Carol Gering

Flying home from Atlanta on Sunday, I picked up a copy of BusinessWeek and found an interesting article titled The Wiki Cable Channel. The report is about a cable television channel that allows users to submit short “You Tube” type content for use on air. The companion web site allows visitors to watch everything that has aired on the TV channel in the last two hours, as well as the content that will air in the next two hours. Users can comment or upload their own video (which could be used on TV). The idea is to capture citizen reports from people living in the immediate vicinity of breaking news. It’s an interesting attempt to transform TV from a broadcast medium to a participatory culture.