I wish Sky and Newshub would merge…
Doesn’t look like Newshub is doing very well in the ratings…
I don’t think Newshub has ever rated well in the 5+ demo. Still quite incredible to see how well 1News rates.
It is a sad reflection of the older generations viewing habbits when The Chase bloopers repeat is the third most watched show of the week. It will only encourage them to repeat it again and again.
Agree, although there’s an element of ‘chicken and egg’ given its slot time. And it’s not like it’s competing against anything particularly more cerebral on the other channels.
This Time Next Year Australia premieres on Three next Wednesday (June 22) at 9.30pm. Hosted by Karl Stefanovic, two seasons aired on Nine in Australia in 2017 and 2019. Three is starting with the first season.
I suspect that if 1 News were presented by candlelight and read in Latin, it would still outrate Newshub. I have to wonder whether Discovery might cut back on the amount of Newshub output in the future?
(As an aside, before they purchased TV3, one of the other contenders was supposedly - believe it or not - Paul Henry. His grand plan, had he bought it, would have been to shut down Newshub and focus just on current affairs).
I doubt Newshub would care about 5+ figures and would be more concerned with the 25-54 and 18-49 demos.
This is very interesting analysis of the NZ TV ratings decline.
Surely there’ll be a point where audiences stablise, like other entertainment medium’s before it.
I think TV networks need to stop trying to compete with streamers and curate their content better. They need to add value to it, to understand when a group of people will sit down to a scheduled programme, and give people a reason to tune in. That’s why sport remains viable on TV… will that be all TV becomes, sportscasts?
I’m not sure why the need the “Now Playing” captions - surely the play button would do on it’s own? It’s been a standard icon since the cassette deck (possibly even earlier?)
Possibly and live news.
I think it’s going to become even harder to find that “why” for people to tune in. Before the days of streaming, or let’s say high speed internet, if you wanted to watch some thing else than what was on in the main TV of the house, you probably but not always retreated to a bedroom TV or you just watched what was in the lounge. Now, you can have everyone in the house watching different content on all different devices. This isn’t a new point, but I think the notion of a group of people settling in to watch certain content is probably over.
Very likely.
What I guess the graphs really highlight is that broadcast isn’t the only way to access content (which has been largely enabled by UFB and smarty-devices).
I’ve love to see the streaming numbers to see breakdown of the real audience share to see if people are tuning out or simply watching through different means.
I notice that this Wednesday’s episode of MasterChef Australia will be split into two. The team relay challenge will be shown at the normal time of 7.30pm, but viewers will have to wait until 11.40pm for the first MasterClass of the season.
In Australia, the two episodes were shown back to back in a two-hour timeslot.
I think the Masterclasses have always rated poorly in NZ, but they must be obliged to air them.
@Horomono @OnAir Friday 24 June marks the arrival of Matariki as New Zealand’s newest public holiday.
Live from Te Papa in Wellington, Prime and Māori TV will have full coverage of the Matariki celebrations from 6-11am with Stacey Morrison and Matai Smith as hosts. The combined Prime/Māori TV broadcast will also be shown simultaneously on Three (until 9am) and TVNZ 1 (until 10am).
And on Prime, there will be a half hour documentary called “Matariki Explained” which screens later that day at 5pm. For centuries, the appearance of Matariki signalled the arrival of the Māori new year. It’s your chance to learn more about the science, the traditions and the ways we, the people of Aotearoa New Zealand, can celebrate today. As I said earlier, “Matariki Explained” will screen at 5pm this Friday on Prime.
The Variety article mentions Far North is being produced for Warner Bros. Discovery in NZ, so it will air on Three I presume?
The legislation for the new public media entity has been introduced to parliament; TVNZ and RNZ to be dissolved by March 1st 2023 (Which is before the next election is due).
https://www.legislation.govt.nz/bill/government/2022/0146/latest/LMS647920.html?src=qs
