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The Caravan Channel TV Show hits its stride

The Caravan Channel TV Show hits its stride . . and plans more expansion!
 
The Caravan Channel is a half-hour programme broadcast Sky Channel 181 by broadcaster Information TV at 6pm on Monday, Wednesdays and Fridays, and at 12.30pm on Sundays. After a concept-testing 4-programme run before Christmas, new programmes are transmitted at two-week intervals, each one showing eight times over the two weeks to maximise the audience.
 
Whole programmes is planned and put together by one individual, Chris Gosling, who writes, tapes and edits the complete show - with the help of presenter Ruth Dugdall, who looks after each show's news presentation. With Gosling's background in marketing and news journalism, programmes have a strong news and information emphasis.
 
The caravanning industry has taken time to get used to the idea of a continuously-produced programme, but it is now climbing aboard rapidly. "At the same show last year, I couldn't get anyone to talk to me. This year, planning a three day shoot was incredibly difficult - and I still couldn't fit everyone in!" Gosling says that during this year, he plans to move to a weekly production routine, and to introduce more special features and one-off programmes. "This will mean finding new talent and production crew, and I'm really looking forward to our next step in development," he says.
 
Gosling's background of innovation includes the amdram website (started in 1996, passed to a new editor in 1999) which is the UK's premier amateur theatre site, and Felixstowe TV, the UK's first serious "hyperlocal" broadband TV station, started in 2004 and passed over to new operators late last year. Felixstowe TV was reported on by BBC NewsWatch; BBC News 24; Canal+ (France); ARD (Germany), and media-savvy UK publications and broadcasters, including BBC local and national radio.
 
The website is http://www.caravanchannel.tv

Posted by: Tenaki at 19:26 | link | comments
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4th birthday

Touring and Tenting is 4 today and we would like to thank you all for your continued support.
Its a strange feeling going into our 5th year, so much has gone on, a lot of water under the bridge and all that.

We are committed to the website and the rallies and look forward to making them the best we can for everyone to enjoy, use and participate in.

We get asked one question time and time again and that is "Why do we do it?" I can only say that we do it because we enjoy it, that isn't to say that from time to time we don't get miffed off because we do but it always seems that on reflection the positives always outweigh the negatives by a long way. Who can not be pleased when they see kids coming to our rallies that were babies when we started and who are now off doing there own thing!

Today also marks a day that in some ways I would rather forget. It was this day last year that the site got hacked and we were offline for several days as we moved the site to our new home in the UK, the plus side of that was the loyalty shown by our members who put up with it while it was happening and this is another reason why we do it.

We have a lot of things booked and planned for this year and we are looking forward to seeing them come to fruition and as always we welcome any ideas or suggestions you have. We also want you to participate and please always let us know if you have an idea you want to put forward or you want to become more involved in anyway.

That's enough from me, many many thanks for your support and use of Touring and Tenting.

Posted by: Tenaki at 10:04 | link | comments
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