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 Supernatural returns to TEN It feels like forever since we’ve seen the Winchester boys on our screen but they’re now set to make a return to TEN’s Monday night programming in their traditional 9.30pm timeslot. Supernatural was pulled for no reason around Christmas time and the show’s fans haven’t been kind in their criticism of the network ever since. Irate fans have been utilising various internet forums to make their views known including TEN’s own forums and it seems that TEN have listened……..for now. Supernatural returns March 29th 9.30pm. Soon our community TV channels in the main capital cities will go digital, TVS in Sydney has already commenced test transmissions of channel 44 with an official launch date of March 1, 2010. However Channel 31 or C31 as it is known on air claim that despite Federal Government funding to go digital, it is still not enough and requires the public to help. C31 is asking Melbournians to become a subscriber of the community channel by making a donation of either $31, $75 or $310 so the station can upgrade its digital facilities. Subscribers can also donate more than that if they wish, all members will receive a quarterly newsletter from the station as well as have access to exclusive previews of shows before they air. The C31 website states… “C31 was given a one-off Government grant to make the switch to digital but it was not enough. The station needs additional funds to upgrade its equipment and facilities to make the transition to digital. The Station airs over 95 locally produced shows each week making it by far the largest broadcaster of local content in Australia, and it serves as a training ground for the entire television sector.” Subscriptions will last for twelve months, for more information head to the C31 website here. Midnight – Friday 16th April………..In a first for ABC TV, the new series of Doctor Who will launch on ABC iView – the ABC’s internet broadcasting service – two days prior to its broadcast on ABC1. Less than two weeks after the first episode airs on the BBC in the UK, Australian viewers will be able to stream it on iView from midnight on Friday 16 April at abc.net.au/iview. The episode will then be shown on ABC1 on Sunday 18 April at 7.30pm. The new series stars Matt Smith (Party Animals) as the 11th Doctor –introduced to viewers at the end of the recent two-part special ‘The End Of Time’ – and Karen Gillan as his companion Amy Pond. Bafta-winning writer Steven Moffat (Coupling, Jekyll) is replacing Russell T Davies as lead writer and executive producer. The first three episodes have been confirmed as ‘The Eleventh Hour’ and ‘The Beast Below’ by Steven Moffat, and ‘Victory of the Daleks’ by Mark Gatiss. Community Television has begun with the digital launch of Sydney’s increasingly popular free-to-air channel TVS. TVS is the first community station to begin simulcasting and can now be seen on Digital Channel 44. Community Television stations in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth are also due to commence digital transmissions in the coming months. This follows a decision late last year by the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy, to allocate vacant spectrum previously known as Channel A to Community Television stations until the switch to digital-only television in the capital cities in 2013. The Government also allocated funding, totalling $2.6 million, to assist stations to meet the costs of commencing digital transmissions. “We expect that simulcasting will significantly increase audiences and confirm a permanent place for Community Television in the emerging world of multi-channel free-to-air television,” Mr Patton said. “We are committed to local programming and we look forward to hearing from prospective program makers now that we are available on both digital and analogue”. Personally, I can’t wait for C31 in Melbourne as I love a lot of their shows, just never had great reception of the analogue signal – it’ll be great to see them without the snow effect on the big screen. THE loss of British car show Top Gear to the Nine Network will have a material effect upon the ability of the public broadcaster to commission Australian productions, according to Matt Campbell, SBS’s director of television and online content. “The loss of Top Gear is certainly a blow to us, and it is a blow to the producers sitting in the room, because Top Gear for the last four years has been funding many of your programs,” Mr Campbell told delegates at the 2010 Australian International Documentary Conference in Adelaide last week. “So the loss of Top Gear is a serious issue for SBS and not one of my happiest moments in my TV career. “But that’s business.” He described BBC Worldwide’s sale of the series to Nine as “particularly dirty business”. The Federal Government has confirmed a date for the digital switchover in regional South Australia and Broken Hill, indicating that the regions will switch to digital-only television signals on 15 December this year. The date announced by the minister for communications, Stephen Conroy, is in accordance with the government’s digital switchover timetable, which states that Mildura, Broken Hill and regional SA should all move to digital-only television by the end of the year. In a statement, the minister stated: “Already 64 per cent of households in these regions have converted to digital TV, which is more than the Australia-wide conversion rate of 61 per cent by the end of 2009. “Digital switchover will deliver more choice and content, better picture and sound quality and free up spectrum which can be used for the delivery of new and improved broadcasting and communications services, such as high speed broadband.
Fans of the BBC One program have the chance to snap up Cybermen, Daleks and costumes worn by David Tennant as the 10th Doctor at auction house Bonhams on February 24. The costume Minogue wore while playing spaceship waitress Astrid Perth in a 2007 Christmas special is expected fetch up to STG3000 ($A5466). Tennant’s two-piece dinner suit, worn in three episodes, is expected to reach a similar price. One of two Imperial Daleks costumes from 1988 could raise up to STG7000 ($A12,755) while the other, altered for exhibition purposes, could fetch STG3500 ($A6377). Kylie and David were a lovely couple…….what could have been……sigh.
They really pulled out all the stops in the episode and it really was worth all the hype. I loved it. Loved it. Loved it. I just wish David Tennant didn’t have to go. Sigh. I still think that the Master turning everyone on Earth into himself was slightly absurd – possibly the most absurd thing we’ve seen during the David Tennant Doctor Who years. I was glad when that it was undone when the Time Lords showed up. Yeah, so the Time Lords came back. But as the Doctor says, “They’re not as I choose to remember them.” These Time Lords are the ones from the end of the Time War – they’re twisted and don’t want to die. They want to live forever at any costs. And that was why the Doctor stopped them the first time and has to do so again. Timothy Dalton as the Time Lord Rassillon was awesome. He managed to convey the desperation of the Time Lords and still seem like a bad ass. I wish we’d got to see more of him! The Time Lords came and went. They were a great plot device it’s just a shame we’ll never get to see them again.
The show usually revolves around a person or group of people who come to a crossroad in their lives, such as a big problem or a tough decision. Then angels enter the scene, bringing messages directly from God and helping people in their problems. Monica, the main angel character, is always learning how to assist humans with their needs and questions. Volumes 1-3 are already on the shelf whilst Volume 4 is being released in early March. Touched By An Angel – Volume 1 (3 DVD Set)  The Black Adder returns on fully remastered DVD's Every series of The Black Adder is about to be re-released on fully remastered DVD for all you Adder fans. The Black Adder, currently airing on channel GO! has got to be one of my favourite all time shows. And keep a watch out for Hugh Laurie of “House” fame who co- starred in quite a few episodes. Now I see why Dr Gregory House has such a sense of humour! You can Pre-Order Now for the March 3rd release. Black Adder – Series 1 (Remastered) |
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