User-Generated Television or UGTV refers to TV footage that was originally created by a member of the public and then uploaded to the internet. Often the process of selecting such footage for broadcast includes the input of web users. UGTV can refer to TV show content or to advertisements.

UGTV Firsts

The first TV show containing UGTV was an experimental show ZeD, broadcast by CBC, Canada's national publicly-funded broadcasting company. The show ran from 2002-2006.

The first TV show that runs completely on UGTV is Outloud.TV. The show started in August 2003 as a student project on Amsterdam local TV and is currently still running as project by the Outloud.TV Foundation in Amsterdam. Outloud.TV is also the first show that locates the broadcast timeslots automatically and 100% democratic based upon the Outloud.TV user communities votes.

The first TV network based around UGTV is Current TV, which was set-up by Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt in 2004.The first UGTV advert broadcast on national TV was a spot for Sony created by Tyson Ibele, an 18-year-old from Minneapolis. It was first broadcast in May 2006.

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