Newstalk ZB now broadcasts to Southland on 105.2FM and is currently available on 864AM.
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So what frequency is gold sport on now for live super rugby & All Blacks tests or is it only going to be on the
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Newstalk ZB is now breaking out it seems for sports commentary on some AM frequencies.
All Blacks tests have always gone on ZB network so guessing that will remain there.
Also, on that it seems NZME quietly renewed its rugby rights - as the last deal would have been up last year NZME secures exclusive radio rugby commentary rights - NZ Herald
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I think a four-year deal signed in 2022 would have a 2026 finish. Unless thatâs not how math works for a rights deal.
I guess 2022 was included although they released it late - perhaps some hold up, but the season had started in which case it would be 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025. I vaguely recall something about the rights ending in 2021. And that would also be aligned with the TV deal which started this year.
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Refreshed branding for The Edge.
âTake The Edge Offâ is the same as âTurn The Edge Offâ - while I get the idea, their marketing manager should have picked this up straight away. Trying to be too clever?
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Also, updated marketing for Newstalk ZB. Feels consistent with previous branding and isnât revolutionary.
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Câmon now in what other ZB promo has one of the hosts cleaned their glasses while speaking? 
That The Edge stuff is soâŚ90s. too much going on .
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Advertising featuring a pink turd. Rightyo.
Good start to Newstalk ZB Sport replacing Gold Sport rugby commentary I think. Its the same calling teams of course but todays lead-in from Dunedin was great- i recall Gold Sport commentary coming on air as late as ten mins prior to kick off when Ive listened this season, but it was a full half hour lead in this afternoon switching over from regular ZB straight after the 4pm news and had a bit of a ZB Grandstand feel to it - pre match interviews with (injured) Fabian Holland and Dylan Pledger and more pre match comment from the two callers. Enjoyed it.
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Heard a little bit of it and agree - sounded great, makes sense to come on earlier especially on a talk station. Seemed like there was a big ad load at fulltime but otherwise flowed well
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BSA to be scrapped:
Unsurprisingly, people like Plunket on The Platform are celebrating.
The BSA has been wildly out of date for at least a decade - and I think Plunket is to be honest right that the BSA doesnât apply to them (not because Iâm defending the kind of thing he says, but the BSA was not built to defend or adjudicate those standards vs an internet podcast/stream)
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Iâm inclined to agree with you, although I donât think entirely scrapping the BSA was the right step - why not simply update its mandate for modern times? Your point is right though - for example, there was no such thing as streaming when it was created in 1989.
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In theory I agree - but how do you assess whatâs offensive especially when you are opting in to such content more so than watching TV news and radio etc. Obviously you as a viewer opt into watching TV channels as well but they are expected to cater for mass markets hence why they are subject to standards attached to their licences.
Broadcasters have to keep copies of broadcasts for a certain period of time to comply with the BSA - podcasters/streamers are under no obligation. And does it just apply to NZ originating media? Or if I hear something thatâs offensive on the Joe Rogan show can I complain to the BSA too? Thereâs so many questions with the internet that it simply canât answer. We allowed the internet to be a Wild West when it started and thereâs no getting the toothpaste back in the tube.
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Broadcasting of any form is still publishing - youâre putting content out there for otherâs to view. It shouldnât matter how itâs delivered or the size of the audience. There should be some sort of minimum standards on it all, no matter where it comes from. Having no rules means, in theory, someone could produce bovine-based bestiality videos targeted at children. I have no idea why anyone would, but if they did how do we stop kids from seeing that? What body is there to stop them?
Suddenly now itâs âtoo much effortâ to enforce standards shouldnât mean we abandon our principles all-together. If that means there has to be come unilateral global body to do it, then I think NZ should promote creating such a thing.
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But that example is largely covered by the Harmful Digital Communications Act 2015 and other legislation - broadcasting and breaching âbroadcastâ standards is a completely different issue (youâre dealing with balance, privacy concerns usually of a lower level but still important nature)
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And as much as I disagree with their content - an online streamer is fundamentally not broadcasting.
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