TVNZ operates as such, with three commercial channels. It just happens to be owned by the NZ Govt, who take a (small) divvy each year.
Public television is served by a funding agency, NZ On Air, which funds programmes across (in theory) any channel (including radio, online, music videos, Radio NZ).
Quite frankly, apart from a few weeks when television first officially launched back in the sixties, NZ television has always been commercial (apart from the few non-commercial nights, which were phased out to eventually what we have now, non-commercial Sunday mornings).
Spoilt for choice for Saturdays 2017 General Election Coverage… four TV offerings this time (and three of them in HD)…
TVNZ1 - 7pm - midnight; 1 News Vote 17 Election Night Special. Mike Hosking, Hilary Barry, Simon Dallow, Wendy Petrie, Corin Dann & Jehan Casinader
Three - 7pm - 12:15am; Newshub Election Special: Decision '17. Duncan Garner, Paddy Gower & Lisa Owen. Audio Simulcast on RadioLive?
Maori Television - 7pm - 11:30pm; Elections Aotearoa. Particular focus on the Maori Seats
Radio NZ - 6:55pm - 12:05am; Election 17. John Campbell & Guyon Espiner on Freeview 50 or on SKY TV via Face TV. Audio Simlulcast on Radio NZ (Radio).
Yes. In the case of the NZ version it is partly to counter the right leaning and National Party supporter Mike Hosking who is one of the co-hosts of its rival Seven Sharp who has a quick editorial at the end of each episode.
Here’s the guts:
The government promised 20,000 titles digitised and online by 2017
Ngā Taonga’s agreement with the government was for 7000 titles digitised and 5500 online by 2017
N.T. has digitised 2070 titles, and put just 24 of these online
200,000 Betacam tapes have to be digitised by 2025 at the latest or be lost forever
Source: RNZ
All I can do is sigh. Yet another badly funded and ill-followed up scheme from your previous Government… well done guys, can you see why you’re the opposition now? Sheesh.
