Dr David Rushton

  

Artist and filmmaker since Red Star Cinema was established in Edinburgh in 1979. Since developed local film then TV initiatives via Institute of Local Television and agitated on introduction of local TV. Ran two local analogue TV channels in the early 2000s. More recently set-up several '.tv' initiatives, www.summerhall.tv, www.artinscotland.tv, www.craftscotland.tv, www.writerstories.tv and www.artinireland.tv whose short arts-news clips are combined into programmes for local TV channels. The arts-news clips are distributed organically attached to local narratives rather than central scheduling or audience assumptions.