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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 – …
Read MoreKightley 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 …
Read MoreMasterChef 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 …
Read MoreTVNZ announce 2012 Wimbledon coverage 0
TVNZ is proud to bring you this year’s coverage of the oldest and most prestigious tennis tournament in the world. Catch all the action as the world’s top tennis superstars battle it out on the grass courts of Wimbledon. TV ONE will cross to the action live at 12am daily. If play continues past the …
Read MoreMediaWorks TV shifts investment to local content 0
MediaWorks TV has confirmed it will be increasing its investment in local programming in preference to renewing the company’s CBS output deal. Long term it will see millions of extra dollars invested in locally made programmes, including some of the network’s biggest projects to date, The Block NZ (currently in production), and the local version …
Read MorePrime TV signs volume deal with CBS Studios International 0
Media release: Prime TV is delighted to announce a studio volume deal with CBS Studios International. The multiyear deal gives Prime exclusive free-to-air broadcasting rights in New Zealand to a broad range of new series that the Hollywood studio produces from the start of the new US television season in the fall of 2012. Karen Bieleski, …
Read MoreTVNZ announce team for Olympics 0
TVNZ has announced the news team it will send to London for the 2012 games. Coming live from the studio location overlooking Olympic Park in Stratford, East London, ONE News anchor Simon Dallow will be involved in news programmes at both ends of the day, starting with Breakfast. He will feature hourly throughout the broadcast, …
Read MoreFOUR named CAANZ Media Brand of the Year 0
MediaWorks’ television channel FOUR was last night named Media Brand of the Year at the CAANZ Media Awards. The award caps a stellar first sixteen months for the young channel, which grabbed New Zealand’s attention by floating a 40 foot yellow duck in Auckland Harbour in February 2011, and has grown rapidly to become the …
Read MoreGarner and Espiner to present 3 News Special: Budget 2012 0
3 News Special: Budget 2012. 2pm-3.30pm, Thursday 24 May on TV3 and streaming LIVE at 3news.co.nz/budget2012. Two of the country’s foremost political journalists are joining forces for the first time, for Budget 2012, a 3 News special, screening at 2pm, Thursday 24 May on TV3 – and streaming LIVE at 3news.co.nz/budget2012. 3 News political editor, Duncan …
Read MoreMark Richardson to host TV3′s The Block NZ 0
Sports star turned broadcaster Mark Richardson is to host the first local version of international hit renovation-reality format The Block, coming soon to TV3 screens. The former Black Cap says he is feeling very excited about the new role. “It is a great opportunity for me to do something outside of sport. It will be …
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