Interesting story from the Guardian Channel 4 axes TV schools programmes . £6m education budget to go exclusively to internet projects . The projects will cash in on social networking sites. As the article says it is a bold experiment.
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[...] Jim in The Highlands was quick to note Channel 4’s move from £6m per year on educational television programming to a large part of £6m per year on online educational programming. Is educational TV dead on C4? Not quite, but it’s certainly undergone some serious surgery to make it recognisable to a 2008 teen. Channel 4 is certainly living up to its mantra: Do it first. Make trouble. Inspire change. And I’m glad to have been part of it. [...]