The Thought Show - Pop Albums, the Russian Web and Dubbing Movies
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We discover how a numerical change in the way the pop music album charts are measured is causing artists to make ever longer albums.
The first of two special reports into the Russian internet. For years it provided an open platform for news and discussion with vastly different content to the news presented on the largely state-run television channels. We hear how over the last few years government regulation has been building up, and the authorities have started to curtail the kind of material that can be posted and seen online.
Why are so many films dubbed into another language? Rhianna Dhillon discovers the artistic, social and political reasons why many countries including Italy, France and Spanish speaking countries have opted to dub rather than subtitle movies.
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Published on Thursday, 16th November 2017.
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