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Nigel LAM <nigellam@hkstar.com> ���g�J��D�D
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> William Lau wrote:
> 
> > I totally agree with you!!
> >
> > TV Fan <hkcd@hotmail.com> ���g�J��D�D
> > <01bc926c$5025a960$35768bd0@supervisor>...
> > > Do you know that.... The two free-to-air English TV stations in Hong
> > Kong
> > > put on great movies every night!!!!
> > > Many of these moives are still only available on Laser Disc / Video
> > tape
> > /
> > > Pay-TV in other countries, that means, you have to PAY!!!!
> > > After cinema showing, then a movie will go to free-to-air TV 4
> > months (at
> > > least) till 3 years (at most) later.
> > >
> > > "Madonna - the girlie show", first run in Nov, 1993 on TVB Pearl
> > while
> > she
> > > was still in Australia. LD/Video was released in June, 1994. VideoCD
> > was
> > > released in June, 1997.
> > >
> > > "From Dusk Till Dawn", first run in June 1997 on ATV World. The
> > video is
> > > still on the "new release" counter in vidoe rental shops in UK &
> > Australia.
> > > (No Laser Disc in UK & Australia). It is also avialable on Cable TV
> > in
> > > US... but not free-to-air TV.
> > >
> > > "Strictly Ballroom", first run in June 1993 on ATV World, Hong Kong
> > > official LD release date: August, 1993... is it ridiculous???
> > >
> > > "Hellraiser 3", first run in Aug, 1993 on TVB Pearl, released on
> > Video in
> > > Australia in May, 1994.
> > >
> > > "Heavenly Creature", first run in Apirl 1996 on ATV World, UK video
> > release
> > > date: March, 1997
> > >
> > > "Murial's Wedding", first run in Nov, 1996 on ATV World.
> > >
> > > "The Usual Suspect", "Murder on the first", "Jurassic Park", "The
> > Piano",
> > > "The Man without a face", "Foever Young", "Far & Away", "Damage",
> > "Die
> > Hard
> > > 3", "Bram Stoker's Dracula", "Ace Ventuna - Pet Detective",
> > "Stargate",
> > > "Star Trek 6"....
> > >
> > > God, you have to pay if you are not in Hong Kong!!!!
> > >
> > > So, if you are one of the typical Hong Kong citizens, only watching
> > > Cantonese dramas on the two free-to-air Cantonese Stations...
> > > Poor boys, you miss a lot!!!
> > >
> > > Don't miss "Batman - Forever" coming Saturday on TVB Pearl..

"My Girl" was aired on Saturday.
"Batman - forever" will be aired tonight on TVB.
Dont' miss classic "Coma" on Wednesday.

"Crash", "Seven", "Last Man Standing" are coming soon..

Two months ago, there is a Alfred Hitchcock's special, 5 top AH films in a
row. "Vertigo", "The Man who knew too much", "Bird"... etc
I taped all of them and send to a friend in UK.

> > > "the x-files" now re-run after mid-night, from Monday - Friday...

Most of my friends in Hong Kong heard of "The X-files" but never ever
watched one.
It is a good show and give it a try.


> > >
> > > In other countries, only dated movies on Sunday night & terrible TV
> > soap
> > > available on free-to-air TV
> > >
> > >
> 
>   I was shock to learn that we are so lucky to have so many new movies
> on air free.
> But I still have some opinions on the movies on air,  I love to see the
> movies, but I hate the bilingual translations, it just waste the digital

Bilingual transmission (or Trilingual transmission occasionally) actually
attracted more Chinese Viewers to watch English Channel..

Don't you know  that the English TV broadcast (required by Hong Kong Law)
were making loss for the last 30 years.

> stereo channel. As most movies have chinese captions already, the
> chinese sound translation can be avoided, and I don't think much of us
> will like to listen to such chinese translations.
> 
> Without such chinese translation, we have a sound channel spare and we
> can broastcast in original stereo sound, and in most cases, with Dolby
> surround encoded.  This is absolutely possible because I have already
> tried it (the Willow and the Emperor of the sun), It gives much more
> pleasure to watch movies with surround sound than mono sound.
> 
> Also, I hope the movies can be broastcasted in letter box format than
> the pan and scan format.
> 

The two free-to-air English TV broadcast in Hong Kong:
TVB Pearl (UHF channel 25)
ATV World (UHF channel 27)