Season 11 of Married at First Sight Australia premieres on THREE on February 5, with each episode shown one week after the Channel Nine broadcast. It will drop on ThreeNow earlier in the day.
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More live sports content coming to ThreeNow
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Good to see both free-to-air networks going all-in on sporting rights, helps to put a sizable crack in Sky’s near-monopoly.
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Breakfast had 216,000 viewers 5+ on Monday compared to AM’s 192,000, a gap of 24,000 viewers.
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Not bad for AM. Seems to have narrowed the gap.
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Australian Survivor: Titans v Rebels starts on TVNZ 2 on Monday, February 12 at 7.30pm, continuing Tuesdays and Wednesdays at the same time. Each episode will be shown two weeks after the Australian broadcast. The new season, filmed in Samoa in August-September 2023, will see another group of castaways, divided into two tribes called Titans and Rebels, battle it out in an attempt to outwit, outplay and outlast each other in the ultimate game of survival. According to a Channel 10 press release: “Titans are both physically intimidating and utterly ruthless, but they’ll need to be at their absolute best to take on the Rebels — a group of individuals who live life by a different set of rules.”
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At 11.30pm on Monday, February 12 is the premiere of true crime documentary Claremont, about the investigation and manhunt about a series of murders which happened in Claremont in Western Australia in early 1996.
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After 9 years broadcasting the Grammys in New Zealand on TVNZ, The ceremony will not be televised in New Zealand this year making it the first time since 2013 that Grammys are absent from NZ TV screens
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If I recall rightly, they only returned to NZ TV because Lorde was nominated for the 2014 awards so TV2 picked up the rights. I don’t think they’d been on for a couple of years prior to that.
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Not even on a Sky channel?
Ahh that’s right, I don’t recall them being a regular fixture during the 2000’s on TVNZ until then.
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However, while the broadcast on Sky Open will begin at the same time as when games are shown on Sky TV, or Sky Now, commercials will be slotted into the action and the game then recommencing at the same spot, so nothing is missed.
However, because of the advertising breaks, the games will become progressively delayed and finish later than the broadcasts on Sky TV or Sky Now.
It is anticipated that by the end of the game, coverage will be delayed by 12 minutes on Sky Open, with four three-minute ad breaks during the game.
Why can’t they just do picture in picture ads, if they have to be inserted? Seems the more logical choice.
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TV3/C4 covered the V8 Supercars in that manner, back in the day, race-start live, then progressively delayed with every ad-break. I didn’t mind, but I remember motorsport fans on Geekzone getting quite antsy over it.
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This reminds me of Seven’s AFL (Australian Football League) broadcasts on Sunday afternoons, when it regained the broadcast rights for the start of 2007 season. While the telecast started on exactly one hour delay (the actual match began at 2.10pm), it was progressively delayed with every ad-break, so that the telecast finished just before the 6pm news. In real time, the match would have finished 15-20 minutes before 5pm.
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They’ll be full ad-breaks, probably 2 a half…that way Sky retains its benefit of being the live and ad-free during play and they throw Sky Open a token bone.
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Typical. But TVNZ started doing this at the end of 1995 after the world cup, before they lost the rugby rights to Sky. They would show the kick off live, and then insert ad breaks and the coverage would be more and more delayed. They also did it on the few game they showed live after 1996. A more (in)famous example is the 2000 Olympic opening ceremony, when they peppered the coverage with ads.
By the early to mid 2000’s, I think it was TV3 that were billing rugby broadcasts as ‘live kick off’, so they would delay the broadcast as they peppered it with ads.
Fortunately I dont follow sport anymore, so Im not going to get as indignant about it as I used to.
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Bravo ends 2023 as New Zealand’s leading challenger network and continues growth in 2024
Auckland, New Zealand – Friday 9, February 2024: Bravo New Zealand has cemented its place as the ultimate free-to-air reality and true crime destination, becoming the number one challenger network1 in 2023 according to recent data from Nielsen2.
Bravo New Zealand is the free-to-air home of NBCUniversal’s broad portfolio of reality content, including some of the world’s most popular unscripted TV franchises and series from Bravo and E!, and compelling true crime content from Oxygen.
Embraced by New Zealand audiences and in its eighth year, this is the first time Bravo has claimed the title of number one challenger network in all individuals 5+, affirming Kiwis’ hunger for the best reality content. Bravo was also number one among key demos; women 25-54 and household shoppers with kids 0-14.
The strength of the second half of last year saw the channel grow in key demos, with Bravo one of the only channels to demonstrate growth year on year, in a competitive market. Bravo also had its strongest streaming year to date in 2023, with Bravo content on ThreeNow viewed more times than in any other year.
Last year, the biggest hits on Bravo and ThreeNow were Below Deck Down Under, Below Deck, Below Deck Mediterranean, Below Deck Sailing Yacht, Vanderpump Rules, The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, The Real Housewives of Orange County, Snapped, 24 Hours in A&E and film titles from the Bourne franchise.
Bravo continues to drive ratings in 2024, starting the year up 5% year-on-year in people 25-54, 7% among women 25-54 and 36% among household shoppers with kids 0-143.
Fan-favourite returning seasons and new series coming to Bravo this year include Below Deck - Season 11, Below Deck Mediterranean - Season 9, Vanderpump Rules - Season 11, The Valley - Season 1, The Real Housewives Ultimate Girls Trip: RHONY Legacy, Real Housewives of Orange County - Season 18, The Real Murders of Los Angeles - Season 1, The Real Murders of Orange County - Season 3, Couple to Throuple - Season 1 and Botched- Season 8B.
“Now in its eighth year broadcasting in New Zealand, Bravo has established itself as a much sought-after free-to-air destination for extraordinary reality, entertainment and true crime content,” said Chris Taylor, MD, NBCUniversal International Networks & Direct-to-Consumer and Distribution, ANZ and Executive Chairman of Bravo New Zealand. “It’s exciting to see Bravo buck the linear viewing trend with viewing continuing to grow across both linear and VOD, demonstrating the pure strength and appeal of our content for Kiwi audiences.”
1Challenger networks are exclusive of broadcasters Three, TVNZ 1 and TVNZ 2.
2Source: Nielsen/Arianna. Main and plus 1 channels combined. National Panel. Fully consolidated data. All Day based on 10:00-23:59. Peak based on 18:00-22:29. Demographics as defined by Nielsen. VOD data based on NBCU Research VODTrack/Adobe Analytics/Threenow. Jul 16 – Dec 31, 2023.
3Source: Nielsen/Arianna. National panel. Fully consolidated data. Main and plus 1 channels combined. YTD based on Jan 1 – Jan 23, 2024. Peak based on 18:00-22:29. All day based on 06:00-23:59. Specialist channels excludes TVNZ1, TVNZ2 & Three. Q4 based on Oct 1- Dec 31, 2023.
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I think they did it with some NRL games from memory?
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For the final whistle only being delayed by 12 minutes is still a win for free to air sport IMO, and a good compromise IMO.
Whats the motive behind this move from Sky is my question. Are they trying to increase Sky Open ratings, promote their sport offering to push subscriptions?
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