Throng

I'm figuring out what I am going to do.

TV1 is airing the movie length premiere "This is Not My Life", at the same time Prime is airing "Survivors". Then there is the usual shows I watch on C4.

Now look at Wednesday night. There is nothing on except maybe "True Blood" which I'm not really into or "Castle" which I haven't got round to seeing yet. V: The Remake sucks, so I'm not going there.

Back to Thursdays, my only option is to tape TV1 and switch back and forth between Prime and C4.

Does anyone know the name of the song that is played in the new Prime: 50 Years Of Television ad?  It starts with Doctor Who and then shows a clip from SGU and so on.  The lyrics I remember are:

Drifting out in space, Dry your eyes and fix your face, Nothing left to fear but the truth dear

Is anyone else looking for this song?

Help would be much appreciated!!!

update: The song is called Stars by Jay Price and you can get it here:

Despite last week’s TVNZ 50 Years special copping such a beating in the media following its screening, the network is planning another celebration special for late June.

TVNZ is piling together a celebration to mark the past 50 years of news and current affairs television in this country in spite of the fact last week’s show was savaged by television fans and critics.

Of course TVNZ are unfazed by the scorn, because the special managed to draw a massive audience and generated a bundle of advertising revenue for them.

The upcoming news special was initially vetoed by the network when planning the year’s celebrations but in the wake of the ratings hit last week TVNZ may well be simply looking to cash in a second time around.

The two-hour show is planned for 8.30pm on June 27, the same date and time Prime are marking their 50 Years celebrations.

PRIME’s coverage of the Olympic Games increased PRIME’s audience share by more than 39% compared to 2009.

Over 2.3 million kiwis viewed the Winter Olympics on PRIME - the Opening Ceremony alone reached an audience of more than 500,000 (all 5+) with the Closing Ceremony being viewed LIVE by over a quarter of million people.

The most popular events were Figure Skating which peaked with 20% of the audience (over 200,000 people), followed by Downhill Skiing and the Luge.

Why do we have to be subjected to idiots masked as sports presenters who think they're so funny when all we want is some proper expert analysis/commentary on sport? I'm mainly talking about The Crowd Goes Wild. Why can't they just give us a proper sports show? Are Sky TV really that mean-spirited that they want us to endure this lame show rather than give us a decent half hour review of recent sports games/competitions?

As part of Prime TV's coverage of Winter Olympics they've also brought along some guy with black, thick-rimmed glasses to ask for their opinion. I have no idea who he is but from what is coming out of his mouth I'm guessing he thinks he's funny.

Crowd Goes Wild and that guy have been the only blip on what has been decent coverage of the Winter Olympics by Prime.

The thing I love about hanging with the folk at Prime is that while they are genuinely nice people, they really love television.  I mean, they really love television.  So much so that they're quite comfortable acknowledging that they're self confessed TV geeks.  Listening to the banter between the presenters at their 2010 Season Launch definitely cemented that.

Prime has experienced some pretty good growth this year, recently achieving its highest peak share.  One can only assume 2010 will see that peak moved higher with a fantastic lineup as well as the Winter Olympics.

So what's on the cards for next year?  Check out the list below and let us know what you think:

New Shows

Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics - 6am - 6pm daily

When TiVo goes on sale in a weeks time, although you'll be able to watch Prime and Maori Television you won't be able to view the listing information or program any shows to record from either of the channels.

Both Maori Television and Sky have refused to allow their listings to appear in the TiVo EPG.  Some are speculating that Maori Television's decision is based on the 2011 Rugby World Cup broadcast rights but the official line is that there just wasn't a compelling business case.

Sky are "slightly uncomfortable" with TiVo's exclusive arrangement with Telecom while they prefer to partner with all internet service providers.  On top of that, TiVo isn't planning on measuring ratings data until 2012 which would likely be the incentive both broadcasters needed in order for the scenario to change.