Monthly Archive: September 2010

Sep
29



Virgin goes live with 3D TV

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Virgin Media and BSkyB have been battling to become the first to introduce commercially available 3D television for domestic viewers.  BSkyB has received much of the media attention around domestic 3D television as it prepares to launch the first 3D television channel in Europe 1 October. In the mean time, it appears that Virgin Media …

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Sep
25



Goodfellas television show

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Since the Sopranos ended with a blank screen a few years ago there have been a large mobster type hole in most people’s television viewing schedules.  However, now that Goodfellas is about to get adapted into a television series; there may be some hope in sight. Although it is not yet rumored that Scorsese will …

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Sep
15



Too much sex and violence before 9pm watershed

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66% of parents in the UK think that children are able to see inappropriate content before watershed hours according to the results of a new survey. Out of about 1,000 parents questioned, two thirds of them responded that their under 18 year old children had seen poor content before the 9pm restriction. Another 80% of …

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Sep
07



Daybreak takes over from GMTV

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The new morning breakfast show Daybreak premiered this Monday on ITV1. The show, a successor to GMTV that reportedly cost millions of pounds to produce, aired for the first time this morning. The show’s hosts, Christine Bleakley and Adrian Chiles were one major difference from previous breakfast shows, and a new set was a welcome …

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Sep
03



Coronation Street drama coming from the BBC

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In its first reviews, Coronation Street was panned by critics, with little excitement or appeal to be found. The executives who put it on the air even called it “dreary” and did not hold high hopes for the show. The producer was told to find something to replace it with, but decades later, Coronation Street …

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