Sky One ponies up the cash for HD drama

We Americans may think it's cute or quaint to read about "progammes" and "colours," but there's no laughing at the commitment Sky One is showing to producing more HD content. The company has opened up the shoppe coffers to the tune of eight-figures (that's in pounds sterling, so we Yankees can multiply by two). Right off the bat, adaptations of work from Chris Ryan, David Almond and Terry Pratchett are slated for production, and there's more material in the works to be spread out over 2008 and 2009. All this studio goodwill towards HD comes on the tail of a record of 2.86 million viewers who tuned in to the HD production of Terry Pratchett's "The Hogfather." More premium HD content is always a good thing, but you know the unhappy ending -- no news on if or when these dramas might make it to the US of A.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 20th 2008 5:08PM]

> The company has opened up the shoppe coffers to the tune of eight-figures (that's in
> pounds sterling, so we Yankees can multiply by two)

sixteen figures? dude, thats like a quadrillion dollars!

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 20th 2008 5:45PM]

10 million quid, 20 million bucks

the Hogfather may have been watched by 2.x million, but only about 700,000 have Sky HD. Although you're correct in saying it's HD produced, it's a little misleading what you wrote

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 20th 2008 7:08PM]

And we British readers of this blog think you�re all a bunch of gits ;) Do you have to point out our differences every time you mention a British event? It becomes tiresome. Just get on with the news.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 21st 2008 6:33AM]

"We Americans may think it's cute or quaint to read about "progammes" and "colours," "

I do hate to have to point this out, but the language is ENGLISH, and unsurprisingly the ENGLISH know how to use it! That is how you spell those words, not how you Yanks spell it.
But yes I agree with the above poster, do you always have to start pointing out differences, and just get on with the news.