>>>>>>Borders may be vanishing, but not from TV and radio.
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>>>>>So I guess your point was that the only foreign shows on American TV and radio are British? Probably because they're in English, don't you think? There are Spanish speaking stations which cater to the growing Hispanic population, and I understand there are lots of Chinese cable channels in the Bay Area, but it seems to me most foreign programs would be unintelligible to most Americans.
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>>>>Specially those made in Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, India (where I guess part of it is in English) and a dozen African countries.
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>>>>Are you saying that most Americans are genetically or otherwise incapable of reading subtitles? Or were just gullible enough to believe they are?
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>>>>I think not. It's just that "and we have content from UK" is presented in such a deadpan manner that you don't even come to think "why that, and why nothing else". And even if you do, it's an unidirectional medium, anyway. So "UK only" is a message. And the message, as I read it, is "for you guys down there, we are the rest of the world".
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>>>>>You can see movies from around the world here, with subtitles.
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>>>>#define here "Netflix, not TV"
>>>>Which I do (or sometimes just turn off the subtitles and enjoy the language).
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>>>Movie theaters, DVD rental, cable.
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>>>Actually most Americans don't like subtitles. It's been documented.
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>>>Personally I could hardly get by without them, since I have a hearing loss and miss a lot of the dialogue otherwise. Last night I watched a pretty good flick, "Frozen River", which was marred for me because there were no subtitles. (Oddly enough, there were subtitles of the director's commentary in both English and French).
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>>>Back to your point, why is it so surprising that the TV channels in a predominantly English speaking country predominantly air programs in English? Was it different back in the paradise that was Yugoslavia, shows in every language of the world on the television?
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>>Guess what. Just last night started a brand new series here: "Law and order: UK" - same graphics, and "DUM-DUM" chimes between scenes, but English judicial system and London characters. Wasn't too bad aamof.
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>We have a copy of your life on mars show airing now. Our version is good, but not quite as good as the British series (which I watched on PBS) and actually did see a full season in a day on BBC America).
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>The British version is airing on BBC America now (a couple of seasons behind I'm sure):
>http://www.bbcamerica.com/content/294/index.jsp

There have only been 2 seasons. There was then an offshoot series, with the same tough-guy boss, but a femael main char, this time. Forget the name now. I didn't watch the series
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>American version:
>http://abc.go.com/primetime/lifeonmars/index?pn=index