24 hour vegan TV

The problems of animal cruelty are global and therefore need a global solution. People active in animal rights are comparatively few in number to people supporting animal misery. On the other hand people who do the actual acts of cruelty are also a tiny number of people compared to the number of people who buy the products of cruelty.

PROPAGANDA is the key to ensuring industries of cruelty survive. And so it must also be the key to neutralising them. In the days before the word “propaganda” was considered negative founder of the Vegan Society and creator of the word “vegan” Donald Watson described himself as a propagandist.

Films such as Earthlings and Meet your Meat have had a significant impact in changing people’s attitudes and dietary habits. But these are one off events and there are many cases where people will watch said films and go vegan for a short while but then backslide as the shock of the material begins to slip out of their minds.

What we need is a form of permanent broadcast that never goes away. A 24 Hour vegan TV station is the ideal platform. If you get asked questions about veganism in your everyday life that seem repetitive and tiring just tell them to turn on the channel and find out.

In the age of the internet starting a live TV channel has become a trivial matter. Websites such as Ustream allow anybody to set up a TV channel allowing them to broadcast globally free of charge. They also offer free software that creates a virtual studio. With modern technology such as webcams it is possible for anyone with a reasonably modern computer to broadcast high quality live images and sound globally.

Hardy as the vegan diet makes you it is unlikely anyone will be able to broadcast live 24 hours a day 7 days a week. But with millions of vegans all over the world it would easy enough for short segments to be done by various people all over the world at hours that are convenient to them. And of course recorded shows can be broadcast.

A TV channel would make it possible to cover all aspects of the vegan lifestyle and show that people of all walks of life follow the diet and are highly effective and capable people.

On a broadcasting websites such as Ustream it is possible to broadcast on the same channel from multiple cameras and computers.

Webcams can be bought from ebay for less than $15 or £10. Often including P+P. It would be a good idea to experiment with a cheap one if you like the idea of broadcasting. Also many modern digital cameras double up as webcams.

As for myself I am distinctly mediocre with technology but it is getting a lot easier to use. If we were to make a channel then I would be willing to martial it from my computer but would also be more than willing to hand the task over to someone more capable.

I do not have a webcam at the moment but intend to get one soon.

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It is also possible on Ustream to broadcast audio only and some of the radio stations are quite popular. I believe we could start broadcasting a radio station quite soon as it requires less equipment and broadcasting technique than TV. I have an account with Ustream and am going to attempt audio broadcast over the next few days. We could use the radio station broadcast as a template for a TV channel.

Arguably radio is as important as TV and so of course shall be deserving of its own blog.

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Comment by Development Department on August 9, 2010 at 1:25: I got a webcam delivered. Unfortunately the company didn't send the Mac compatible one it was supposed to be.

I could get another one but at the moment I would like to concentrate on land acquisition. If we can get a piece of land then we could set up something like a porta cabin studio. This would make 24 hour TV a more realistic prospect if it can be worked upon by people in the same area. We could also film our lifestyle and thus demonstrate a way of life that will hopefully inspire others.

Comment by Development Department on August 1, 2010 at 21:34: Hi, Kirsten. I think it's a good idea. With Ustream or a similar platform it would be easy to have two channels. To give a sense of Professionalism I think it would be best to start off with pre-recorded programs. The channels could be made up of material that vegans have already produced. They could give their consent for their work to be aired giving them more exposure and we could have adverts for Havenheed in between.

Comment by Kirsten Bartholomeus on July 29, 2010 at 10:01: Huh, I mean 2 channels, linked with each other - veg*ns don't have to look at the ugly side, and meaties can switch to the veg*n channel.

Comment by Kirsten Bartholomeus on July 29, 2010 at 10:00: How about having a two-sided view:

on one hand the meat-tv... 3-)
With all the horrible movies of slaughterhouses, the film about the woman stepping on a kitten, the documentaries, etc... All things that might disgust a sensible person from eating this.
I do think that most veg*ns don't need to be confronted with the horrors of others. (Research showed that the fact that we already are veg*n, is because we have more empathy). For example, I have a little movie on my facebook which is apperently totally disgusting, buit I will not look at it myself, because the others I viewed recently stay in my mind 24/24...
With f.e. a traditional meat cooking show on the left, and on the right at the same time images of what it means to eat meat. The life of that animal, interesting facts of its behaviour and communication with its own species, and with humans; with images of its slaughter; with images of people having a heart-attack, obesitas, etc.; the deforestation and slavery of locals in the Amazon; with the disease-rate of people working in slaughterhouses, and how they feel about it. ...

And linked to this meat-tv, the positive side of being veg*n. With tips, cooking, products, all the good news, interviews with celebrities and important veg*ns, or with ordinary people in the midst of the conversion to a life without meat, with eco-news, places to go out, etc. The POSITIVE side.

Comment by Jonas Hellö on July 28, 2010 at 19:50: Keep up the good work there! It would be mighty cool to somewhere in the future offer a 24h TV and/or radio service. This, of course, requires many people working on it, but as the content on the web keeps increasing it will keep getting easier to get hold of pre-recorded stuff. And just like Melissa's link collecting this will be an important aspect of our culture, to give citizens access to information.

Comment by Development Department on July 27, 2010 at 22:45: Thanks for your response.

I've just broadcasted audio only a bit. It seems to come out okay apart from there being a 30-40 second delay. I don't see this as a major problem as long as I don't try to listen to myself.

You can broadcast pre-recorded stuff including apparently videos direct from youtube.

Will keep updating as I progress.

Comment by Kirsten Bartholomeus on July 24, 2010 at 10:54: Totally agree.

There is already the http://www.goveganradio.com/ and suprememastertv.com or smth...

Great idea.