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''ZeD'' is a Canadian variety television program and website. The series premiered on CBC Television in March 18, 2002 and ran to 2006. Hosted primarily by Sharon Lewis and Ziya Tong, ''ZeD'' publicized creative works from Canada and other countries, including a substantial portion of material created by viewers and new artists. ''ZeD'' thus considered itself to be "open-source television."〔Niall McKay, "(Gore's TV Seeks Northern Insights )," ''Wired News'', April 14, 2005, URL accessed March 15, 2007.〕 The website claimed thousands of users, and the series, while somewhat obscure, was nominated for several awards and influenced some US television.〔Alexandra Gill, "What Al Gore sees in ZeD," ''The Globe and Mail'', April 19, 2005, pg. R.3.〕 A music album, ''ZeD: Live Off The Floor'', was also spun off the series. ==Concept and creation== The concept of ''ZeD'' was originally developed by Rae Hull,〔Sandra Sperounes, "ZeD sneaks onto CBC: Mothercorp's PR engine sits idle, counts onword of mouth to win fans: hype & hawk: A look at market forces," ''Edmonton Journal'', April 6, 2002, pg. D.9.〕 who was the regional director for CBC in Vancouver, British Columbia.〔Tony Atherton, "ZeD awaits viewer input," ''The Province'', Vancouver, B.C.: March 24, 2002, pg. B.18.〕 and new media pioneer McLean Greaves. It was initially imagined as being "free-form, hip and fast moving, with no segment longer than a few minutes," but beyond this contributors would influence the content.〔 In November 2001, CBC invited Canadians to come up with cheap but intelligent creative ideas in connection with the anticipated series "''zed''," and received 1,000 efforts.〔"Spotlight," ''The Vancouver Sun'', January 4, 2002, pg. C.6.〕 When ''ZeD'' premiered on March 18, 2002, it was still considered to be in development,〔 and its first four weeks from March to April were experimental.〔 It was not advertised, except for CBC informing the press, since ''ZeD'' was meant to be discovered among viewers who would then inform other viewers. CBC was still hoping to attract contributors, and Hull added, "I'd be happy if people discovered ''ZeD'' and made their own decisions about it."〔 In March 2002, the series was called ''ZeD beta v 0.1''.〔"CBC quietly launches new late-night show," ''Cape Breton Post'', March 20, 2002. pg. B.11.〕 The name ''ZeD'' appears to have been chosen to suggest the series was uniquely Canadian, since ''zed'' is how Canadians pronounce the letter "Z."〔 The ''ZeD'' website was also launched at the time. Both the series and website were based in Vancouver.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「ZeD」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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