New Zealand TV

[TV_Addict]

Work experience kid let loose.

[lm123]

I wonder if it’s more about giving Carolyn Robinson a presenting role - unfortunately under-utilised at TVNZ.

[lm123]

I haven’t seen My Life is Murder, but it would seem like a programme that can’t air before the 8:30pm cut-off.

[foxyrover]

What is this in reply to?
Please directly reply to the relevant post.

[killy06]

The poster was replying to the conversation about 20/20, Carolyn Robinson does the local intros for the show.

[JohnsonTV]

@lm123

I haven’t seen My Life is Murder, but it would seem like a programme that can’t air before the 8:30pm cut-off.

There is a My Life is Murder thread if you want to continue the discussion.

[theGradyConnell]

[killy06]

Dai was on The AM Show promoting the return of 7 Days this morning, surprised they didn’t use the opportunity to bring this up too.

[Horomono]

He was on The Project tonight.

[TV_Addict]

So Friday on SBS Viceland Shortland Street ended with Curtis turning up, was this the same in NZ?

[nztv]

Yep same

[TV_Addict]

Weird so that double ep on Monday here and yet staying with single on Friday and we’re the same as NZ again…
Or they didn’t air it one day of the week here on Thursday on SBS Viceland? so that’s why we’re back to being the same schedule as NZ?

[Sheldon_Betteridge]

@TV4

I think half of TVNZ’s problems with their Olympic coverage (so far, I mean, it’s early days yet) is that A; We’ve become accustomed to Prime’s half-arsed coverage, and if what TVNZ were doing was on Prime, we’d probably forgive them; and B; they’re padding waaaaay too much… I mean, coming from the news tonight they spend 1 minute and 30 (it may have been less, but it felt like longer) with images/music, when there’s a road-race on, with kiwis in it… all they really needed to do was throw from the news (which they did), have the 15 second Toyota/ANZ promo, then cross to the cycling with Scotty doing a V/O of what’s coming up. Job done.

They’ve over-complicating it… and it’s only day one!

I’d love to now what hoops Sky are making them jump through though… perhaps it’s all their fault?

And as for the TVNZ/RNZ overhaul… it seems more likely it’s a return to a NZBC overseeing both arms funding style of model that we had in the 80’s… probably because of the different cultures at both organisations, nothing else will probably work.

And yes… TVNZ lost the plot… but I’m not sure if it was in the early 2000’s or was earlier than that… not that I have any evidence to cite for that.

Sorry for the long post… I might go back and finish that Pinot Gris!

Wonder if TVNZ to air the free to air coverage on Beijing Winter Olympics next year?

[Leotv]

And if Sky will give them the Com Games even though they announced it will air on Prime.

[Jeffmister]

@Sheldon_Betteridge

Wonder if TVNZ to air the free to air coverage on Beijing Winter Olympics next year?

@Leotv

And if Sky will give them the Com Games even though they announced it will air on Prime.

That’ll depend on:

1. If TVNZ are willing to pay what they’ll need to enter into more sub-licensing deals with Sky; and
2. If so, (from Sky’s POV) whether having FTA coverage of the Tokyo Olympics on TVNZ drove people to subscribe/watch Sky’s coverage. If not, would they better achieve that for the Winter Olympics/Comm Games by airing the FTA coverage on Prime instead.

[nztv]

Also a real chance that Sky is finally sold to one of the big players now they’ve hired Jarden… if Discovery buys then I guess more sport for Three…

[Sheldon_Betteridge]

@Leotv

And if Sky will give them the Com Games even though they announced it will air on Prime.

I don’t think it will happen, as it already preparing the coverage on Prime next year.

[TV4]

If they think its worth their while, they might cover Beijing… it’s in the right timezone for primetime coverage. Otherwise for anything further afield, I’d doubt TVNZ would be keen simply because they can’t sell enough ads to pay for it.

[JohnsonTV]

Francis Mossman, who starred in Shortland Street and web series The Horizon, has died in Sydney at 33.

Devastated industry come together in wake of Francis Mossman's death

[Horomono]

Who remembers this COVID banner down below? (back from August 2020)

I wonder if they’ll bring it back as country goes back to lockdown tonight.