Bob Geldof labels television 'archaic'
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Here's a story from a recent issue of the Media Guardian - make sure you read the end quote from Geldof. We think he's absolutely right in what he says and this is something we have been echoing for years.
As well as the link above, we've copied it in here too:
Bob Geldof is aiming to become the main news provider for Northern Ireland. According to today's Financial Times, his Ten Alps production company is bidding to become the region's news supplier when the government reveals plans to replace ITV's existing network.
He told the FT's Ben Fenton that his vision is for a consortium working with regional newspapers and "very, very local" reporters to provide news and information for communities on a 24-hour basis.
Its programmes would be broadcast on Channel 3, but its main transmission would be through the internet. "I am absolutely missionary about web TV and now [Ten Alps] are the Pearl and Dean of web TV," said Geldof.
"In the age of the internet, the notion of television itself is as archaic as the word wireless - even if that has been reinvented for the digital age."
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