Over at UpstartTV We are working to create independent, TV-style programming and we want out first shows to concentrate on Senate races in CT and OH.  Aside from the fact that those races will be great to watch, we have chosen to focus on campaign shows first because these shows can make a real impact.  

Think of it as DeanTV, except instead of being run by a campaign and focusing on a single candidate it will be run by an independent group (us) and will focus on the whole campaign.  We will show ALL the candidates speaking and having those priceless little personal off-the-cuff interactions that make you fall in love, instead of just one (did anyone else actually watch DeanTV?).  But our shows will be more then that.  They will be the story of our people in the field, our community, and the campaigns across the country embracing, adapting to, or rejecting citizens media.  Our shows will show the campaigns like they really are, like it or not.

I just wanted to let everyone know about UpstartTV, our new scoop powered web community.  Our goal is to use the democratic nature of scoop to give independent writers, actors, and producers the same opportunity to thrive that sites like Dailykos, MyDD and Booman Tribune have given to bloggers.

Instead of creating a "liberal" TV network, we believe that the way to combat the problems with the mainstream video media is to create high-quality, competitive video online.  This will keep the overhead low and allow decisions to be made democratically by the community at large.  And without the restrictions of having to work though a traditional TV network, we can create shows that cater to smaller, more dedicated audiences.  

Soon enough people will have so many ways to find and view video other than cable that we will be able to compete on an even(or close to) digital playing field with anything else out there.  

We also have a financial plan that will allow popular contributors to make a living off their work.  We want our content to be as good as it can be.  We want it to compete with the best TV has to offer, and we will work with our contributors to make that happen.

Please come and check out the site.  We are still working out some  bugs and some layout issues, and we are in an idea sharing pre-video phase, but any help or feedback from people, especially members of other scoop communities would be outstanding.