Mobile group in talks to create TV link for citizen journalists

Citizen journalism is poised to take a great leap into the mainstream media as the mobile phone network 3 pursues talks with ITN and Sky News about feeding clips produced by its customers on to television news bulletins.

A deal would create a direct channel for anyone caught up in a big news event.

3 already has a service that allows its customers to send in clips - mostly comic in nature - which can be downloaded and watched by other subscribers.

This service, called SeeMe TV, is already generating a million downloads a month, with the most watched videos showcased on the web through the blog site, MSN Spaces

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