The final reading for a bill which will allow NZ channels to broadcast commercials on Sunday mornings will be voted upon next week, after an attempted vote today was called off due to an absence of MPs.
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Fair enough, seems a waste to have it air in November especially with Daylight Savings.
And dunno if it seems to be wasted to air in Christmas time, but you would know how.
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Im going to miss not having ads on Good Friday and Christmas Day.
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An antiquated rule that should have been gone 25 years ago, probably.
There was something quaint about not having ads on Xmas Day but it’s made less and less sense in recent years.
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So you are fine with being bombarded with ads 24-7? Surely we should be able to have at least one day or one channel where we dont have to put up with ads 24-7. Does everything have to be commercialised?
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I very rarely watch linear TV but if I watch streaming on those days, I get ads. If I check the news online on those days, I get ads. If I check social media on those days, I get ads. If I visit Mediaspy on those days, you guessed it.
Singling out broadcast TV for this no longer makes sense.
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To achieve that, you’d have to turn One into a format similar to ABC Australia for no ads. It would probably see it shift away from airing as many expensive imported shows. Three is hanging on by a thread and needs as much ad revenue it can get. I know it’s not long but any extra ads on air will help Three. There’s are ads everywhere you look and unfortunately they are needed otherwise much of what people like to watch wouldn’t be able to be made.
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Im sorry and I may be old fashioned, maybe even ‘communist’, but I kinda like to have at least somewhere where I gont get bombarded with ads all the time.
All heil the commercial imperative.
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: After a bill being passed to Parliament today, television advertisements in New Zealand will be allowed to screen on Sunday mornings and public holidays like Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas Day.
Radio advertising will now be heard on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and Christmas Day.
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I’m guessing Q+A will no longer have long form interviews. Maybe Breakfast can air on Sundays as well with a major sponsor to keep it afloat.
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Playing Gracie Darling was produced by Curio Pictures for Paramount+ in Australia, and premiered there in August.
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The Voice Australia season 14 premieres on TVNZ 2 on Wednesday, October 29, at 7.30pm, initially with one episode per week. New judges this year are Richard Marx and Melanie C, while Ronan Keating returns as judge after an eight-season hiatus.
Of interest to NZ viewers will be Christchurch-born Cassie Henderson, who has auditioned for the show. She reached the quarter-final of The X Factor NZ in 2013, when she was just 14.
The season was filmed at Sydney’s Carrigeworks from February to April this year.
EDIT: as the result of The Voice Australia’s return, MKR on TVNZ 2 will be cut back to two episodes per week from October 27, airing on Monday and Tuesday nights. From that date, each episode will be shown one week after the Australian broadcast.
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The only spoiler and no more from now on, she’s in the Grand Final. Incredible from her.
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Fellow Kiwi Jaedyn Randell reached The Voice Australia grand final last year, but lost to Reuben De Melo. Interesting to see if Cassie can become the first NZ contestant to take out the title. (Stan Walker won Australian Idol in 2009)
TVNZ 2 may need to air multiple episodes of The Voice Australia per week, so it can finish before the end of 2025, given the late start date.
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They may be content to run it through summer
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Yes hopefully they can add Thursday and maybe Friday when Graham Norton is on break
Season 7 of Love Island Australia will stream on TVNZ+ from next Tuesday, October 28, with each episode available the night after its Australian broadcast.
UPDATE 23/10: Love Island Australia season 7 will also have its FTA premiere on TVNZ Duke on Sunday, November 2, at 10pm.
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