Category: Television
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I’d just about given up hope of Boston Legal season 2 (which I wrote about recently) appearing on Star World, but they have finally got round to showing series 2 on Wednesday nights (10 pm), just as series 4 is about to start in the States. Meanwhile, TVB had Desperate Housewives (Season 3) in their…
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Tim Noonan in the SMP on the strange business of sport on pay-tv in Hong Kong (subscription required): It all started a few years back when ESPN and Star Sports left Hong Kong Cable for Now TV. Cable subsequently bid for the rights to broadcast the coveted English Premier League (EPL), which was on ESPN…
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There has been a lot of correspondence in the SCMP recently about PCCW’s Now Broadband TV, and specifically their sports channels. After winning the rights to the English Premier League, PCCW have created a new package of channels, for which they apparently plan to charge HK$218 per month (their current "special offer" for an 18-month…
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A few weeks ago, Donald Trump announced that he was quitting The Apprentice, apparently in response to NBC’s reluctance to go-ahead with a new series. Now it seems (Reuters) that both Trump and NBC have changed their minds. NBC (which never formally cancelled the show) wants to go-ahead with season 7 (and possibly season 8 as well), and Trump is…
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Monday nights on ATV World used to be "David E Kelley" night. First Ally McBeal at 9 pm, then The Practice at 10, two series about lawyers written by Mr Kelley, and both set in Boston. Ally McBeal lasted for five seasons, which was rather too long for what was a very whimsical concept. Had…
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Little bits of rubbish I have accumulated… As I am sure I have remarked before, I could fill this blog with the mad letters they publish in the SCMP. Yesterday, Spike couldn’t resist the temptation to highlight a particular stupid example about domestic helpers’ salaries from a retired civil servant living in Mid Levels. It…
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The third season of the UK version of The Apprentice has come to an end, accompanied by a fair degree of controversy. Naughty old Sir Alan picked the wrong candidate – allegedly. It’s clear that Donald Trump regarded the original US version of the show as a way of promoting himself and his companies, whereas…
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Hong Kong will finally have Digital Terrestrial TV later this year (The Standard). As usual in Hong Kong this is being carved up by the existing duopoly of TVB & ATV rather than introducing any new competition. If TV viewers wish to watch programs in digital format, all they have to do is add a…
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Oh dear. Oh dear. Oh dear. I just watched the final ever episode of The Apprentice. How could it go so wrong? Well, just for starters there were too many gimmicks, they “fixed” things that weren’t broken, and they ended up making it into just another reality show. There was not much wrong with having a “final 2” and giving each of them an…
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In February, I noted that Now Broadband TV (owned by PCCW) were offering 5 months free on their Mega Sports Pack if you committed to an 18 month contract. I hestitated (well, it’s what I’m best at), first deciding to wait till the last day and then deciding to wait and see if the offer…
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