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‘We leave viewers smarter’: fears over plans to close ‘world’s most highbrow’ TV station

‘We leave viewers smarter’: fears over plans to close ‘world’s most highbrow’ TV station



Unique experiment in German-language public broadcasting 3sat faces pressure from populist rightIn many countries around the world, breakfast TV means cele­brity interviews, soap operas and last night’s football highlights. On the German-language channel 3sat this Sunday morning, it means a one-hour philosophical discussion on trauma psychology, followed by a book review programme and a classical concert by the Munich Radio Orchestra.The collaboration between public broadcasters in Austria, Germany and Switzerland is a unique experi­ment in pan-European broadcasting that has defied doubters for almost four decades: highbrow television. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/19/fears-plans-close-highbrow-europe-tv-channel-3sat

Author : Philip Oltermann European culture editor

Publish date : 2024-10-19 11:43:44

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