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When the TV viewer turns on his set，what sort of programsDoes he have to choose from?You might think there would be more programs Devoted to entertainment than to anything else，but that’s not the case．In most countries，fewer than 20％of broadcasting hours aleDevoted toentertainment．U．S． figures are high—34．8％，and the furdovig Canadians are even higherwith 44％．Except Canada and Italy，all countries save more broadcasting time to educationtllan to either information(news，documentaries and SO on)or entertainment programs． Of course．few educationM broadcasts take placeDuring peak viewing times．In Japan though，more than 60％of broadcasting time is taken up with education of one kind of another-justanother example of the businesslike Japanese philosophy．In the U．K．，the figure is 56．4％．The Italians have fewer educational programs than anyone else．They Don’t go in for entertain ment either．Only about ten percent of viewing time is Devoted to Dramas and serials，quizshows．music，sports，ete．You will find more news information programs Oil Italian TV thananything else．That，s understandable in a country experiencing social and political changes． Italian8 rely on TV to tell them what's going on—and events are happening almost too fast to fol1ow．The percentage of time the U．S．devoted to news and Documentary programs is much smaller．After education，most TV time is given to entertainment．Many of these programs are shown around the wodd． 

( )More news information programs are broadcast on Italian TV than anywhere else because the Italians__________．