The Corporate Machine of Bulgarian Television
After "The Face of the System" by Toma Tomov („Лицето на системата" от Тома Томов), foreword to the Bulgarian edition of the book Network by Paddy Chayefsky and Sam Hedrin, 1981r "The Face of the System" by Toma Tomov, foreword to the book Network by Paddy Chayefsky and Sam Hedrin, 1981) > *"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television."* > — Woody Allen They say that time is money. If you wanted to understand contemporary Bulgarian television in a single sentence, it would be this: a short, precisely measured amount of screen time—every second of a viewer's attention is worth thousands of leva. Every Bulgarian citizen possesses the absolute and sovereign right to ask television for that time, and television will gladly sell it, provided that the citizen can afford to pay for it. The law of television is to make money. The airwaves, the broadcasting frequencies, belong to the people, and the Bulgarian government, acting o...