Sakte-tv: A Slow, Slow Journey
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Slow TV has become such a phenomenon in Norway that in 2013 the Norwegian term “sakte-tv” was named word of the year. The country’s fascination with real-time programming began when NRK, the national public broadcaster decided to show all seven hours of a train journey from Oslo to Bergen to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the rail route.
Since then, real-time programming on knitting, walking and bird feeding have appeared. The program has even beaten X Factor in number of viewers (NRK had 1.2million, or 15 percent of the market) when aired against the popular variety show one Friday evening.
No need to close your eyes to meditate about things far away. Slow TV can take you there. Just sit and stare:
10 minutes: Yule Log, WPIX (1966):
2 hours: A Flight Through the Swiss Alps:
7 hours: Bergensbanen minue by minute (full):
9 hours: Tokyo Reverse (clip):
14 hours: Piip-show (clip):
134 hours: Hurtigurten minue by minute (sped-up clip):
Read our full feature on “Fringe IFE” in The Entertainment Issue.