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Current TV is an ) on the morning of August 1 st. Until the minute before the launch, the channel carried Newsworld International from the CBC . The network features various "pod" segments. These "pod" segments are videos between 5 seconds and 15 minutes, and are designed by the network's viewers. Viewers are able to pick their favorite videos and get instructions on the Internet on how to construct and submit their own segments. Current calls such user generated content Viewer Created Content, or VC2 (VC-squared). The channel has exclusive rights over viewer-submitted segments, which was a change from the original policy of the creator retaining rights to the content. {Link without Title} Current TV is offering a tiered pricing structure ($500 - $1000 / video) for any video content they elect to put on the air. Current will retain the exclusive rights to the content for three months, which is a point of contention between the company's interest and the philosophy of Open-source media. Google provides twice-hourly updates on popular web searches. {Link without Title} See '' Google Current ''. An experimental Canadian show called ZeD , was the first programmed broadcast of user generated video content. Current is the first 24 hour network based around viewer created content. HISTORY After the 2000 U.S. Presidential Election , Gore and Hyatt wanted to start a conventional cable news network. They were disenchanted with the existing networks, especially Fox. The plan evolved into making a viewer-generated channel aimed at young people. On May 4 , 2004 , INdTV Holdings, a company co-founded by Gore and Joel Hyatt , purchased cable news channel NewsWorld International from Vivendi Universal for the express purpose of launching their new network with the space on some Digital Cable lineups (and DirecTV ) that NWI had. The new network will not have political leanings, Gore said, but will serve as an "independent voice" for a target audience of people between 18 and 34 "who want to learn about the world in a voice they recognize and a view they recognize as their own." Other reports say that Gore hopes that the channel will help change the tide of "consolidation and conglomeratization" of the media by leading the change to "democratization." The news network was said to be a combination between CNN , MTV , and Blipverts . In the summer of 2004, Gore and Hyatt announced their new network, christened INdTV , with a series of public recruitment events. The first of these events was held at the Bambuddha Lounge in San Francisco 's Tenderloin , on August 25 th. On April 4, 2005, the former Vice President and business partner Hyatt announced that they have changed the name of the network from INdTV to Current . The new television network launched in the United States on August 1, 2005. EXTERNAL LINKS
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