NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Television New Zealand

Television New Zealand (TVNZ) is a state-owned television broadcasting corporation in New Zealand. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 210 pixel Image in higher resolution (1586 Ã— 417 pixel, file size: 146 KB, MIME type: image/png) TVNZ Corporate Logo from 2004 onwards. ... Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air, OTA or broadcast television) was the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery prior to the advent of cable and satellite television. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_New_Zealand. ... The Pacific Ocean has an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 islands; the exact number is unknown. ... Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Rick Ellis is the current CEO of New Zealands state broadcaster, TVNZ. Categories: | ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 Ã— 1200 pixel, file size: 460 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 Ã— 1200 pixel, file size: 460 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File historyClick on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time. ... This article is about the City of Auckland. ...

History

TVNZ was established in 1980, through the merger of Television One and TV2 (formerly South Pacific Television). Like Radio New Zealand, it formed part of the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand (BCNZ), but this was dissolved in 1988, and the two broadcasters became separate entities. Year 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar). ... The phrase mergers and acquisitions or M&A refers to the aspect of corporate finance strategy and management dealing with the merging and acquiring of different companies as well as assets. ... South Pacific Television logo, 1976 South Pacific Television was a television channel in New Zealand, which operated between 1976 and 1980. ... Radio New Zealand Limited is New Zealands public service radio broadcaster. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ...

At present, approximately 90% of TVNZ's revenue is from commercial activity (such as advertising and merchandising). The remainder of its funding comes from government funding agencies. Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Advertising is nothing but just waste of money. ... A coffee mug bearing the logo of a company or organization is a common example of product merchandising. ... Funding or financing is to provide capital (funds), which means money for a project, a person, a business or any other private or public institutions. ...

The Labour-led governments since 1999 have pursued a programme of public broadcasting reforms. New Zealand’s wide-ranging adoption of neoliberal policies in the mid-1980s and 1990s had large sections of the state sector privatised. As a state owned enterprise, TVNZ enjoyed enormous commercial success (sustaining two thirds of the overall audience share) and paid the Crown substantial dividends (over $250 million between 1989 and 1999). However, the commercial success had been achieved through an unabashed pursuit of ratings through populist and tabloid content, and prior to the 1999 election the National-led government was evidently positioning TVNZ for privatisation Labour-led administrations since 1999 explicitly recognised the market failures of a wholly commercial broadcasting sector (e.g. saturation-level advertising, low levels of local content, heavy reliance on cheap imports and a disregard for quality genres and in-depth news and current affairs) and re-emphasised television’s cultural and democratic functions in their policy thinking. This article is about the year. ... The term neoliberalism is used to describe a political-economic philosophy that had major implications for government policies beginning in the 1970s – and increasingly prominent since 1980 – that de-emphasizes or rejects positive government intervention in the economy, focusing instead on achieving progress and even social justice by... State sector organisations in New Zealand (as at January 2004) are as follows: Parliamentary Offices Office of the Controller and Auditor-General (Tumuaki o te Mana Arotake) Office of the Ombudsmen (Nga Kaitiaki Mana Tangata) Office of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (Te Kaitiaki Taiao a Te Whare P... Privatization (sometimes privatisation, denationalization, or — especially in India — disinvestment) is the process of transferring property, from public ownership to private ownership. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

The government’s highest profile broadcasting reform to date was the restructuring of TVNZ as a Crown Entity in 2003. This introduced a dual remit whereby the broadcaster had to maintain its commercial performance (continuing dividend payments to the Crown) while simultaneously implementing a new public service Charter. A Crown entity is a type of organisation that forms part of New Zealands state sector established under the Crown Entities Act 2004 a unique umbrella governence and accountability statute. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The TVNZ Charter would require the negotiation and reconciliation of potentially contradictory commercial and public service imperatives. The final version of the TVNZ Charter included a range of public service objectives and expectations.

However, this dual remit precluded any transformation of TVNZ into fully-fledged public service broadcaster, and TVNZ’s efforts to balance its pursuit of commercial performance and Charter objectives were soon being criticised. Despite some investment in local content, including new documentaries and discussion programmes, the content on TV One and TV2 remained similar to the pre-charter schedules, with a continuing high proportion of light entertainment and reality-TV shows. Reality television is a genre of television programming in which the fortunes of real life people (as opposed to fictional characters played by actors) are followed. ...

This was because TVNZ's dual remit required it to continue paying dividends to the Crown, and although TVNZ now receives a modest subsidy towards implementing the Charter, the former has thus far exceeded the latter. The government has proposed a Programme of Action for broadcasting which would review the funding system.

There is much debate on the future of TVNZ, which focuses on the nature of public service broadcasting and its commercial role. An example was in a memo called A More Public Broadcaster [1] written by outgoing Chief Executive Ian Fraser to the board of TVNZ in October 2005, was obtained and released by Green MP Sue Kedgley. The memo outlined three options Chief Executive may refer to: Chief Executive of Hong Kong Chief Executive of Macau Chief Executive Officer This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Ian Fraser OBE (born c. ... Sue Kedgley (born 1948), BA (Victoria), Teachers cert (Auckland), MA (Hons) (Otago), a New Zealand politician, has represented the Green Party in the New Zealand Parliament since first becoming a Member of Parliament as a list MP in the 1999 elections. ...

On 15 February 2006, a group of 31 prominent New Zealanders signed an open letter [3], published as a full-page newspaper advertisement, calling for better quality programmes and less advertising on TVNZ. These included mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary, and former Governors-General Sir Michael Hardie Boys and Dame Catherine Tizard. However, they were accused of being out of touch and nostalgic for local programmmes from the 1970s, when New Zealand had only one or two TV channels. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation or ABC is Australias national non-profit public broadcaster. ... Radio New Zealand Limited is New Zealands public service radio broadcaster. ... Twentieth-century broadcasting in Māori was provided by various New Zealand TV stations. ... The Special Broadcasting Service (SBS) is one of two government funded Australian public broadcasting radio and television networks, the other being the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). ... is the 46th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sir Edmund Percival Hillary, KG, ONZ, KBE (born 20 July 1919) is a New Zealand mountaineer and explorer. ... The Governor-General of New Zealand is the local representative of the Queen of New Zealand, Queen Elizabeth II, and as such is the highest office in the Government of New Zealand. ... Sir Michael Hardie Boys, GNZM, GCMG, QSO, PC, (born 1931) is a New Zealand jurist and was the countrys 17th Governor-General, from 1996 to 2001. ... Dame Catherine Anne Tizard (nee Maclean) GCMG GCVO DBE QSO (4 April 1931â€“) was a Governor-General of New Zealand, and the first woman to be appointed to the office. ...

While the Broadcasting Minister, Steve Maharey ruled out turning TVNZ into an entirely non-commercial broadcaster, on 25 February, he stated that the Labour Government was "pretty much settled" on the introduction of two new free-to-air, non-commercial channels available via digital television. One channel could show high-end international documentaries, re-runs of One News and minority programmes with a high local content, and another, primarily for children, screening serious drama and arts at night. [4] Steven (Steve) Maharey (born 3 February 1953) serves as New Zealands Minister of Education, Minister of Broadcasting, Minister of Research, Science and Technology, Minister for Crown Research Institutes and Minister responsible for the Education Review Office. ... is the 56th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...

On November 14, 2006, TVNZ announced plans to launch two commercial-free digital channels. The first, with the working title TVNZ News 24, would feature news, sport and special interest content, and be launched in late 2007. This would be followed by a channel featuring children's, families', arts and documentary programming, with the working title of TVNZ Home, in early 2008. [5] While 80 per cent of the programming would be local content, 70 per cent of this would consist of repeats from TVNZ's existing channels or its archive. is the 318th day of the year (319th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... TVNZ News 24 is a tentative title for a 24 hour news channel to launch in New Zealand via the FreeView digital television platform in 2007. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The proposal was criticised by TV3, which accused the Government of "bailing out" TVNZ and argued that the money would be better spent on new programming [6] Although Sue Kedgely welcomed the decision to make the channels (including children's programming) commercial-free, she accused the Government of tight-fistedness.[7] TV3 is a commercial television station in New Zealand. ...

On March 8, 2007, TVNZ announced plans to launch a new family-oriented channel dubbed TVNZ3 later in the year, although it was unclear whheter or not this would carry advertising. [8] is the 67th day of the year (68th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

TVNZ Services

TV One

TV ONE is primarily associated with more serious programming nature, with a broad range of programming including One News and One Sport. TV One also complements its own news coverage with carriage of BBC World overnight. TV ONE is a free to air New Zealand television channel run by TVNZ. It is primarily targeted at a more mature audience, with a broad range of programming including ONE News and Current Affairs and ONE Sport. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... ONE News One News is the news-service produced by Television New Zealand. ... BBC World is the BBCs international news and current affairs television channel. ...

TV One screens some of New Zealand's major sporting events such as the Olympics, the Commonwealth Games and America's Cup. TV One formerly screened All Blacks test matches prior to losing free-to-air rights to TV3 after being out-bid. The five Olympic rings were designed in 1913, adopted in 1914 and debuted at the Games at Antwerp, 1920. ... Current flag of the Commonwealth Games Federation Locations of the games, and participating countries Commonwealth Games Federation seal, adopted in 2001 The Commonwealth Games is a multinational, multi-sport event. ... The Americas Cup trophy The Americas Cup is the most famous and most prestigious regatta in the sport of sailing, and the oldest active trophy in international sport, predating the FA Cup by two decades and the Modern Olympics by 45 years. ... First international Australia 3 - 22 New Zealand (15 August 1903) Largest win New Zealand 145 - 17 Japan (4 June 1995) Worst defeat Australia 28 - 7 New Zealand (28 August 1999) World Cup Appearances 5 (First in 1987) Best result Champions, 1987 The All Blacks are New Zealands national rugby... TV3 is a commercial television station in New Zealand. ...

TV One features a full entertainment schedule that includes both home grown and international shows (predominantly from the United Kingdom and the United States) that New Zealanders have grown up with such as Coronation Street, through to a range of award winning documentaries, drama and comedy. Coronation Street is an award winning British soap opera. ...

TV One is also the primary news outlet for TVNZ, broadcasting news from TVNZ's News and Current affairs department and branded as ONE News. For the A&E TV show, see Cold Case Files. ... In Justice was an American television police procedural created by Michelle King and Robert King. ... Close to Home may refer to: Close to Home (TV series), an American television show Close to Home (comic strip), a syndicated comic strip Close to Home (soap opera), a New Zealand television show Close to Home (film), a 2001 movie Close to Home (film) - 2005, a 2005 Isreali movie... ONE News One News is the news-service produced by Television New Zealand. ...

TV2

TV2 focuses on entertainment and delivers a strong line-up of comedies, drama, movies and local programming. TV2 caters primarily to a young and family oriented audience. TV2 is a television channel in New Zealand, which is owned and operated by TVNZ. It targets a younger audience than its sister network, TV One. ... Image File history File links Tvnz_epg_tv2_logo. ... A stilt-walker entertaining shoppers at a shopping centre in Swindon, England Entertainment is an event, performance, or activity designed to give pleasure or relaxation to an audience (although, for example, in the case of a computer game the audience may be only one person). ...

TV2 has a wide range and depth of locally-produced content, with shows like Shortland Street, Mitre 10 Dream Home and NZ Idol. Shortland Street is New Zealands longest-running soap opera airing each weeknight on TVNZs TV2. ... NZ Idol, is the New Zealand version of the British television show Pop Idol. ...

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TVNZ 6

TVNZ 6 will be a digital-only channel available on the Freeview platform from 30 September 2007. It will screen a variety of arts, drama, family, and pre-school programming. Image File history File links TVNZ6. ... Image File history File links TVNZ6. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The term television channel generally refers to either a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). ... TVNZ 6 is a future digital-only television channel for the Freeview service. ... possible Freeview logo FreeView is a non-profit free-to-air digital television service planned for New Zealand. ... is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

TVNZ 7

TVNZ 7 will join TVNZ 6 on the Freeview platform in March 2008. It will be a 24-hour news and information channel. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The term television channel generally refers to either a television station or its cable/satellite counterpart (both outlined below). ... TVNZ 7[1] will be a 24 hour news and information channel to launch in New Zealand via the Freeview digital television platform, with deals in the pipeline to broadcast to the Pacific Islands via analogue. ... March is the third month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 2008 (MMVIII) will be a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

TVNZ ondemand

TVNZ ondemand is Television New Zealand's online television viewing and downloading website, launched in March 2007. TVNZ ondemand is a New Zealand online television viewing and downloading service offered by Television New Zealand in 2007. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...

Other services

Internationally, TVNZ has helped provide television services in Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands. While TVNZ provides much of the programming, scheduling and continuity are done locally. â†’this is tuff i mean kyle carters tuff Tuamotu, French Polynesia The Pacific Ocean contains an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 islands; the exact number has not been precisely determined. ... Continuity is a term used in broadcasting, especially in the United Kingdom, to refer to announcements, messages and graphics played by the broadcaster between specific programmes. ...

Because of its history TVNZ has inherited and developed its own services in the production and broadcasting services area. These include The New Zealand Television Archive, production facilities, television school.

TVNZ also operated the website nzoom.com for a number of years. The site was an internet portal with news purchased from Radio New Zealand its own content and also content produced by its own staff. It was rebranded in 2004 as tvnz.co.nz. Radio New Zealand Limited is New Zealands public service radio broadcaster. ... Year 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Discontinued services

Between 1995 and 1997, TVNZ operated a network of regional TV stations under the 'Horizon Pacific' name and through a subsidiary called Horizon Pacific Television. Its broadcasted content included BBC World and NZ documentary programming. The network consisted of newly formed stations in Hamilton, Wellington and Dunedin and CTV, a station they purchased based in Christchurch. CTV is still broadcasting, but is no longer owned by TVNZ. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ... BBC World is the BBCs international news and current affairs television channel. ... Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to document reality. ... Hamilton (Kirikiriroa in MÄori) is the centre of New Zealands fourth largest urban area, and is the countrys seventh largest city. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Wellington Region. ... Dunedin (ÅŒtepoti in Maori) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand, and the principal city of the region of Otago. ... Canterbury Television is a regional television station broadcasting in Canterbury, New Zealand. ...

Horizon Pacific was replaced by a local 'free to air' version of the music video channel MTV, based on MTV's UK service and local programming, although the channel was dropped in 1998. Prior to MTV's demise, TVNZ had bought the channel's competitor, MaxTV. ^[1] MTV (Music Television) is an American cable television network based in New York City. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ...

TVNZ also operated a satellite services division organising and downlink facilities and across the globe, but this service was wound down in 2005. Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Transmission network

Technical notes

New Zealand has nearly identical PAL TV channel allocation frequencies as Australia. For other uses, see PAL (disambiguation). ...

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NICAM Stereo

New Zealand has a near nationwide implementation of NICAM stereo sound for TV One and TV2. NICAM stereo was first made available on TV2 in the Auckland region in 1989, also during the early 1990s Simulated Stereo was available in Wellington on TV2. NICAM stereo was not rolled out to the rest of the country or onto TV One until 1996 and for some regions (such as Southland) NICAM was not available until 2001. Rival networks TV3 has offered NICAM stereo in all available regions since its launch in 1989 this is also the case with Prime TV. Stereo sound is available on TV One and TV2 if accessed through Sky Digital. NICAM (known also as NICAM 728, after the 728 kbit/s bitstream it is sent over), Near Instantaneous Companded Audio Multiplex, is a format for digital sound on analogue television transmissions. ... Schematic map of Auckland. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Wellington Region. ...

New Zealand has provisionally agreed to implement DVB-T HDTV, but there are no indications that TVNZ will be the first broadcaster to transmit in HDTV. DVB-T stands for Digital Video Broadcasting - Terrestrial and it is the DVB European consortium standard for the broadcast transmission of digital terrestrial television. ...

Kordia, formerly BCL, TVNZ's transmission partner

TVNZ's broadcast network is operated by Kordia, formerly a subsidiary of TVNZ known as Broadcast Communications Limited until 2006. The company owns and operates the terrestrial transmission network used for broadcast of all major terrestrial television networks in New Zealand, including TV3 and Prime Television - TVNZ's major competitors, along with other voice and data telecommunications services. Kordia { Broadcast Communications Limited (BCLNZ)} is a state owned enterprise based in New Zealand that operates a national communications network and provides network feeds and broadcast services for the major television and radio networks in New Zealand. ... Prime Television New Zealand is the sixth national free-to-air television station in New Zealand. ...

Regionalism

Along with TV3 both of TVNZ's current television networks TV1 and TV2 are fed as distinct feeds to viewers based on defined regions though this is only for the purpose of targeted regional advertising as the company discontinued regional news programming in the late 1980s. TVNZ's predecessor, NZBC started as distinct stations in the major metropolitan centres. Nationwide networked services were first introduced in 1969 to broadcast a tape of the moon landing flown specially from Australia simultaneously across all stations. TVNZ also used to run Telethons up until 1990 at locations around the country, viewers would be shown full coverage of the Telethon nearest their location. Originally when TVNZ began broadcasting TV1 and TV2 on Sky Digital at the end of 2001 viewers would see only nationwide or Auckland advertisements when watching these channels through the Sky Digital service. In 2004 this was changed to show advertisements from either Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch with viewers outside of these regions seeing advertisements from the closest region. This was again dropped in March 2007 with a return to only nationwide advertising on TVNZ channels on Sky Digital. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Public broadcasting in New Zealand has undergone many changes since radio broadcasts first commenced in the 1920s. ... Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... The 2005 Telethon on Seven Perth. ...

DVB-S Avalability

Both TV One and TV2 are also available "in the clear" over DVB-S on Optus D1. A SKY set-top box is not required, any satellite set-top box or tuner will work. DVB, short for Digital Video Broadcasting, is a suite of internationally accepted, open standards for digital television maintained by the DVB Project, an industry consortium with more than 300 members, and published by a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) of European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI), European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... SKY Network Television Limited (ASX: SKT; NZX: SKT), often trading as SKY, was New Zealands first pay television service and is at present, 2006, New Zealands largest pay television operator. ...

Civil Defence

TVNZ's functions are subject to lifeline utility requirements under NZ civil defence legislation. In practice, this status as a lifeline utility requires TVNZ to be able to function at least to a reduced level after an emergency, and to provide advice to civil defence authorities when requested. In New Zealand, a lifeline utility is a service defined under one of the Schedules of the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act 2002. ... The old American Civil Defense logo, used today federally only as a historical reminder on FEMAs seal, the triangle emphasises the 3-step Civil Defense philosophy used before the foundation of FEMA and Comprehensive Emergency Management. ... Legislation (or statutory law) is law which has been promulgated (or enacted) by a legislature or other governing body. ...

Competitors

MediaWorks NZ is a company based in New Zealand and listed on the New Zealand Stock Market. ... TV3 is a commercial television station in New Zealand. ... C4 is a music television station operating in New Zealand and owned by Canwest MediaWorks NZ, a company 70% owned by Canadian broadcasting conglomerate Canwest. ... SKY Network Television Limited (ASX: SKT; NZX: SKT), often trading as SKY, was New Zealands first pay television service and is at present, 2006, New Zealands largest pay television operator. ... Prime Television New Zealand is the sixth national free-to-air television station in New Zealand. ... Twentieth-century broadcasting in Māori was provided by various New Zealand TV stations. ...

Logos

New Zealand shows:

This is an incomplete list of televison programmes past and present on Television New Zealand that are made in New Zealand. ...

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