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Amazon Prime Video’s latest addition to its burgeoning streaming library in this market is a new series from the creator of Normal People (above). It has picked up the NZ, Australian, Canadian and African rights to Conversations With Friends, the second collaboration from author Sally Rooney, Endeavor Content, Element Pictures (The Favourite, Room, The Lobster) and […]

Three’s live State of Origin telecast on Wednesday won its slot in the core commercial demographics but rated lower than its lead-in, crime drama LA’s Finest. The first half averaged 2.8% of 25-54 year-olds and 2.5% of 18-49s; the second half, 1.8% / 1.4%. It was the first State of Origin game to screen on […]

Disney+ has struck the streaming mother lode with its Marvel series, Parrot Analytics reports. Here’s its analysis of the most in-demand shows with US audiences so far this year, ahead of the latest Disney+ Marvel premiere, Loki. WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier earned 38.9x and 37.8x the demand of the average show, […]

Disney+ will add more than 20 new titles to its Star channel over the over the next year. Here’s the media release: New Zealand (9th June 2021), Disney+ confirms over 20 titles will premiere exclusively on Star on Disney+ in Australia and New Zealand including “Pam & Tommy”, “Welcome to Wrexham” and The Kardashian-Jenner upcoming series […]

➢➢ The chief new network TV highlight for the week starting June 19 will be the premiere of yet another home makeover series. My Impossible House (TVNZ 1, 7.30 Thursday) will follow British homeowners as they try to turn historic structures, from windmills and churches to rundown barns and lighthouses, into dwellings … ➢➢ Duke will […]

Sky hopes to tempt new broadband customers by offering 12 months of free Disney+ streaming. In case you missed it, the deal was announced yesterday. Here’s the media release: Sky and Disney+ collaborate to offer an exclusive deal for Sky Broadband customers 9 June 2021 Sky has today announced a collaboration with Disney+ that will […]

Award-winning Korean immigrants drama Minari can be streamed in 4K but isn’t being released in the higher resolution on disc. “Minari comes to Blu-ray disc featuring 1080p AVC encoded video and lossless DTS-HD 5.1 Master Audio sound,” AVSForum said. Colours are effectively used in this film to help set the tone/setting based upon the mood […]

TVNZ 2’s season premiere of MasterChef Australia improved on time-slot predecessor Popstars but still couldn’t beat Three’s The Masked Singer NZ in the core commercial demographics. It averaged 3.2% of 25-54 year-olds and 2.2% of 18-49s vs 6.1% / 4.9% for Masked Singer. It also lost to TVNZ 1’s Spotlight: Craig McLachlan, which averaged 4.9% […]

A weekly guide to what’s new of note on air and online Sunday ➢ A Love Yarn TVNZ 1, 8.30/TVNZ OnDemand Kiwi Anna Hutchison plays a Canuck who inherits her grandmother’s knitting shop in this NZ-Canadian co-production. Set in small-town NZ, it co-stars Westside’s Simon Arblaster, Annie Whittle and 800 Words’ Olivia Tennet. Monday ➢ Spotlight: Craig McLachlan […]

Saturday The SpongeBob Movie:Sponge Out of Water (TVNZ 2, 7.00) Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again! (Three, 7.00) The Prince of Egypt (Maori TV, 8.40) Goldstone (Maori TV, 8.45) 2 Guns (Three, 9.15) Black Sheep (TVNZ 2, 9.40) War Dogs (TVNZ 2, 11.30) Patriots Day (Three, 11.30)   Sunday Jerked (TVNZ 2, 1.35am) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TVNZ […]