TELEVISION
A comparison between Canadian and Spanish television.
TELEVISION
I admit that recently I watch my content on-line as well, mainly because I can choose whatever I want to see, whenever I want to see it and however. It gives me all this options that I would not have if I watch it off-line.
TV has formed a big part of my life since I was born until now, when I was a kid I used to watch it and learn different things, for example in Sesame Street, and now I still watching TV as part of my usual routine.
SPANISH
Talking about quizzes or game shows, they are usually a copy of the north american ones but taking place in Spain. I usually like to watch them but only if I am watching TV with somebody because you can interact with the other person easily. Recently, in Spain, realities are becoming more and more popular, following the north american flow as well.
The Spanish television does not usually have a lot of ads and commercials. Some channels have even got rid of them.
In Spain, there are a lot of different channels but all of them belong to a few and big companies (see examples below).
GRUPO RADIO TELEVISION ESPAÑOLA (Spanish Radio and Television Group)
GRUPO ANTENA 3 (Antenna 3 Group)
GRUPO TELECINCO (TELEVISION 5 GROUP)
From this group I usually watch comedy shows because I find them hilarious and really clever. They usually attract all type of audience because of all the types of programs that they have.
CANADIAN
One thing that I like about it is that they use original content, or if not, american stuff. Another difference that I find is that the format that they use is more serious and formal than the Spanish format.
I think Canadian TV has a lot of ads whereas Spain does not have that much. In the aspect in how Canadians watch TV, here the people watch more on-line stuff, in spite of their age. Children, adults and even old people watch TV trough internet or Netflix, in Spain it is a phenomenon that is becoming more and more usual, but right now you can only see it on teenagers. Adults usually watch TV trough the actual TV, it is unusual to find them watching it on-line