Must See Dive TV
theUnderwaterChannel.tv is all dive TV all the time. It is a new and free to watch TV channel on the web. This site and videos are professionally produced by their team of international filmmakers. They cover a wide range of underwater subjects – from diving personalities to natural history, caves, shipwrecks, free diving, scientific expeditions, ocean conservation, climate change, marine archaeology, resort reports, inspirational dives and special events in the underwater world. The creator, Emmy award-winning Producer/ Director Nicholas Claxton got the idea for dedicated underwater TV channel while filming a television documentary about the Red Sea coral reefs in 2006.
The videos are a viewed full-screen using a must install add in, the Bablegum player which also gives you access to over 60 other TV channels. It is not as easy as viewing in the browser window but you do get the full TV effect. If you have a new television with PC input, you can easily watch the Underwater Channel on your home theater. The player is easy to navigate, but it took me awhile to notice that you can click in any non-menu space to quickly hide the navigation.
The video selection includes news and intro videos. Each video is preceded by the filmmaker’s account of making the video and the issues encountered along the way. There are a lot of new sites and podcasts featuring dive videos. Many fall away soon after startup, many are just YouTube style videos, and some are just advertisements for resorts. UnderwaterChannelTv is a professional venture. It is very impressive and the videos as good, or better than you will see on broadcast and cable TV channels.