Revelation TV

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Revelation TV
Sister channel(s)	rmusictv
Website	www.revelationtv.com www.rmusictv.com
Availability
Satellite
Sky Digital (Revelation TV)	Channel 765
Sky Digital (Genesis TV)	Channel 772

Revelation TV is a UK Christian television channel, that was started by Howard and Lesley Conder in 2003; the channel broadcasts on Sky Digital channel 765.

Revelation is unique for a Christian channel because of its high amount of self-created programming. They regularly produce their own shows such as World In Focus, Church In Focus and R-Mornings.

They also feature many programmes discussing the end times and the nation of Israel's role in it. They are strong supporters of Zionism and regularly feature appearances from Messianic Jews. The channel is highly multi-cultural with participation from black and Asian Christians. Lately they have had quite a bit of programming from Arab Christians as well as Christian converts from regions like Pakistan.

Revelation TV had a popular forum that was suspended due to a small minority of users being offensive to other users.

1 Genesis TV
2 Criticism
3 Fundraising
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Genesis TV

On Monday April 3rd 2006 Revelation TV launched its own music channel, called 'rmusictv' on Sky Digital channel 370 in the UK. The channel's aim was to provide what it calls "positive music", a playlist free from the negative influences of sex, violence and worldly values. Many of the songs derived from various branches of Christian music though it is largely Contemporary Christian Music. Much of the music on the channel was broadcast live from the Revelation TV studios in London.

The Key shows on the channel were "Out the Box", a show that featured a mix of contemporary styles of Christian music, "UK Gospel Live" a show that brought in Live Gospel Music acts from the UK and finally "Rchart hits", the channels own chart show.

For a brief period the channel aired a secular show called "TasteBuds", a once a month show of contemporary singer/songwriter style music. The Show wass hosted by Dannii Evans and was affiliated to a once per month night at Balham based nightclub The Bedford called "OneTaste". This is a purely secular show in contrast to the normal contemporary Christian music of the channel.

Much of the live programming on rmusictv ceased towards the end of 2006 and the channel itself ceased to exist at the beginning of February 2007. Another channel, Genesis TV was launched on the same channel number and continues to play much of the same content from rmusictv. It is thought that Genesis TV will present a mixture of music, TV ministry and biblical discussion.

[edit] Criticism

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Concern has been expressed over Revelation TV's seemingly uncritical support of the state of Israel. On the other hand, some have seen the channel's position as a healthy balance to the alleged anti-Israeli bias^{[attribution needed]} of the BBC. Some^{[attribution needed]} worry that the channel's alleged Zionism will isolate other groups (such as Arabs). Revelation TV has also been accused of promoting strong conservative and family values, as well as providing criticism of Islam, though Muslims have appeared on the channel to respond.

The channel's promotion of ministries such as those of Bishop Michael Reid and Benny Hinn has also caused a stir in some circles.^{[citation needed]}

Some^{[attribution needed]} might be concerned by the selling of advertising to secular networks but this is due to OFCOM restrictions.

[edit] Fundraising

Formerly, channels like Revelation TV which operate from the UK were unable to ask for funds on-air, due to OFCOM restrictions. With the lifting of these restrictions, this is no longer the case and Revelation TV can now ask for funds on air.^[1]