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Country Channel TV - A New Voice for the Countryside
Added: (Mon Jan 29 2007)
Countrychannel.tv is a unique FREE-TO-VIEW internet TV service, offering a NEW VOICE to the countryside from its studios in Kiddington, Oxfordshire.
Countrychannel.tv makes and broadcasts high quality programmes on the countryside and country living, covering subjects that would not normally be covered or aired on mainstream television. You can be introduced to bee-keeping by BBC Breakfast presenter Bill Turnbull; join sports broadcaster Rob Bonnet at a village cricket match; go fishing with John Bailey or visit Beth Chatto's garden. Learn how to keep hens; catch up on Country Show reports; go elvering or ferreting! The choice is yours from over 200 programmes already on-line - with new programmes being added each month.
Countrychannel.tv has six channels, each running a live programme schedule plus video-on-demand. The video-on-demand facility has proved very popular with viewers as it means ALL programmes are available to view at any time. Selected Countrychannel.tv programmes can also be viewed on SKY 181 (Information TV) and SKY 219 (Solent TV).
The six channels are:
Country Matters (including farming, livestock and land use)
Lifestyle (including organics, pets, homes and gardens)
Wildlife & Animals
Recreation (including country shows, heritage and arts & crafts)
Equestrian
Country Sports
Countrychannel.tv is at the forefront of the broadband broadcasting revolution and is the first ever web-based TV channel for countryside enthusiasts worldwide. It was launched in June 2006 by David Cameron, MP, and its growth has exceeded all expectations! Countrychannel.tv now has over 20,000 regular viewers and around 50 new viewers are registering daily. People are watching Countrychannel.tv programmes in over 100 countries around the world - from Australia to Vietnam!
Paul Aitken is the founder and chairman of Countrychannel.tv. Paul says 'I've always believed that the future of broadcasting is the internet. The possibilities excited me so much that, in 1998, I was the first person to make a live webcast - somewhat ahead of its time - from Chipping Norton in Oxfordshire. I'm also passionate about the countryside and country issues and had a vision of one day starting an internet TV channel dedicated to all things 'country'.
In February 2006, Paul decided the time was right to turn his vision into a reality. Within only four months, Countrychannel.tv was on-line and broadcasting. Paul's belief in his new enterprise is so strong that he has sold VPTV, his successful broadcast facilities company, in order to devote all of his time and energy to Countrychannel.tv. Feedback from viewers is very positive and Paul looks forward to Countrychannel.tv becoming essential viewing for all country lovers everywhere.
ENDS (29th January 2007)
Notes:
Paul Aitken is a producer/director/writer/musician/actor/educator.
He owned and ran VPTV, a broadcast facilities company in Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, with his wife Alison for twenty four years. He sold the company in 2006 to devote himself to Countrychannel.tv. He also runs Aitken Productions Limited and is the drummer in his own band, The Retros.
Contact:
Paul Aitken
The Country Channel Limited
Unit 2
Gate Farm Offices
Park Road
Kiddington
Woodstock
Oxfordshire
OX20 1DB
Tele: +44 (0) 1608 678824
Mobile: + 44 (0) 7966 282550
E: enquiries@countrychannel.co.uk