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Satellite dish on a house in Albania, Permet 2005.

« Yes, we have satellite TV. I watch Bulgarian films, the news, everything. There is only one channel. […] So, say, my mom likes to watch a certain serial that she watches everyday in the evening. Or in the morning we listen to the weather forecast, to the news, to see how things are, to see what has happened. […] We listen [to the weather forecast] because, when let’s say the weather here is too hot, we watch the Bulgarian channel and we also hear it there! "Today in Greece the temperature was 40 degrees," say… "This happened in Greece, this happened in different countries." And the channel we watch shows all that. »

Marko (22, Bulgaria )

« Yes, my father has bought a satellite dish which picks up Albanian, and Italian, and German and other different channels. I basically watch channels that have to do with music, foreign music. And I mostly watch those other channels. Rarely [Albanian stations]. Most of the time, I don’t watch them. I only watch a program that shows something like the hit parade. Yes. Ah, what else is there to watch? I also can’t quite get the jokes. Because they crack a joke, some punch line let’s say, but I can’t get what they are saying. It’s because I haven’t lived there, that’s why I don’t understand it. Yes, my parents watch it. Because they also show foreign movies. And, yeah, they watch a lot of Albanian TV. Albanian stations in other words. »

Alexia (17, Albania )

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