Tuesday 5711
went to visit B92 production studios speaking to the CEO, interesting tour, reminded me very much of middleschool morning tv announcements me and my buddies ran, actually their primary studio for their news branch was smaller than our studio back in the day.
random stuff i learned today:
Serbia has over 500 tv networks, mostly because the government seems to hand out licenses like hotcakes nowadays, but there are only 5 (i think is what he said) private national networks and 2 public (read public as government owned and operated).
the fact that there are soo many networks out there, makes it a competition nightmare for channels to attract the relatively little amount of money from advertising.
B92 is the only network that has both a national tv and a national radio presence. which presents unique difficulties because of the demographic differences of the north and south
B92 runs an investigative journalism arm, which attracts...violent attention from the people they investigate, including football hooligans, political leaders, and unsavory tycoons
B92 in the 90s was one of the only stations not to play folk music, according to the CEO, which i took to mean that they didnt play on ethnic/national tensions. B92 and its progressive nature put it at odds with the Milosovic government, and was closed down a number of times, however this worked against the government in that it brought more international attention, and helped to rally more of Milosovic's opposition.
nowadays B92 still acts as a watchdog for the government, drawing negative attention from those in power.
the CEO fears that with the current economic crises, the public will be swayed towards the extremes and lead to badnews (lawl see what i did there?) for the country overall.
i liked getting a taste of a locals opinion, particularly one that was actively involved with governance/media in some way. it seemed as though he did not know exactly what it was we wanted to hear about, and as the chaperons pointed out, it is entirely within our power to direct discussions in a direction we want, so in the coming days we/i will take things there sooner.
we had a lecture by Denis, nothing special considering im an IAF major, ive gotten the gist before, but i recognize its necessary for framing the entire thing
enjoying myself in belgrade, enjoying the city, enjoying the company, im not really feelin the blog tonight, i apologize to all my loyal readers
went to visit B92 production studios speaking to the CEO, interesting tour, reminded me very much of middleschool morning tv announcements me and my buddies ran, actually their primary studio for their news branch was smaller than our studio back in the day.
random stuff i learned today:
Serbia has over 500 tv networks, mostly because the government seems to hand out licenses like hotcakes nowadays, but there are only 5 (i think is what he said) private national networks and 2 public (read public as government owned and operated).
the fact that there are soo many networks out there, makes it a competition nightmare for channels to attract the relatively little amount of money from advertising.
B92 is the only network that has both a national tv and a national radio presence. which presents unique difficulties because of the demographic differences of the north and south
B92 runs an investigative journalism arm, which attracts...violent attention from the people they investigate, including football hooligans, political leaders, and unsavory tycoons
B92 in the 90s was one of the only stations not to play folk music, according to the CEO, which i took to mean that they didnt play on ethnic/national tensions. B92 and its progressive nature put it at odds with the Milosovic government, and was closed down a number of times, however this worked against the government in that it brought more international attention, and helped to rally more of Milosovic's opposition.
nowadays B92 still acts as a watchdog for the government, drawing negative attention from those in power.
the CEO fears that with the current economic crises, the public will be swayed towards the extremes and lead to badnews (lawl see what i did there?) for the country overall.
i liked getting a taste of a locals opinion, particularly one that was actively involved with governance/media in some way. it seemed as though he did not know exactly what it was we wanted to hear about, and as the chaperons pointed out, it is entirely within our power to direct discussions in a direction we want, so in the coming days we/i will take things there sooner.
we had a lecture by Denis, nothing special considering im an IAF major, ive gotten the gist before, but i recognize its necessary for framing the entire thing
enjoying myself in belgrade, enjoying the city, enjoying the company, im not really feelin the blog tonight, i apologize to all my loyal readers
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