Category Archives: Movies & TV

Movie reviews #17

Posted on Dec 30, 2007 by sim

For certain reasons (or actually one, very small reason), rounding up ten movies for this review batch took significantly longer than usual. Here, finally, is the latest roundup however, no matter how “late” it may be. Again a couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies & TV, Reviews | 1 Comment

Hey Jungner, maybe they have a life

Posted on Nov 30, 2007 by sim

Yesterday, YLE (Finnish Broadcasting Company, recipient of our TV license fees) chief Mikael Jungner caused yet another stir by wanting to take a peek at the subscriber databases of all the for-pay TV channels to cross-check with the payers of … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Finland, Movies & TV | 1 Comment

Movie reviews #16

Posted on Aug 16, 2007 by sim

Though most of these date back earlier, thanks to the unusually wet July, I had time to watch a few movies on my vacation and due to this, the usual package of 10 movies per review post was exceeded. Anyhow, … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies & TV, Reviews | Leave a comment

Movie & TV reviews #15

Posted on May 1, 2007 by sim

The past few months have been very quiet on the movie-front, so gathering this review round took quite a while. Again a few great movies but they unfortunately came balanced with a few downright disappointments. As a sidenote, I’m constantly … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies & TV, Reviews | Leave a comment

Finland going digital – kicking & screaming

Posted on Apr 10, 2007 by sim

At the end of August this year, Finland is due to stop its analog terrestrial television broadcasts and go all digital. This is presumably done to free up some bandwidth for other purposes, though I’ve yet to see a convincing … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Finland, Movies & TV | 1 Comment