Do-It-Yourself Music Television

In recent years, music's place within the schedules of prime time television has been limited to talent show contests, with few opportunities for new bands.

In response, a new wave of do-it-yourself music TV makers have emerged, empowered by low-cost cameras, editing software and the ease of video uploading sites like Vimeo and YouTube.

BBC News visited three of them.

LO-FI: INDIE GHETTO

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Daniel Tuffin and Rick Stanton of Indie Ghetto

When you go looking for the future of music television you don't expect to find yourself in a freezing toilet in London's East End.

But for Daniel Tuffin and Rick Stanton, the makers of Indie Ghetto, a men's public convenience just happens to be the only place in an otherwise dimly-lit music venue with enough light to set up their green screen.

Indie Ghetto turn up wherever a band are playing, equipped with a