Can any country compete with America in the "film making and television" business, ie. Hollywood?

Question

For you Europeans - how many T.V. Stations do you get?\
- do you get ALL American movies over there?
- Do you get American T.V. shows like Lost and Simpsons etc?

- Do you make your own movies and T.V shows?
_ if so, why dont they ever make it to U.S. T.V?



Just curious.

bollywood..LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

Answer 1

yes, Bollywood in India

Answer 2

Yes. Believe it or not, we have discovered TV and the Motion Picture Camera. My guess as to why our (British) programmes and films don't make such a big impact over there is the culture. Our comady and drama is uniquely British and therefore not easily understood by the vast majority of foreigners. You have however, copied some of our situation comedies. We had a programme years ago called Till Death Us Do Part. Your copy was called Archie Bunker. You are also copying The Vicar Of Dibley and you've now taken Weakest Link (having seen an American version, that was all of them. Thick or what).

Some programmes / films can't be copied or transposed because they are unique to where they come from. I saw an episode of a German comdey which had been sub-titled. I've seen funnier car crashes. The Scandinavian sense of humour leaves me baffled as well.

I think what divides us all, is the collective national spin that we take regarding everyday matters. This collective spin is what helps to shape our TV / film industry and the way it portrays events. Let's face it, if we were all the same our media would be bloody boring as we'd all be producing the same thing, be it good or bad.

Just a thought.

Answer 3

Ok, if you don't think Bollywood is enough, how about British programming? There are shows from the BBC on American television, on PBS, BBC America, HBO, etc. And many more British shows have inspired American versions, such as The Office and What Not to Wear.

And EVERY country has a film industry, besides countries like North Korea.

Compare that to American films and TV shows, of which more and more are filmed in Canada...

Answer 4

They don't make it over here because the US public as a whole sees the culture of the rest of the world as secondary to our own culture. Europe and the rest of the world gets American produced media, as the US is fairly prolific in these matters. But in most countries the local culture is far more prevalent than ours. It's like other countries here, to some degree. We get international movies from Britain, Japan, and a number of other countries here, but it's not the majority. Same with most other countries.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

If its popular in America it will be released in the UK, as for channels we get more than 30 on freeview as for cable or satellite I'm not sure. I think theres a few UK based shows shown in America like the office and who wants to be a millionaire but they are changed to suite an American audience.

Answer 7

You need 2 wake up and read the papers Boy! Wasn't LOTR filmed in New Zealand? Wasn't special effects for The Matrix done in a different country? Movies & TV are being made all over the world! (Oh, on a side line WTFDAQBBQ)!

Answer 8

*coughs* Bollywood :-) And believe me, we've got soaps and shows that run for AGES without the TRPs ever dropping... in about 10 languages at that.

And movies are made in around 6-7 languages... beat that =)

Answer 9

Have a look st India they call it Bollywood. They produce more films eachyear than Hollywood.

Answer 10

correct me if I'm wrong, but don't you get BBC USA, sky news, eastenders, coronation street...? Maybe some british films...? And I'm sure that a lot of hollywood blockbusters come to the UK for some of the special effects.