Category: Television
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Donald Trump was not impressed when one contestant on Series 6 announced that he wanted to quit rather than hang around and probably get fired. Apparently Trump doesn’t like quitters. Except that when NBC’s Autumn schedule was announced and The Apprentice was nowhere to be seen, Donald Trump quit the show before he could be…
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In week 7 of The Apprentice (the Alan Sugar one), hapless Adam was desperately seeking Nigella seeds. I had no idea about Nigella seeds either, but Google does. Apparently it is against the rules to use the Internet, but surely if you called someone you know who has a computer, they could check and give…
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My comments on Friday about the UK version of The Apprentice elicited a couple of responses from people who obviously hate the whole concept of the show. Well, yes, I have to admit that there is plenty to dislike about the show, and if I didn’t love it I could quite easily hate it. Trump…
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Just for a change, I’ve been watching the UK version of The Apprentice. Undoubtedly the biggest difference between the two is that Trump is a natural showman and seems to be totally comfortable doing "his" show, whereas Alan Sugar is a "hired hand" who is playing a role. Trump relishes the power he has, and…
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According to The Guardian, the BBC is to drop Benny Hill from its schedules in favour of something a bit more modern. This seems to mirror the changes made when BBC Prime (in Asia and other parts of the world) became BBC Entertainment. BBC America is to revamp its schedule to focus on contemporary UK programming including…
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A few months ago, Now TV were offering subscriptions to ESPN & Star Sports at $78 per month. Now it has become a Mega Sports Pack at HK$178 per month. The "mega" seems to mean that as well as ESPN & Star Sport, you get Eurosport News (already available on Cable TV), Eurosport and an…
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Doug Crets passes on the rumour that PCCW are going to enhance the Now Broadband TV service… …with the installation of personal video recorders, or the software for personal video recording, as an added value offer to its now TV subscribers. I think that "added value" means that we’ll have to pay for it, but…
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The Standard reports that consumers are not happy with pay-TV companies. Tell me something I don’t know! Pay-television and telecommunication services top the Consumer Council’s complaints list for last year. Out of a total of 35,962 complaints received last year, 11,801 and 2,922 were about telecom and broadcasting services, respectively. While the number of complaints against…
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Just before Christmas, the SCMP’s Post Magazine had an article moaning about how long it takes for many top US & UK TV shows to make their way on to our local channels. Which is true, but all things considered I think we should be grateful for what we get. English is an official language…
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The BBC has made an interesting announcement: Hundreds of episodes of BBC programmes will be made available for free on a file-sharing network for the first time, the corporation has announced. The move follows a deal between the commercial arm of the organisation, BBC Worldwide, and technology firm Azureus. The agreement means that users of…
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