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ppk89 (Profiel tonen) 29 augustus 2011 13:18:33
ceigered (Profiel tonen) 29 augustus 2011 13:42:16
ppk89:Do you think that channels like 'Euronews', or 'RussiaToday' or 'Deutsche welle' could start broadcasting in Esperanto? And would it be the televisions management decision or people could put pressure by showing demand for it?Out of all of them, Deutsche Welle would be my bet (I just looked up Euronews then, and it seems too Englishy to care for a newsite that seemingly represents Europe, which it might, just it doesn't represent many European languages evidently
).From what I understand, Deutsche Welle seems to be similar to BBC in that it seems rather internationally minded, and interested in reaching out to non-German-speaking audiences from time to time.
But whether either of those would use push for Esperanto content is a a tougher question to give a positive answer to.... Maybe some Esperanto content, but nothing regular, nothing major.
If pressured, well, perhaps, but Esperanto's more a minority language than a dominating language atm. Perhaps if we were about 100 years back in the past the possibility might be greater, but we wouldn't be using TV's then...
ppk89 (Profiel tonen) 29 augustus 2011 14:04:39
Euronews seems too Englishy to care for a newsite that seemingly represents EuropeI think this is due to the young age of the television. And let's not forget that it is launching new services al the time. Earlier this year in Turkish language and a month ago in Ukrainian.
From what I understand, Deutsche Welle seems to be similar to BBCIt is similar but maybe not as developed. I mean they don't cover as big stretch as BBC or to be more precise they concentrate more on Europe - regions like Eastern Europe and the Balkans + China and Arabia of course, where as BBC covers rather Asia and Arabia - this could be seen in the topics of the news and the programs they broadcast.
I would also say that Deutsche Welle don't emphasise as much on TV. As the channel can't be seen on cable TV in Europe, neither is a terrestrial channel in Germany.
But I don't see a big problem in adding Esperanto in their website. The only thing they need is just a translator.
ceigered (Profiel tonen) 29 augustus 2011 14:30:34
ppk89:Ah, cheers, how do you access them? I looked for a "change language" thingy but couldn't find one.Euronews seems too Englishy to care for a newsite that seemingly represents EuropeI think this is due to the young age of the television. And let's not forget that it is launching new services al the time. Earlier this year in Turkish language and a month ago in Ukrainian.
I would also say that Deutsche Welle don't emphasise as much on TV. As the channel can't be seen on cable TV in Europe, neither is a terrestrial channel in Germany.Yeah, that's why I'd see them as most likely, being net-orientated helps since you don't have to pander to majority target audiences with your limited time window of a TV show, where as on the net you can hide stuff minorities are interested in away from your generic target audience.
But I don't see a big problem in adding Esperanto in their website. The only thing they need is just a translator.
ppk89 (Profiel tonen) 29 augustus 2011 14:52:07
Ah, cheers, how do you access them?In the UK Euronews is provided by most cables TV companies. Even you can switch to other other languages (not l provided by EUnews though) by pressing the red button.
You perhaps are you aware of this because the English channels show the English and Muslim world mostly. And the UK is not in Europe anyway so they are not interested in them either but these two TVs are quite popular in Eastern Europe.
I think that if a big TV company adopted E-o it would be acknowledged by an established media. Then more people could learn about Esperanto and many esperantists would learn the news and listen to interesting news about politics, economics and culture. Or only refer to it as means of maintaining their language skills.
Because where do Esperantist read news now? radio verda or some other no-one-known website?!
gianich73 (Profiel tonen) 29 augustus 2011 15:09:37
They will not, because TV is a business and they need an audience willing to pay for their programs and shows. Esperanto community is scattered around the world and unless the whole community agrees to pay for a satellite subscription, there is no profit and no one will do anything for free.
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Miland (Profiel tonen) 29 augustus 2011 16:39:45
ppk89 (Profiel tonen) 29 augustus 2011 17:56:12
geo63 (Profiel tonen) 29 augustus 2011 18:06:24
gianich73:... there is no profit and no one will do anything for free.I do many things for free without any profit.
ppk89 (Profiel tonen) 29 augustus 2011 18:12:13
BBC closed a few language services a few years ago and so will do this year too.So I don't thing that there will be any for Eastern Europe at all.
Profit? How does BBC get profit from its service in Albanian or Macedonian?
