Category: Television
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Having been rather unkind about BBC First I feel I must record that they are showing the wonderfully bonkers drama Dr Foster only a few days after it was on BBC1 in the UK. Some great performances from Suranne Jones, Bertie Carvel and Jodie Comer (amongst others), but you need to suspend disbelief at many of the twists and turns (and…
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BBC First (on Now TV in Hong Kong) claims to be “the home of premium drama from the BBC. Enjoy all new shows brought to you first and on demand”. So – Sherlock season 4, that would be on BBC First? Well, yes it is in other parts of Asia, but in Hong Kong you…
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As previously noted, LeTV won the Hong Kong TV rights to the English Premier League for three seasons (starting in August 2016), and then did a deal with PCCW’s Now TV – so both will be showing the games for the next 3 years. Here’s a comparison on Premier League TV Packages in Hong Kong
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Netflix has indeed launched in Hong Kong – and most of the rest of the world (apart from China). Initially, House of Cards wasn’t available. Yes, that’s right – the series for which Netflix is best known wasn’t available on Netflix. Along with a lot of other shows. The good news is that Netflix Hong…
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Well, I wasn’t expecting that. LeTV out-bid Cable TV and PCCW’s Now TV for English Premier League (EPL) TV rights in Hong Kong, paying US$400 million (double the value of Now TV’s current agreement). They had a big launch event this week – and then promptly sold the broadcast TV rights on to Now TV.…
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Over the New Year holiday, CCTV-4 has been showing the full 48 hours of Deng Xiaoping at History’s Crossroads. My favourite bits (i.e. the only stuff I can understand) are the cameo appearances by Robert Maxwell, Ted Heath, Margaret Thatcher and a Governor or two. And only one of them looked anything like the real…
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Thank a lot, Cable TV, I really wanted to see the latest ISIS beheading video. It’s not available on other media outlets (who have this strange idea that showing these videos only gives ISIS more publicity), and no need to search for it on the old Interweb thingy. Just exactly what I wanted to watch…
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Finally, finally, the BBC is offering an HD channel in Asia. Rather than a BBC HD channel, they have converted BBC Knowledge to HD (at least on PCCW’s Now TV). Watching something like Africa in HD is a totally different experience to the rather poor quality murkyvision we have had to suffer up until now…
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So the English Premier League is back on Now TV. It seems to be the pattern now for it to alternate between PCCW’s Now TV and Wharf Group’s Cable TV every three years. Of course they charge you extra for the EPL. You might think that a Now Sports Megapack would cover everything, but rather…
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Shows how much I watch TV… Apparently TVB Pearl switched to High Definition back in November. I only noticed last week when watching a Jamie Oliver programme. It seemed very clear, but I assumed that was just because it was digital TV. Then I saw the "TVB Pearl HD" logo. Here’s what they did: Revision of…
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