No worries Paddy. What I’m asking is, how did the media use te reo Māori in an offensive way?
They don’t, it’s a minority of red-necked viewers who get offended.
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Good question, @McMuffinMan17. While struggling to find an answer from me, here’s a response from @TV4:
Ah. That’s depressing. Much appreciated though, thank you.
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PTV NETWORK CHANNEL BRANDING - REFRESH UPDATE MK II
@Michael_Eccles You may remember that last time, I updated the channel branding package - promo endboards, programme menus, end credit promos (ECPs), programme return graphics (PRGs), and audience advisories - and weave te reo Māori (the Māori language), the official language of Aotearoa New Zealand, into that.
I had to revert that to the original mock design in which I created earlier this year (in January), although the design was updated to include a bilingual format (English and Māori), similar to S4C in Wales. The multi-channel menu was dropped.
I also added two additional graphics at the start and end of New Zealand-made programmes classified as “PTV Network Originals” (excluding news, sports and current affairs programmes), i.e. “A PTV Network Original” lower-third/super on the bottom left-hand corner at the start of the programme and an animated “An Original PTV Network Production - Made in Aotearoa New Zealand” endcap at the end.
GLOSSARY
- Ā te rā nei = Today
- Ā te pō nei = Tonight
- Āpōpō = Tomorrow
- Ā te wiki nei = This week
- Ā tērā… = Next… (e.g. Ā tērā Rāhina = Next Monday)
- Rāhina ki te Rāmere = Monday to Friday (i.e. weekdays / weeknights)
- E haere ake nei = Coming soon
- Kei tua ake nei = Still to come
- Mātaki mai = Streaming now (for content available as on-demand titles on PTV+)
- Ināianei = Now
- E whai ake nei = Next
- Ā kō ake nei = Later
UPDATED GRAPHICS
Below are the examples of my updated work.
Promo endboards
Programme menus
Programme return graphics (PRGs)
End credit promos (ECPs)
Audience advisories at the start of programme
“A PTV Network Original” lower-third/super at the start of programme
“An Original PTV Network Production” endcap at the end of programme
All photos contained in the images above are samples only; no copyright infringement intended.
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PTV NETWORK CHANNEL BRANDING - PROMO ENDBOARD REFRESH (CHANNEL SPECIFIC)
Below are the promo endboards for each channel (except Bubble, MAX and MAX 2), as discussed in my previous post, plus PTV+.
PTV
Shake
GEM
Bold
Peach
Rewind
Home
Taste
PTV+
All photos contained in the images above are samples only; no copyright infringement intended.
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I would just remove the watermark while the branding on the left is shown
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MAX & MAX 2
@Michael_Eccles @greenpea @LiamP MAX and MAX 2 are PTV Network New Zealand’s (as a fictional broadcaster) two music television channels.
MAX
Targeting all Kiwis 15-39, MAX broadcasts 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is brimming with the latest and best music videos from New Zealand and around the world, chart countdowns, specialist music shows, live concerts and music documentaries and films.
MAX is run by a small dedicated team of staff from within the NZ music industry as well as a diverse range of influencer talent and personalities (e.g. comedians and social media content creators). Unlike The Edge TV (in real life), the channel has a broad appeal format and is designed to cater for a wider audience of music fans, including those with more eclectic tastes. That means covering an array of music genres to satisfy the channel’s target demographic, from rock and pop through to dance and hip hop.
The MAX schedule would begin at 6am each morning by concentrating solely on pop music (including Top 40 hits, chart-topping favourites, new releases and some ‘old school throwbacks from the 2000s & 2010s’). Interactive music programming on MAX would be utilised at various times throughout the week, whereby viewers could choose the videos they want to see via phone or text. Specialist music shows (including more genre specific content) are presented in magazine-style formats and broadcast later in the evening, with an overnight music playlist to follow until 6am the next day.
71 Boston Road in Grafton, Auckland - i.e. the same building used by Three’s nightly current affairs/infotainment talk show, The Project, and, prior to that, the now-defunct YESSHOP (in real life) - would become the main office and studio complex for MAX. It is intended that MAX’s shows, whether live or pre-recorded, would be studio-based and produced in that building.
MAX 2
Targeting all Kiwis aged 30-59, MAX 2 is an extension of the MAX brand and features back-to-back music videos from the 70s, 80s, 90s, 2000s and today, without hosts.
Unlike The Breeze TV (in real life), the MAX 2 schedule would combine general music video playlists with dedicated 80s and 90s video shows (daily at 12pm and 4pm), a karaoke-style ‘singalong’ show (Sun-Thu, 7-9pm), an hour-long ‘love songs’ slot (Sun-Thu, 9-10pm), a three-hour slot devoted to classic rock (Sun-Thu, 10pm-1am), a commercial-free party music/request show (Fri-Sat, 7pm-2am) and a weekend morning ‘relax and chill’ slot, similar to Breeze Relax on the rova app (Sat-Sun, 6-9am).
GENERAL RULES
The general rule would be that one particular music video cannot be played more than three times within the same day on both channels, and music videos deemed unsuitable for broadcast on MAX during the daytime must be shown between 9pm and 5am when the content is classified as a 16 programme, i.e. people under 16 years should not view, although the ‘watershed’ (in which programmes are classified 16 or, after 9.30pm, 18 and may contain violence, strong language, sexual and other offensive content) begins at 8.30pm, as usual. After 5am, the content would be classified as a PG programme and recommend parental guidance for younger viewers.
On MAX 2, the content of the music videos would be classified PG at all times.
GRAPHICS
When it comes to mock graphics, below are the examples of my work with a bilingual format (English and Māori). Each of the two channels has a distinct colour theme; MAX is pink, MAX 2 is blue.
“Now playing” - current song lower-third/super at the start of music video (MAX)
“Now playing” - current song lower-third/super at the start of music video (MAX 2)
“Just played” - current song lower-third/super at the end of music video (MAX)
“Just played” - current song lower-third/super at the end of music video (MAX 2)
Music video request ticker (MAX)
Music video request ticker (MAX 2)
News/weather ticker and time check (MAX)
News/weather ticker and time check (MAX 2)
Contact details (MAX)
All photos contained in the images above are samples only; no copyright infringement intended.
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I wouldn’t have a news banner on a music channel unless there is huge breaking news - same for weather
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@Michael_Eccles I had to put a news and weather ticker at the bottom of the screen so that, while the music videos are playing between 6-9am on weekdays across both channels (MAX and MAX 2), viewers could stay informed and up to date with all the overnight news and the weather forecast for the day ahead in a text-based format. The news/weather ticker applies to the weekday breakfast shows only, such as The Big Breakfast on MAX and Morning Glory on MAX 2.
For music video request shows - such as Most Wanted and Freestyle on MAX and Weekend Fever on MAX 2 - a list of all tracks is shown at the bottom of the screen (in place of the news/weather ticker) and each video has its own selection code via phone or text. A toll-free phone hotline and text message service would be used to collect requests from viewers.
PTV NETWORK CHANNEL BRANDING 2023
@Michael_Eccles The on-screen graphics for PTV Network New Zealand (as a fictional broadcaster) are given a refresh, although the Calibre font and the bilingual format (English and Māori) remain unchanged.
Last year, I decided to incorporate te reo Māori (one of three official languages of Aotearoa New Zealand; the others are English and NZSL) into my mock graphics, and updated the graphics soon after.
And now, I decided to give them a few tweaks by adding a secondary font and updating the colours for the nine PTV Network brands (PTV, Shake, GEM, Bold, Peach, Rewind, Home, Taste and PTV+).
GLOSSARY
- Ā te rā nei = Today
- Ā te pō nei = Tonight
- Āpōpō = Tomorrow
- Ā te wiki nei = This week
- Ā tērā… = Next… (e.g. Ā tērā Rāhina = Next Monday)
- Rāhina ki te Rāmere = Monday to Friday (i.e. weekdays / weeknights)
- E haere ake nei = Coming soon
- Mātakitaki mai = Streaming now (for content available as on-demand titles on PTV+)
- Ināianei = Now
- E whai ake nei = Next
- Ā kō ake nei = Later
- E wātea ana ngā kupu hauraro = Captions available
- E wātea ana ngā kupu hauraro me te whakaahuatanga oro = Captions and AD (audio description) available
UPDATED GRAPHICS
Below are the examples of my updated work for 2023.
Promo endboards
End credit promos (ECPs)
Programme menus
Classifications and audience advisories at the start of programme
Classifications (G, PG, M, 16, 18) and any audience advisory symbols (C, L, V, S), along with the audience advisory translations (in English and Māori, as shown in the images above), appear in a full-screen format prior to the start of a programme, and would remain on screen for about 10 seconds.
The customised on-screen classification symbols are loosely based on their Australian counterparts, but with 16 rather than MA15+ and 18 rather than the former AV15+ classification (for Australian free-to-air television).
Captions and audio description (AD) at the start of programme
The best opportunity to inform viewers they are watching a programme with captions for the deaf and/or audio description (AD) for the blind is at the start.
It is intended that once the classification/audience advisory has appeared on screen about 10 seconds prior to the start of the programme, the ear symbol (for programmes with captions) and/or the AD symbol (for programmes with AD) would appear on the top left corner of the screen within the first 60 seconds of the programme, and remain on screen for about 7 seconds.
The translations (in English and Māori, as shown in the images above) would follow and remain on screen for the remaining 6 seconds.
Programme return graphics (PRGs)
Classifications (G, PG, M, 16, 18) and any audience advisory symbols (C, L, V, S) appear on the top left corner of the screen after each commercial break.
All photos contained in the images above are samples only; no copyright infringement intended.
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That graphics package looks terrific @PaddyTePou! Very retro!
If the PTV Network ever became a reality how would this on-air look be created and what file types would you use for the various components of the package if you were to recreate it in real life?
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@greenpea If my dream network becomes a reality then an experienced and dedicated team of graphic artists, in conjunction with independent companies where necessary (e.g. Brandspank or 6twenty), will produce the on-air look based on my work, although these are only still images via Microsoft PowerPoint and motion graphics software (e.g. Adobe After Effects) is deemed expensive.
PTV NETWORK CHANNEL REBRANDING 2023 - PROMO ENDBOARDS (BRAND SPECIFIC)
Below are the promo endboards for each channel (except Bubble, MAX and MAX 2), as discussed in my previous post, plus PTV+.
PTV
All photos contained in the images above are samples only; no copyright infringement intended.
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Being an Aussie Paddy, would you mind translating the Maori for me? Are they the days or a translation of the title?
@foxyrover For your information, here are the days of the week in te reo Māori (the Māori language). It’s one of the three official languages of New Zealand; the other languages are English and NZSL (New Zealand Sign Language).
- Rāhina = Monday
- Rātū = Tuesday
- Rāapa = Wednesday
- Rāpare = Thursday
- Rāmere = Friday
- Rāhoroi = Saturday
- Rātapu = Sunday
PTV NETWORK CHANNEL REBRANDING 2023 (SPRING SEASON)
It’s been six months since the last post in this topic but as the spring season approaches, the on-screen graphics for PTV Network New Zealand (as a fictional broadcaster) are given a refresh again.
With the arrival of Shake’s companion channel (Shake Extra) and the removal of Bubble, some major tweaks to the mock graphics were added.
GLOSSARY
Below is a list of on-screen words and phrases translated into te reo Māori as it is one of the three official languages of Aotearoa New Zealand; the other two are English and NZSL (New Zealand Sign Language).
- Ā te rā nei = Today
- Ā te pō nei = Tonight
- Āpōpō = Tomorrow
- Ā te wiki nei = This week
- Ā tērā… = Next… (e.g. Ā tērā Rāhina = Next Monday)
- Rāhina ki te Rāmere = Monday to Friday, i.e. weekdays / weeknights
- E haere ake nei = Coming soon
- Mātakitaki mai = Streaming now (for content available as on-demand titles on PTV+)
- Ināianei = Now
- E whai ake nei = Next
- Ā kō ake nei = Later
- Ko te hōtaka e whai ake nei kua whakarōpūhia a… = The following programme is rated…
- Kua whakaaehia mō te mātakitaki a te katoa = Approved for general viewing (for content classified G)
- E tūtohua te tohutohu ā-mātua mō ngā kaimātakitaki tamariki ake = Parental guidance recommended for younger viewers (for content classified PG)
- E tika ana mā ngā kaimātakitaki pakeke 16 tau, pakeke atu = Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over (for content classified M)
- Kaua e mātakina e te hunga i raro i te 16 tau = People under 16 years should not view (for content classified 16)
- Kaua e mātakina e te hunga i raro i te 18 tau = People under 18 years should not view (for content classified 18)
- Ka mōrihariha pea ngā ihirangi = Content may offend
- Ka mōrihariha pea te reo = Language may offend
- He whakarekereke kei roto = Contains violence
- Ka mōrihariha pea ngā ihirangi hōkaka = Sexual content may offend
UPDATED GRAPHICS
Below are the examples of my updated work for the spring season.
Promo endboards
End credit promos (ECPs)
Programme menus
Classification, accessibility and audience advisory at the start of programme
The best opportunity to inform viewers they are watching a PTV Network New Zealand programme is at the beginning.
The classification symbol, the audience advisory symbol(s) and the accessibility symbol(s) appear in the top left corner at the start of the programme and remain on screen for no more than 10 seconds. The two accessibility symbols - an ear symbol (for programmes with captions for the deaf and hearing-impaired) and an AD symbol (for programmes with audio description for the blind and vision-impaired) - are at the bottom of the classification symbol or combined classification/audience advisory symbol.
The audience advisories, in English and te reo Māori, also appear in the top left corner with the classification symbol or combined classification/audience advisory symbol at the start of the programme. The English text appears and remains on screen for the first 5 seconds, followed by the te reo translation for the next 5 seconds.
Ear symbol at the start of programme
For news and current affairs programmes, selected sporting events and some live-to-air content, an ear symbol - which involves captioning (or live captioning) for the deaf - appears in the top left corner at the start of the programme and remains on screen for no more than 5 seconds. Furthermore, the ear symbol itself does not appear on screen after each and every commercial break.
Programme return graphics (PRGs)
The classification symbol, the audience advisory symbol(s) and the accessibility symbol(s) appear in the top left corner after each commercial break and remain on screen for no more than 5 seconds.
The ‘Now’ and ‘Next’ graphics then appear in the bottom left corner of the screen. These graphics indicate which programme is on now and what’s on next.
In addition to Now and Next, the ‘Later’ graphic is added and appears after the final commercial break. The expanded graphics (including the Later graphic which is not shown) indicate which programme is on now, what’s on next and what’s on after the next programme - unless otherwise specified.
If a closedown time follows after the next programme, only the Now and Next graphics appear after the final commercial break. If a PTV Network channel closes down after the current programme, only the Now graphic appears after the final commercial break.
All photos contained in the images above are samples only; no copyright infringement intended.
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Hey Paddy, the text above the show title name on the promo end boards (All New, for example) is quite difficult to read. Maybe there is a better colour?
Otherwise, it is stunning and I love the use of Māori!
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At the request of @fournews, I had to update the mock graphics once again.
Promo endboards
End credit promotions (ECPs)
Programme return graphics (PRGs)
As mentioned in the previous post, the classification symbol, the audience advisory symbol(s) and the accessibility symbol(s) appear in the top left corner after each commercial break and remain on screen for no more than 5 seconds.
These are then followed by the ‘Now’ and ‘Next’ graphics which appear in the bottom left corner of the screen. These graphics indicate which programme is on now and what’s on next.
In addition to Now and Next, a ‘Later’ graphic is added and appears after the final commercial break. The Now, Next and Later graphics indicate which programme is on now, what’s on next and what’s on after the next programme - unless otherwise specified.
If a closedown time follows after the next programme, only the Now and Next graphics (as shown above) appear after the final commercial break. If a PTV Network channel closes down after the current programme, only the Now graphic appears after the final commercial break.
All photos contained in the images above are samples only; no copyright infringement intended.
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