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Article #57Re: Hong Kong TV viewers are very very lucky
From: William Lau
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 00:00
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 1997 00:00
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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.. > "the x-files" now re-run after mid-night, from Monday - Friday... > > In other countries, only dated movies on Sunday night & terrible TV soap > available on free-to-air TV > >
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 10811a,dc1719ec654336ad,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10811a,public X-Google-Thread: 1105bb,f49f64cc44546f4b X-Google-Attributes: gid1105bb,public X-Google-Thread: 1161fb,f49f64cc44546f4b X-Google-Attributes: gid1161fb,public X-Google-Thread: f6b63,dc1719ec654336ad,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf6b63,public X-Google-Thread: 10a774,f49f64cc44546f4b X-Google-Attributes: gid10a774,public X-Google-Thread: 1045aa,dc1719ec654336ad,start X-Google-Attributes: gid1045aa,public X-Google-Thread: f6708,dc1719ec654336ad,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf6708,public X-Google-Thread: 108c16,f49f64cc44546f4b X-Google-Attributes: gid108c16,public From: "William Lau" <aieco@netvigator.com> Subject: Re: Hong Kong TV viewers are very very lucky Date: 1997/07/17 Message-ID: <01bc92c0$de46f6a0$3b6b8bd0@default> X-Deja-AN: 257431415 References: <01bc926c$5025a960$35768bd0@supervisor> Organization: Netvigator Newsgroups: alt.tv,alt.video.dvd,alt.video.laserdisc,aus.tv,aus.tv.x-files,de.alt.tv.misc,fj.life.in-japan,fj.rec.tv,hk.entertainment,hk.general,hk.rec.audio-visual,hk.rec.movies,no.radio-tv,rec.video.cable-tv,sdnet.tv,sg.rec.tv,tw.bbs.rec.tv.x-files