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✮ The networks are resorting to HD movies to patch up mid-season programming holes: TV3 will use a season of action movies to shore up Monday nights, starting with a re-run of Taken on May 7 — two days after repeating AVP: Alien vs Predator — and Oscar-winner The Hurt Locker (above) will have its network HD premiere, with 5.1 audio, […]

William & Kate: TV One, 8.30pm Saturday If you missed the Royal Wedding, catch up with how they met – if you dare: “So bad it’s awful, toe-curlingly, teeth-furringly, pillow-bitingly ghastly” (The Guardian); “a shoddily cast, poorly executed, badly edited and surprisingly boring account” (The Daily Mail); “it succeeds simply by not giving anyone a […]

Movies showcasing two of 2010’s most notable Oscar winners, Sanrda Bullock and Kathryn Bigelow, will premiere in HD next month on Sky Movies. The underdog sports drama, The Blind Side, for which Bullock won her first best actress trophy, will screen on May 29 and The Hurt Locker, which helped Bigelow to become the first […]

Roadshow Entertainment is about to launch a Blu-ray and DVD promotion it says will be one of the home video sector’s largest marketing initiatives yet. It hopes the DVD Rewards programme will “revitalise” sales and heighten awareness of Blu-ray and DVD as entertainment options. The nine-week campaign will run from June 1 and earn consumers […]