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Post by Geoff on Nov 6, 2008 0:30:06 GMT
I think that's the truth of it.
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Post by Geoff on Nov 6, 2008 11:44:36 GMT
Ask the younger generation if you want an answer. Somehow, 'fast track' came up in conversation with my son during dinner and he has just come home from an evening with one of his friends who was asked what she understood by the expression 'fast track'. His friend, apparently, confirmed the meaning he gave me earlier:
TV shows here are usually shown some considerable time after their release in the US. Consequently, viewers download the latest episodes of their favourite TV shows and have seen them before they are screened locally. This means that when the shows are screened here the viewing audience is smaller than it would otherwise be which affects the effectiveness of advertising. 'Fast tracking' apparently refers to the screening of TV shows almost simultaneously with their release overseas to prevent pre-viewing by those that would download the shows from the web.
That makes sense, but it is a somewhat different meaning from the original relating to major construction projects ... and my son can't understand why I didn't know that's what it meant.
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Post by Alan Palmer on Nov 6, 2008 16:33:25 GMT
That certainly sounds logical, Geoff. As I suggested, it's TV jargon that has obviously penetrated the younger set's awareness, but not that of the older generation.
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