Multimedia Service Launched In Kent

A total of nine local news and community websites have been launched to cover stories in Kent.

The online content is part of the new multimedia offering from KOS Media which also includes a broadband TV service and eight free weekly newspapers.

Among the websites’ innovative features are the e-editions of each newspaper using page-turning technology and video clips of the latest national news, sport and entertainment headlines.

In addition to the audio visual pieces on the eight individual sites, yourkenttv.co.uk is dedicated solely to TV content and features business, sport and leisure items as well as a community channel where the best clip uploaded by users wins £500.

Last month, the company’s managing director said of the multimedia service: “Everybody knows and understands newspapers but it is clear that young and old are engaging in these new forms of media in the internet and on video.”

Paul Stannard, former publishing director at Trinity Mirror, added: “This is an evolutionary process and we want to create a virtual community through our newspapers, the web and our TV service.”

Among the areas covered by the new websites are Ashford, Dover and Canterbury.

For more on the launch, visit yourmaidstone and kentnews.