Further to the highly successful preview month in May, The Country Channel has been officially ‘switched on’ by David Cameron, Leader of the Conservative Party and MP for Witney. Writer, broadcaster and ‘Goodie’, Graeme Garden, who is a close supporter of the Channel, was also on hand to talk Mr Cameron through what the station has to offer.
Says David Cameron “I have opened a dog walk, school buildings, but I’ve never opened a TV channel. It looks really good. This is a great resource for people who live in the country with a huge range of different interests from farming to conservation, and country sports to nature.â€
The Channel has an array of strong supporters who will be working on programming over the coming months including BBC Breakfast’s Bill Turnbull; BBC TV’s sports presenter, Rob Bonnet; Adam Henson of BBC TV’s Countryfile and the Cotswold Farm Park ; Tony Francis and Wendy Nelson, both of ITV’s “Heart of the Countryâ€; and Lucinda Green, former Olympic Medallist Show Jumper.
During the preview month, the new web based TV channel for country people clocked up more than 4 000 unique hits and 16 000 page impressions. Says Paul Aitken, Chairman of the Channel “We’re delighted that David Cameron visited The Country Channel to mark the official launch. The interest has been fantastic, from people wanting to subscribe to the channel and to support it as well.â€
Subscription offers are still available, go to http://www.countrychannel.tv ideally through your broadband connection. For dial up users, please visit http://www.countrychannel.co.uk
