In this article, Nik Houghton discusses video art's relation to broadcasting institutions in the UK - a relation that he believes to be the predominant 'issue' in the field in the 1980s. In the video art world, TV was seen as the "enemy" but this antagonism was to change with the arrival of Channel Four and its programmes 'Ghost in the Machine' and 'Eleventh Hour,' which featured video art and experimental film. With a new broader audience, and new government funding schemes, Houghton believes that video art is well on its way to being more accepted and appreciated.