(2002-10-25) — The three major cable news networks today announced a joint venture to launch a 24-hour channel devoted to images of podiums bristling with microphones.
“PodiumTV is designed for the viewer who can’t get enough of that pre-news conference coverage,” according to a news release announcing the new channel. “Viewers seem captivated by the anticipation that something dramatic is about to be spoken from behind that microphone-bedecked lectern.”
The images are so compelling that news networks often show them as insets or using a split-screen effect.
A spokesman for C-Span welcomed the new competition.

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