We have a couple of newer TV stations we discovered called Current TV & The Fuse Network.
http://current.com/?xid=200Current TV is cool as it's non stop mini POD Casts made by pretty much anyone who is a journalist/film maker. Even the commercials are made by independent film makers or anyone with a camera. What I like about it is the fresh & unbiased, brutally honest stories you just can't get on Network TV. They had one on where Mardi Gras Beads are made in China. They filmed the young female workers who make $35 a month working 50 hour or more weeks in a factory running 24 hours a day seven days a week. Their fingers are all cut up and covered in duct tape.
Then they filmed Mardi Gras with all the drunk women showing their boobs for beads. Next they showed the films to the other group. The Chinese girls had no idea what the beads were for and shocked at the Mardi Gras behavior. They said they would never do that.
The Mardi Gras people who were laughing & carrying on, watched the video and you see their faces sink as they watch the young Chinese girls. At the end they said we don't want any beads anymore. They felt really embarrassed.
Another thing they had was about the random journalists who went to Lebanon and while filming, were taken hostage. The captures filmed parts of it and they really thought they were going to die. They also almost got hit by a rocket grenade while filming on their scooter. Just amazing stories, but all in about 10 minute segments
The Fuze Network, out of NY had a show with Henry Rollins as the host and had features avant garde artist and musicians. It was just in a different format vs MTV trying to shove their corporate products down your throat.
YouTube is merging with TV and will never be the same.
