γεμίσουν τηλεοπτικό χρόνο

English translation: fill up air time/viewing time

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Greek term or phrase:	γεμίζω τηλεοπτικό χρόνο
English translation:	fill up air time/viewing time
Entered by:	Assimina Vavoula

19:02 Feb 7, 2010

Greek to English translations [PRO]
Journalism

Greek term or phrase: γεμίσουν τηλεοπτικό χρόνο

Επιπρόσθετα, η απελευθέρωση των ερτζιανών και η έλευση των ιδιωτικών καναλιών στη Ελλάδα πραγματοποιήθηκε με βιαστικό και πρόχειρο τρόπο, ως αποτέλεσμα των ισχυόντων πολιτικοκοινωνικών συνθηκών . Τα ιδιωτικά κανάλια, επομένως, κατά τα πρώτα χρόνια της απορρύθμισης κατέφυγαν στην εύκολη λύση των ξένων ταινιών, της παραγωγής φθηνών προγραμμάτων και της προβολής επανάληψεων, προκειμένου να γεμίσουν τηλεοπτικό χρόνο χωρίς μεγάλο οικονομικό κόστος. Την ίδια περίοδο, η χαμηλή τηλεθεαματικότητα και τα μειωμένα διαφημιστικά έσοδα της δημόσιας τηλεόρασης, έθεσαν υπό αμφισβήτηση την ελίτ προγραμματολογία της.

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Local time: 13:40

fill up air time

Explanation:
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Spiros Doikas
Local time: 13:40

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4 +2

fill up air time

Spiros Doikas

4 +1

fill out the schedules

Dylan Edwards

fill broadcasting time

Epameinondas Soufleros

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

fill up air time

Explanation:
http://www.google.gr/search?rlz=1C1CHMC_elGR291GR304&sourcei...

Spiros Doikas
Local time: 13:40
Works in field
Native speaker of:

Greek
PRO pts in category: 116

Grading comment

Thanks.

1 hr confidence:

fill broadcasting time

Explanation:
I thought "air time" is not quite accurate, because I think it is more appropriate for live shows. Instead, I propose "broadcasting time" as a wider term.

I thought "television time" would be correct, too, but the corpus suggests it is more frequently used with reference to the time the viewer spends watching TV.

Example sentence(s):

"We have to fill broadcasting time, otherwise there's a gap," the editor in chief Carel Kuyl convinced everybody.
And the fighting will go on 24 hours a day, so there’s no need to fill broadcasting time with paid advertisements.

Reference: http://www.wavemagazine.net/arhiva/23/politics/obama.htm
Reference: http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/02/sari_nuss...

Epameinondas Soufleros
Greece
Local time: 13:40
Native speaker of:

Greek
PRO pts in category: 48

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

fill out the schedules

Explanation:
While some repeats of highquality programmes are welcome, repeats are more often than not simply used as an easy way of filling out the schedules, with the same titles - usually old sitcoms - appearing over and over again.
http://findarticles.com/p/news-articles/daily-post-liverpool...

he starts filling out the schedules with the worst possible choices,
http://forums.syfy.com/index.php?showtopic=2317019

When they need repeats to fill out the schedules they opt for dreck like "Two. ... the public became so fond of voyeuristic and cruel TV that the top-rated ...
www.amazon.co.uk/product-reviews/B001P3D1WK

Also "pad out the schedules":

My issue with repeats - certainly on terrestrial TV - is that they get ... The purpose of a repeat (apart from padding out the schedules cheaply) is to make ...
www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=1198292

Fill out / pad out: they both convey the same idea of filling up the time.

Dylan Edwards
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:40
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 68

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