More than a thousand people watch "Herefordshire Council TV" (From Hereford Times)

More than a thousand people watch "Herefordshire Council TV"

11:02am Tuesday 7th February 2012 in News By Paul Rogers

MORE than a thousand people have viewed Herefordshire Council’s first ever online webcast.

A total of 463 people watched last Wednesday’s planning meeting, while a further 704 people logged on to the council’s website to watch it over the next five days.

“This has been an enormous success and proves there is an appetite for people to watch locally elected councillors making decisions on their behalf,” said John Jones, Herefordshire Council’s head of governance.

“Depending on what’s on the agenda, we can get between a handful and sometimes 40 or 50 people at our committee meetings.

“To boost this figure to more than a thousand represents a 96 per cent increase which is great news for those who want open and transparent decision making in Herefordshire.”

Viewers were asked if the webcasts should continue and out of 86 votes, 71 (83 per cent) said yes.

You can send feedback to jjones@herefordshire.gov.uk