New Zealand TV

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How do you know that? You’re not cool enough to enter those establishments

Harsh but true.

TVNZ2 to launch a local series of HYBPA? later this year. Hosted by Hayley Sproull, joined by regular contestants comedian Urzila Carlson and ZM’s Vaughan Smith.

I wondered why Urzila had suddenly reduced her airtime on Three…

TVNZ hasn’t had a great history with these style of shows in recent years. There was Best Bits and a few others as well that failed to capture the imagination. Hard to go against 7Days though, with the inevitable comparisons.

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TVNZ’s Jehan Casinader on covering Christchurch terror attack. Can just imagine him on a show like The Project doing editorials as Waleed does.

“I’m angry this attack was described as shocking or surprising. I’m angry it’s taken until now to have these conversations. I’m angry news media has already moved on from Christchurch.”

"I got frustrated with how much emotion was pouring out of many of the journalists covering Christchurch. Maybe I sound cynical, but a lot of it was unnecessary and indulgent and attention seeking. The only people who kept banging on about how upset they were, were white journalists.

“These were the same people telling the country how shocking and surprising the attack was when no one of colour, certainly no one in the Muslim community, found the attack to be a shock or a surprise.”

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TV changes at Mediaworks…

From July 1 The Edge TV gets replaced by +HR=E life +1 and the music channel goes out via online channels only (but in HD).

Screenscribe article here.

THREELIFE +1 LAUNCHING 01 JULY 2019,
EDGE TV MOVING TO HD STREAMING PLATFORMS

From 01 July 2019, ThreeLife +1 will broadcast on Freeview channel 14 while Edge TV transitions to a HD
streaming proposition on ThreeNow, rova and theedge.co.nz.
MediaWorks CEO Michael Anderson says: “With the move to viewers consuming music videos online, it is a
natural progression for Edge TV to be available via streaming on ThreeNow, rova and theedge.co.nz. The Edge
remains one of our most important brands and this is a clear example of utilising our multi-platform
proposition across digital and radio while allowing us to leverage the successful ThreeLife brand by increasing
its free to air footprint with a +1 platform."
ThreeLife is a lifestyle channel that launched in April 2018 and is an extension of the Three brand. Each night
on the channel is themed, from food to DIY, and the lineup features shows such as hit reality format Married at
First Sight USA and key franchises including Millionaire Hot Seat, Strictly Come Dancing and American Ninja
Warrior.
Edge TV is New Zealand’s only 24 hour music TV channel playing the hottest video clips from the world’s
biggest artists while also championing Kiwi music not seen on any other channel. The move to HD will allow
the Edge TV audience to experience their favourite artists on any device, anywhere and with a quality never
seen before in New Zealand.
Edge TV is part of The Edge radio network which has the highest cumulative audience of all commercial radio
stations across New Zealand with 608,500 listeners nationwide and has a formidable online presence,
reaching over 1.1 million people in the past three months via Facebook alone.


If anyone was interested, I just posted a video scrolling through the channels on a Sky TV Box. This was recorded back in February just posted it now.
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Wilhelmina Shrimpton hosting Prime News Tonight

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The first ever Bachelorette NZ is going to be on TVNZ. Interesting as Three has (or had) the New Zealand rights to the The Bachelor series.

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Very interesting! I think it will do well. Surprised that Three does not have the rights.

After last night’s result, Sky are going to show the Cricket World Cup final FTA on Prime. Big weekend of sport with the Tennis, Formula E, Netball… who says we’re a Rugby-nation?

The TV ratings.

Noticed the crowd goes wild has a new set was able to grab the opener, also seems to be used by other Sky Sport shows like the Kickoff and The ICC Cricket World Cup Breakfast

CGW




Kick Off





Cricket World Cup Breakfast




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Is that the set they use for Rugby Nation as well? One set fits all!

Began using it Monday night. All their panel shows were done on the road last week. Not sure what CGW did.

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Love Island NZ has been scrapped, for this year at least.

Oh wow. Wonder if they’ll have to rehabilitate the brand a bit with the low ratings for the UK version.

You mean the US version airing on CBS (which is the wrong network for the program in the first place) - the UK version is a ratings hit for a multichannel (ITV2)