New disability TV and radio stations
Two new disability media outlets have opened up on digital satellite - a TV station and a radio station.
First, , a station that you may have seen here on the web, now has some slots on Information TV, channels 167 and 168 on your Sky Digital box. it goes out Tuesdays at 3pm, Thursdays at 8pm and Sundays at 1pm. It's BSL, centre of screen, through and through - programmes from a capital D hard core Deaf perspective. Each slot is half an hour long - a new show every week. Have you seen it yet? Tell us what you think below.
I asked Vee See TV creator Susie Grant what "Vee" means - I've always wanted to know since Channel 4's 'Vee TV' days. And apparently it means Brilliant TV. "When BSL users sign the word 'brilliant' they also make the lip movement and sound of 'vee'". So it's a bit of BSL in-talk for disability geeks out there.
News is that Vee TV are also planning a 90 minute Christmas and New Year special so keep em peeled.
- formerly VIP On Air - has also recently launched on satellite. It's a station for visually impaired people that goes out on the internet and on 101 FM in Glasgow. All blind, all the time, with music, news and chat through the day - backed by the Royal national Institute for Blind people as they're now known.
All round the UK you can now listen to Insight Radio on channel 0188 on digital satellite.
Ladies and gents, where are the big media companies when it comes to disability? We predict further fragmentation and expect to see more disabled people providing niche content across the web and various emerging platforms. But will it be for the better or for the worse? Tell us ... or don't.
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