on channel 130 of Sky, also has a name: Current. Created in 2005 by Oscar and Nobel laureate Al Gore, the real factory for young videomaker has landed in Italy to the cry of "now you can say your '.

No schedule and many small masterpieces of the duration of the two to eight minutes for an audience younger than 18 to 34 years, for instance those who surf the web for information, have fun and meet people.

From a mere spectator protagonist then. But do not call clones of YouTube: the movies chosen to send broadcast information and focus on quality. To get be broadcast daily just connect to the web site (www.current.it). The news, which for now applies only to Italy, is the direct Monday to Friday from 18.00 to 24.00, with two presenters in a studio - showcase in Milan, who comment on the video users, offering insights to the public and surveys. "We are the only channel to the world truly free and independent - emphasizes Al Gore yesterday in Rome - the media in many countries are concentrated in the hands of a few people, there was need for a revolution and we have done."

And when they are asked what the media in Italy answered: "I do not know well the Italian system, but what amazed me is that in America are made face to face 26 television among the leaders in the race to the White House, even here a . Now things will change. " Little touches of great programming, ranging from rock concerts to the reportage of Gaza, is the space devoted to advertising "home-made".

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