Talk:Regional variation

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I created this page after seeing the term "regional variations" in various articles about British television, and felt it needed an explanation for non-British readers. "Regional variations" is really a term confined to listings publications, rather than broadcasters themselves. Lee Stanley 14:15, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Examples

I plan to include a scan from a listings magazine as an example - can anyone help me with the legalities of including such an image - fair use? Lee Stanley 13:25, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Outside the UK

Do regional variations in TV exist as such outside the UK? Lee Stanley 13:25, 10 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Definitely. For example, the passage from the Wikipedia article about television in Canada:

Canadian broadcast television began with a very similar structure to broadcast television in the United States, with local service provided predominantly by network affiliates...however, since the consolidation phase of the late 1990s and early 2000s it now more closely resembles the British or Australian models, in which the vast majority of stations are directly owned by their networks, and offer only slight variance in local scheduling apart from local or regional newscasts.

But this has to be distinguished from the US case, in which television programming is decentralized (no national broadcast stations, but there are national TV networks); i.e. somewhat more advanced than regional variation. - Fanatix 10:11, 3 September 2007 (UTC) —Preceding unsigned comment added by Fanatix (talk • contribs)

Major Overhaul

I Have provided a major overhaul of this page to go into a bit more details, though I expect it needs a few minor tweaks/corrections and could certainly do with a few citations (I'll try and add some in later on). I thought I'd shift the emphasis more onto broadcasting too. Whilst the term isn't universally used by broadcasters, it is probably the only term we have and the broadcasting related information is relevent to the other broadcasting pages that link here.