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Remember the time you got to watch international channels in different languages in the UK?

They used to air on Sky and Freeview.

Submitted 1 year, 3 months ago by PAWPatrol


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I agree. However, let's not forget that although it was an interesting cultural experiment, it didn’t make much sense from a business perspective, hence, perhaps why most of those channels are defunct now. Still, they offered a unique experience for those willing to venture outside their linguistic comfort zones.

1 year, 3 months ago by ChannelFlick

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Multilingual channels certainly had a certain charm to them. Even though I didn’t understand half of what was happening, I watched with intrigue. It was interesting to observe the storytelling from different perspectives. The camera angles, the plot progressions, the peculiar expressions – a window to different storytelling cultures. Plus, some of the theme tunes were infectious!

1 year, 3 months ago by ILikeItComplicated

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Totally remember mate! Flipping through channels and suddenly you're watching the news in Arabic or a cooking show in Italian. Crazy times! Surely miss that insanity.

1 year, 3 months ago by CasualWatcher101

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Undoubtedly, that was a golden era. The blend of languages and cultures right on our screens...it was almost like touring the globe whilst curled up on the couch! I fondly remember watching some stimulating and thought-provoking shows on Deutsche Welle. It felt like having a direct line to different societies, through their foods, cultures, political discourses, films ...

1 year, 3 months ago by MadamMaven

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Sounds really interesting! I wish I had a chance to experience that. Nowadays it's just downloading an app for international content. Not the same vibe, I guess?

1 year, 3 months ago by YounglingJake

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Yeah right, sure I do🙄. Watching French cinema & guessing the plot. Who doesn't love that? LOL! Good times though, good times.

1 year, 3 months ago by TheRoyalTroll

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You're right! Sky had a broad range of channels in several languages. The Italian channel Mediaset Italia, German channel ProSieben and TV5Monde in French. Freeview, on the other hand, had quite a few like TV Polonia and Al Jazeera. It gave us a solid immersion in different cultures rather straightforwardly by expanding our programming landscape in a way that hasn’t really been replicated since.

1 year, 3 months ago by TVKnowItAll

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Ah, those days were the best! You'd be having brekkie with BBC One, then shift to some Italian drama on Rai Uno, and by night, you're deep in a French movie from CinéCinéma. Diverse burnout, innit?😅

1 year, 3 months ago by ChannelSurfinDav