Ordinary Gweilo
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Category: Television
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Watching BBC Lifestyle last night produced a bizarre juxtaposition. First there was Extreme Makeover – Home Edition in which a few hundred contractors appear as if by magic to build a brand new house in less than 7 days, and there are nice touches such as a brand new truck being dropped in by helicopter.…
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Three years ago, PCCW’s Now TV put in a knockout bid and won the Hong Kong rights to the English Premier League without Cable TV being able to make a counter-bid. This time round, Cable TV were more prepared, and PCCW dropped out of the auction, saying that they declined to pay over the odds…
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Yesterday’s SCMP had an explanation for the absence of Spanish football from Hong Kong TV screens. The reason, apparently, is that La Liga want more money for the rights than either PCCW (Now TV) or Cable TV are willing to pay. The reality is that subscribers wouldn’t pay much to watch the Spanish or Italian…
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Someone added a comment to my post about Cable TV’s HD service asking where Spanish football is available this season (on TV in Hong Kong, that is). The answer seems to be that it isn’t, which seems odd given the amount of money Barcelona and Real Madrid have spent. So what is available? Based on…
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It’s hard to believe it now, but there was a time when PCCW’s Now TV service looked as if it was going to be a genuinely innovative competitor to Cable TV. Now they are the market leader and Cable TV have apparently given up, so they seem to have lost interest in innovation. OK, so…
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Everyone must know that the English Premier League is on Now TV. What about other European football? Of course there’s a lot on other Now channels and on Cable TV, but there is also some in strange places. The Championship (the English 2nd Division) is shown on TVB Pay Vision, but they don’t have a…
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Now TV is getting a good kicking in the SCMP from readers who are not at all happy that Australia TV is becoming a subscription channel (after previously being free). PCCW weasels (for it is them) issued a statement saying that this was done after consultation with Australia TV, but it appears to be the…
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Last year I pointed out that TVB were not providing an English language commentary for the Rugby Sevens on Jade HD, even though there is an dual language option. Well, it was exactly the same again this year – if you wanted English commentary you had to watch Pearl with its grainy pictures. Well done,…
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I see that Now TV have a new service that offers US dramas "on demand". For HK$50 a month. That sounds OK. So what do we have on offer? Ah, yes, Desperate Housewives. Series 1. That must have been on TVB Pearl about 3 years ago. Grey's Anatomy. Series 1. Also a few years old.…
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High School Musical 3 opened in Hong Kong on Friday. Sadly, I wasn’t able to get to the cinema myself, but I am told that it’s doing good business. Sunday’s SCMP re-printed a Guardian article (Shake your money maker) about the phenomenon that is Disney Channel. What’s interesting about the channel is that rather than…
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