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Showtime’s pre-emption of Dexter next week for a holiday in the US will delay Boardwalk Empire’s season-four premiere on SoHo by another week. Bad enough that Boardwalk Empire was going to air here two weeks after its HBO debut, anyway. But now we’ll be running three weeks behind the US, with the premiere postponed until […]

Kiwis get the jump on the rest of the world with Iron Man 3 going on sale here up to four weeks ahead of the UK and US. It includes a behind-the-scenes peek at Thor: The Dark World (which opens in November), Deconstructing the Scene: Attack on Air Force One, cast and crew interviews, a […]

SoHo at last has announced a premiere date for Ray Donovan. It will go to air here three months after its US debut, on September 29, in The Newsroom’s 8.30 Sunday slot. By then it will have finished its runs not only on Showtime in the US but also SoHo’s pay-TV equivalents in the UK […]

The next season of Dexter, which SoHo will debut in July, will be the last. It goes to air June 30 in the US, several months earlier than normal, and will be preceded by season seven’s release on Blu-ray. But whereas fans probably will see season eight within days of the US, there will be […]

A year after the launch of SoHo, Travis Dunbar, Sky’s director of entertainment, reflects on the premium HD drama channel’s successes, strategies and significance: As SoHo marks its first anniversary, which shows have proved (i) most popular and (ii) least popular? Overall, drama has performed better than the lighter, more comedic series on SoHo. Perhaps predictably, HBO’s […]

Has Boardwalk Empire regained its footing for the third season, which begins tonight on SoHo (Sky 10, 8.30)? The Herald on Sunday reckons it’s become “badder and much better”, with critic Nick Grant arguing the premiere “demonstrates that Nucky’s (Steve Buscemi) resolution to be the best bad guy he can be hasn’t wavered” after season […]

The four Indiana Jones adventures and two Titanic movies set sail this week on Blu-ray. Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventures can be bought only as a box set while the highest-grossing movie in history is out in 2D and 3D versions. Clearly, since it was released theatrically in 1997, the 3D release is a conversion. […]

Sky has announced the latest season of True Blood will premiere in HD on SoHo 10 days after its SD run ends on Prime. “Catch the brand new season of True Blood, fresh from its HBO airing, uncut and in high definition,” reads the press release. Peculiarly, however, the first-run episodes will air as a […]

Game of Thrones is the latest HD drama to graduate from SoHo to Prime for an SD run. But will it end up more sliced and diced than many of its protagonists? The Sky-owned broadcaster promoted Game of Thrones as “coming soon” during its top-rating Olympics coverage and this morning announced it would air 9.30 […]

SoHo Highlight: Boardwalk Empire (Sky 10, 8.30 Sunday, 5.1) Season finale: With Nucky’s trial looming, Jimmy looks to make amends; after weighing an offer from Esther Randolph, Margaret makes a decision that will change the course of her future — and Nucky’s. US reviews ranged from it was a “crisply written, beautifully shot, superbly acted and — most importantly […]