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They used to air on Sky and Freeview.
Submitted 1 year, 1 month 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.
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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!
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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 ...
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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.