[opendtv] Re: Italian DTT to be freeview
- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 10:57:24 -0500
Jeroen Stessen wrote:
>> Also, all programs will include their original language
>> sound track.
>
> My friend who lives in Italia will be very happy about
> this, because all these dubbed soundtracks drive him
> crazy. Especially since the number of voices seems to be
> limited, and they are not always too similar to the
> original voices.
Funny thing about that is that in the Spanish channel I get OTA here,
Telefutura, there are the same limited number of dubbing voices, and
they sound very similar to the Italian ones. They have this artificial
cadence, very unnatural, that you get used to when watching dubbed
movies. Sort of like, "it only sounds that way in the movies." I think
what happens is that in attempting to keep in sync with the English
dialog, they have to stretch out the words in the dubbed-in language.
(This was especially true with John Wayne movies!)
> But what about the rights issue ? I've always thought
> that dubbing a movie makes it less valuable, and
> therefore cheaper to broadcast. This could have been
> overcome with conditional access to the Italian market
> only. How can they afford not to ? Or is it simply that
> the reach of the transmitters ends very close to the
> border ? There are the Alps, that will form a natural
> barrier for the airwaves.
Don't know. I thought that receiving TV or radio from across a national
border has always been fair play for terrestrial transmissions. I know
DBS gets very uptight about this.
Speaking of satellite, I noticed in the paper yesterday that XM Radio
and Sirius Radio were looking into ways to increase their revenues. You
guessed it, including ads. It was predictable.
Bert
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