New Spanish TV Channel La Séptima Launches With Non-Stop News Format
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A new TV channel starts this Thursday in Spain.
The channel is called La Séptima.
It is on TDT. This means free digital TV.
La Séptima has a new idea for TV shows.
Most channels have normal programming. This means fixed shows at fixed times.
But La Séptima is different. It has continuous live TV.
This means the channel always shows new news. It changes fast.
The channel follows the latest news all day.
Latest news means things that happen right now.
A journalist named Javier Ruiz talked about the channel.
He said people are attacking La Séptima very hard.
He said he never saw this before in his life.
Many people want to know about La Séptima.
They want to know the schedule. This means what time shows start.
They also want to know who are the presenters. Presenters are people who show the news on TV.
Vocabulary15 words
- channel
- a TV station; where you watch shows
- TDT
- free digital TV in Spain
- programming
- the plan of TV shows
- continuous live
- always on; always new; not recorded
- latest news
- things happening right now
- journalist
- a person who writes or talks about news
- attacking
- saying bad things or acting against someone
- schedule
- the times when shows start
- presenters
- people who show the news on TV
- launch
- to start something new
- broadcast
- to send a TV show to people's homes
- media
- TV, radio, and newspapers
- format
- the style or way a show is made
- confirmed
- sure and final
- operation
- a plan of actions against someone
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1. A new TV channel 2. It has continuous live news instead of fixed programming 3. True
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A new TV channel starts this _____ in Spain.
The channel is called La _____.
It is on TDT. This means free _____ TV.
La Séptima has a new _____ for TV shows.
But La Séptima is different. It has continuous _____ TV.
The channel follows the latest _____ all day.
A journalist named Javier Ruiz talked about the _____.
He said people are _____ La Séptima very hard.
They want to know the _____. This means what time shows start.
They also want to know who are the _____.
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