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We’re contemplating introducing a new forum on Throng for a bit more general discussion about television but would like to get some feedback on whether or not this might be something useful.

Happy to take on board any other content suggestions you might have.

I would like to apologize to Choice TV, Brian Holland from Choice TV and to Regan Cunliffe over the posting below made the other day, which clearly should have been looked into further before the post was made.

It is habit for me to dive in before finding out the full story and this experience has made realize that I need to rethink the way I do things on message boards like Throng and elsewhere.

I believed at the time it was the right thing to do but to call out Choice TV as I did, on reflection, was the incorrect way of doing things and I also apologize for that as well.

I sincerely hope this has not ruined the relationship Throng has with Choice TV and I also hope it has not ruined the relationship I have with Regan as a member of Throng.

Thank you.

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Nigel Godfrey as a new contributor to Throng.

We’ve been fans of Nigel’s work since we met him on the set of New Zealand Idol 8 years ago.  He has a wealth of TV industry experience and plenty to say about it so we look forward to his thoughts and commentary.

Nigel Godfrey made both his West End and Television debuts at the age of 13 during the year of the Queen’s first jubilee. After leaving Alleyn’s School he starred as Kipps at the Westminster Theatre in Half a Sixpence and followed this with lead roles in both Oh What a  Lovely War and The Boyfriend at London’s Golden Lane Theatre. In 1986 and 1987 he worked with The Miss World Group and Thames Television on Miss UK, Miss Great Britain and The International Final of Miss World – broadcast LIVE from The Royal Albert hall to an estimated audience of 500 Million. Nigel Continued to work for Thames Television until 1988 when he decided to move to Sydney. Continue reading »

Regular readers of Throng will recognise the daily input of Brad Kreft to the site.  Brad has worked for Throng for a couple of years now as one of our content editors. This week he’s headed to the northern hemisphere where he’ll be spending more time focusing on our UK and Canadian operations.

We’d like to take this moment to thank Brad for all his effort and wish him the best with his new adventure.

Even though I’m not interested in watching Wild Boys. I love the ad in the background on this site. It makes Throng look more slick instead of having the plain white background.

We’re needing some members to help us test a new feature on Throng. If you’re keen to help, please let me know and I’ll send through some instructions.

W Drum has won two movie tickets for their contribution to the comments on our news analysis on July 29th.

Jame Tame is the Justin Bieber of New Zealand journalism

Last week’s best comment came from dextra on the post Sky confirm R18 version of Spartacus: Blood and Sand for NZ.

This show is loaded with so much sexual filth and gratuitous violence it almost makes you sympathetic to the Bible’s proclamation that God’ll return to flood the earth and kill us all again.

I love it, and I’m guessing anyone who thought they could recut this to a PG version hasn’t actually seen the show. Each Ep would be no longer than 30 seconds.

dextra has won two movie tickets for their contribution!

If you’d like to win two movie tickets as well, just leave a comment on one of this week’s posts.

Last week’s best comment came from wohucanglong on the post TVNZ’s poster boy Jack Tame loses all credibility.

Absolutely pathetic piece of journalism. Can someone at TVNZ please tell Jack that to be a journalist means reporting the news, not being the news. In fact, this was so bad I forgot halfway through the item that this was about Andy Haden resigning. I began to think it was about Jack and how hard he has been working to chase the story . . . or is that to create a story? This lame piece of journalism should be used in schools throughout the country as a clear cut example of what not to do.

wohucanglong has won two movie tickets for their contribution!

If you’d like to win two movie tickets as well, just leave a comment here over the next 7 days.

Last chance to vote for your favourite kiwi made TV show of the last 50 years!

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