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Television documentaries as spearheads in public service television: Comparing scheduling practices on the linear channels and video-on-demand services of Danish TV 2 and DR


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Front page of DRTVComments: The top image depicts the top deck, or “carousel” (also referred to as hero-board), which displays the most current or important content. The lower image shows how additional decks are utilised to display additional content. The screenshots were taken 27 October 2020.
Front page of DRTVComments: The top image depicts the top deck, or “carousel” (also referred to as hero-board), which displays the most current or important content. The lower image shows how additional decks are utilised to display additional content. The screenshots were taken 27 October 2020.

Documentaries on linear channels

Linear channel Week 44 (2020) Week 5 (2021)
Number of titles Share of programming time (%) Number of titles Share of programming time (%)
DR1 21 8 12 5
DR2 94 60 93 45
TV 2 (main channel) 42 15 38 12

Documentaries in prime time, TV 2

Time aired Title Genre Rating (%) Share (%)
20:02–20:43 Årgang 20 [Generation 20] Documentary 9 25
20:53–21:22 Når arven splitter os [When the inheritance tears us apart] Documentary 11 30
21:30–21:51 Nyhederne [The News] News 6 20

Documentaries in prime time, DR1

Time aired Title Genre Rating (%) Share (%)
20:00–20:59 Et langsomt mord [A slow murder] Documentary 5 11
21:00–21:26 TV Avisen [TV News] News 12 34
21:28–22:25 Christian Kjær – farvel og tak [Christian Kjær – goodbye and thanks] Documentary 14 47

Shuffling Danish documentaries to new tiles, TV 2 Play

Day Tile 1 Tile 2 Tile 3 Tile 4 Tile 5 Tile 6 Tile 7 Tile 8
Sunday Jeg er stammer [I stutter] Anbragt i helvede [Placement in Hell] Mit liv som luder [My life as a hooker] Rosas grønlandske familie [Rosa's family from Greenland] Misbrug [Abuse] Afhængig af fortiden [Addicted on the past] Opgøret med stoffer [A break with drugs] Niarns død [Niarn's death]
Monday TT-verdens farligste Motorcykelløb [The most dangerous motorbike race of the TT-world] The Cave Mor laver porno UK [Mum is doing porn UK] Dr. Miami Madeleine McCann #Trump Politichef og sexforbryder [Chief of police and sex offender] Lance
Tuesday TT-verdens farligste Motorcykelløb [The most dangerous motorbike race of the TT-world] The Cave Mor laver porno UK [Mum is doing porn UK] Dr. Miami Madeleine McCann #Trump Politichef og sexforbryder [Chief of police and sex offender] Lance
Wednesday Far var kvinde [Dad was a woman] Lever, elsker, savner [Livning, loving, missing] Dagen der forandrede alt [The day that changed everything] Jeg er stammer [I stutter] Daginstitutioner bag facaden [Behind the scenes of daycare institutions] Christians kamp [Christian's battle] De sjældne danskere [Rare Danes] Mit liv som luder [My life as a hooker]
Thursday Far var kvinde [Dad was a woman] Lever, elsker, savner [Livning, loving, missing] Dagen der forandrede alt [The day that changed everything] Jeg er stammer [I stutter] Daginstitutioner bag facaden [Behind the scenes of daycare institutions] Christians kamp [Christian's battle] De sjældne danskere [Rare Danes] Mit liv som luder [My life as a hooker]
Friday Robin's wish Valentinsdag i swingerklub [Valentine's Day in the swinger club] TT-verdens farligste Motorcykelløb [The most dangerous motorbike race of the TT-world] The Cave Mor laver porno UK [Mum is doing porn UK] Dr. Miami
Saturday Robin's wish Valentinsdag i swingerklub [Valentine's Day in the swinger club] TT-verdens farligste Motorcykelløb [The most dangerous motorbike race of the TT-world] The Cave Hvor kommer dyremaden fra [The origin of animal food] Mor laver porno UK [Mum is doing porn UK] Dr. Miami Madeleine McCann

Share of front page tiles promoting documentaries (per cent)

Streaming service Week 44 (2020) Week 5 (2021)
DRTV 20 28
TV 2 Play 16 15
eISSN:
2001-5119
Idioma:
Inglés
Calendario de la edición:
2 veces al año
Temas de la revista:
Social Sciences, Communication Science, Mass Communication, Public and Political Communication