BULLFIGHTING DROPPED FROM SPAIN'S STATE TV
December 8th 2007 06:27
SPANISH STATE TV DROPS BULLFIGHTING FROM ITS PROGRAMMING FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER
Spanish state radio and television network Radiotelevision Espanola has for the first time ever excluded bullfighting or la corrida from its proposed programming schedule for the next nine year.
The schedule will be debated in the Spanish parliament next week.
The Independent reported that Spaniards, who deride their television by calling it ‘telebasura’ or rubbish TV, are to be treated instead to sport, magazine shows, talk shows, reality shows and competitions. There will also be more programming about women and more programs in other languages spoken in Spain such as Basque, Catalan and Galician.
But there is no mention of bullfighting, which was first program that Radiotelevision Espanola aired when it started in 1948.
Regional state broadcasters can show bullfighting and transmit programs from other channels – and private channels are still free to show la corrida – but animal rights campaigners hailed the development as the beginning of the end for this controversial national pastime.
In August, Radiotelevision Espanola dropped afternoon broadcasts of bullfighting after it was judged too violent for an audience of children.
- From MediaBlab by Peter Olszewski via Dow Jones' Factiva
Spanish state radio and television network Radiotelevision Espanola has for the first time ever excluded bullfighting or la corrida from its proposed programming schedule for the next nine year.
The schedule will be debated in the Spanish parliament next week.
The Independent reported that Spaniards, who deride their television by calling it ‘telebasura’ or rubbish TV, are to be treated instead to sport, magazine shows, talk shows, reality shows and competitions. There will also be more programming about women and more programs in other languages spoken in Spain such as Basque, Catalan and Galician.
Regional state broadcasters can show bullfighting and transmit programs from other channels – and private channels are still free to show la corrida – but animal rights campaigners hailed the development as the beginning of the end for this controversial national pastime.
In August, Radiotelevision Espanola dropped afternoon broadcasts of bullfighting after it was judged too violent for an audience of children.
- From MediaBlab by Peter Olszewski via Dow Jones' Factiva
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