From romance in Paris and money in Vegas, to lust in London and sleeping in Seattle. LocateTV would like to take you on a tour of shows set around the world. Why? Well, when else would you be able to eat Breakfast at Tiffany’s in New York and be in Tokyo in time to have lunch with Godzilla?
We all know that directors have their favourite locations; did you know London is the third busiest filming production centre in the world, behind only Los Angeles and New York? But what about the rest of the world? Seattle and Tokyo have played host to a great range of shows (I bet you thought of Sleepless in Seattle and Lost in Translation didn’t you). Take a look at the theme pages, you might be pleasantly surprised…
There’s nothing like Valentine’s to bring out the romantics in (most of) us. Are you one of those people who swoons over love films and would like nothing more than a bunch of roses and a massive box of choccys to arrive at the door this Thursday? Then make LocateTV your love interest and check out our aptly named theme page, say it with me now “Roses are red…”
We can’t all be soppy romantics, some of us would prefer not to celebrate yet another Hallmark holiday saturated with lovey-dovey mush! For this very reason, LocateTV has come prepared…Ignore the lovers hype and catch up on some totally non-love related shows; with Anything but Valentine’s mush!
It is great to hear that people are using the MyPicks feature on LocateTV to keep up to date with when their favorite shows and actors are available to watch. Already we have been asked if the limit of items that can be added to a MyPicks list can be raised - so now we have done just that! You can now add up to 24 people, TV shows or movies to your MyPicks list to keep track of when they will next be shown.
It is important to remember that the MyPicks list uses cookies stored on your computer - your picked items could be lost if you clear private data within your browser’s settings. If you wish to make the list permanent or to share with a friend or on another computer then please follow the instruction on the MyPicks page.
So, for those that asked, 24 is now the magic number. Enjoy.
Strong stuff; but in many ways good news for LocateTV. The report, independent although commissioned by UK broadband and media provider Tiscali, claims that in a competitive and fast-moving entertainment market, ‘choice is key and will have a significant impact on who suceeds’.
Absolutely. We set up the site because our experiences suggested that, with so much content available over so many platforms (TV, DVD, the different online providers), people want to find out exactly where and when they can see their favourite shows and actors, rather than wade through crowded schedules, constantly missing programmes or repeats of old favourites or shows they’ve been recommended.
It’ll be interesting to see how the big commercial broadcasters respond to these new ways of watching TV. What with the LA writers’ strikes and copyright disputes, one thing’s sure: the times, they are a-changin.
Just when you thought January was all dullness, diets and bad weather, along comes Lottie to brighten up your week.
Yes, it’s LocateTV’s second video blog, and in this episode Lottie demonstrates how to use the new MyPicks feature, which allows you to bookmark your top TV shows, movies and actors to build a custom-made page showing when all your favourite things are next showing on TV, online and on DVD.
It’s the perfect month to hide away with your favourite programmes, so learn how to make the most of it…
Happy New Year from everyone at the LocateTV blog… we hope you’ve had a fantastic Christmas and that LocateTV really helped you wade through all the rubbish in those crammed TV schedules to find what and who you really wanted to watch.
You may have noticed that, despite all the alcohol and merriment, we’ve managed to do quite a bit of work - and that LocateTV is looking a mighty bit clearer and easier to use. The front page especially has been tweaked to make the search box more visible, we’ve emphasised how you can change your region and TV supplier to make the results perfectly tailored for you, and everything’s just that bit… well, prettier.
The My Picks symbol is now also nice and graphic so that making a personalised favourites page is outrageously simple.
Ever wished that you could just have a list of when all your favourite TV shows and movies are next on, just at the touch of a button?
The day that LocateTV fans have been waiting for is here: the My Picks function has launched. One of our most common pieces of feedback throughout the beta phase has been from people wanting some way to create their own personalised lists of their top searches, so they have a tailor-made custom TV guide at a glance, ensuring that they never need miss an episode of their favourite TV series, or a showing of their favourite movie, again. My Picks is designed to do just this, and we hope you think it’s a clear and easy way to keep up with - well, with your picks.
It couldn’t be easier: search for your favourite show, click the ‘Add to my picks’ icon on the grey title bar of the show or and boom, there it is.
Of course, this also works for actors. My page reads like a ‘dream dinner guests’ wish list, showing when Daniel Craig, Johnny Depp and Daniel Day Lewis are next on TV so I can always get a fix of my favourite thesps.
Moreover, this is a great talking point with offline and online friends; it’s like your TV and movie DNA. What’s on your Picks list? Do you keep it pared to the very best or cram in every show you love?
We’re all schedulers now.
Christmas and TV go together like turkey and stuffing. When you’re tired of squabbling families and over-full of food, watching festive movies can be the one way to restore a little peace and good will among men. However, Christmas schedules can be a nightmare; the massive TV guide is falling apart as it’s wrenched from hand to hand and, despite the many shows you’d love to watch now you have the time, somehow when you sit down with a glass of mulled wine, there seems to be absolutely nothing decent on.
So, to take the stress from your scheduling and inject a little Christmas calm, LocateTV have produced two indispensible theme pages showing where and when you can watch holiday movies in the next couple of weeks: Christmas Turkeys and Christmas Crackers.
You’ll guess from the titles where we’re going with this. Some obvious classics like It’s A Wonderful Life and Gremlins are always worth a repeat and somehow restore a bit of sparkly spirit however many times you’ve seen them. They’re not all old; the wicked Bad Santa is a worthy recent addition to the ‘crackers’ canon.
However, Christmas is legendarily a time when, out of tradition, habit and brandy-addled sloth, you end up watching movies you’d never dream of wasting time on at any other time of the year. One word for you: Elf. Of course, sometimes watching cringe-worthy ‘turkeys’ makes it feel more like Christmas than any well-crafted film.
What are your Christmas TV traditions? Do you agree with the choices on our lists, or do you think Jingle All The Way is a work of comedy genius? Whatever your preferences, have a harmonious, stress-free holiday with LocateTV.
Just imagine: you own an Orlando Bloom fan site. You search for Mr Bloom on LocateTV, intending to embed one of our lovely widgets on your home page sidebar so that all your readers can instantly see which of his movies is next on TV, every time they visit your site. But the search result for Orlando shows… nothing. Surely not - that elfishly piratical Brit must have some blockbuster showing in the next couple of weeks! This was the dilemma of Sarah over at excellent siteThe Orlando Bloom Files and was proving something of a mystery… until she double-checked her region settings by clicking on the flag on the top right of LocateTV. She was set as an American, but her postcode and channels were wrong - once changed, they did indeed show all the great Bloom movies airing soon. So Sarah’s happy, her loyal Orlandophile readers are happy, we’re all happy.
Messsage of the fable: check your region, your postcode and your channels to ensure you’re getting the LocateTV data that’s relevant to you. Then enjoy the show.
With the newly released The Golden Compass getting mixed reviews - is it a spine-tingling spectacular or a politics-and-religion-shy disappointment compared to Philip Pullman’s books? - we’d like to ask you a provocative question.
Are today’s fantasy movies too CGI-slick? Was the rough-around-the-edges style of something like Jim Henson’s Labyrinth more spooky and magical than the glossy beauty of Lord of the Rings? Are epics bigger and better than ever, or do you pine for the old days of Willow, Legend and the like? Do amazing effects mean that our imaginations are redundant?
Your mission should you choose to accept it, has two stages:
There’s nothing like Valentine’s to bring out the romantics in (most of) us. Are you one of those people who swoons over love films and would like nothing more than a bunch of roses and a massive box of choccys to arrive at the door this Thursday? Then make LocateTV your love interest and check out our aptly named theme page, say it with me now “
Christmas and TV go together like turkey and stuffing. When you’re tired of squabbling families and over-full of food, watching festive movies can be the one way to restore a little peace and good will among men. However, Christmas schedules can be a nightmare; the massive TV guide is falling apart as it’s wrenched from hand to hand and, despite the many shows you’d love to watch now you have the time, somehow when you sit down with a glass of mulled wine, there seems to be absolutely nothing decent on.
With the newly released The Golden Compass getting mixed reviews - is it a spine-tingling spectacular or a politics-and-religion-shy disappointment compared to Philip Pullman’s books? - we’d like to ask you a provocative question.
