exVice President Al Gore

Current TV is an Emmy award winning indipendent media company led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt. The cabel television network went on the air at midnight EDT (4:00 UTC) on the morning of August 1, 2005. A second network, operated in the  United Kingdom and Ireland started its operation March 12, 2007 for Sky and Virgin Media subscribers. A third network, operated in Italy started its operation February 8, 2008 for SKY Italia subscribers and after also for 3 subscribers.

Current TV features "pods", or short programs, of which a portion are created by viewers and users.

An experimental Canadian show called ZeD was the first programmed broadcast of user-generated video content.  Other inspiration for Current TV came from a 1990s series on MTV called UNfiltered, where the network sent cameras to viewers in order to report on stories they thought were important. Current TV is the first American 24-hour network based around viewer-created content, which it dubs VC².