I mean all sorta sounds like every news bulletin dude, like very thorough but not sure what we’re supposed to be looking at here?
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Excellent work @PaddyTePou. Would the PTV Regional News format mirror PTV National News or would each program adopt its own unique format/structural variations region to region?
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@greenpea Good question!
Although PTV Network New Zealand’s (as a fictional broadcaster) regional news programmes would be similar in format to those airing on the BBC (e.g. Look North, Look East, Points West, South Today etc), each programme would mirror the national news bulletins but with region specific opening titles and theme music.
The theme music would be “Score”, composed by Richard Myhill and supplied by KPM Music. That theme was used in real life by TVNZ’s regional news programme for Otago and Southland viewers, The South Tonight.
The regional news format - produced five days a week, Monday to Friday - looks like this:
- Breakfast: Short breakfast bulletins as part of Sunrise at around 6.27am, 7.27am and 8.27am respectively (followed by the national news at 6.30am, 7.30am and 8.30am). Each localised breakfast bulletin includes a summary of the overnight stories from around the regions, plus local weather and traffic.
- Lunch: A lunchtime bulletin for 8 minutes at 12.50pm. Each localised lunchtime bulletin includes an update on the day’s news from around the regions, plus the afternoon’s local weather.
- Evening: A main evening programme for 18 minutes at 6.40pm. Each localised evening programme comprises a round-up of the day’s major local and regional stories and features, along with a detailed weather forecast, in a magazine-style format.
- Late night: A late bulletin for 8 minutes at around 11.10pm. Each localised late bulletin includes a final wrap of the day’s news from around the regions, plus tomorrow’s local weather.
PROGRAMME CHANGES
Due to unforeseen circumstances, I had to make some small changes to programming.
The early edition of PTV Weekend News has moved to the new time of 5.30pm to allow for the earlier part of Saturday evening viewing (from 6pm) to be devoted to family-oriented light entertainment, including game shows, until 8.30pm.
Live coverage of the All Blacks’ international rugby tests on home soil is shown on a Saturday evening as part of the mid-year Steinlager Series and the annual Rugby Championship, beginning with a live build-up at 6pm. The DHL Super Rugby Pacific and Bunnings NPC finals are also covered live.
The late night Weekend News, for 15 minutes, would continue to screen at around 10.30pm.
And on Sundays, a new locally produced magazine and current affairs programme called Open Door would screen at 6pm instead of the proposed timeslot of midday. Presented in a Sunday Magazine type format, each localised edition of Open Door (from Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin) focuses on providing audiences in the regions with a community-oriented digest of people, places and events.
Rural Delivery (first shown on TVNZ in real life) would fill Open Door’s proposed timeslot (12pm) on Sundays.
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PTV NEWS CHANNEL & ONLINE-ONLY CONTENT REVAMPED
Below is a mock press release.
PTV Network New Zealand’s (as a fictional broadcaster) is making changes to the PTV News Channel and online-only content via ptvnews.co.nz and the PTV News app.
PTV NEWS CHANNEL
From Tuesday 6 June 2023 the PTV News Channel will now carry an international feed of the BBC News channel in the UK as an arrangement with BBC Studios.
The PTV News Channel, in association with the BBC, will deliver comprehensive coverage and impartial, in-depth analysis of important international news as well as sport, business, current affairs and documentaries, plus delayed broadcasts of the BBC’s 6pm and 10pm bulletins - all of which will be beamed in via satellite.
The BBC’s own content, including the live BBC News feed, will be supplemented with delayed broadcasts of the ABC and CBS news bulletins from the United States as well as live feeds of breaking news, budget announcements and press conferences from around New Zealand, drawing on the resources of the PTV News newsroom.
PTV Network’s Māori news programme, Te Hēteri, will still be repeated on the PTV News Channel with English subtitles at 7.30pm every night from Monday to Friday.
Localised commercial spots will be inserted into the BBC News feed (in lieu of the BBC News Channel’s break filler). Equipment at the Warkworth satellite station will allow these spots to be replaced with promotions for upcoming programmes on other PTV Network channels.
Paid commercial advertising will also be featured on the channel, although there will be a maximum of four minutes per hour (one minute per spot).
In addition, New Zealand weather forecasts will replace the BBC’s own weather forecasts, which focus more on the area the viewer is watching from.
PTV NEWSBREAK
PTV Network New Zealand’s new series of online-only news bulletins, known as PTV Newsbreak, will launch on Tuesday 6 June.
The five-minute bulletins will be streamed live on ptvnews.co.nz and the PTV News app from 9am until 11pm on weekdays, and from 6am until 11pm on weekends.
Each PTV Newsbreak bulletin will include national and international headlines in brief along with a sports story and a national weather forecast. It’s a summary of the news New Zealanders need to know hour by hour.
It’s ‘your world in five minutes’.
On weekdays, PTV Newsbreak will be on the half hour from 5am until 9am.
These half hourly bulletins, during breakfast, will provide ‘a summary of what’s happened while you slept and an update on the news you need to know to face the day’.
PTV NEWSDESK
PTV Network New Zealand’s new daily podcast, known as PTV Newsdesk (in association with MediaWorks’ streaming platform, rova), will launch on Monday 12 June.
The audio-only national news service will draw on the combined resources of the PTV News and MediaWorks newsrooms, and be divided into 4 x 10 minute bulletins each day (at 7am, 12pm, 5pm and 10pm).
The bite-sized, podcast-style bulletins will be the perfect early morning, lunchtime, evening and late night snacks for busy people who want the latest in local, national and international news on the run.
PTV Newsdesk will be available on ptvnews.co.nz, the PTV News and rova apps, and other podcast providers.
PTV BUSINESS REPORT
PTV Network New Zealand’s brand new business and financial news service, known as PTV Business Report, will launch on Tuesday 6 June.
The new service will be produced five days a week, Monday to Friday, and divided into five separate bulletins: 2 x 10 minute morning bulletins (at 7.40am and 8.40am), 1 x 15 minute late morning/lunchtime bulletin (at 11.30am), 2 x 15 minute evening bulletins (at 5.30pm and 8.30pm).
Each bulletin of PTV Business Report will be streamed live on ptvnews.co.nz and the PTV News app, then available for on-demand viewing on PTV+ and on PTV News’ website, Facebook and YouTube pages. The bulletins will cover the latest business, economic and financial news as well as updates on local and world markets, currency movements and the gold price.
XPOSÉ
PTV Network New Zealand’s entertainment news service, Xposé, is getting a facelift from Tuesday 6 June onwards.
The service will be produced as 4 x 5 minute bulletins each Monday to Friday (at 8.10am, 12.10pm, 4.10pm and 9.10pm). Each Xposé bulletin will feature a daily round-up of showbiz news and gossip from New Zealand and around the world, focusing on celebrities, movies, music and entertainment.
Xposé will be streamed live on ptvnews.co.nz and the PTV News app, then available for on-demand viewing on PTV+ and on PTV News’ website, Facebook and YouTube pages.
OTHER CONTENT
PTV Network New Zealand’s News and Current Affairs department will produce the following online-only features:
THE BOOK SHOW
Hosted by experienced NZ journalist and author, Steve Braunias, this weekly programme/podcast is devoted to authors and the world of books. Includes reviews of new release books.
CROSSFIRE
This informed and incisive debate-oriented programme/podcast sees journalists Moana Maniapoto and Patrick Gower joining forces to tackle the big issues from both sides of the political divide.
DEFENCE WATCH
Produced in cooperation with the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) and presented by senior officers, this weekly programme/podcast provides an insight into the role being played by the NZ military.
FROM THE HILL
Presented by PTV Network’s political editor Jenna Lynch and her Parliamentary team, this weekly programme/podcast is devoted to politics and features the latest news, political interviews and authoritative commentary.
IN THE FIRST PERSON
Get behind the public persona of Aotearoa New Zealand’s biggest names as we spend half an hour discussing their life, passions and thoughts. Presenters include Guyon Espiner and Ruwani Perera.
MAGIC KIWIS
Hosted by Hadyn Jones, this 10-part series/podcast gives viewers front row seats to interviews with notable New Zealanders including politicians, celebrities, sportspeople and entertainers.
MEDIA BITES
A weekly programme/podcast which looks critically at the NZ media - television, radio, newspapers and magazines as well as the ‘new’ electronic media. Presenters include Russell Brown, Duncan Greive, Damien Venuto and Tracy Watkins.
POLICE FIVE
Hosted by Detective Senior Sergeant Rob Lemoto (formerly of Police Ten 7 and, later, Ten 7 Aotearoa) and produced in cooperation with the New Zealand Police, this weekly public service programme/podcast invites us as New Zealanders to help fight crime and give details of unsolved crime and developments in crime prevention.
SMALLEY & CO
What are the top issues making headlines in NZ this week? Join Rachel Smalley and a panel of guests as they uncover the stories that matter to us as New Zealanders in a weekly panel discussion programme/podcast.
TALKING BUSINESS
Hosted by Jonathan Mitchell, this weekly programme/podcast takes in-depth look at what makes business tick and what is happening in the local and global economies.
XPOSÉ AT THE MOVIES
Hosted by seasoned entertainment journalist and film critic, Kate Rodger, this weekly programme/podcast is devoted exclusively to movies. Includes reviews of new release movies, star interviews and a countdown of the week’s NZ box office chart.
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@SA_TV Below is a mock update.
From Tuesday 6 June 2023, the national news at 6pm (on PTV) be shortened from 40 to 30 minutes. This allows the regional news from Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin to extend to 20 to 30 minutes in duration and move to the earlier timeslot of 6.30pm to align with their British counterparts via BBC One (in real life).
During the national news, the commercial breaks will be shortened to just two minutes each.
Taking full advantage of the half hour format with reduced commercial breaks, the revised format rundowns, as listed below, will apply to the 8pm bulletin (on GEM) and the weekend bulletin (at 5.30pm on PTV - except the late night edition, where it airs at around 10.30pm and runs for 15 minutes).
PTV NEWS AT 6PM (PTV)
6:00 - 6:10pm (Part 1 - 10 mins)
- Opening headlines
- National and international news
6:10 - 6:12pm (Commercial break - 2 mins)
6:12 - 6:20pm (Part 2 - 8 mins)
- National and international news - continued from part one
- Business news summary and financial market update
- Throw to sports anchor [e.g. Andrew Gourdie] prior to commercial break
6:20 - 6:22pm (Commercial break - 2 mins)
6:22 - 6:30pm (Part 3 - 8 mins)
- Sports news, presented by Andrew Gourdie
- Sports anchor throws back to main anchor [e.g. Daniel Faitaua], then main anchor throws to weather presenter [e.g. Jess Tyson] - “Jess is here now with the weather…”
- Weather forecast, presented by Jess Tyson
- Weather presenter throws back to main anchor
- Bulletin ends before opting out for regional news - “We’ll be back just before 7:00 with a reminder of our top stories but right now, we join our PTV News teams across NZ for the news where you are.”
REGIONAL NEWS - 6.30PM (PTV)
6:30 - 6:40pm (Part 1 - 10 mins)
- Opening headlines
- Major local and regional stories
- Auckland only: Detailed weather forecast
6:40 - 6:42pm (Commercial break - 2 mins)
6:42 - 6:49pm (Part 2 - 7 mins)
- Major local and regional stories - continued from part one
6:49 - 6:51pm (Commercial break - 2 mins)
6:51 - 6:58pm (Part 3 - 7 mins)
- Local and regional feature stories
- All regions except Auckland: Weather forecast
- Bulletin ends before opting back to Auckland (network) - “And that’s your regional news for [date, e.g. Friday the 5th of May]. [name, e.g. Michael O’Keeffe] will be here with our late bulletin right after Nightline. I’m [name, e.g. Carly Flynn], good night.”
6:58 - 7:00pm (National news update - 2 mins)
- After the regional news Daniel Faitaua reads a summary of the main national and international headlines, followed by a weather recap with Jess Tyson
- National news update ends - “And that’s the PTV News hour for [date, e.g. Friday the 28th of April]. Our next news is at 8:00 over on GEM. I’m [name, e.g. Daniel Faitaua], good evening.”
PTV NEWS AT 8PM (GEM)
8:00 - 8:08pm (Part 1 - 10 mins)
- Opening headlines
- National and international news
8:10 - 8:12pm (Commercial break - 2 mins)
8:12 - 8:20pm (Part 2 - 8 mins)
- National and international news - continued from part one
- Part two of the bulletin begins with a financial market update
- Throw to sports anchor [e.g. Andrew Gourdie] prior to commercial break
8:20 - 8:22pm (Commercial break - 2 mins)
8:22 - 8:30pm (Part 3 - 8 mins)
- Sports news, presented by Andrew Gourdie
- Sports anchor throws back to main anchor [e.g. Daniel Faitaua], then main anchor throws to weather presenter [e.g. Jess Tyson] - “Jess is here now with the weather…”
- Weather forecast, presented by Jess Tyson
- Weather presenter throws back to main anchor
- Bulletin ends - “And that’s PTV News at 8:00 for [date, e.g. Friday the 28th of April]. You can join the Nightline team at 10:30 over on PTV, and you can keep up to date by heading to our website or the PTV News app. I’m [name, e.g. Daniel Faitaua], good night.”
PTV WEEKEND NEWS - SAT-SUN, 5.30PM & 10.30PM (PTV)
EARLY EVENING
5:30 - 5:40pm (Part 1 - 10 mins)
- Opening headlines
- National and international news
5:40 - 5:42pm (Commercial break - 2 mins)
5:42 - 5:50pm (Part 2 - 8 mins)
- National and international news - continued from part one
- Throw to sports anchor [e.g. Ravinder Hunia or Narelle Sindos] prior to commercial break
5:50 - 5:52pm (Commercial break - 2 mins)
5:52 - 6:00pm (Part 3 - 8 mins)
- Sports news, presented by Ravinder Hunia or Narelle Sindos
- Sports anchor throws back to main anchor [e.g. Janika ter Ellen or Laura Tupou], then main anchor throws to weather presenter [e.g. Heather Keats] - “Heather is here now with the weather…”
- Weather forecast, presented by Heather Keats
- Weather presenter throws back to main anchor
- Bulletin ends - “And that’s PTV News, sport and weather for now. We’ll be back with our late bulletin right here on PTV at 10:30, and you can keep up to date by heading to our website or the PTV News app. I’m [name, e.g. Janika ter Ellen], good evening.”
LATE NIGHT
10:30 - 10:45pm (Complete bulletin - 15 mins)
- National and international news, including sport
Saturday only: Lotto results - Main anchor [e.g. Janika ter Ellen or Laura Tupou] throws to weather presenter [e.g. Heather Keats] - “Heather is here now with the weather…”
- Weather forecast, presented by Heather Keats
- Weather presenter throws back to main anchor
- Bulletin ends - “And that’s PTV News, sport and weather for [date, e.g. Saturday the 29th of April]. You can keep up to date by heading to our website or the PTV News app. I’m [name, e.g. Janika ter Ellen], good night.”
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Very comprehensive descriptions there @PaddyTePou. May I ask why you chose to emulate the BBC Regional opt-out structure and overall bulletin format over other regional news formats found elsewhere in the world such as CBC and Global in Canada, NBC and CBS in the USA, or even the BBC’s main competitor ITV in the UK?
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With PTV Network New Zealand’s (as a fictional broadcaster) commitment to providing all New Zealanders with a full service of national, international and regional news - similar to TVNZ in its earlier years, i.e. 1980-81 (in real life) - I have decided to reduce the amount of commercial advertising in almost every half hour news bulletin.
This means that the commercial breaks are being shortened to just two minutes each, and that the news stories have to be a little bit shorter and punchier.
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How so? Like what other formats are there aside from local bulletin v national bulletin?
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Hrm… I wouldn’t have a clue at this stage…
But you’re the one who wrote it? lol
I am the one who wrote it, although I am a bit confused when it comes to “regional news against national news”.
While the national news is being produced at my dream television network’s Auckland headquarters with journalists and camera crews based across the country, the regional news is produced at the network’s Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin newsrooms and utilises the same journalists and crew as the national news.
It is intended that the regional bureaux would be in Whangarei, Rotorua, Taupo, Whakatane, Gisborne, Hastings, New Plymouth, Palmerston North, Nelson, Greymouth, Timaru, Queenstown and Invercargill. The journalists and crew would cover both local and regional stories, including those that are of national importance and for broadcast within the national news - just like TVNZ during the 1980s.
Yeah we all get the difference I just mean like when you say “emulate the BBC regional opt-out structure and overall bulletin format was to differentiate it from other regional news formats” what other formats you mean? Like it’s a fairly standard split in other parts of the world, having separate local news to the national news.
Last time, @greenpea asked me why I chose to emulate the BBC regional opt-out structure and overall bulletin format over other regional news formats found elsewhere in the world such as CBC and Global in Canada, NBC and CBS in the USA, or even the BBC’s main competitor, ITV, in the UK.
Differentiating from other formats doesn’t make sense, so, due to unforeseen circumstances and to avoid any confusion, I had to delete parts of that previous post (but not the entire post itself).
But what’s different between BBC or ITV or CBC or NBN… like they all have local bulletins and national bulletins?
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I asked @PaddyTePou that question as newscasts around the world have a unique focus on how they present local news. Australia is very different from New Zealand, New Zealand is different from the USA and Canada and the USA and Canada are very different from the UK. Some networks present a purely National bulletin leaving their affiliates to handle regional news while others use streaming services or create dedicated rolling news channels solely for local news with a hyper-local focus.
As PTV is meant to be inspired by a fictional PSB model a BBC-style model does make a lot of sense and would offer a point of difference if it was offered in real life.
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REWIND SCHEDULE FROM JUNE 2023
@Damo Below are the changes to PTV Network New Zealand’s (as a fictional broadcaster) nostalgia channel, Rewind, from next month (Monday 5 June 2023), although the details are mock.
SOAPS
Crossroads, Dallas and Dynasty have been added to Rewind’s weekday schedule as its “Lunchtime Drama” slot, from 12-2pm, is dropped.
Vintage episodes of the British soap Crossroads, dating back to the 1970s, will screen at 12.30pm every day from Monday to Friday and classic Coronation Street (from the early 1980s) will move to the new timeslot of midday. These will be followed by the hit US drama Dallas at 1pm, then Dynasty at 2pm.
The Australian soaps Sons and Daughters and A Country Practice will move to the earlier timeslots of 8.30am and 9am respectively.
DRAMAS
The critically acclaimed US drama Hill Street Blues will now screen at 8.30pm every Tuesday, followed by St Elsewhere at 9.30pm. Meanwhile, Magnum PI will now screen at 7.30pm every Thursday with Moonlighting at 8.30pm and Miami Vice at 9.30pm.
The post-11.30pm timeslot (after Night Court) will play host to Perry Mason on Monday, Ironside on Tuesday, Kojak on Wednesday and The Rockford Files on Thursday.
COMEDIES
The hugely successful US sitcom Full House has been added to Rewind’s schedule and will screen at 5pm every day from Monday to Friday, followed by The Cosby Show at 5.30pm.
Rewind’s “British Comedy Wednesday” is changing. Never the Twain, starring Donald Sinden and Windsor Davies (It Ain’t Half Hot Mum), will kick off the evening at 7.30pm with After Henry (starring Prunella Scales from Fawlty Towers) at 8pm, To the Manor Born (starring Penelope Keith and Peter Bowles) at 8.30pm and Brush Strokes at 9.05pm. Open All Hours will move to the new time of 9.40pm and keep an eye out for Rik Mayall in The New Statesman at 10.15pm.
Ever Decreasing Circles will move to Sunday nights at 7pm with ‘Allo ‘Allo! and Bread to follow at their regular times.
ENTERTAINMENT
The Muppet Show has been added to Rewind’s schedule and will screen at 6pm every weeknight, with Strike It Lucky moving to 6.30pm and Give Us a Clue at 7pm.
Earlier in the day, Love Connection, Supermarket Sweep and The Price Is Right: The Barker Era will now be shown from 10am-12pm.
WEEKENDS & SCHOOL HOLIDAYS
The later part of Friday nights will play host to Tales of the Unexpected (at 11.30pm), The Sweeney (at midnight), Mannix (at 12.50am) and The Twilight Zone (at 1.40am).
The entire Saturday afternoon will become home to cult programming: The Six Million Dollar Man (at midday), The Incredible Hulk (at 1pm), The A-Team (at 2pm), Knight Rider (at 3pm), Wonder Woman (at 4pm) and MacGyver (at 5pm).
Saturday nights will continue to feature Dempsey and Makepeace (at 10.40pm) and The Professionals (at 11.40pm), both of which will be followed at 12.30am by Patrick McGoohan’s The Prisoner, then Roger Moore as The Saint (at 1.20am).
Sunday afternoons, until 5pm, will be devoted to Westerns: The Virginian (at midday), Alias Smith and Jones (at 1.30pm), Laramie (at 2.30pm), Maverick (at 3.30pm) and Have Gun - Will Travel (at 4.30pm). The Big Valley, set on the fictional Barkley Ranch in the Californian city of Stockton, will screen at 5pm.
And every weekday during the school holidays, Bonanza and Gunsmoke will replace Dallas and Dynasty at their regular times.
A TYPICAL WEEK’S SCHEDULE
MONDAY
6.00am: Rainbow
6.15am: Cockleshell Bay
6.25am: Atom Ant
6.50am: Inspector Gadget
7.15am: Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears
7.40am: DuckTales
8.05am: Fraggle Rock
8.30am: Sons and Daughters
9.00am: A Country Practice
10.00am: Love Connection
10.30am: Supermarket Sweep
11.00am: The Price Is Right: The Barker Era
12.00pm: Classic Coronation Street
12.30pm: Crossroads
1.00pm: Dallas
2.00pm: Dynasty
3.00pm: The Smurfs
3.30pm: The Flintstones
4.00pm: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
4.30pm: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5.00pm: Full House
5.30pm: The Cosby Show
6.00pm: The Muppet Show
6.30pm: Strike It Lucky
7.00pm: Give Us a Clue
7.30pm: The Onedin Line
8.30pm: Howards’ Way
9.30pm: Minder
10.30pm: The Bill Classics
11.00pm: Night Court
11.30pm: Perry Mason
12.25am: Closedown
TUESDAY
6.00am: Rainbow
6.15am: Cockleshell Bay
6.25am: Atom Ant
6.50am: Inspector Gadget
7.15am: Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears
7.40am: DuckTales
8.05am: Fraggle Rock
8.30am: Sons and Daughters
9.00am: A Country Practice
10.00am: Love Connection
10.30am: Supermarket Sweep
11.00am: The Price Is Right: The Barker Era
12.00pm: Classic Coronation Street
12.30pm: Crossroads
1.00pm: Dallas
2.00pm: Dynasty
3.00pm: The Smurfs
3.30pm: The Flintstones
4.00pm: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
4.30pm: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5.00pm: Full House
5.30pm: The Cosby Show
6.00pm: The Muppet Show
6.30pm: Strike It Lucky
7.00pm: Give Us a Clue
7.30pm: Murder, She Wrote
8.30pm: Hill Street Blues
9.30pm: St Elsewhere
10.30pm: The Bill Classics
11.00pm: Night Court
11.30pm: Ironside
12.25am: Closedown
WEDNESDAY
6.00am: Rainbow
6.15am: Cockleshell Bay
6.25am: Atom Ant
6.50am: Inspector Gadget
7.15am: Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears
7.40am: DuckTales
8.05am: Fraggle Rock
8.30am: Sons and Daughters
9.00am: A Country Practice
10.00am: Love Connection
10.30am: Supermarket Sweep
11.00am: The Price Is Right: The Barker Era
12.00pm: Classic Coronation Street
12.30pm: Crossroads
1.00pm: Dallas
2.00pm: Dynasty
3.00pm: The Smurfs
3.30pm: The Flintstones
4.00pm: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
4.30pm: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5.00pm: Full House
5.30pm: The Cosby Show
6.00pm: The Muppet Show
6.30pm: Strike It Lucky
7.00pm: Give Us a Clue
7.30pm: Never the Twain
8.00pm: After Henry
8.30pm: To the Manor Born
9.05pm: Brush Strokes
9.40pm: Open All Hours
10.15pm: The New Statesman
10.45pm: The Bill Classics
11.15pm: Night Court
11.45pm: Kojak
12.40am: Closedown
THURSDAY
6.00am: Rainbow
6.15am: Cockleshell Bay
6.25am: Atom Ant
6.50am: Inspector Gadget
7.15am: Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears
7.40am: DuckTales
8.05am: Fraggle Rock
8.30am: Sons and Daughters
9.00am: A Country Practice
10.00am: Love Connection
10.30am: Supermarket Sweep
11.00am: The Price Is Right: The Barker Era
12.00pm: Classic Coronation Street
12.30pm: Crossroads
1.00pm: Dallas
2.00pm: Dynasty
3.00pm: The Smurfs
3.30pm: The Flintstones
4.00pm: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
4.30pm: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5.00pm: Full House
5.30pm: The Cosby Show
6.00pm: The Muppet Show
6.30pm: Strike It Lucky
7.00pm: Give Us a Clue
7.30pm: Magnum PI
8.30pm: Moonlighting
9.30pm: Miami Vice
10.30pm: The Bill Classics
11.00pm: Night Court
11.30pm: The Rockford Files
12.25am: Closedown
FRIDAY
6.00am: Rainbow
6.15am: Cockleshell Bay
6.25am: Atom Ant
6.50am: Inspector Gadget
7.15am: Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears
7.40am: DuckTales
8.05am: Fraggle Rock
8.30am: Sons and Daughters
9.00am: A Country Practice
10.00am: Love Connection
10.30am: Supermarket Sweep
11.00am: The Price Is Right: The Barker Era
12.00pm: Classic Coronation Street
12.30pm: Crossroads
1.00pm: Dallas
2.00pm: Dynasty
3.00pm: The Smurfs
3.30pm: The Flintstones
4.00pm: Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
4.30pm: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
5.00pm: Full House
5.30pm: The Cosby Show
6.00pm: The Muppet Show
6.30pm: Strike It Lucky
7.00pm: Give Us a Clue
7.30pm: ALF
8.00pm: Growing Pains
8.30pm: Who’s the Boss?
9.00pm: Roseanne
9.30pm: Murphy Brown
10.00pm: Sledge Hammer!
10.30pm: The Bill Classics
11.00pm: Night Court
11.30pm: Tales of the Unepxected
12.00am: The Sweeney
12.50am: Mannix
1.40am: The Twilight Zone
2.05am: Closedown
SATURDAY
6.00am: Rainbow
6.15am: Sooty
6.35am: The Jetsons
7.00am: Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
7.30am: Hong Kong Phooey
8.00am: Chip ‘n Dale: Rescue Rangers
8.30am: TaleSpin
9.00am: Jem
9.30am: Defenders of the Earth
10.00am: The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers
10.30am: Galtar and the Golden Lance
11.00am: Centurions
11.30am: ThunderCats
12.00pm: The Six Million Dollar Man
1.00pm: The Incredible Hulk
2.00pm: The A-Team
3.00pm: Knight Rider
4.00pm: Wonder Woman
5.00pm: MacGyver
6.00pm: Welcome Back Kotter
6.30pm: Chico and the Man
7.00pm: Beadle’s About
7.30pm: Bruce Forsyth’s Generation Game
8.40pm: The Paul Daniels Magic Show
9.40pm: The Two Ronnies
10.40pm: Dempsey and Makepeace
11.40pm: The Professionals
12.30am: The Prisoner
1.20am: The Saint
2.10am: Closedown
SUNDAY
6.00am: Rainbow
6.15am: Puddle Lane
6.30am: Care Bears
6.50am: Wacky Races
7.10am: The Banana Splits Adventure Show
7.30am: The Wind in the Willows
7.55am: Dastardly and Muttley
8.15am: Count Duckula
8.40am: Stingray
9.05am: Thunderbirds
9.55am: Catweazle
10.20am: Follyfoot
10.45am: The Adventures of Black Beauty
11.10am: The Tomorrow People
11.35am: Grange Hill
12.00pm: The Virginian
1.30pm: Alias Smith and Jones
2.30pm: Laramie
3.30pm: Maverick
4.30pm: Have Gun - Will Travel
5.00pm: The Big Valley
6.00pm: All Creatures Great and Small
7.00pm: Ever Decreasing Circles
7.35pm: ‘Allo ‘Allo!
8.10pm: Bread
8.45pm: Bergerac
9.45pm: London’s Burning
10.45pm: The Gentle Touch
11.45pm: Adam-12
12.15am: Closedown
Please note: Programmes in the above schedules may be subject to change without notice.
Why would a channel like this have a closedown and not just keep churning out old shows all night?
Also pin up girls as mascots? sorry but that gives me the ick big time.
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Oh we’ve been over this before…
There are 12 linear television channels - three of which are intended for broadcasting 24 hours a day, including two music channels and a news channel (in association with the BBC).
Unless a major sporting event or a one-off event is scheduled for broadcast during the overnight/early morning hours (e.g. the FA Cup Final and the All Blacks’ end-of-year Northern Hemisphere tour), each channel broadcasts seven days a week, morning, afternoon, evening.
That is, from the start of a typical day’s transmission until closedown each night. When a channel is off air, a specially customised test card, similar to the BBC’s Test Card F, would be shown on screen and accompanied by music.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, I had to remove one of the test cards in which I created.
Rewind only broadcasts from 6am until around midnight or 12.30am each day, extending to around 2am on Friday and Saturday nights, and there are no plans to extend the on-air hours at the moment or introduce a replay service for broadcast during the overnight hours (until 6am)
As Rewind closes, PTV Network New Zealand’s (as a fictional broadcaster) streaming platform, PTV+, covers well over 200 classic TV box sets including Barney Miller, Jake and the Fatman, LA Law, One Day at a Time, Police Rescue, Three’s Company and many more. Nostalgia buffs could find their retro favourites and watch them on-demand with PTV+ at any time.
There are also Pluto TV-style FAST channels in the pipeline, including “Classic Comedy”, “Classic Drama”, “Classic Crime Drama” and “Western TV” - all of which are exclusive to PTV+.
Still not understanding, unless a channel was data sharing.
But considering this is all fictional seems an odd choice.
and yes we know what closedown is, just not sure what the rational is.
The closedown, or the sexism?
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