Nigel Wingrove’s Redemption Films is set to expand with the launch of six subscription online broadband-on-demand tv channels.
Salvation TV, launched this month (July) showcases Redemption Films’ unique catalogue of gothic, horror, sleaze and vampire films. The website address is www.salvationtv.com. Movies on the channel include Sacred Flash, Black Magic Rites & the secret orgies of the 14th Century, I am the Ripper, Nude for Satan, Les Demoniaques and Requiem for a Vampire.
The second channel Nihilista TV will launch on August 14th, and will feature extreme and underground culture, with concerts, interviews, music and filmed inserts. An eponymous sister free sheet to the channel will also launch in August, distributed through clubs, bars and shops.
The channels will each have their own website and will feature nine hours of non repeat material including films, news, and incidental material daily. The programme schedules will be updated regularly each month. Subscription to each channel will be £10 per month.
Commenting on the new venture Wingrove says: “We are entering a very exciting phase of Redemption Film’s history. The channels now give us a chance to showcase our unique output globally.”
Redemption Films is working with start up channel expert Stephen McCreath and Atlantic Television, internet broadcasters using a new and unique multicast broadband system.
The new system allows television to be broadcast over the internet in a one-to-many mode (multicast) as opposed to the traditional need to create a unique stream for each view one-to-one (unicast). With this multicast system, a single TV feed is taken from a playout, recoded into the multicast format and distributed to ISP’s over existing infrastructure so that tens of thousands of internet viewers can receive the same broadcast at the same time. Buffering is eliminated using broadcasting at 400kbits per second. With a 1Mb broadband connection, a full screen service is provided using Window Media 9 Software.
The channels will be cross promoted via Wingrove’s other business ventures on the Redemption website and through is DVD and CD releases in the UK and US where they are distributed by Image Entertainment.
