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Reviewed by tvnz.co.nz's Anna Gowan Otago author Kyle Mewburn recently won the New Zealand Post Children's Book of the Year Award for his picture book, Old Hu- Hu (illustrated by Rachel Driscoll). A Crack in the Sky was produced as a result of the New Zealand Society of Authors Mentor Programme, in which Kiwi writers are partnered with more experienced authors (in Kyle Mewburn's case, David Hill). Conor is having a pretty tough time. His dad is MIA and money is tight - so tight in fact that his mum can't afford a new sofa. When Conor sees a plush red couch washed up on the beach, he thinks his discovery is almost too good to be true - and it is. With a good dose of cheeky humour, A Crack in the Sky is an entertaining read for 8-11 year olds. The plot rockets along with plenty of intriguing twists and mysteries for a young reader to resolve. Kyle Mewburn has folded a number of bittersweet observations about life into the novel, and subtly tackles some fairly serious issues throughout the course of the story. This is a fun read with a strong message for kids: a moment of despair can quickly spiral into quite a crisis - especially when a suspicious red couch is involved. A Crack in the Sky by Kyle Mewburn Publisher: Scholastic RRP: .99 Available: Now.
Sky TV, Spark (owner of Lightbox TVNZ and Media Works have presumably never liked Call Plus' global mode feature, which makes it easy to access content on off-shore services like Netflix US. But Call Plus first introduced global mode back in June 2013.* Why are they only turning up the heat now? Because Netflix NZ launched last month, and that development suddenly opened an easier pathway to the US version of the service. You can sign up with an NZ credit card before you country hop. In fact, there are other pathways, including the fact Netflix has a more liberal credit card policy in Europe — and once you've signed up for Netflix in any country, you can change your Netflix country setting to the US, if you have a global mode service. But Mauricio's overall point stands. It's now a lot easier and obvious for Kiwis. Shortly before Netflix NZ launched, Call Plus (which owns Slingshot and Orcon) introduced a global mode switcher. That made it easy to sign up for Netflix NZ, then once signed into the service turn global mode back on and hop across to Netflix US (which has around eight times the content; some shows aren't available on Netflix NZ because Sky holds local rights). An email sent to Orcon customers on Thursday, just a couple of hours after legal action was taken, said its switcher had been defaulted to NZ — which was billed as a move to make Netflix NZ easier to use. It also included instructions on how to turn global mode back on: Click to zoom. A second major theme of comments on NBR and elsewhere — and indeed from Call Plus Group CEO Mark Callander — is that if Spark is so anti global mode, then it should also crack down on its own customers who use software like Unblock-us to mask their country of origin and access offshore content.* In a comment after NBR's Thursday story, Spark corporate comms head Richard Llewellyn implies the point of difference is that.
Re: Sky tv, able to unscramble? Originally Posted by jermsie My friend's uncle is able to watch sky (not digital) on his dish and satellite decoder. Is there anyway for me to do that, watch the scrambled tv? We've got a third party decoder. I'm very interested to know. That's confusing. Your friends uncle must be watching digital as that's all that comes out of a sattelite. The decoder is the set-box that converts it to a TV signal (analog). Not to be confused witha decoder that allows accwess to Pay TV. The difference with Pay TV is that the subscription channels are scrambled, so you will not be able to decode those with a third party set-top box, and if there was a way its actually against forum rules to discuss it ( See rule 4). Re: Sky tv, able to unscramble? to decode sky with a 3rdparty receiver you will need to able to load firmware which would be a big hassle and you would of course still need to pay sky to get a card to unlock it. the only reson you might want to do that is if you don't like sky's poor performaning sat decoders and you have your own bettr quailty one. there is afaik a few analogue sat channels still around (russin/asian and need a big dish for them). that setup won;t be able to pickup sky's digital signal. last i heard it was possible to crack sky's digital feed however it took a while for the pc to do it so you had glitches every time the codes rolled through (ie interuptions to the picture). not exactly worth it iho. Re: Is Sky TV accessible over a third party decoder? OS X + Ubuntu + Windows | Re: Is Sky TV accessible over a third party decoder? I think that you can get a decoder from the pirate contries ( China etc.) that will decode just about every satalite pay TV feed under the sun. Re: Is Sky TV accessible over a third party decoder? I think your question is similar to mine raised just a few days ago. See.
STEVE KILGALLON Last updated 14:29, January 22 2016 LAWRENCE SMITH/ FAIRFAX MEDIA It is not as if there is a security guard [on our channel] saying show us your gender before we let you in, TVNZ boss Kevin Kenrick is taking on the world's biggest players in online viewing with the planned launch of a new male-skewed channel The state broadcaster's chief executive admits it represents an attempt to reclaim young male viewers who have abandoned traditional television. Asked about young men who had turned to illegal downloads and overseas online broadcasters for their viewing, Kenrick said: I think we should have a viable option for them. TVNZ have announced plans to launch a male-skewed television channel. The yet-to-be-named channel will launch later this year with chiefly imported content and will be live-streamed by TVNZ, but will also be available through Sky's platform. READ MORE: * Is TVNZ's boys club 'herding' us into boxes? * TV Guide letter calls pregnant TVNZ presenter Jenny- May Coffin an 'eyesore' * Eyesore' letter about TVNZ's Jenny- May Coffin makes global headlines * Paula Penfold: Don't belly-shame Jenny- May Coffin * TVNZ staff told to look less glamorous Kenrick said if it was a success, TVNZ would consider other online-based channels in the future: Let's focus on first things first, but if this is outrageously successful, we will all be climbing over each other to do more. Kenrick would not reveal any of the planned programmes - although they would include comedy, drama, sport, movies and documentaries - a launch date, or a name for the new channel, but said most content would be imported and some could crossover from TV1 and TV2. They would be very responsive to viewer feedback. It's clear TVNZ don't see this as a direct tilt at TV3 or Sky, their traditional competition, but at the emerging raft of online players, such as Netflix and Lightbox: We.