The rise of foreign-language TV: Blog tasks 1) What does the article suggest regarding the traditional audience for foreign-language subtitled media? over 10 years ago, if you told your friends you spent Saturday night glued to a subtitled European drama, you would have been acknowledged as pretentious, dull and a little odd. Nowadays foreign-language dramas are considered to be fully mainstream. Now we are as likely to discuss the latest foreign thriller as we are a new season on HBO. And while until recently our foreign television tastes have focused predominantly on Scandinavia and France, our tunnel vision is widening. 2) What does Walter Iuzzolino suggest is the key appeal of his 'Walter Presents' shows? Iuzzolino suggests, the buzz around foreign TV was so strong, over the course of two years before the project's launch, he watched more than 3,500 hours of small-screen action; as the channel's curator, he was in a state of anxiety as he was convinced that s...
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