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Cinema and audiovisual media |
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Survey on National Cinematography |
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The role of new technologies in creating new distribution channels and increasing audiences’ sizes was sought through the following set of questions. – How many television channels operate from your national territory? How many channels are government-owned? How many are private? How many channels have a national audience? How many are local? – What kind of national programmes are broadcast by these (public or private) stations? – How many hours are broadcasted annually and what percentage of the total programming do the productions represent? Are the foreign feature films broadcasted on television, shown in theatres or distributed on cassette mainly translated (dubbed) or subtitled? – Please specify the approximate number of household video recorders (VCRs) in your country – Give the number of households connected to parabolic (television) antennas – Give an estimate of the number of households connected to the (earth-) cable television? Few correspondents answered the above set of questions. Since television and cinematography in the majority of countries depend on various government agencies or ministries, it appeared difficult to answer above questions authoritatively. Very few questionnaires offered information on both sectors. Taking into account the convergence between cinematography and audiovisual technologies (television, video, digitally-processed images) and its repercussions on lowering production costs and expanding audiences, further study will be needed on the role of television and video as cinematographic media. For the United States of America, 60% of film revenues come from foreign markets. Curiously the choice on whether imported films will be dubbed or subtitled does not seem to depend on any social, linguistic, geographical or cultural indicator. Since this indicator might be of importance in analysing film distribution constraints, any suggestions from readers will be welcome here. Last update 02/10/01 |
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