The Great Époque of the Consumption of Imported Broadcasts

This article shows how Polish audiences “domesticated” West European television content available with satellite dishes and semi legal cable TVs during the turnover of the 1980s and 1990s. Based on analysis of viewers’ memoirs and content of magazines dedicated to satellite tele...

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Main Author: Wasiak, Patryk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision 2014-06-01
Series:VIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture
Online Access:https://www.viewjournal.eu/article/10.18146/2213-0969.2014.jethc057/
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spelling doaj-b0e6c6f833df4cea820bd845a139ed2f2020-11-25T02:05:49ZengNetherlands Institute for Sound and VisionVIEW Journal of European Television History and Culture2213-09692014-06-01356810.18146/2213-0969.2014.jethc057The Great Époque of the Consumption of Imported BroadcastsWasiak, Patryk This article shows how Polish audiences “domesticated” West European television content available with satellite dishes and semi legal cable TVs during the turnover of the 1980s and 1990s. Based on analysis of viewers’ memoirs and content of magazines dedicated to satellite television, this article discusses how Poles considered channels available with Astra satellite as an attractive entertainment juxtaposed with dull national broadcaster TVP. As this article shows, they primarily “domesticated” German late night erotic shows symbolized by Tutti Frutti and music video available with MTV Europe.https://www.viewjournal.eu/article/10.18146/2213-0969.2014.jethc057/
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description This article shows how Polish audiences “domesticated” West European television content available with satellite dishes and semi legal cable TVs during the turnover of the 1980s and 1990s. Based on analysis of viewers’ memoirs and content of magazines dedicated to satellite television, this article discusses how Poles considered channels available with Astra satellite as an attractive entertainment juxtaposed with dull national broadcaster TVP. As this article shows, they primarily “domesticated” German late night erotic shows symbolized by Tutti Frutti and music video available with MTV Europe.
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