Category: Television
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Today is the day when digital terrestrial TV (DTT) comes to Hong Kong. But only in some parts of Hong Kong (apparently covering 50% of the population, but excluding most of the New Territories). And only if your building has the right equipment installed. And only if you have the right type of set-top box.…
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Business Week report that Blu-Ray may have the upper hand in its battle with HD-DVD (Next-Gen DVDs: Advantage, Sony): It’s a fight with more plot twists and intrigue than a Hollywood thriller. For two years now, rival camps have been battling over which new DVD format will prevail: Blu-ray, which is backed by Sony and…
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Things have changed somwhat in the world of televised football in the last 20 years: Peter Robinson, the former Liverpool chief executive, remembers the start of the 1985-86 season, when football was not televised at all. ‘There was no deal in place. It only came back on at New Year and the value of the…
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One thing that annoyed me about all the advertising for Now’s Mega Sports Pack was that it was far from clear what was on offer. Well, now we know, and it is somewhat better than expected. As well as the ‘on demand’ service for EPL games, they also have a similar service for the Champions…
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More nonsense in the SCMP today (subscription required): Losses from pay TV piracy down 15pc with use of secure network Frederick Yeung and Celine Sun Nov 01, 2007 Pay TV piracy in Hong Kong is estimated to result in total losses of HK$213 million this year, down 15 per cent from last year, a poll has…
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ATV World are showing Heston Blumenthal’s series In Search of Perfection on Tuesday nights. I’ve only watched one so far, but it was a wonderfully bizarre program. When Heston does sausage and mash, you won’t be surprised that he goes to great trouble to source the finest organic pork and even travels up to the…
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Just over a year ago I mentioned that the BBC would be launching several new channels in Hong Kong and elsewhere. Those channels (BBC Knowledge, BBC Lifestyle & CBeebies) are now available in Hong Kong, but apparently that’s only the start of it (according to The Guardian): The BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldwide, is to…
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Still shooting those fish, I’m afraid. The TV preview section in this week’s Post Magazine makes a rather rash assumption. NHK & BBC make programmes in High Definition (HD). TVB broadcast these programmes. Person in Hong Kong buys HD TV. Person in Hong Kong is able to watch these programmes in HD. Well, no they…
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The most popular subject in Talkback (the SCMP’s curious letter column that isn’t) seems to be problems with Pay TV, and specifically the sports channels. This is an interesting example of greater competition not having the normal effect of reducing prices. Quite the contrary in fact – the cost of subscribing to all the sports…
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After months of hype, the Now coverage of the English Premier League is finally here – and it’s both better and (slightly) worse than I had expected. The first big surprise for me was that none of the games are being shown on ESPN or Star Sports. I am sure that when the deal was…
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