Hulk TV series planned
A Hulk TV series is in development according to ABC president Paul Lee. The adaptation of the Marvel comic in being planned for release in 2013.
Harold & Kumar animated series to be developed
An animated series based on the Harold & Kumar films is on the cards at Adult Swim. The channel announced plans to develop the show alongside the films’ producers Jon Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg. Continue reading »
Kiwi actor Cliff Curtis has had his new drama series Missing axed by the ABC network in the States.
The series, which features Ashley Judd in the lead role, started promisingly enough before ratings began to drop over the 10 episode season.
The bad news continued this week for NZ talent, with Sam Neil’s series Alcatraz also cut by its network after just one season.
Add to that Rhys Darby’s axed sitcom How To Be A Gentleman and all-in-all it hasn’t been the most promising TV season for kiwis in America. Continue reading »
The man who has become the butt of many a joke this week has been granted name suppression after appearing in court yesterday.
The carpet cleaner who was caught with his hands down his pants in a classic Target hidden camera sting appeared in Manukau District Court on charges of burglary and wilfully accessing a computer.
He was bailed to reappear on June 6. Continue reading »
Grab a cup of tea and your best hat because Geordie Shore stars Vicky and Ricci are set to wed following a whirlwind romance on the brand new series of Geordie Shore: Chaos in Cancun.
Their love story had viewers gripped throughout Geordie Shore Season Two and now the Italian stallion is going to make an honest woman of Vicky, after a romantic proposal in Cancun, Mexico in the new series which premiers on MTV on Tuesday 3 July at 8.30pm
When Ricci Guarnaccio, 25, entered the Geordie Shore house he described himself as the King of Newcastle, stating that ‘every man wants to be him and every girl wants to sleep with him.’ But that soon changed when he clapped eyes on the gorgeous Vicky Pattison, 24. Continue reading »
Paul Henry has offended Australian Breakfast viewers with some comments regarding asylum seekers.
Henry was commenting on the subject of asylum seekers and the recent decision by the Australian federal government to pay households up to $300 a week to accommodate them.
“If this is all about saving money you could broaden it out. Why not criminals? Not murderers, but low level criminals,” Henry said.
“The jails could be smaller and you could put them in homestay situations … The mentally ill could go into homes.”
Henry then said that it would be a good idea to put an asylum seeker in a linen cupboard.
“You’d want to get the linen out, wouldn’t you? Otherwise (inaudible) ‘oh, these sheets are dirty. Ergh’. Continue reading »
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The number of households with Freeview has increased significantly over the last four months, according to the latest figures.
The Digital Tracker, funded by Going Digital, shows 47% of all households with a working television now have Freeview, up from 41% last quarter. The percentage of homes with Sky TV or TelstraClear dropped from 57% to 55% over the same period.
Freeview General Manager Sam Irvine said the figures show free to air digital television is becoming more popular in New Zealand, and he expects the trend to continue as digital switch over gets closer. Continue reading »
The Commerce Commission has completed its investigation into the joint venture between Television New Zealand Limited (TVNZ) and Sky Network Television Limited (Sky) finding the pay TV market will not be less competitive as a result of the venture.
In November 2011, TVNZ entered into a joint venture agreement with Sky to launch a new low-cost subscription TV service, known as Igloo.
The Commission received a number of complaints that the joint venture had the potential to substantially lessen competition. It opened an investigation to determine whether there was any likely breach of sections 47 or 27 of the Commerce Act. Today, the Commission advised TVNZ and Sky that it had found no likely breach. Continue reading »
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