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SoHo at last will premiere the latest seasons of The Hour and Treme. Season two of the former and season three of the latter will go to air in February. Whereas SoHo screens most of its HBO, Showtime and AMC fare within weeks of the US channels, both The Hour and Treme have had their [...]

SoHo is repackaging its box set weekends. Starting January 12, Sky’s premium HD drama channel will screen uninterrupted a complete season of a series on a Saturday and repeat it on Sunday instead of spitting it over both days. On some weekends, shorter-run series will be double-billed as box sets. For instance, on January 12, [...]

Amid all the buzz of free-to-air shows like The X Factor USA and Homeland being rushed to air within hours of their US transmission, it’s surprising to see Sky’s SoHo holding back on one of its own. This is the channel that more than any other has brought subscribers up to speed with US screenings of [...]

Six Feet Under fans at last can look forward to seeing the Fisher family in HD when season three starts on Sky’s SoHo channel on May 4. HBO made the first two seasons of the Alan (True Blood) Ball drama available only in SD for the first two seasons. Unlike The Sopranos, which was in [...]

Blistering barnacles! Despite the Kiwi connection, New Zealand’s one of the last territories to explore The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn on Blu-ray. The 2D and 3D editions were released more than a month ago in the US, the UK and Europe. But those who have waited rather than imported won’t be [...]

SoHo Highlight: Treme (Sky 10, 9.30, 5.1) Season finale: Jazz Fest gives Treme residents a welcome respite from a challenging year. The AV Club club said “this thoughtful, lovely finale shrugged off virtually every apparent narrative obligation and still brought the season to a satisfying conclusion”. What’s Alan Watching argued Do Watcha Wanna illustrated “perhaps the greatest difference” [...]

Season Premiere: The Finder (TV3, 8.30, 5.1) In episode one of this Bones spin-off about a Florida Keys eccentric with an uncanny gift for finding people and things, a teen asks his help to find the father who went missing after his plane vanished. The Chicago Sun-Times thought it “a lighthearted blend of action, drama and comedy” while the New [...]

SoHo Highlight: Treme (Sky 10, 9.30, 5.1) Delmond pitches his fusion project to Dr John; Toni enlists a private eye for the Abreu case; Davis debuts his band while Annie resists debuting her song. Sixties pop fans can see Susan Cowsill, of The Cowsills, in a bittersweet cameo when she fronts the modern lineup of the band [...]

SoHo Highlight: Treme (Sky 10, 9.30, 5.1) As Carnival arrives in New Orleans, Albert unveils his new plumage, and Delmond discovers a new sound; in New York, Chef Ripert gives Janette time off to attend to personal business and Fat Tuesday. Said the Seattle Post Intelligencer of episode seven: ”Home cookin’ is right. David Simon and Eric Overmyer [...]

Sky’s showcasing of HBO product on its new SoHo channel isn’t delaying the release of key series on Blu-ray. Often Blu-ray buyers in this territory are disadvantaged by boadcaster holdbacks on series that can’t be released on disc until clearance from licence holders TVNZ or MediaWorks. That can lead to delays if a show is [...]