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S4C
To Provide English Sports Commentary
S4C announced today it is to provide English commentary on
its domestic football and rugby coverage via a red-button interactive option
to supplement its main Welsh language coverage.
The new service will be available via the red button on S4C Digidol on Sky,
Freeview, Freesat and Virgin TV in Wales, and outside Wales on Sky and
Freesat.
S4C's main commentary on its football and rugby coverage will continue to be
in Welsh. The broadcaster already provides English subtitles on its service.
The new service will mean that English language commentary will be available
for The Welsh Premier football league and the Welsh Cup as well as
highlights of Wales home international matches.
English commentary will also be available for all live rugby games in the
Magners League, Swalec Cup and live games from the Principality Premiership.
The new English-language service will be financed from S4C's commercial
fund, not from the public fund which pays for Welsh language content.
Iona Jones, the S4C chief executive, said, "S4C is a Welsh-language
broadcaster with a remit to provide high quality programmes in the Welsh
language.
"However, the new service will enhance the appeal and accessibility of S4C
to the many non-Welsh speakers who watch the channel, particularly our
extensive sports output."
18:37
July
15 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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College
Drama For ITV
ITV2 is to screen a new eight part drama, called Trinity, about a university
which undergoes a vast transformation.
Although it has been an elite playground solely for the uber rich and
powerful for 900 years, the college decides to opens its doors to everyone
for the first time.
In come a new flux of students such as streetwise, intelligent Theo, played
by Reggie Yates, stoners Angus, played by Mark Wood, and Raj, played by
Arnab Chanda.
Together with new recruit Charlotte, played by Antonia Bernath, the new
students seek to uncover the truth behind the mysterious death of one of the
college's former professors.
ITV2 controller Zai Bennett said: "Hot on the heels of the phenomenal
success of Secret Diary Of A Call Girl, Trinity is set to further cement
ITV2's growing reputation as the place to see dynamic, sexy home-grown
dramas.
"Breaking a host of gorgeous, up-and-coming new talent alongside great
established names, the heightened world of Trinity is a place I'm sure our
viewers will want to spend time in."
18:30
July
15 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Funeral For
Emmerdale Actor
Cast members from Yorkshire soap Emmerdale have joined the
family of star Clive Hornby at his funeral in Leeds.
The actor, who had played cloth-capped farmer Jack Sugden in the ITV1 soap
since 1980, died earlier this month at the age of 63.
Elizabeth Estensen, who plays his on-screen wife Diane, read a eulogy at the
service at Rawdon Crematorium.
Also present to pay his respects was Kelvin Fletcher, who plays Hornby's
on-screen son Andy Sugden.
Former stars of the ITV1 soap, including Claire King and Malandra Burrows,
were also in attendance.
Hornby's son Tom also paid an emotional tribute at the service, recalling
the times he spent with his father.
He told mourners: "He was my best friend, whom I trusted and respect."
Ms Estensen told the congregation of the bravery with which the actor faced
his illness.
She described how he endured great pain but told only a small number of
people he was not well while he was still working.
"The thought of Tom kept him going," she said.
Hornby's last scenes were shown in February but the actor, who began his
career as a musician, had been determined to beat a mystery illness and
return to work.
18:16
July
15 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Inside Soap Awards
Details of the Inside Soap nominations have been released and
Coronation Street is up again to defend its best soap crown.
The ITV1 show picked up the prize for the first time at the 2007 ceremony.
This year, it will be up against EastEnders, Emmerdale,
Hollyoaks, Home and Away and Neighbours in 12 different categories, voted by
the readers of Inside Soap magazine.
Coronation Street's Jack P Shepherd leads the pack with four nominations,
including best actor.
He will do battle against EastEnders star Jake Wood, Emmerdale's Kelvin
Fletcher, Hollyoaks' Chris Fountain, Home and Away's Ray Meagher and Stefan
Dennis from Neighbours.
Meanwhile, Coronation Street's Kym Ryder, who has two nominations, joins
EastEnders' Lacey Turner, Emmerdale's Charlotte Bellamy, Hollyoaks' Jessica
Fox, Lynne McGranger from Home and Away and Jackie Woodburne from Neighbours
in the best actress category.
The ceremony will take place in London on September 29.
10:40
July
15 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Prison Break Spin-off
More details have emerged about the Prison Break spin-off
series, which will be set in a women's prison.
According to the show's executive producer Matt Olmstead and co-executive
producer Zack Estrin plan have been scrapped to introduce a new female
character in Prison Break who would then become the star of the spin-off
series.
Instead, they are planning a completely new series as part of the Prison
Break brand.
Estrin said: "This is more like a CSI: NY - more of a brand spin-off than a
character spin-off."
The working title for the show is Cherry Hill, but that could change to
Prison Break: Cherry Hill.
09:20
July
15 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
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Could Big Brother End?
The odds on Channel 4's Big Brother being axed have shortened
to 8-1 following the cancellation of the Australia version.
Network Ten is pulling the plug on the current series which ends on July 21.
The UK's version, the ninth season of Big Brother, has seen viewing figures
averaging 3.3m, 5 per cent down from the 3.6m this time last year.
Big Brother originated in the Netherlands in 1999. The UK version launched
on Channel 4 a year later. Two years ago the channel made a new deal to take
it up to 2010.
Ladbrokes spokesman Nick Weinberg explained the reason for changing the odds
on Big Brother being axed from 16-1 to 8-1.
He said: "Big Brother's fall from grace Down Under demonstrates that
everything has a shelf life. It suggests that the format is getting a bit
tired."
08:06
July
15 2008 - waveguide.co.uk
Reader Comment
I hope BB comes to an end. The idea had run out of steam
by about the end of series 3. It's just full of wannabes, idiots and
deliberately chosen unusual people to wind each other up, rather than much
of a cross section...
mike_diack
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