From the Associated Press:
NATO plans to start an online TV channel to improve the image of the Western military alliance.
NATO TV will be launched at a summit next week in Bucharest, Romania, alliance spokesman James Appathurai said Wednesday.
Much of its coverage will focus on the mission of the alliance’s 47,000 troops in Afghanistan. NATO plans to have five TV crews sending regular reports from the country.
The channel will be available on the alliance’s Web site, http://www.nato.int. Broadcast quality footage will also be available for TV networks to download.
Denmark is providing much of the funding for the project, which is part of an effort to boost flagging public support in several allied countries for the Afghanistan mission.
The better question is: will people watch it? And will the people who watch it be the audience that NATO is trying to reach. I’m not sure…
hotel/tango: Miranda
it surely won’t be a huge success in the mainstream. I don’t know yet what content will be broadcasted : raw footage or a produced programming ? It will mostly appeal to people interested on the subject : researcher, military, student, and the cohort of militaro-humanitaro-politics… maybe for nothing
Of Course it will be biased. NATO needs a lot more exposure if they want to be recognized for what the do (or don’t…).
So I don’t mind if the editorial work is a bit promotional as long as it really informative
Hopefully Denmark is behind the curtain, I have confidence on their capability of making something good. I have to check on who they are