英美概况之电视媒体.ppt

TV plays an important role in British life and culture. 97﹪of households have a TV set. Generally ,British people spend 4 hours a day watching TV. There’re only five TV channels. Therefore, nearly everyone watch the same things at the same time. A large demand of electricity and water is created during the breaks since everyone runs to restroom or take a cup of tea. The other two channels are run by Independent Television Commission (ITC) and funded by advertising. BBC has two channel including BBC1 and BBC2. BBC Television Centre Soap operas is always popular. However, different from American soap operas, whose characters are usually the rich, famous and exciting persons, British soap operas reflect the real life of Britons. Coronation Street is the oldest and most popular soap in Britain. * TV was invented by J.L.Baird from the UK in 1929. the father of TV Besides home, people can watch TV everywhere———shopping malls, buses, subways. BBC Television Center is located in White City, London. It belongs to national cultural relicsⅡ and is regarded as one of the landmarks of the UK. BBC started to broadcast TV from 1936. detector van The BBC is funded by license fees. So people must buy a TV license each year for their TV set. People will be sent to prison for not buying a TV license. TV program Soap opera is one kind of the serials(连续剧), which is usually about romance, affair, conspiracy(阴谋) and true love, so naturally, its viewer are mostly female . Therefore, Soap products are advertised during break. How does the name soap opera come? *