Please help with your ideas on how to set up a tv channel for freethinkers and atheists. In the uk on sky satellite tv there are about 20 Christian channels and even more Muslim channels.
I feel the time is right to take the logical next step and set up a tv channel based on real science, rational thinking, atheism, and reason.
There is an overwhelming wealth of great programmes that can be shown on it from televised debates, atheist conferences, documentaries, comedies like the mr deity series, utube videos from the thinking atheist, www.thethinkingatheist.com the atheist experience, www.theatheistexperience.com etc, some of the good videos from the Richard Dawkins foundation for reason and science website www.richarddawkins.net (check out Sean faircloths speeches with excellent points about how churches abuse their tax exemption, that people just don't know about).

If we had a tv channel that people who were just channel hopping from the sofa could find I think it would be a great success as there are many apathetic atheists and cultural christians etc out there who need to be informed.
We could encourage secular and freethinking groups to advertise themselves and promote events and raise money to fund the channel.
Even if it just showed videos, it won't need a studio or presenters.

I would like some help with ideas to get a channel on air as soon as possible.
Where do I start, and how much will it cost?
If I have to fund it all myself I would. I just need some guidance.

Thanks

Here's a selection of videos i would have on my channel to help inform and enlighten the religious and non-religious population on the beauty of science, critical / rational thinking, secularism and equality, freedom of, and from religion. etc.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6LgzBaTBSE



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2dAVjx3bfk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_EcUbdoAN8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtmMCZsPaCA


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MawM7dqZMFU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM5n8jESUEk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0I5Fl1Qn-Do


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFQwsP0xdz8


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzKZb3qHyXk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d11tcjO--70

Here's some more interesting videos. Feel free to add your own


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXOEAz46vMk


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLV4zjfwQxY


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM3BWAmlXis


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3lwG4MytSI


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2fYt42kyKE


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qsGj3ziCStc


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dk0nAzYqYU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6w2M50_Xdk

Nice.

Goodluck with your endeavours. Here are some threads you should read

https://www.nairaland.com/970425/top-5-christian-things-make
https://www.nairaland.com/969393/5-ways-which-atheism-grow

I think the biggest forum for atheists in the world has to be www.reddit.com, maybe you already know it. They might have some suggestions.

http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/ (a bit heavy on pictures and memes, sometimes it is pretty juvenile)
http://www.reddit.com/r/TrueAtheism/ (much better discussion than /r/atheism)

thanks for the links.

Mantraa,

you might want to look into Edward Current's youtube channel. He does some nice satire.

This guy, Evid3nc3, makes pretty good videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/Evid3nc3

Thanks.
heres another very interesting video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RCP5rKr5SOM

Good job! May your TV channel prosper. Enough of ignorance! Time for some light!

in the uk there is information tv http://information.tv/Clientservices/ who charge £500 for 1 hour of airtime on their channel on sky satellite tv, virgin cable, and freeview tv.

I think it would be a good idea to buy 50 x 1 hour slots to show once a week for a year. Then i can have all the great videos on youtube that theists will never search for broadcast directly into their homes. With free advertising on popular atheist websites promoting the channel (www.richarddawkins.net has over a million hits a month) and maybe a little controversy with theists trying to get it shut down citing blasphemy (even though they have scores of channels constantly insulting non believers).

I think it will be a great way to raise awareness amongst believers of the arguments against religions that they would not otherwise be made aware of. Just by surfing the channels on tv they could come across a christopher hitchens debate, or an episode of the atheist experience, or a documentary about helen ukpabio and her child witch videos. etc. Theists need to know how harmful their supernatural beliefs can be to innocent people who are accused of witchcraft, to non believers who are accused of blasphemy and apostacy, to gays who are accused of sodomy. all of which are punishible by death according to the judeo-christian and muslim holy books.