TVNZ’s newest channel, TV ONE plus 1, launches this Sunday 1st July 2012 at 7am. The new channel is an exact duplicate of TV ONE, broadcast an hour later. In an unprecedented move, Nielsen and the TBG (Television Broadcasters Group) have confirmed they will allow users to view the effect of TV ONE plus 1 …
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‘The GC’ title track tops download charts 0
The title track of TV3 series The GC has gone to #1 on iTunes NZ. Vibrations, performed and co-written by The GC star Jade Louise, and featuring RIAA certified platinum rapper Savage, took the number one spot after the final episode of the popular series, which screened on Wednesday night, showed Jade Louise recording the …
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TVNZU’s gears up for V48HOURS grand final 0
U viewers voted for their favourite V48HOURS short film in U Presents – V48HOURS 10 of the Best voting competition. U supports budding filmmakers and celebrated the annual filmmaking competition by bringing you the slickest, smoothest and strangest films, all made within the space of 48 furious hours. Over Sunday 3rd, 10th and 17th June, …
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TV3 reveals contestants for The Block NZ 0
The four couples taking part in the first season of The Block NZ come from Auckland, Hamilton, New Plymouth, Wellington and Christchurch. The TV3 series will screen at 7.30pm on Wednesday and Thursday nights, premiering on Wednesday 4 July. The four couples are: Hamilton student Sarah Adams (20) and former chef turned landscape designer Richard …
Read MoreBroadcasters release common technical standards 0
Over the past year New Zealand’s television broadcasters have been working in collaboration to define a common set of specifications for the delivery of commercials across MediaWorks TV, Maori Television Services, Sky Network Television and TVNZ. These standards have now been formally endorsed by the broadcasters and released to advertisers. January 1st 2013 has been …
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Births, deaths and marriages 0
Transmission of TVNZ 7 will cease at midnight on the evening of Saturday June 30. The TVNZ 7 website will close at the same time, but the TVNZ 7 Learning Hub website and resources will continue to be available online until 2013. The current commissioned series hosted by Tim Wilson – The Big Idea – …
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An Introduction to Commercial Television in New Zealand 0
ThinkTV is pleased to announce the date for the next free training and industry networking event designed to give new starters to the business an overview of what television has to offer advertisers. What subjects will be covered on the day? The events are run by ThinkTV staff with guest presentations from broadcasters, Nielsen TAM, …
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Kightley and Neill to co-star in TV3′s ‘Harry’ 0
International leading man Sam Neill is joining one of New Zealand’s best-loved performers, Oscar Kightley in HARRY, a six-part crime drama series produced by Desert Road for TV3, which begins filming today. Set in Auckland, HARRY follows Detective Harry Anglesea (Kightley), a solo father struggling with his personal demons as he investigates a major murder …
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MasterChef NZ season 3 grows audience by 9% 0
Over 2.6 million New Zealanders tuned in to watch series three of MasterChef New Zealand which concluded last night on TV ONE. This year the Kiwi cooking show has been a consistent ratings achiever, with an average 590,000 Kiwis aged 5-plus watching every week, a nine per cent increase on season two and a fourteen …
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Steve Garton: The scramble for television content 0
In this brave new world where consumers are constantly connected and “always on” is their default setting, one thing remains steadfast: content is king, says Steve Garton, Asia Pacific managing director of international digital and consumer research agency Ipsos MediaCT. For those who control the content, the marketing possibilities are endless; we are limited only …
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