There are some cultural programs in the history of Betevé that continue to live on record. Reading room (2001-2006) i Arctic (2013-2022) in series of two examples. In the case ofArcticthe test is the posthumous tribute to the Teatre Lliure, which a few weeks ago the world of culture will pay tribute to its director, Anna Pérez Pagès. They will be unanimously regretted cancellations and, in certain cases, made without elegance by the middle management. The goodbye of Marina Espasa of Reading room will be censored in the rebroadcast of the program by the station, the people of The billboardan excellent film program, will not be left alone even to win over the audience, according to its director. Now, this June 27th, another shutter is coming down on the meager audiovisual map dedicated to culture. It is about Tísner Square, who has been at Betevé for two years and was presented by Laura Sangrà, a contributor to Àrtic.
Sangrà carried with knowledge of the cause and associated mistakes with the guests, and faced with the fact that the trio of specialized collaborators gave uneven results, particularly in their expository capacity, it was a good program, with its own agenda, attentive to calls and works. that they are not the dominant calendar, therefore, should ignore it. In addition, from Monday to Friday he occupied the prime time from the radio station. A real bummer, apart from not billing the programs on and with culture in residual hours. The location of the graella gives it its significance and its consequences. This will be explained in the Lliure event by Tània Sarrias. The RTVE Culturas2 programme had gone from 190,000 viewers to 30,000 with the time change from late afternoon to midday (in September it will return to the afternoons).
Betevé workers, critical of the uncertainty surrounding the changes, have explained that the closure is in response to a plan by management to give the leadership a dominant role from September. It is already true that I will say everything again, but if we are in the case of the Catalan word… with every mistake we lose a lot. And that there were not two or three. The audience data of a cultural programme can never be a single argument. BETVE will be organized in French and culture will be encouraged in the late afternoon, but the existence of a program provides guarantees of occupation of a territory, television, which has a minimum quota for culture (for example to TV3), li cal, he needs. Betevé has been very often, with more or less intensity than ever, the place to find music, films, books… ignored by the big broadcasters. Sangrà, the last day, will emphasize that this last program was “the last hour of culture in prime time to Bethlehem.” We will continue to maintain “as we strive,” she will say, “that a public body must defend culture.” Clara Segura, a guest on the programme, will end with a slogan: “Culture is not a vague extinguishing.” Let it continue.
Another deceased television is Ground Floor (TV3), a program that has lost relevance, duration, audience and hook. The management of TV3 has said that it wants to replace it with a “more relaxed” offer that would encourage a greater affinity with the afternoon audience. More distension do you face? When it is billed from mornings to afternoons, it is stated that it wants to broaden the horizons of the program by combining a look at current events with a new entertainment offer. It is obvious that he has not advised me. And these last few days, the feast could not be sadder. It mainly consists of chairs behind the table and a sofa in front where the daily guests sit successively, with the addition of some unusual guest. The topic, in general and in everything that is informatively significant, is addressed by the majority with ease, refusing to be banal, trying unsuccessfully to keep it entertaining, as it should be. That darrer Ground floor it is not far to envy.
