Global media giant News Corporation who already owns 100% of LNT, announced Friday May 30 that it has acquired the remaining part of TV Riga (TV5) and now this channel is also under full ownership of the conglomerate. Latvia’s most popular channel LNT was acquired in May last year, together with 70% of TV5. As [...]

Yesterday, I have discovered a perfect way to watch live NBA games while in Riga. I mean, not even discovered but really tried it out for the first time. There are Conference Finals underway in the World’s premier basketball league, the Finals are ahead and that means, it’s time to watch some beautiful basketball. During [...]

My TV remote’s OFF button clicked right when I heard an awful song which was performed by some group dressed like pirates jumpin’ around the stage. At that moment I thought, well yeah, there are hopefully better performers to make it to the Eurovision contest, this one is a flop for sure. Imagine how shocked [...]

Njā, Kārlis ir tāds Seržants. “LNT rīcībā ir nonācis šokējošs video”. Manuprāt, gan – nekas vairāk, kā kārtējais lēts mēģinājums uztaisīt sensāciju. Kā divas krievu tīnes izrēķinās savā starpā, pareizāk – viena izrēķinās ar otru, ir redzēts vismaz pirms gada (pietiek ievadīt vārdu “драка” youtubā un atradīsies daudz kas pa šo tēmu). Nav runa, kadri, [...]

I was watching LNT’s morning show “900 Seconds” today, when I saw Latvian Prime Minister Ivars Godmanis speaking on inflation. He has told that Government’s aim by fall ’08 is to “come to inflation lower than a two-digit number. I can’t  tell you now, whether it’s seven or eight percents, but this is our aim”. [...]