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Sky will add two more HD channels to its satellite service next month. Both National Geographic and MTV Music will beam out in 1080i from March 4. Among the Nat Geo highlights you can expect to see in HD will be Cosmos: Possible Worlds, which will screen 8.30 Mondays from March 9. The 13-part sequel to […]

  Terminator: Dark Fate ➢ “Overall image clarity and detail are terrific, less so obviously in moments with a lot of atmospherics (smoke, cloud, water—as in underwater) but that’s to be expected. Texturing is crisp and well-defined without appearing edgy, colours are rich and nuanced, and the contrast is superb — deep yet detailed blacks […]

Saturday Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (TVNZ 2, 7.00) Yellowbird (Maori TV, 7.00) The Tourist (TVNZ 2, 8.45) Cloverfield (Three, 8.55) Presumed Innocent (Duke, 9.30) Mortal Combat (Prime, 9.30)   Sunday 101 Dalmatians (TVNZ 2, 7.55am)  Without A Paddle (TVNZ 2, midday) Geostorm (TVNZ 2, 8.30) Chappaquiddick (Maori TV, 8.30) Me Before You (Three, 8.35) No Good […]

➢➢ TVNZ 1’s Sunday night run of compelling British drama will continue with the February 23 premiere of Gold Digger. It stars Julia Ormond as a wealthy woman who falls in love with a younger man (Ben Barnes) whom her children suspect is only after her money. “It’s not subtle, but it’s effective,” said The […]

Sky reports a near-75% hike in streaming customers helped to drive subscriptions to 795,000 for the six months ending December 2019. “Our new and enhanced streaming services are attracting new customers to Sky, and we are also firmly focused on super-serving our satellite customers,” chief executive Martin Stewart says. “One of the pleasing outcomes is […]

TVNZ 1 is delaying the 2020 season premiere of Fair Go to screen highlights of a concert honouring Australia’s firefighters. A Concert For Australia: Fire Fight will air from 7.30-9.05 on February 17, pre-empting not only the consumer watchdog but also new episodes of Highway Cops and Border Security. [Update: TVNZ OnDemand will stream the concert from 3pm on […]

In yet another troubling sign for the future of free-to-air TV, MediaWorks is shutting down ThreeLife and replacing it with HD music channel The Edge TV and the SD-only Breeze TV. Here’s the media release: THE EDGE TV AND BREEZE TV COMING TO TV SCREENS On 26 March MediaWorks will be changing ThreeLife and ThreeLifePlus1 […]

TVNZ 2 has pulled its previously scheduled post-Oscars Red Carpet special. On The Red Carpet After the Oscars was to have aired 11.10 Monday night but now “won’t meet our delivery requirements”, a spokesperson says. However, the behind-the-scenes half-hour will screen 3.20am on February 16, after an overnight re-run of the ceremony that will screen live […]

Amazon Prime Video NZ will launch Al Pacino’s first TV series Hunters on February 21. Created by David Weil (Moonfall) and executive produced by Jordan Peele (Us), it follows a diverse band of Nazi hunters in 1977 New York City, where they try to thwart the rise of a Fourth Reich. Pacino co-stars with Logan […]

New to Sky’s streaming service this month are the abolitionist dramedy The Good Lord Bird, the McDonalds fraud documentary series McMillions, and the latest seasons of Kidding, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, The Bold Type and Motherland. TV Guide reports Showtime’s John Brown dramatisation will be “unexpectedly funny“. According to James McBride, who wrote the […]