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We’ll soon be seeing a whole lot more of the big red shed on TV screens with The Warehouse planning infomercial-style advertisements.

Warehouse Group CEO Mark Powell told TV3’s Firstline this morning that one of the strategies the company is planning is to run TV infomercials.

“It’s one avenue of communicating with our customers,” says Powell.

“What it really means is longer advertorials really showing the features and benefits of products I think are helpful. They help sell products, rather than just showing five seconds of a product.”

Whether or not she wins, Anna Wilson has the X Factor.

It appears as though before pursuing a music career, Anna had a budding acting career, starring in the 2001 movie Kid’s World alongside Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future) and Olivia Tennet (Shortland Street).

Perhaps her outfit from Sunday was inspired by her first scene wardrobe from the movie. (View more photos at ChildStarlets) Continue reading »

So excited to announce that Annabel Fay & Smashproof will be performing on Monday night #XFactorNZ Live Results show! twitter.com/xfactornz/stat…

— The X Factor NZ (@xfactornz) May 22, 2013

Next Monday’s live X Factor NZ results show will include appearances by special guests Annabel Fay and Smashproof.

The two Kiwi acts were announced via the X Factor NZ Twitter feed this morning.

I don’t believe there is a single artist who has performed on American Idol hasn’t seen their work fly up the charts.  All that prime time TV exposure is excellent if you can capitalise on it, even if you’re Ruby Frost it would seem.

It will be fascinating to see what happens to the singles charts once the performances are available on iTunes.

Most watched

1. One News: 710,390 (TV ONE, 6:00pm – 7:00pm)
2. Shortland Street: 611,380 (TV2, 7:00pm – 7:30pm)
3. My Kitchen Rules: 585,430 (TV2, 7:35pm – 9:35pm)
4. Fair Go: 562,640 (TV ONE, 7:30pm – 8:00pm)
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Guyon Espiner and the Affirmative team won last night’s debate regarding decriminalising soft drugs on TV3’s The Vote with a 72% majority.

Viewers voted from around the country and overseas. During the broadcast #thevotenz trended at #1 in New Zealand, and #2 Worldwide on Twitter.

The debate saw the ‘legal highs’ industry controversially admit that their synthetic products are more dangerous than ordinary cannabis – and advise: “If you want to get rid of synthetic cannabis, the best way is to decriminalise natural cannabis.” Continue reading »

Arrow to introduce more DC characters

Season two of Arrow will reportedly introduce more characters from the DC comics. Actor Colton Haynes told MTV that “a few” of the original characters would feature to form a team.

Osbourne returning to X Factor

Sharon Osbourne has been confirmed as a judge on The X Factor in the UK. Osbourne originally appeared in the first four seasons of the show before leaving. Continue reading »

This might be the most interesting debate they’ve done on The Vote.

The ‘legal highs’ industry has admitted to TV3’s The Vote that their products are more dangerous than ordinary cannabis – and advised: “If you want to get rid of synthetic cannabis, the best way is to decriminalise natural cannabis.”

The comments were made by industry representative Grant A Hall, the General Manager of The Star Trust, and came during a debate on the moot ‘Let’s decriminalise soft drugs’ filmed for the monthly current affairs programme, which screens tonight at 8.30pm on TV3. Continue reading »

Sky has made a generous pledge to the people of Christchurch by donating $1 million through to the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal to support sport and recreation projects for school-aged children.

At an event in Kaiapoi today, SKY chief executive John Fellet presented Prime Minister John Key with a $1 million cheque for the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal Trust.

Fellet says SKY has pledged $200,000 annually for five years and will work with Sport Canterbury and the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal Trust to select a project each year, with the funds administered through the Appeal Trust. Continue reading »