寵物也要看電視：狗狗頻道亮相美國
Television bosses are calling DOGTV a new breed of programming - an on-demand cable TV channel designed to keep your dog relaxed, stimulated and entertained while you are at work.
電視老闆們稱“DogTV”爲電視節目的新品種，它是一個可點播的有線電視頻道。在你離開家去工作時，“DogTV”能夠安撫你的寵物，或爲它們提供娛樂、保持興奮狀態。
Two months after it debuted on local networks in California, the canine cable channel has now launched online and is headed for national distribution, according to the channel's executives.
兩個月前，狗狗頻道首次於加利福尼亞州的當地電視上亮相。頻道總監介紹說，現在狗狗頻道已經可以在網絡上看到了，不久的將來也會在美國全國範圍內播放。
Known as DOGTV, the channel "offers a promise to our beloved best friends that they should never again feel alone."
作爲專爲狗狗設計的頻道，此頻道旨在“讓你最好的最愛的夥伴（狗狗們）不再感到孤獨”。
The advertising-free programming is aimed at stay-at-home dogs whose out-to-work masters fret about the separation anxiety their pets suffer, and the trouble they get into, when left unattended for long stretches of time.
狗狗頻道將不播送廣告，它的主要受衆爲那些主人出門時被單獨留在家中的狗狗們。主人們擔心這些狗狗會由於長時間無人陪伴，而出現分離焦慮症併產生問題。
Billed as the first channel of its kind, DOGTV made its premiere in February as a free, around-the-clock offering carried by cable in San Diego, reaching some 483,000 homes in California's second-largest city.
標榜“第一個狗狗頻道”的“DogTV”在今年兩月份首次公開亮相，在聖地亞哥（加利福尼亞州第二大城市）的有線電視中爲用戶提供全天24小時免費播送。共計483,000個家庭收看到此頻道。
The content is scientifically tailored for four-legged audiences, with even the sound, colours and camera angles adjusted to make them more appealing to canines according to the channel's website.
根據頻道官方網站的介紹，節目的內容是按科學方法量身爲狗狗觀衆們定製的。爲了讓狗狗觀衆們更感興趣，節目的聲音、色彩和攝像角度都是特別設計的。
Fancy effects aside, the star turns on DOGTV turn out to be none other than other dogs.
除了這些有趣的特效外，在狗狗頻道上出現的“明星”都是狗狗。
"They love watching other dogs being active on the screen" said Beke Lubeach, head of marketing for DOGTV, adding that birds, monkeys and zebras have proven popular as well.
頻道市場部總監Beke Lubeach解釋：“狗狗們特別喜歡看到其他狗狗在熒幕上活動。”另外小鳥、猴子和斑馬這些動物在狗狗觀衆中也很受歡迎。
