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● TVNZ have just announced Freaks and Geeks will no longer stream from August 15. “Unfortunately we had an unforeseen delay in getting the show ready for the date provided,” a spokeswoman says. “We’re aiming to get the series up as soon as possible.” ➢➢ TVNZ OnDemand’s newest streaming attraction is the 1999 cult hit, […]

Spark’s streaming service Lightbox will debut three exclusives next month and fast-track new episodes of a fourth. The highlight is the tense Sandi-noir hostages thriller, Below the Surface, about the hijacking of a Danish subway train, which can still be viewed on the BBC iPlayer. The Times thought it solid rather than spectacular and said […]

NZ’s definitive guide to what’s airing nightly free-to-air in 1080i Saturday Rheem Outdoors With Geoff (TV3, 5.00) The Simpsons (TV3, 5.30, 5.1, R) MasterChef Australia (TV1, 7.00) Movie: The Golden Compass (TV2, 7.00, R) Movie: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (TV3, 7.00, 5.1, R) Posh Pawn (TV1, 8.05) Network Movie Premiere: American Hustle (TV2, 9.15) Movie: US Marshals (TV3, 9.25, R) Crimson Field (TV1, 10.10, R) Prime Cricket: […]

UNFORGOTTEN|Prime, 8.30 Sunday Crime series are all about tying up loose ends, which means you need a lot of loose ends to start with. In that regard, and many others, Unforgotten doesn’t disappoint. A skeleton is discovered under a basement floor and DCI Cassie Stuart and DS Sunil ‘Sunny’ Khan are assigned the case. DCI Stuart is played […]

❏ Prime officially launches its new-look HD schedule today (complete with new logo and graphics) — but only on Sky. It’s hard not to suspect Sky is limiting the long-delayed HD roll-out to its own platform to help drive subscriber growth. Other explanations are hard to come by. Sky didn’t respond to my query and failed to even […]

Most of Prime’s peak-hour content will be in native HD when the channel upgrades to 1080i transmission on February 13. The catch is you’ll need to have one of Sky’s new decoders, or a MySky HDi or MySky+ to watch it in HD as it will still be SD on Freeview. HD highlights in the […]

Prime has revealed through its Facebook and Sky TV sites that it will go HD from February 13 — but only on the Sky platform. Why it can’t offer Freeview|HD viewers Prime in HD isn’t clear. Here’s what the broadcaster has shared on Facebook but not directly told media (I only learned about it courtesy of long-time […]

Prime has picked up the new-look Top Gear after MediaWorks says it opted not to relicense the BBC series. It’s one of a raft of BBC newcomers that both broadcasters announced today, with other highlights including TV3’s David Attenborough coup The Hunt and Prime’s dramas The Coroner and Unforgotten. “Prime has been the ‘spiritual home’ of […]