Content Amazingly, Current’s progressive programming is culled solely from VC2 (Viewer Created Content), short video clips that last only a few minutes long. These clips are categorized as Entertainment and Information pods , Current Journalism pods , mobile footage , viewer-created ads , Current TV promos , or entries for one of the network’s many contests and promotions . Eventually, pods , mobile footage , promos , and viewer-created ads are voted upon online. The winners receive anywhere from $100 to $700 in cash and see their videos featured in full on the television channel , whose content is stocked by the site’s users. Like the users, most of the videos are urban and urbane , politically and culturally aware , and uniformly liberal . While everything on Current is low budget and looks it, almost everything is worth watching. The blog may be one reason for this. It’s an advice column operated by Current’s crew of contributors who each lend a hand in assisting viewers to create their own content, and are full of constructive filmmaking criticism as well as tips on getting submitted work approved and aired.