Media in other countries.

[-Edge-]

Mmm I was talking the other day to a friend about what the media is like in his country, so I figured I would also be interested in seeing what is in the media in other countries.

I can give examples of two countries:

In the USA we have fairly short commercials, (5 minutes long, every 15 minutes) and news are usually always local or otherwise if important nationwide. Very rarely anything concerning Europe. Hot topics were usually the war in Iraq (I have to say a mix of boring and depressing watching each day), crime (Dem crazy niggas), and local stories.

In Poland commercials are rather like 10-20 minutes long, so when you turn on the TV chances are pretty wide it will be a commercial. I also despise the news, because they never talk about Poland itself (Apart from the stupid political wars), rather about affairs in other countries. Usually even up to 70% of the content is about information outside of Poland. (Like anyone actually cares about German elections in Poland? What a way to headline the news ;P) I don't understand how people can actually watch the TV when you have so many of these cheap lame soap operas, long commercials, and films from the 80's. Maybe its just because I was used to the US media, but I hated that one too xD

Someone told me maybe they talk about Poland in other countries, like how they talk about countries and events that have nothing to do with Poland itself. But I don't think so, so I'm asking :D

Anyway in the case, I would be interested to know what the media talks about in your country ^^

[ieti]

In Bulgaria we have short commercial blocks about 3-5 minutes each. News are usually divided into half. First half is news from my country - usually boring daily stuff, about gypsies(our niggas), some politics, economical crisis and etc. stuff. Second half is world news - Europe, USA and all around world news - usually politic news, interesting facts, disaster somewhere(tsunami, hurricanes), wars all around the world, drugs, science etc.

It really depends of television you watch but in common all share this format.

[DkySven]

Well, here we have commercials of 5-15 minutes(depending on which channel you're watching). News is about the Netherlands, Europe and the rest of the world. We also headlined with the German elections, but that's not very weird, since a large part of our economy depends on the German. About Poland we also only hear about the elections. There is sometimes in the news stuff about Polish people who come here to work and how bad they are treated sometimes.

[Pizdzius]

Mmm I was talking the other day to a friend about what the media is like in his country, so I figured I would also be interested in seeing what is in the media in other countries.

I can give examples of two countries:

In the USA we have fairly short commercials, (5 minutes long, every 15 minutes) and news are usually always local or otherwise if important nationwide. Very rarely anything concerning Europe. Hot topics were usually the war in Iraq (I have to say a mix of boring and depressing watching each day), crime (Dem crazy niggas), and local stories.

In Poland commercials are rather like 10-20 minutes long, so when you turn on the TV chances are pretty wide it will be a commercial. I also despise the news, because they never talk about Poland itself (Apart from the stupid political wars), rather about affairs in other countries. Usually even up to 70% of the content is about information outside of Poland. (Like anyone actually cares about German elections in Poland? What a way to headline the news ;P) I don't understand how people can actually watch the TV when you have so many of these cheap lame soap operas, long commercials, and films from the 80's. Maybe its just because I was used to the US media, but I hated that one too xD

Someone told me maybe they talk about Poland in other countries, like how they talk about countries and events that have nothing to do with Poland itself. But I don't think so, so I'm asking :D

Anyway in the case, I would be interested to know what the media talks about in your country ^^

Edge I believe you are talking mostly about TNV and Polsat. Since Both of them are part of large corporation owned by people who rule Poland, the commercial rate is incredibly high and kept tight to the every second the law allows(1.??? 2.profit).

Actually Farfał wanted to create free digital television made in TVP which would cut the commercials (TVP1 doesn't cuts movies with commercials at all), and people from TVN and Polsat freaked out cause that would mean their death. That's why immediately after those news our leading parties decided to cooperate (after 20 years of fighting) to destroy Farfał and rescue their precious TVN and Polsat.

They don't talk about Poland because there isn't much to talk about. Try to turn on TVPinfo, imho it's the only reasonable channel out there, I don't watch much tv anyway, I read newspaper called Najwyższy Czas! led by UPR's leader Korwin-Mikke and the info it brings are top-quality.

Edge, we do care for German elections in Poland. Knowing what happened now we have to prepare for Germans bitching out evacuees of their poor volksdeutch during WWII and that Polish people are responsible for Holocaust.

Try not to be manipulated by the mass media, Edgey ^^

[backe]

Hmmm....I think you are underestimating the quantity of commercials we have on the major US networks. Most 30 minute shows are around 15-18 minutes. Therefore almost half of the time you are watching a program, you are actually watching adverts. Unless of course, you are like me and only watch TV programs on teh intarwebbs. ;)

Other than that, you are pretty much spot on about the "news" programs in the states.

[-Edge-]

Edge I believe you are talking mostly about TNV and Polsat. Since Both of them are part of large corporation owned by people who rule Poland, the commercial rate is incredibly high and kept tight to the every second the law allows(1.??? 2.profit).

Actually Farfał wanted to create free digital television made in TVP which would cut the commercials (TVP1 doesn't cuts movies with commercials at all), and people from TVN and Polsat freaked out cause that would mean their death. That's why immediately after those news our leading parties decided to cooperate (after 20 years of fighting) to destroy Farfał and rescue their precious TVN and Polsat.

They don't talk about Poland because there isn't much to talk about. Try to turn on TVPinfo, imho it's the only reasonable channel out there, I don't watch much tv anyway, I read newspaper called Najwyższy Czas! led by UPR's leader Korwin-Mikke and the info it brings are top-quality.

Edge, we do care for German elections in Poland. Knowing what happened now we have to prepare for Germans bitching out evacuees of their poor volksdeutch during WWII and that Polish people are responsible for Holocaust.

Try not to be manipulated by the mass media, Edgey ^^
Yeah with commercials I was totally talking about TVN and Polśmat, but with news I was talking about TVP (TVPInfo is the only local news channel I know about) I find what they cover sometimes the same thing we already know or heard about. I understand I'm not going to find exactly everything interesting, but some of the stuff they cover is too much imo. (The money, the political madness)

My opinion comes from the fact that I'm a hybrid between two countries now :rolleyes2:

[ncvr]

Here we usually have the same thing in most channels (5min commercials ever 10 - 15 minutes), a typical news program lasts about 1 hour with half an hour being national news, 15 minutes being international, and the last 15 minutes being sports, although we do have a channel owned by the government which doesn't have any commercials other than 3 minutes between shows about what other shows will be on that channel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Broadcasting_Corporation).

Anyway, in general most of our news programs talk about news happening within Australia.

[Zordak]

just to be nitpicking, tv is a medium, media would include broadening your survey to radio, internet, newspapers and all the other means of communicating news.
tried them? Printed media have the huge advantage of easily skippable ads.

Anyways, i dont believe in the necessity of daily news, theres just not enough things happening. You just loose track of the important ones.

Z.

[LoneSword]

Here in Argentina, the commercials last from 30 secs to 2 minutes (in prime time), and can last HOURS early in the morning (but that's only in cable TV, an infommercials). Programs are generally 1 hour o 30 minutes long (without the commercial breaks actually are 20 or 40 minutes), news are pretty well balanced in local/national/international, and finally, movies and series... All US (some UK).

[Inkster]

i just download whatever that way no commercials

[Angel_de_Combate]

Our commercials are quite short in England..about 3 mins or so each..and theres normally about 5/6 of them..i just get pissed off when i watch shows on sky..and theres adverts every 15 mins of the programme..happens everytime on Supernatural >.> We have news programmes coming out of our ears..i just rarely watch them..cos i rarely like what i see, i watch them for the weather report xD

[Freduardo]

i just download whatever that way no commercials
same here

I hardly ever watch tv. I download what I want to see.
I hardly ever listen to radio. I download what I like to hear.
News etcetera I just read online.

But to reply to Edge's initial question. In Belgium it's more or less the same as in the Netherlands. So what DkySven wrote.

[Pizdzius]

(The money, the political madness)

Most people in Poland (including me) who lived enough to experience specific events thorough our political history are really interested in all that political madness ;] although lately it's just anything to turn the wheel on.

92, that was a year... I wish I could understand more back then xD
Afera Rywina, Orlen, Blida, 10 years of having a president without mature exam who is a communist and was 90% of time drunk... ahh ;]