Prime-time TV and the news to finish earlier at night
Thursday, April 24, 2014 @ 3:11 PM
HEALTH minister Ana Mato wants to bring forward prime-time TV shows and news programmes but up to an hour so that they finish no later than 23.00hrs.
Research has shown that with football matches, series and news not starting until late at night and often finishing after midnight or even 01.00hrs on a working day, this – as well as late hours for employees – means people in Spain sleep far less than their northern European counterparts.
And these factors have been largely behind speculation over whether it would be better to put the clocks back an hour so that Spain sits in its correct geographical time zone – that of GMT, or BST in summer.
The first step towards helping Spaniards get to bed earlier is likely to involve TV shows – at present, prime-time slots are around 22.00hrs.
Sra Mato has met with the broadcasting board, UTECA, and the director-general for the department responsible for airing private TV channels.
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