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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology

Cyber celebrities

web-TV hosts
Stars of the future: they may be big names online, but can these web-TV hosts make it in the tough world of network television? Photograph: Patrick Fraser/Guardian
Diggnation hosts
London calling: Diggnation hosts Alex Albrecht and Kevin Rose got the full pop star treatment when they did a live webcast from London's Excel centre in October 2007 Photograph: Patrick Fraser/Guardian
Albrecht
Can you Digg it: Alex Albrecht co-hosts Diggnation, a weekly video podcast that summarises some of the top stories submitted by Digg users Photograph: Patrick Fraser/Guardian
Kevin Rose
Thanks for joining me: before founding Digg, Kevin Rose produced and hosted hundreds of segments on the TechTV cable television network in the US Photograph: Patrick Fraser/Guardian
BoingBoing TV show
Blogging with bounce: popular weblog BoingBoing launched its own daily TV show in October Photograph: Public domain
Mark Frauenfelder
Curiosity show: BoingBoingTV co-host Mark Frauenfelder Photograph: Patrick Fraser/Guardian
Xeni Jardin
Blonde ambition: BoingBoingTV co-host Xeni Jardin Photograph: Patrick Fraser/Guardian
Ze Frank
On with The Show: comedian Ze Frank hosted the daily online TV programme from 2006 to 2007 Photograph: Patrick Fraser/Guardian
Joanne Colan
Supersonic: Joanne Colan has worked for the BBC and MTV, but is now the host of Rocketboom Photograph: Patrick Fraser/Guardian
Quarterlife
What a life: the popular online soap Quarterlife has been signed for a series with the US NBC television network Photograph: Public domain
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