Max Renn is the President of Channel 83 Civic-TV, a small television station on the UHF dial. He defends his programming of largely X-rated shows – which depict graphic sex and extreme violence – as a pure matter of economic survival as a small station. Behind closed doors in specific company, he would admit that he enjoys such programming, but as President will stay away from associated activities that may be dangerous for him in its purchase. His current girlfriend, radio personality Nicki Brand, who he met on a television talk show, is sexually aroused by light mutilation on her person, that despite or because her radio show is like an open air crisis hotline. On that same talk show, the other guest via video feed was Professor Brian O’Blivion – solely his stage name – who believes that television and video broadcasts will one day overtake the world as reality, which may make Max’s programming in combination more dangerous. In Max’s search for the next big thing in like programming already on Channel 83, Harlan, his pirater who scans satellite signals, illegally obtains a satellite feed of something called Videodrome, which depicts continual sexualized torture and murder with no storyline of which to speak. The background behind Videodrome is unknown, but believing it is that big thing for which he is looking, Max is determined to find the producers so that he can purchase it for his station. He is concerned for Nicki if she goes ahead against his warnings in wanting to appear on Videodrome, however it does not lessen his desire to purchase it. If Max in turn does not heed the warning of Masha, one of his long time show suppliers, based on what little she discovers about it, Max may discover that Videodrome is just the next but destructive step in O’Blivion’s prognostication.
参考翻译：
马克斯·雷恩是83频道公民电视台（Channel 83 Civic TV）的总裁，这是一家超高频拨号的小型电视台。他为自己制作的节目大多是X级节目——这些节目描绘了生动的性和极端暴力——辩护说，这纯粹是一个小电视台的经济生存问题。在某家公司闭门造车，他会承认自己喜欢这样的节目，但作为总裁，他将远离相关活动，这些活动可能会对他收购该公司造成危险。他的现任女友、电台名人尼基·布兰德（Nicki Brand）是他在一个电视脱口秀节目中认识的。尽管她的广播节目就像一条露天危机热线，但她还是被轻微的肢体伤残引起了性欲。在同一个脱口秀节目中，另一位通过视频直播的嘉宾是布莱恩·奥布利维翁教授（Brian O’Blivion）——仅仅是他的艺名——他相信电视和视频广播终有一天会超越世界成为现实，这可能会使马克斯的节目组合更加危险。麦克斯在83频道的like节目中寻找下一个大事件时，扫描卫星信号的盗版者哈兰非法获得了一个名为Videodrome的东西的卫星源，该节目描述了持续的性虐待和谋杀，没有故事情节可言。Videodrome背后的背景不得而知，但麦克斯相信这是他正在寻找的一件大事，他决心找到制片人，以便为他的电视台购买它。如果尼基违背他的警告想要出现在录像带上，他会担心她，但这并不会减少他购买它的欲望。如果麦克斯不听从玛莎的警告，而玛莎是他长期以来的节目供应商之一，根据她对这件事所知甚少，麦克斯可能会发现Videodrome只是奥布莱维翁预言的下一步，但却是毁灭性的一步。
重点词汇释义
Renn雷恩
X-ratedX级的，青少年不宜的(充斥性和 / 或暴力而禁止18岁以下的青少年观看)
stay away from退避三舍; 回避; 不要到…去; 停止和…交往
may be多半
talk show脱口秀; 观众讨论节目，听众讨论节目
mutilation残缺；毁伤
open air户外; 露天
stage name艺名
