CNN to launch video-citizenjournalism program

Today (19/052007) at 12.00h (heure normale de l'est) CNN will launch its first user-generated video content program: News to Me.

News to Me wil broadcast videos created by users as well as videos produced by Blip.tv, Jumpcut.com, Revver.com and ThePalestra.com.

With this experience CNN will incorporate a similar Current TV approach to content distribution.

This approach is based on users that upload content which will be rated by other users. The top rated content will be broadcasted. At first sight, the difference is the pay-scale for video creators. In Current TV, users whose content has been selected for tv schedule are rewarded. There is not such reference to payments in the News to Me scheme.