Byoblu
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| ByoBlu | |
|---|---|
| Country | ITA |
| Language | Italian |
| Headquarters | Via Castellammare 14, 20157 Milan (Italy)[1] |
| Website | www.byoblu.com |
Byoblu is an Italian television station, based in Milan, which broadcasts on digital terrestrial channel 262, as well as live streaming on the official website.[1]
Initially born as a blog on the Internet, it is based exclusively on the financial support of free donations from private citizens.[2][1]
History and diffusion
Founded in 2007 as a website and youtube channel by Claudio Messora,[1] ex-consultant of the Movimento 5 Stelle,[3] dedicated to so-called alternative information issues,[4] Byoblu was transformed into a company in 2019, into a regional newspaper and broadcaster in 2020, which went national in April 2021.[3]
This last decision was taken following a sudden cancellation of his videos and contents from the youtube platform that hosted him,[5] on which approximately half a million users'were registered,[6] to whom its founder then asked donations to be able to raise a sufficient amount to purchase a digital terrestrial channel, visible throughout the Italian territory.[2][7]
Since then Byoblu continues to be supported by the offers of voluntary contributors,[1][8] stating that independence from financial giants can guarantee autonomy and freedom of information.[9]
Byoblu is also a publishing house, which has published successful essays, including Heresia by Massimo Citro Della Riva,[10][11] and in 2022 it also became a radio broadcaster.[3]
Guests and schedule
The televiewers themselves are invited to participate in the creation of the Byoblu broadcast programming, which includes newscasts, information programs on current affairs, culture, economics, history, science, spirituality, through proposals and suggestions,[12] as for example in the program "È l'Ora della Verità".[13]
Various in-depth topics are focused in particular on medicine and politics,[1] with the aim of giving voice to people, events and news deemed underrepresented by the official or so-called mainstream media,[14] also giving space to theses classified in general as anti-establishment.[11]
Among the various journalists, intellectuals and experts who collaborate with the broadcaster, as authors of services and features, there are Francesco Borgonovo, host of the talk show "1984: escape plan", Fulvio Grimaldi, Mario Adinolfi, Diego Fusaro, Ermanno Bencivenga; other guests are Massimo Mazzucco, Ugo Mattei, and others.[15]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 TvDream (ed.). "ByoBlu: canale 262 del digitale terrestre" (in italiano).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fabio Dragoni (1 April 2021). La Verità (ed.). "Youtube epura Byoblu di Messora. E gli utenti gli comprano un canale tv" (in italiano).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Ministry of the Interior (ed.). "Claudio Messora" (PDF).
- ↑ Matteo Pucciarelli (3 June 2020). La Repubblica (ed.). "Complotti, trame, sospetti. Messora e il sogno di Byoblu come tv antisistema" (in italiano).
- ↑ Eleonora Bianchini (1 April 2021). Il Fatto Quotidiano (ed.). "Byoblu, canale chiuso da YouTube" (in italiano).
- ↑ F.Q. (30 March 2021). Il Fatto Quotidiano (ed.). "ByoBlu, YouTube chiude l'account di Claudio Messora. "Ora compriamo un canale sul digitale terrestre"" (in italiano).
- ↑ Matteo Pucciarelli (31 March 2021). La Repubblica (ed.). "Youtube chiude Byoblu. Il fondatore Messora lancia il crowdfunding: "Compriamo un canale sul digitale"" (in italiano).
- ↑ Claudio Messora (31 May 2022). Byoblu (ed.). "La verità su chi c'è dietro a Byoblu".
- ↑ «Crediamo che l'informazione sia un servizio, crediamo che debba restare indipendente, crediamo che questo significhi libertà», from the "Official Website" (in italiano).
- ↑ La Repubblica, ed. (1 September 2021). "La "bibbia" negazionista tra i bestseller" (in italiano).
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Marianna Rizzini (4 September 2021). Il Foglio (ed.). "Byoblu, la corazzata della controinformazione" (in italiano).
- ↑ Byoblu (ed.). "La Tv dei cittadini" (in italiano).
- ↑ "È l'Ora della Verità" (in italiano).
- ↑ La 7, ed. (3 October 2021). "Byoblu cerca di dare voce a chi non ne ha" (in italiano).
- ↑ "I programmi di Byoblu" (in italiano).
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