By the way, Happy Birthday!
The rebrand is great!
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Happy (late) birthday! TBH I preferred the old logos but I canât say I hate the newer ones - glad youâre sticking with the main PTV logo though
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REGIONAL TELEVISION
In response to major rebranding, PTV Network New Zealand (as a fictional broadcaster) will set up regional television stations based in Whangarei (Northland), Hamilton (Waikato and Bay of Plenty), Hastings (Gisborne and Hawkeâs Bay), Palmerston North (Manawatu, Taranaki and Whanganui), Nelson (Nelson, Marlborough and West Coast) and Dunedin (Otago and Southland).
The stations will broadcast a schedule similar to PTV Networkâs main channel, PTV (formerly PTV1), with some exceptions, mainly for regional news and other local programmes.
A 30 minute bulletin of local and regional news will be produced five nights a week and broadcast at 6pm, with the North or South Island edition of PTV Newsâ 6pm bulletin to follow. That edition will be delayed by 30 minutes and shown at 6.30pm.
The stations will, in future, produce a number of original, locally targeted programmes such as advertorial-style shopping shows, local sports magazines, regional current affairs, real estate shows, regional cooking slots, late night talk shows and coverage of local events such as the National Agricultural Fieldays in Hamilton and the Dunedin Festival.
All local stations will each have their own news and sales teams and small production crews, and will be jointly funded by commercial advertising and NZ On Air (for regional news).
Local stations will relay the same programmes as PTV, but local commercials and notices are inserted before it is rebroadcast to viewers in the respective regions (see above).
HOW REGIONAL TELEVISION IN NEW ZEALAND WORKS
1: Network feed. 2: Interisland feed. 3: Local feed. 4: Programming aired on a regional television station
Each local station (both regional and either Auckland or Christchurch) can be seen as being composed of three layers, with some exceptions.
The first is the ânetwork feedâ, i.e. content that is broadcast to the entire country, more-or-less at the same time (accounting for minor rescheduling), via the PTV signal. This category is composed of nearly all the non-news programmes and sometimes station promotions and branding.
The second is the âinterisland feedâ, i.e. content that is broadcast to the entire North or South Island, regardless of the home market of the viewer. It comprises mainly North or South Island news, as well as current affairs programmes and station promotions. This is usually the case in Auckland (North Island) or Christchurch (South Island).
The third is the âlocal feedâ, i.e. content broadcast to a specific market, such as local news and advertising.
More to come in the future.
DISCLAIMER: PTV Network New Zealand (Patrick Te Pou Enterprises Ltd) is a fictional broadcaster and will not broadcast to New Zealand, as it is fictitious and imaginary. Thank you for understanding.
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NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS
In relation of PTV Network New Zealandâs major rebranding, the networkâs News and Current Affairs output is being revamped.
All PTV News bulletins will be produced at PTV Networkâs Auckland studios and drawn on the resources of the PTV News newsroom and international sources via satellite: CNN, AP Reuters, Channel 10, CBS and ITN.
PTV News at 6pm, however, will be produced as two separate âregion specificâ editions: one for viewers in the North Island (from Auckland) and one for the South Island (from PTV Networkâs Christchurch studios). Both editions will incorporate full national and international news coverage into the local presentation.
PTV Network will also launch two additional bulletins (at 7.30pm and 9pm) - both of which will be produced exclusively for PTV News 24 and the PTV News app and website.
EARLY EDITION
PTV News: Early Edition will screen five mornings a week, Monday to Friday, on PTV at 6am.
Presented in a half hour format, the early morning edition of PTV News will cover overnight events and the major stories that will likely make the news in the day ahead, along with business and sports news and a national weather forecast.
Many reports from overseas affiliates CBS News and ITN will be featured, and crosses to PTV Networkâs Wellington and Christchurch newsrooms will be used frequently to cover overnight news from around New Zealand.
SUNRISE
Sunrise, an offshoot of the new look PTV News, will screen five mornings a week, Monday to Friday, on PTV from 6.30-9am (right after PTV News: Early Edition).
The show will predominantly present a blend of news, sport, weather, entertainment and current affairs, focusing on the first news of the day. News, sport and weather will be delivered every half hour, and there will be newsmaker interviews, human interest items and coverage of such topics as consumer affairs, politics, health, education, fashion and the world of business and finance.
MIDDAY EDITION
PTV News: Midday Edition will screen weekdays at 12 noon on PTV.
The half hour, midday edition of PTV News will feature a wrap of the morningâs events and the latest developments on the dayâs developing news stories, plus a comprehensive business report, sports news and the afternoonâs weather forecast.
FIRST AT 4:30
PTV News: First at 4:30 will screen weekdays at 4.30pm on PTV.
The half hour, mid-afternoon edition of PTV News will give its viewers a âfirst lookâ at the important national and international news of the day - prior to PTV Networkâs main evening bulletin (at 6pm). The bulletin will also include business and sports news, a national weather forecast and traffic information for Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Hawkeâs Bay, Wellington and Christchurch.
EVENING NEWS
PTV Evening News will screen every night at 6pm on PTV, although the bulletin will be divided into two separate editions.
The northern edition will be produced in Auckland and broadcast to viewers throughout the North Island. The southern edition, from Christchurch, will be seen by viewers across the South Island.
Each edition of PTV Evening News will cover the important news of the day from New Zealand and around the world, including sport and a detailed weather forecast for the North or South Island, in a concise 30 minute package.
The North Island edition of PTV Evening News will be simulcast on both PTV and PTV News 24, with the South Island edition being replayed at 7pm on News 24.
NATIONAL NEWS
PTV National News will be live streamed every night at 7.30pm on the PTV News app and website. The bulletin will also broadcast on PTV News 24.
For busy viewers, unable to catch PTV Evening News on PTV at 6pm, PTV National News gives them a chance to catch up on the important national and international news of the day at a more convenient time.
Although it will be based on the 6pm bulletin, PTV National News (as the title suggests) is a national version and will include updates on the major news stories of the day from across the country and the world, plus a wrap of the dayâs sport and New Zealandâs weather forecast. The nightly bulletin will be produced and presented by the same team as the northern edition of PTV Evening News (from Auckland).
NIGHTLINE
Nightline, an offshoot of PTV News, will screen weeknights at around 10.30pm on PTV.
Nightline will have all the big stories, but itâs so much more than just a final wrap of the dayâs news. The 45-minute late bulletin will have a broad current affairs lens and give viewers an in-depth look at the stories that have made todayâs news and that will likely to make tomorrowâs news as the Northern Hemisphere wakes up, as well as the issues of relevance to us as everyday New Zealanders.
Nightline will also feature a preview of the headlines that will appear in the major newspapers the next day and a detailed national weather forecast. On Fridays, sports news and a preview of the weekend in sport will be featured.
LATE EDITION
PTV News: Late Edition will screen weekends at around 10.30pm on PTV.
The 15-minute, late night edition of PTV News will provide its viewers with a final wrap of the important news of the day from New Zealand and around the world, including sport and a detailed national weather forecast.
This bulletin will also screen on public holidays and over the Christmas/New Year holiday period when Nightline is off air.
A CURRENT AFFAIR
A Current Affair is reverting to five nights a week, Monday to Friday, and will screen weeknights at 6.30pm on PTV.
Backed by a formidable team of journalists, producers and researchers around New Zealand, the nightly A Current Affair will break major stories nationwide with its balanced blend of politics, investigative journalism and personalities, as well as the bizarre and the unusual.
ACA will be studio-based and pre-recorded items will be combined with live interviews and panels, where invited guests discuss the issues that affect almost every New Zealander.
60 MINUTES
60 Minutes, PTV Networkâs flagship current affairs programme, will continue to screen Sundays at 6.30pm on PTV.
Offering hard-hitting investigative reports, interviews, feature segments and profiles of people in the news, 60 Minutes will combine the best of content from America and Australia with stories âabout, for and by New Zealandersâ.
Our team of highly skilled journalists will expose scandals, investigate injustices, examine the interesting and unusual, and travel the country (and occasionally the world) to bring us as Kiwis an eyewitness account of important and dramatic moments in our lives.
SUNDAY SUNRISE
Sunday Sunrise, PTV Networkâs Sunday morning news and current affairs programme, will screen Sundays 9-11am on PTV.
Sunday Sunrise, the Sunday edition of Sunrise, will be a combination of news, sports and weather updates (at 9am and 10am with headline summaries at 9.30am and 10.30am), live interviews, a brunch panel, a critical look at the Sunday newspapers, a review of the business week and regular arts and entertainment features, including a weekly film review.
FACE THE NATION
Face the Nation will be PTV Networkâs weekly public affairs programme and screen Sundays at 11am on PTV (right after Sunday Sunrise).
Live from Wellington, New Zealandâs political hub, Face the Nation will feature in-depth political analysis, interviews with leading opinion makers, panel discussions and a thorough review of the week in politics.
NEWSROUND
Newsround will be PTV Networkâs daily news programme for children and broadcast live to air from its Wellington studio. The 15-minute programme will go to air weekday afternoons on Shake (PTV Networkâs general entertainment channel with kids shows during the daytime).
Presented in a child-friendly manner, making it easy for them to understand and to gain an interest in the news, Newsround will present topics of interest to Kiwi kids aged 7-12, which include news, sports, entertainment and lifestyle. The team will be made up of emerging young journalists from around New Zealand.
Thatâs all for now - more to come later.
Any comments? @TBoy @Biscuit45 @McMuffinMan17 @MichaelPower @medianz @TV4 @nztv @OnAir
DISCLAIMER: PTV Network New Zealand (Patrick Te Pou Enterprises Ltd) is a fictional broadcaster and will not broadcast to New Zealand, as it is fictitious and imaginary. Thank you for understanding.
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I wish we had news bulletins at midday in Australia! (Not counting news channels)
We do. ABC TV (main channel not the news channel)
The ads look fantastic and persuasive, until you lost me at âtwo former beauty queensâ, âAll positions are for men onlyâ and âboth positions are for women onlyâ. Thatâs straight out of the 1950s, If you unleashed those in a real job ad youâd be cancelled in no time!
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Yeah donât know why thatâs there - especially considering plenty of NZ newsreaders are female & plenty of weather presenters (in Australia at least) are men
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The new PTV News lineup looks great!
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INTRODUCING PTV NEWS 24
As Iâve mentioned here previously, PTV News 24 is New Zealandâs 24-hour news and information channel - similar in format to the RTĂ News channel from Ireland.
It will show live news bulletins from New Zealand and around the world including overseas affiliates CBS, CNN and Channel 4 (via ITN), along with breaking news and live press conferences.
Live news bulletins as seen on PTV - such as the Early Edition News (Mon-Fri at 6am), Midday News (Mon-Fri at 12pm), 4:30 News (Mon-Fri at 4.30pm), the North Island edition of the Evening News (nightly at 6pm), Nightline (Mon-Fri at 10.30pm approx; subject to scheduling) and the weekend Late News (Sat-Sun at 10.30pm approx) - will be simulcast on PTV News 24, with the South Island Evening News being shown one hour later (7pm).
During other periods, the breakfast programme Sunrise (Mon-Fri from 6.30-9am) and live current affairs programmes such as A Current Affair (Mon-Fri at 6.30pm), Face the Nation (Sundays at 11am) and Sunday Sunrise (Sundays from 9-11am) will be shown on the channel.
Outside of these times the most recent news and/or current affairs programme will be repeated and looped, unless interrupted by live feeds of breaking news or press conferences.
PTV Network will have a number of bulletins on the channel that do not air on PTV. For instance, the National News - live from Auckland and presented by the same team as the North Island Evening News - will be provided at 7.30pm each night. The channel will provide special reports from different news and current affairs programming; this will be known as PTV News Extra.
A news ticker, providing headlines sourced from content on the PTV News website, will run across the bottom of the screen. Up-to-the-minute financial market information and weather forecasts will also be broadcast on-air.
TYPICAL WEEKDAY SCHEDULE
The following is a typical weekday schedule for PTV News 24:
- 6.00am: PTV News - Early Edition. Live simulcast of PTVâs early morning news bulletin.
- 6.30am: Sunrise. Live simulcast of PTVâs morning news, current affairs and entertainment programme.
- 9.00am: Channel 4 News. Via satellite from London (through ITN).
- 9.30am: Latest News, Sport & Weather (Mon) / Channel 4 News (Continued; Tue-Fri)
- 10.00am: Latest News, Sport & Weather, repeated on a loop for the rest of the hour.
- 11.00am: Latest News, Sport & Weather, repeated on a loop for the rest of the hour.
- 12.00pm: PTV News - Midday Edition. Live simulcast of PTVâs midday news bulletin, then repeated on a loop until 2pm.
- 2.00pm: Channel 4 News (Rpt)
- 2.30pm: Latest News, Sport & Weather (Mon) / Channel 4 News (Continued; Tue-Fri)
- 3.00pm: Latest News, Sport & Weather
- 4.00pm: CBS Evening News. Via satellite from the American CBS network.
- 4.30pm: PTV News - First at 4:30. Live simulcast of PTVâs mid-afternoon news bulletin, then repeated on a loop until 6pm.
- 6.00pm: PTV Evening News - North Island. Live simulcast of PTVâs main evening news bulletin (from Auckland).
- 6.30pm: A Current Affair. Live simulcast of PTVâs nightly current affairs programme.
- 7.00pm: PTV Evening News - South Island. A delayed broadcast of PTVâs main evening news bulletin (from Christchurch).
- 7.30pm: PTV National News. The latest national and international news, including sport and a national weather forecast. Live bulletin (from Auckland).
- 8.00pm: PTV Evening News - North Island (Rpt)
- 8.30pm: A Current Affair (Rpt)
- 9.00pm: PTV Evening News - South Island (Rpt)
- 9.30pm: PTV National News (Rpt)
- 10.00pm: Latest News, Sport & Weather
- 10.30pm: Nightline. Live simulcast of PTVâs late news and current affairs programme. Subject to scheduling.
- 11.15pm: Latest News, Sport & Weather. Subject to scheduling.
- 11.30pm: CBS Evening News (Rpt). Subject to scheduling.
- 12.00am: CNN. A live feed of CNN International, via satellite, to take you through the night.
Thatâs all for now - more to come later.
Any comments?
DISCLAIMER: PTV Network New Zealand (Patrick Te Pou Enterprises Ltd) is a fictional broadcaster and will not broadcast to New Zealand, as it is fictitious and imaginary. Thank you for understanding.
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Yeah, Iâm not sure segregating male/female-only roles and having pinup girls is appropriate and definitely would not pass in the real world today.
Keep up the good work though, Paddy, but just be mindful that some of your ideas are quite old school and backwards thinking.
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@medianz Thanks very much for the heads-up.
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Hey @PaddyTePou,
just a note from the moderating team at MediaSpy.
Obviously the job advertisements are works of fiction - but we would encourage you to at all times act in the spirit of equality and diversity. Restricting jobs to male or female is not on - even in your own fictional TV world. The job advertisements you posted would likely cause controversy and bad PR for your channels Paddy and Iâm sure you wouldnât want that.
Best of luck with the rest of the channel build.
On Air
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@OnAir Thanks for the heads-up.
Over the past week, coinciding with my birthday, I had to give PTV Network New Zealand (as a fictional broadcaster) a fresh new look by adopting new channel names and changes to its News and Current Affairs output.
I came up with the plan of retiring the CPTV (Childrenâs PTV) brand and creating two new channels: a music channel and a news channel. Unlike the six PTV Network channels (which run from the start of transmission until closedown each night), both channel would run 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
And just recently, I posted the mock job advertisements promoting the South Island edition of PTV Networkâs 6pm news (from Christchurch). The North Island edition would broadcast live from Auckland, and both editions would utilise a single head newsreader format with separate presenters for sport and weather.
The job advertisements, in which I made, caused controversy. So I deleted the post and it wonât happen again.
I will continue to post classic New Zealand television listings in real life.
Once again, thank you for your support and kindness.
From Patrick Te Pou (Paddy)
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Please donât confuse people giving feedback as âoutcryâ or people being outraged or offended. A lot of comments have been positive, too. And nobody is saying you should stop what youâre doing, just offering some points of feedback. Thereâs no need to delete the original post and please donât be discouraged but just remember that people will offer opinions. Itâs not intended to shut you down but just to offer advice on possible improvements.
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Thanks for the heads-up, @TelevisionAU.
@medianz @Leo_Puglisi6 @LiamP @fournews @foxyrover @TelevisionAU @OnAir Thanks so much for all your feedback. Iâll be sharing more developments with you during the next few days.
In the meantime, have yourself a good week!
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MOSAIC CHANNEL (NEW LOOK)
Hereâs a sneak peek at PTV Networkâs new look Mosaic Channel.
As Iâve mentioned here previously, the Mosaic Channel is an interactive feature for Freeview and allows viewers to see whatâs happening on all 8 PTV Network channels (PTV, Shake, GEM, Turbo, Viva, Home, Max and PTV News 24) at one time.
To access the Mosaic Channel, simply go to Freeview Channel 300 and then press the red button on your remote. And while youâre there, move the cursor on your remote and either hear an audio from one PTV Network channel or just select it to see a full screen view.
Easy as that!
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ANNOUNCEMENT
With MediaWorks (in real life) revitalising itself by establishing its own newsroom and launching a new improved talk radio brand in 2022, Iâve had to make the decision to put the creation of Independent Radio New Zealand (IRNZ), as a wholly owned subsidiary of PTV Network New Zealand, to one side.
I apologise to you all for any inconvenience caused.
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UPDATE
MediaWorks has negotiated a deal with PTV Network New Zealand under which its selected brands (The Edge, More FM, The Breeze, The Sound, Magic and a new talk radio network, Today FM, which, in real life, replaces Magic Talk), with an Auckland feed, will be broadcast on the PTV Network channels - PTV, Shake, GEM, Turbo, Viva and Home - in downtime on those channels (i.e. nightly closedown or overnight downtime).
What do you think? @Kathryn_Milin @LiamP @TBoy @MichaelPower @McMuffinMan17 @Biscuit45
DISCLAIMER: PTV Network New Zealand (Patrick Te Pou Enterprises Ltd) is a fictional broadcaster and will not broadcast to New Zealand, as it is fictitious and imaginary. Thank you for understanding.
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