Figure 1
Front page of DRTV
Comments: 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.
Table 1
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 |
[i] Comments: Programming time excluding promotion and commercials. The genre category “Documentary” is based on how the companies have labelled their programmes.
Table 2
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 |
[i] Comments: The genre category “Documentary” is based on how the companies have labelled their programmes.
Table 3
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 |
[i] Source: Authors’ analysis in the database Seerundersøgelsen [the viewer database], Kantar Gallup. The programming occurred 1 February 2021.
Table 4
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 |
[i] Source: Authors’ analysis in the database Seerundersøgelsen [the viewer database], Kantar Gallup. The programming occurred 2 February 2021.
Table 5
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 |
[i] Comments: The coloured tiles highlight some examples of how the same Danish documentaries are shuffled to a new tile in order to repurpose the programmes. Deck 11 during week 44 (2020).