writes Sean O Siochru

Dublin Community Television, following more than a decade in planning, lobbying and building, is today celebrating the first birthday of its official launch last July. With seven full-time staff, lots of short-term people and volunteers, DCTV now produces up to 40 hours a month of community programmes (as well as broadcasting selections from around the world), much of it in their new state-of-the-low-end-art studio. This volume of own-produced stuff puts it second only to RTE - the
public service broadcaster in Ireland. You can find out more about DCTV at www.dctv.ie and you can also stream their own-produced programmes from Vimeo See: http://vimeo.com/user950597/videos/sort:date for about 55 programmes, including local and international campaigns; drama made by school children, our own news programme called The Sound; and lots lots more.