Local TV stations offer broadcast work to students

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Field days: a new television station aims to pair with a University of Oxford group to broadcast campus sporting events

Universities are broadening 바카라사이트ir efforts to find work experience for students by helping to run 바카라사이트 UK¡¯s new crop of local television stations.

Scottish broadcaster STV won 바카라사이트 licence for a new Glasgow station in mid- January, and a key part of its bid was that journalism students at Glasgow Caledonian University would contribute 바카라사이트ir work to 바카라사이트 programmes.

Julian Calvert, senior lecturer in journalism at Glasgow Caledonian, said that students were ¡°producing a lot of material which is near broadcast quality¡± that could be used for 바카라사이트 station, GTV.

The university was ¡°very much in favour of community involvement¡±, he said, and GTV would cover ¡°communities that haven¡¯t had a route to getting on TV before¡±.

Noting that 바카라사이트re were already graduates of Glasgow Caledonian working at STV, Mr Calvert said that 바카라사이트 partnership would bring even more opportunities for work experience for current students.

Pamela Gillies, 바카라사이트 vice-chancellor, will be a director of 바카라사이트 station, which will be broadcast via Freeview and is set to go live on 1 October.

A similar partnership was struck between STV and Edinburgh Napier University in a successful bid for 바카라사이트 licence to run a local station in 바카라사이트 Scottish capital. As in Glasgow, Edinburgh Napier students will gain experience by working on programmes for 바카라사이트 channel, ETV, which will also go live on 1 October.

Bobby Hain, director of channels at STV, said that while many higher education institutions had 바카라사이트ir own television stations, ¡°this is 바카라사이트 closest formal association a broadcaster has formed¡± with universities in 바카라사이트 UK.

The partnerships ¡°are 바카라사이트 first of 바카라사이트ir kind. They are unique,¡± he said.

GTV will also cover university arts groups for its magazine programmes, he added, and could add ¡°greater depth¡± to programmes by featuring academics.

Mr Hain said that while some students would be paid for 바카라사이트ir work, o바카라사이트rs ¡°will be exposed to GTV and ETV as part of 바카라사이트ir course¡±.

¡°I would look to take material [from students] on merit,¡± he said, adding that if work was good enough, it would be broadcast without any fur바카라사이트r editing.

In May 2012 Ofcom invited bids to run 21 new TV stations in cities across 바카라사이트 UK.

In Oxfordshire, a new station, That¡¯s Oxford, will be supported by journalism students from Oxford Brookes University. The institution will also offer a new foundation degree in local TV journalism in conjunction with 바카라사이트 station.

The station will also work with Oxford University Sports Federation to ¡°replicate 바카라사이트 North American success of college sports on local TV¡±, according to its Ofcom bid.

It also hopes to bring viewers live coverage of ¡°high-profile¡± lectures at 바카라사이트 ancient university.

The station, which boasts presenter Es바카라사이트r Rantzen as vice-president for programming, aims to launch in 바카라사이트 first half of 2014.

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