Revelation TV

==History==
Howard Conder (an ex-[[Jehovah's Witness]]) and his wife Lesley began the TV station in 2003 by forming a private company and remortgaging their home to put their own money into it. They built trust with their viewership and know their most ardent viewers by name.<ref name="ByFaith.org">{{cite news|author=Paul Backholer |url=https://byfaith.org/2020/11/16/the-revelation-tv-story-hey-howie-howard-conder-gordon-pettie/ |title=The Revelation TV Story: Hey Howie, Howard Conder & Gordon Pettie|publisher=ByFaith.org|date=2020-11-16 |accessdate=2020-11-24}}</ref>

Between 2004 and 2014, the station was censured five times by [[Ofcom]], for [[homophobia|homophobic]] comments made on air, and for graphic depiction of [[abortion|aborted fetuses]] in an item aired before a children's programme.<ref name=indy1>{{cite news|author=Chris Green |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/revelation-tv-britain-s-first-televangelist-station-facing-investigation-into-misuse-of-funds-9854599.html |title=Revelation TV: Britain's first televangelist station facing investigation into misuse of funds |work=The Independent |date=2014-11-11 |accessdate=2020-05-10}}</ref> In a 2007 interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'', Howard Conder said that the regulator [[Ofcom]] had received complaints from viewers about the channel's views of homosexuality.<ref name="Barkham">{{cite news|date = 2 March 2007|author= Barkham, Patrick|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2007/mar/02/broadcasting.religion|title=The show is like a coffee morning in slow motion|work = [[The Guardian]] |access-date = 24 March 2021}}</ref>

In 2007, following the lifting of [[Ofcom]] restrictions, the channel was allowed to ask for funds on air.<ref name="timesonline">[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/newspapers/sunday_times/britain/article1295190.ece "Television evangelists given blessing to pass collection plate round viewers"]. Times Online. Article dated 2007-01-22. Retrieved on 2007-02-25.</ref>

On 10 February 2010, American evangelist Justin Peters was interviewed live on Revelation TV. Peters is an outspoken critic of the [[Word of Faith]] movement and, during the interview, mentioned several prominent proponents of this doctrine by name such as [[Benny Hinn]], [[Creflo Dollar]]  and [[Kenneth Copeland]]. The programme was taken off-air before its scheduled end time, due to concerns that making accusations against specific individuals who were not present breached [[Ofcom]] rules on fairness. Lesley Conder criticised Peters the following morning,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/RevelationTvsLesleyCondorRebukesJustinPeters-11thFebruary2010 |title=Revelation TV's Lesley Condor Rebukes Justin Peters After He Discussed Word-Faith Teachers With Doug Harris - 11th February 2010 : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive |date= |accessdate=2015-01-08}}</ref> but the incident was widely discussed online.<ref>{{cite web|author=terriergal |url=http://www.purposedrivel.com/2010/02/justin-peters-rebuked-by-revelation-tv.html |title=Justin Peters rebuked by Revelation TV for naming names |publisher=Purpose Drivel |date=2010-02-12 |accessdate=2015-01-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://realchristianity.wordpress.com/2010/02/12/justin-peters-wrong-to-name-names-on-revelation-tv/ |title=Justin Peters 'Wrong To Name Names on Revelation TV' &#124; Real Christianity |publisher=Realchristianity.wordpress.com |date= |accessdate=2015-01-08}}</ref>

On 1 December 2011 evangelist and preacher Jacob Prasch announced on his website that he had left Revelation TV after the channel began broadcasting a weekly [[Jesse Duplantis]] show. Prasch accused Duplantis of being a heterodox preacher of the [[Word of Faith]] doctrine.<ref>{{cite web |author=MorielCarol |url=http://moriel.org/MorielArchive/index.php/author/prasch/jacob-prasch-and-revelation-tv |title=Jacob Prasch and Revelation TV &#124; Moriel Archive |publisher=Moriel.org |date=2011-12-01 |accessdate=2015-01-08 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714120911/http://moriel.org/MorielArchive/index.php/author/prasch/jacob-prasch-and-revelation-tv |archivedate=14 July 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Presenter Bob Mitchell subsequently also left,<ref>[http://bob-mitchell.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/statement-from-bob-mitchell-regarding.html STATEMENT FROM BOB MITCHELL REGARDING REVELATION TV.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121203062504/http://bob-mitchell.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/statement-from-bob-mitchell-regarding.html |date=3 December 2012 }}</ref> and Prophetic Witness Movement International also pulled out of the station.<ref>{{cite web|last=Stephens |first=Neville |url=http://propheticwitnessnewportbranch.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/national-pwmi-pulls-out-of-revelation.html |title=The Blog Of The Newport Branch Of Prophetic Witness Movement (Pwmi) In Wales' Third Largest City. : Dr Paul Wilkinson Of The Pwmi Pulls Out Of Revelation Tv As Well! |publisher=Propheticwitnessnewportbranch.blogspot.co.uk |date=2011-12-15 |accessdate=2015-01-08}}</ref>

The channel moved to Spain in 2010.<ref name=indy1/> As of 2012, Revelation TV had a permanent television studio base in Spain.  An underground car park space was converted into a new television studio, from which several programmes are now transmitted.

In November 2014 the [[Charity Commission for England and Wales]] said that Revelation TV was under investigation, after it identified regulatory concerns about trustees' benefits, conflicts of interest and a "potential significant loss of charitable funds".<ref name="thirdsector1">{{cite web|first=Christopher | last=Goodfellow |url=http://www.thirdsector.co.uk/charity-commission-opens-statutory-inquiry-religious-channel-revelation-tv/governance/article/1320982 |title=Charity Commission opens statutory inquiry into religious channel Revelation TV |publisher=Third Sector |date=2014-11-07 |accessdate=2015-01-08}}</ref> The Revelation Foundation said it welcomed the inquiry and would cooperate fully with proceedings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.revelationtv.com/rnews/entry/announcement-relating-to-the-charity-commissions-inquiry-into-revelation-fo%20 |title=Announcement relating to the Charity Commission's inquiry into Revelation Foundation &#124; Rnews |publisher=Revelation TV |date= |accessdate=2015-01-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Carey Lodge |url=http://www.christiantoday.com/article/revelation.tv.horrified.by.misuse.of.funds.allegations/42933.htm |title=Revelation TV 'horrified' by misuse of funds allegations &#124; Christian News on Christian Today |publisher=Christiantoday.com |date=2014-11-12 |accessdate=2015-01-08}}</ref> On 16 June 2015, the channel released a statement which said that the Charity Commission had identified no loss or misappropriation of charitable funds by the trustees.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.revelationtv.com/rnews/entry/charity-commission-finds-no-loss-of-charitable-funds |title=Charity Commission finds no loss of charitable funds &#124; Rnews &#124; Revelation TV |website=www.revelationtv.com |access-date=17 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150708040454/http://www.revelationtv.com/rnews/entry/charity-commission-finds-no-loss-of-charitable-funds |archive-date=8 July 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In October 2020, the Charity Commission for England and Wales closed the enquiry into Revelation TV. Although the enquiry did find failings in the structure and governance of the Revelation Foundation (the charity behind Revelation TV) it found no evidence of mis-appropriation of funds.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Charity Inquiry: Revelation Foundation|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charity-inquiry-revelation-foundation/charity-inquiry-revelation-foundation|access-date=2021-03-10|website=GOV.UK|language=en}}</ref>

From around early 2015, fundraising commenced for the purchase of land and the building of a new purpose built television studio complex for the channel in Spain, as their current studio facilities, located in an underground car park space was deemed unfit for purpose, due to the lack of studio space, office space and restrictions imposed on them by their landlord.

By March 2019, the land was bought, and construction of the new television studio and complex nearing completion with final fitting out work being completed to install cameras, sound and other equipment. The new complex is expected to house three new studios, one of which will be a dedicated music studio. The full completion of the new studio complex was expected to be made by the end of 2019 or early 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://revelationtv.com/news/the-building-fund?news_id=39020 |title=The building fund |publisher=Revelationtv.com |date= |accessdate=2020-05-10}}</ref>

British politician [[Nigel Farage]] was interviewed on Revelation TV in November 2019. He talked about "globalists" and a "new world order".<ref>{{cite news|author=Walker, Peter |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/21/farage-under-fire-for-conspiracy-claims-linked-to-antisemitism |title=Farage under fire for conspiracy claims linked to antisemitism |work=[[The Guardian]] |date= 21 November 2019|accessdate=6 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/nigel-farage-accused-of-perpetuating-conspiracy-theories-linked-to-antisemitism-1.493482 |title=Nigel Farage accused of perpetuating conspiracy theories linked to antisemitism |work=[[The Jewish Chronicle]] |date=22 November 2019|accessdate=6 July 2020}}</ref>

===Genesis TV===
Another channel, Genesis TV, was formerly broadcast on Sky channel 592. It used to play much of the same content from RMusicTV, and a music show, ''The One to One Show'', produced and hosted by presenter Michael Owusu.  In February 2010 a Genesis TV presenter read off a message from a prankster who called himself 'Repmykipz', which claimed to be a story of salvation, but was merely an adaptation of the theme song of the American sitcom ''[[The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air]]''. The presenter then went to another message from the same person consisting of the plot of ''[[Star Wars]]''. A posting of the prank on [[YouTube]] went viral and as of 2015 had been viewed over one million times.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7219463/Christian-TV-presenter-reads-out-Star-Wars-plot-as-story-of-salvation.html|title=Christian TV presenter reads out Star Wars plot as story of salvation |last=Moore|first=Matthew|date=12 February 2010|work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=12 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZUB0kLLBUA  |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/BZUB0kLLBUA |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=The Fresh Prince of the Dark Side Pranks Christian TV |publisher=YouTube |date=2010-01-11 |accessdate=2015-01-08}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

On 22 March 2010, Genesis TV allowed a debate between the leader of the [[British National Party]], [[Nick Griffin]] and the leader of the [[Christian Party (UK)|Christian Party]], [[George Hargreaves (politician)|George Hargreaves]], as the two were competing against each other for the [[Barking (UK Parliament constituency)|Barking]] constituency in the [[2010 United Kingdom general election|2010 General election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.revelationtv.com/news.php?newsid=925e10b2-871f-102d-bde7-00219bfb |title=News.php |publisher=Revelation TV |date= |accessdate=2015-01-08}}</ref>{{thirdparty-inline|date=May 2012}} Genesis TV was closed down and merged with Revelation TV on 1 April 2010. Revelation TV later moved to Sky channel 581 after the slot was given up by GOD TV.

On 10 March 2010, the station announced that Genesis TV and Revelation TV would be merging into a single channel, to be called Revelation TV, with effect from 1 April 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.revelationtv.com/news.php?newsid=573c9cde-7da0-102d-bde7-00219bfb |title=News.php |publisher=Revelation TV |date= |accessdate=2015-01-08}}</ref>{{thirdparty-inline|date=May 2012}}