Ark2 goes into liquidation, despite investment in excess of 2 million pounds

AFTER MONTHS of uncertainty since it laid off its staff, Britain's first Christian cable television channel ARK2 went into liquidation at the beginning of June. The Bristol-based company formed two years ago never managed to get a programme on air despite spending in excess of two million pounds. The station's managing director Alan Rogers said the staff on board had "given their best shot" but after having readed comprehensively both in the United Kingdom and overseas for alternative sources of capital and finances they were forced to concede defeat. Rogers continued: "There is a lack of vision and entrepreneurial flair in Christian television. We wanted to make programmes with Christian values rather than 'Christian programmes'. Sadly we were not supported in that." CR

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