Distress Signals

This documentary discusses the growing problem of American dominance in world wide television. To be precise, developing nations, Canada and Europe finds themselves facing difficult choices as they must find ways of filling TV airtime in their broadcast systems. Unfortunately, given the expense of making original television content themselves, they find themselves turning to cheap American programming to make up the difference. However, the price for this bargain may be high as customer nations face the threat of being overwhelmed by American product and drowning out their own nation's culture and identity on TV. This film discusses the problem and shows various regions' response to it.

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  • TheTVDB.com Movie ID 237347
  • Status Released
  • Released Canada January 1, 1990
  • Runtime 55 minutes
  • Genres Documentary
  • Original Country Canada
  • Original Language English
  • Production Company Orbit Films Channel Four Films CBC Studios TVO
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