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This is an archive of news about Current TV. Some links may no longer work, due to the transient nature of the internet.

Video: Christopher Hitchens gets waterboarded
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted July 4 2008, 8.57am
For his latest Vanity Fair article, Believe me, it's torture, Christopher Hitchens underwent a session of waterboarding to test whether it amounts to torture (hat tip Greenslade) Here's the video: Here also is the video of a investigative reporter from Current TV's vanguard journalism strand beating him to the punch by undergoing the procedure for a piece [...] (more)

Current TV launches news slot to lure young viewers
From Press Gazette. Posted March 23 2008, 12.00am
US satellite channel Current TV is launching a weekly hour-long slot aimed at showcasing youth-orientated global journalism. (more)

Current TV to introduce weekly news show
From Digital Spy. Posted March 5 2008, 4.49pm
Current TV will introduce its first scheduled weekly current affairs show this month. (more)

Video: Current TV's Vanguard Journalism
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted March 5 2008, 12.00am
Peer-to-peer online network to debut its leading journalism show on it's UK cable channel (more)

Current TV gets Sky Italia carriage
From Rapid TV News. Posted February 7 2008, 9.15am
As widely expected, Current TV (the channel backed by former US VP Al Gore) is to launch on Sky Italia. (more)

Guardian vloggers go live on Current TV
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted February 1 2008, 12.00am
First round of videos produced by Guardian journalists are aired on Current TV's website    (more)

Al Gore’s Current TV to float
From Rapid TV News. Posted January 29 2008, 1.28pm
Current TV is looking to raise US$100m in its IPO. (more)

Sky Italia inks Current deal
From Rapid TV News. Posted January 13 2008, 2.13am
Sky Italia - the Italian satellite pay-TV operator owned by News Corp. - has reportedly signed a distribution deal with US channel Current TV. (more)

McDonald heads News at Ten comeback, still with Big Ben and bongs
From Media Guardian. Posted January 11 2008, 12.19am
· Head-to-head clash with BBC starts from Monday· Return reflects current TV focus on 'heritage brands' (more)

Guardian journalists to video blog through Current TV
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted December 3 2007, 12.00am
The UK newspaper aims to reach out to a younger audience through a partnership with Al Gore's peer-to-peer news network, Salon.com similarly signs up    (more)

Guardian journalists to produce video blogs for Current TV
From Press Gazette. Posted December 3 2007, 12.00am
Journalists from the Guardian will produce video blogs for Current, the television station and peer-to-peer video network founded by Al Gore. (more)

Guardian journalists to video blog via Current TV
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted December 3 2007, 12.00am
UK national paper aims to target younger readers in partnership with Al Gore's peer-to-peer news network, Salon.com also signs up    (more)

Current TV launches UK website
From Digital Spy. Posted November 20 2007, 12.09pm
Current TV launches a new website that aims to encourage citizen journalism. (more)

Current TV gets Emmy ‘gong’
From Rapid TV News. Posted November 19 2007, 9.01pm
Former Vice President Al Gore, co-founder of Current TV, received an Emmy Founders Award in New York Nov 19. (more)

Current TV launches crowd-sourced video news and debate website
From Media Guardian. Posted November 19 2007, 12.27pm
Current TV is launching a web project to expand the viewer-generated channel into crowd-sourced video news and debate. By Jemima Kiss (more)

Current TV relaunches website to let users define news
From Journalism.co.uk. Posted October 17 2007, 12.00am
Al Gore-founded Current says site is first fully integrated online and television network allowing users editorial control    (more)

Current TV commissions festival films
From Digital Spy. Posted October 3 2007, 12.40pm
User-generated channel Current TV commissions a raft of films from an Edinburgh International Film Festival pitching session. (more)

Al Gore collects interactive Emmy for Current TV
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 17 2007, 9.40am
Six months after grabbing Oscar glory for his eco-documentary “An Inconvenient Truth,” former Vice President Al Gore collected an Emmy Award on Sunday for his fledgling youth-oriented cable network, Current TV. The network, which launched in 2005 with video clips and other short programmes made by viewers, received the “interactive television services” Emmy, a noncompetitive award [...] (more)

Current TV appoints UK marketing director
From Digital Spy. Posted August 15 2007, 5.07pm
Al Gore and Joel Hyatt's Current TV has appointed MTV's David Ridings to oversee marketing across the UK and Ireland. (more)

Current TV: Gore's channel hires MTV brand manager
From Media Guardian. Posted August 15 2007, 1.00am
12.15pm: Al Gore's Current TV has hired MTV Networks Europe's David Ridings as its first marketing director for the UK and Ireland. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Current TV to air on Virgin America flights
From Digital Spy. Posted July 24 2007, 3.50pm
Al Gore's UGC channel Current TV will be available on Richard Branson's new low-fare domestic airline. (more)

Current TV joins with Bebo
From Digital Spy. Posted July 4 2007, 10.44am
User-generated-content channel and social networking site partner up to find new presenting talent. (more)

Current TV launches new Edinburgh comedy award
From Digital Spy. Posted June 7 2007, 11.16am
User-generated-content platform is to reward new comedy talent with a prize offering three commissions for the channel. (more)

Al Gore brings DIY television 'revolution' to Britain
From Media Guardian. Posted March 13 2007, 12.00am
The former US vice-president has unveiled the UK version of his Current TV network. By Owen Gibson. (more)

Current TV launches in the UK
From Digital Spy. Posted March 12 2007, 1.38pm
Al Gore launches his viewer created content channel in the UK on Virgin Media and Sky. (more)

Current TV launches on Sky
From SkyDigi Online. Posted March 12 2007, 9.35am
A user-generated channel launched by Al Gore in the United States a year ago has gone live in the UK today. (more)

Weekend Spy: Job Spec - James DuBern
From Digital Spy. Posted March 11 2007, 6.00am
This week: James DuBern, director of programmes, Current TV. (more)

Virgin Media to air Al Gore UGC channel
From Media Guardian. Posted February 12 2007, 12.00am
8am: Virgin Media is to tap into the user-content generated market in a deal to air Al Gore's Current TV. By Mark Sweney (more)

Sky moves into UGC market with Current TV
From Digital Spy. Posted October 6 2006, 3.29pm
Sky signs up with Al Gore for a UK version of the user-generated content channel Current TV. (more)

BSkyB to launch UK version of Al Gore?s Current TV
From Media Network Weblog. Posted October 6 2006, 10.02am
UK satellite broadcaster BSkyB joined forces with Al Gore today to unveil a British version of his Current TV, a channel showing user-generated programmes. BSkyB Chief Executive James Murdoch and the former US vice president told Reuters in a joint interview they hoped to use the channel to democratise the broadcast medium by allowing viewers to [...] (more)

Sky signs TV deal with Al Gore station
From Media Guardian. Posted October 6 2006, 1.00am
9.30am: Sky is making its first major move into the user-generated content market with a deal to bring Al Gore's Current TV, the channel made up of viewer-created clips, to the UK and Ireland. By Mark Sweney. (more)

Yahoo, Current TV unveil new video service
From Media Network Weblog. Posted September 20 2006, 1.23pm
Internet media company Yahoo Inc and Current TV, a television channel founded by former US Vice President Al Gore, have teamed up on a Web video service aimed at young adults. The service, named the Yahoo Current Network, will feature both professionally produced video and material from viewers. No financial terms were disclosed. The companies said the service’s [...] (more)