WorldTV is a vision more than 10 years in the making.

Our goal is to build the very first Global Web TV Channel Network, featuring full screen TV channels created by people from all over the World. In the future those channels will appear on TV.

Thousands of people from all different backgrounds and from all walks of life will participate. You can be a part of it.

This Manifesto was originally written in 1998 and has been edited very slightly since then.

  • WorldTV will build a major global television network featuring amateur channel editors and up-and-coming content creators
  • Our aim is to empower anyone who has ever wanted to work in broadcasting; or who has wanted access to the same tools as used in television; or has good ideas for television content and wants to distribute them widely… to achieve their goal.
  • We will provide a framework within which individuals can expand their skills, and a platform from which people can develop their talent. We will provide imaginative projects which people can get involved in, and professional tools with which to implement them.
  • We will provide the very best tools and resources that our community of content creators and channel editors need.
  • We will explore highly original, experimental and innovative technologies.
  • We will run the organization as a ‘Community Enterprise’. This means that the organization is a business, but that success is shared within the community, and the community’s success is integral to business success.
  • We will offer highly innovative Internet TV content, brought to you by everyday people with fascinating stories to tell.
  • We will serve a large and loyal global viewership, of educated and progressive minded viewers.
  • We will do this by working as a community to make this a reality.

February 2010