In Finland all terrestrial analogue broadcasts were shut down in the beginning of this month.
All analogue cable broadcast will be shut down in February (or March, I am not sure).

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ometimes even better than the original dialogue: "Die Zwei" was a hit over here, while "The Persuaders" flopped awfully

Wow. 4 pages. I expected to get exactly this example since the first page. It seems to be the standard argument when it comes to dubbing.

Another reason not to use subtitles is that they are not the full original dialog. They are sort of a shortened dialog. Sentences and words are changed so to fit in the screen. If the characters in the movie speak quicky, sometimes entire sentences are missing. When you translate subtitles to another language, it gets even worse.
If dubbing is an "evil", subtitles and translated subtitles can be a bigger "evil". 

Quoting EnryWiki:

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Another reason not to use subtitles is that they are not the full original dialog. They are sort of a shortened dialog. Sentences and words are changed so to fit in the screen. If the characters in the movie speak quicky, sometimes entire sentences are missing. When you translate subtitles to another language, it gets even worse.
If dubbing is an "evil", subtitles and translated subtitles can be a bigger "evil". 

The same goes for dubbing however. They don't always translate every literal word to what they dub to another language in the studio. Often they'll cut out entire sentences there too, or to what will fit the lip movements on screen the best.

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Affirmative! It can spoil a film as well, if e.g. jokes are localized. This is sometimes simply embarrassing.

You are right, but localized jokes will be lost in translated subtitles as well.

Sure, a lot of jokes/references are lost through translation, either dubbing or subtitles, and I know very well that the subtitles are usually shortened compared to the dialog.
However, they USUALLY (not always) do a pretty good job anyway, and the "extra dialog" is most of the times not really relevant. And as somebody said, this might as well happen in the dubbings, so they kind of even each other out.

I don't really know how to explain, it's just a feeling. I mean, I've watched a lot of asian horror movies, and they speak languages that I don't understand a word of.
But still, I WANT to hear the original voices, just because... Well, it's like, I can still notice the appropriate reactions, and hear the fright in their voices when they get scared, and it really adds to the feeling even though I don't undersand. There's ALWAYS something going wrong when dubbing a film. The scream/laughter has to match the actors face expression EXACTLY, otherwise it's just too obvious.

And for example, if I watched a french/italian/german/etc movie in a swedish dub, don't you think I'd notice?
It doesn't matter how well made the dub is, I would notice instantly.
And not just "notice", the movie would be screaming DUBDUBDUBDUBDUBDUBDUB in my face throughout the entire movie.

And even though these following arguments may not be that relevant for all, I still want to ask:
Do people actually talk about good/bad actors in these countries? I mean, how can you say for example that Bill Murray is funny, while Jim Carrey isn't? Or do you just speak about the dubbing actors instead?

Second. Not sure how to put this, but don't you guys think about how much of a disgrace this is towards the actors, the director, and the whole film itself?
I mean, imagine if I walked into Musée du Louvre in Paris and painted a mustache and a beard on this particular Lady:

That'd be blasphemy. Just like with dubbings.

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I mean, imagine if I walked into Musée du Louvre in Paris and painted a mustache and a beard on this particular Lady:

That'd be blasphemy. Just like with dubbings.

No, that would be pure comedy  Can I visit you in Jail??

Can I visit you in hospital when french users read this? 

Same here.

As I recall from adolescence, German TV used to broadcast many westerns and thrillers dubbed in German. That always gave us a good laugh. "Indianer!" (Indians!). "Hände hoch, sonst knallts!" (Hands up, or I'll shoot!).
Worst experience with dubbing was when visiting Poland: a single bland voice doing a voiceover of all the actors, with the original sound still audible, but - very frustrating! - not loud enough to be able to hear what they're saying. In Polish cinemas, however, films were subtitled. Same thing as someone in this thread reported on Hungary. Question of money, presumably.

With regard to analogue broadcasting: in Holland analogue broadcasts have stopped completely. It's digital-only now. However, the vast majority of the population has cable TV at home, and that's analogue in its cheapest form. More and more people are getting digital cable TV subscriptions - in some cases these digital broadcasts offer several audio tracks, in some cases they have optional subtitling.