I just don’t think you can delay coverage of sport in 2021.
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@foxyrover We’ll see.
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@foxyrover I have created a concept of a children’s channel similar to ABC ME from Australia and CBBC from the UK. There’s more to come…
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TV2 and Prime both close down for periods overnight/run a promo loop.
@OnAir You mean the promo loop instead of a test pattern?
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Ya
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OK so it’s common in NZ?
Kinda. All networks show infomercials/home shopping overnight, but in the last couple of years Prime decided to just closedown and now TV2 as well.
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I have developed PTV Sport+ as an extension of the PTV Sport brand and a premium sport streaming service, similar to Spark Sport. It’s one of my ideas, and it serves as a complement to free-to-air sport via PTV1, PTV4 and PTV5 as PTV Network channels.
PTV Sport+ is $39.99 per month (compared to $24.99 per month for Spark Sport) and would be available on a monthly subscription basis. It is intended that PTV Sport+ would give sports fans exclusive access to local and international sports events - both live and on-demand.
More to come…
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Who’d pay that? There’s outrage when something costs $25!
PTV Network is so much more than just a free-to-air television network that is fully funded by advertising. It would, in future, also generate revenue directly from consumers through subscription video on demand (SVOD) services, linear television narrowcasting services, live events, competitions, merchandise and community sponsorship. It’s very similar to ITV from the UK.
For instance, PTV Sport+ is a SVOD service as well as a linear television narrowcasting service for commercial businesses, such as pubs and clubs. PTV On Demand+ is like a New Zealand version of the ITV Hub+ from the UK, and viewers can enjoy their favourite PTV On Demand content without commercial interruption for only $14.99 per month, whereas PTV On Demand is a free service and fully funded by advertising.
PTV Sport+ and PTV On Demand+ are premium subscription services but let’s be honest. The PTV Network channels are free-to-air and, in future, there would be different kinds of revenue - including advertising - in order to develop new projects, maintain existing projects and run the company. Believe me.
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Huawei Centre - located at 120 Albert Street - is one of the impressive office towers in central Auckland. It has a range of features and services - i.e. flexible office spaces, on-site building management, security and concierge services - all conveniently situated in the heart of the city.
I had no choice but to choose Huawei Centre, which is fully owned by Colwall Property Investment Limited (in real life), as the headquarters of PTV Network New Zealand, with studio facilities in nearby Parnell (current NEP/Trackside facility, in real life).
At the time of writing Level 5 (ranging from 182m² to 763m²), Level 8 (252m²), Level 10 (182m²), Level 17 (143m²) Level 18 (396m²) and Level 22 (145m²) are available for lease at Huawei Centre, which would be renamed as PTV Centre. It is intended that the network’s news centre, sports department, sales offices and administration offices would be located at Albert Street, and the Stanley Street facility would serve as studios, transmission control, wardrobe, makeup and dressing rooms.
It’s like going back to a single-channel era in the 1960s where, in Dunedin (via DNTV2), the majority of news, administration and production staff moved to other locations nearby including Orbell Chambers and the Methodist Central Mission, both in Stuart Street. The set construction unit moved to Fryatt Street in the city’s wharf area. This left the Garrison Hall facility, at 8 Dowling Street, as studios, transmission control, wardrobe, makeup and dressing rooms. Back in Auckland, TVNZ had operated from two different locations during much of the 1980s: an office building/newsroom (incorporating Television Theatre) at Hobson Street and a studio/broadcast facility at Shortland Street (now the Gus Fisher Gallery/Kenneth Myers Centre).
For bigger productions, the two large studios at the South Pacific Pictures site in Henderson (which, in real life, are used by Shortland Street as a flagship of South Pacific Pictures) would serve as PTV Network’s new home for light entertainment with upgraded television technology (i.e. HD cameras, new control rooms with state-of-the-art audio and lighting control, new post production suites etc). Studio 3 is 500m² with up to 6 cameras and Studio 4, 700m² with up to 9 cameras - aka “Auckland’s largest TV studio”! Both studios would be suitable for game shows, quizzes, talk shows, variety shows, sketch comedy shows and multi-camera sitcoms, and have the capacity for a large studio audience.
Over in Christchurch, the WhitebaitMedia facility would become the South Island base for PTV Network. Local advertising, notices and regional news would be inserted before the PTV Network channels are rebroadcast to viewers in the upper part of the South Island via Freeview’s DTT/UHF service (i.e. Nelson, Christchurch and Timaru). It is intended that all South Island based programmes, including the Christchurch edition of PTV Local News, would be produced at Whitebait’s studios in Christchurch.
@OnAir I am an enthusiast in all things vintage when it comes to television. What do you think?
PLEASE NOTE: Everything is on the cards and PTV Network New Zealand is a fictional broadcaster. However, some information contained in this post is fictitious and imaginary. Thank you for understanding.
Looks good Paddy. Plenty of space for studios in the Huawei centre and a good location.
Do you think it’d be better to have everyone under the one roof rather than using NEP?
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@OnAir Not necessarily. PTV Network’s Auckland operations would take place in four different locations.
Its Auckland headquarters, at Huawei Centre (to be renamed PTV Centre), would usually comprise a state-of-the-art newsroom, offices for current affairs programmes and the network’s sports department (PTV Sport), sales offices and administration offices in separate office levels, with a specially designed PTV News studio and control room within the newsroom.
On the other hand, the current NEP facility (located next to the world-class ASB Tennis Arena) would become PTV Network’s new, state-of-the-art broadcast facility out of nearby Parnell. It would contain two medium-sized studios (215m² and 100m² respectively) and two small studios, dedicated studio control rooms, a makeup room, dressing rooms, a green room, offices for technical staff, four Avid HD edit suites, two audio post suites, a motion graphics suite, a central technical area, a master control room and six presentation suites. It is intended that medium-scale light entertainment productions, sports shows, magazine shows and current affairs programmes would be produced at NEP’s studios.
There is also a third studio facility which, in real life, is used by the New Zealand version of The Project and, prior to that, YESSHOP (71 Boston Road, Grafton). That facility would become the base for music programming on PTV2. However, the late night music show - Friday Night - would be produced at NEP’s Parnell studios as the Grafton studio is not large enough to house the mammoth production.
To finish off, the two large studios at the South Pacific Pictures base in Henderson, West Auckland, would be PTV Network’s headquarters for light entertainment (i.e. game shows, quizzes, talk shows, variety shows and comedy shows/sitcoms).
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NEWS AND CURRENT AFFAIRS (UPDATE)
Initially, I created PTV Local News as a set of regional news services with six editions broadcasting from studios in Auckland, Tauranga, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Each edition would draw on the resources of the PTV News newsroom and made with the support of NZ On Air.
I have an update in regard to the Waikato/Bay of Plenty edition of PTV Local News as I described it as being ‘too centric on Bay of Plenty coverage’.
In the UK, East Midlands Today was launched by the BBC as an independent regional news programme for the East Midlands region on 7 January 1991, having previously been a part of Midlands Today, which now solely covers the West Midlands region. The split arose from criticisms of Midlands Today as being too centric on West Midlands coverage, although a service of separate opt-out bulletins for the region had been provided during the 1980s.
Back home, I had no choice but to separate the Waikato/Bay of Plenty edition into two: one from Hamilton and one from Tauranga. These editions would be similar to both Midlands Today and East Midlands Today from the BBC.
Screening weeknights at 6pm on PTV1, it is intended that the Hamilton edition would feature the latest news, sport, weather and features from across the wider Waikato region (including Hamilton, the Coromandel Peninsula and Taupo) and the Tauranga edition would cover the Bay of Plenty region (including Tauranga, Rotorua and Whakatane). Local commercials and notices would also be inserted into the PTV1 feed before it is rebroadcast to viewers in those regions (see below):
Hamilton (Waikato, Coromandel and Taupo)
Tauranga (including Rotorua and Whakatane)
I am hoping to find a new, PTV Network owned-and-operated studio facility in Hamilton with additional journalists and camera crews based in Thames, Whitianga and Taupo. The Hamilton facility would play host to both PTV Local News and Trackside.
Talking of the other PTV Local News bulletins, the Auckland, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin editions would remain unchanged as does PTV Network’s national news bulletins and current affairs programmes.
@OnAir What do you think of regional news from Hamilton and Tauranga, similar to both Midlands Today and East Midlands Today from the BBC?
PLEASE NOTE: Everything is on the cards and PTV Network New Zealand is a fictional broadcaster. However, some information contained in this post is fictitious and imaginary. Thank you for understanding.
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Do you think there is the demand for regional news and enough to fill a whole bulletin every night? What about people who want to see news from other parts of the country?
@OnAir It’s not real, but it’s just for fun and it’s like going back to a time where New Zealand television ran as four regional stations (AKTV2 Auckland, WNTV1 Wellington, CHTV3 Christchurch and DNTV2 Dunedin) during the 1960s and 1970s, with the inclusion of a separate news service for each region as tapes had to be flown across the country.
Moving forward, hiring a large pool of journalists and camera crews who are new to television is important to my dream network. And that is why I am bringing the golden age of regional news back to life, making PTV News and Current Affairs the largest news operation in New Zealand.
In my book, the early evening news hour would be divided into two separate services: one for regional news and one for national and international news, including sports and weather segments.
The first half hour, from 6pm, would play host to PTV Local News - i.e. 30 minutes of regional news, sports, weather and features from any one of the seven broadcast regions instead of the usual six. These include Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Palmerston North, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Screening Monday to Friday for 52 weeks of the year - similar to TVNZ’s Te Karere - each localised bulletin would draw on the resources of the PTV News newsroom and, where necessary, video journalists in certain parts of New Zealand.
The second half, from 6.30pm, would play host to PTV National News - PTV Network’s flagship news programme, broadcasting live from its Auckland headquarters.
Anchored by Daniel Faitaua - who, in real life, is based in London as TVNZ’s Europe correspondent and has over 10 years experience in news and current affairs reporting - PTV National News would cover the important news of the day from New Zealand and around the world. Andrew Gourdie (from Newshub) would read the sport and Jessica Tyson (Miss World New Zealand 2018 and, in real life, a multimedia journalist with Maori Television) would present the weather.
Tom McRae (from Newshub) would anchor the weekend edition of PTV National News at 6pm instead of 6.30pm, with Jeff McTainsh (from Sky Sport) reading sport and Lucy Brock (Miss World New Zealand 2019 and, in real life, a senior creative strategist at Motion Sickness) presenting the weather.
Although that piece of information is fictitious and imaginary, people who want to see news from other parts of the country can tune in to PTV National News (at 6.30pm) after their regional news. It’s very similar to Britain’s ITV which consists of a regional news bulletin at 6pm (local time) and a national and international news bulletin at 6.30pm (local time).
Believe me.
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I believe you Paddy.
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PTV1 UPDATE
Sale of the Century and Wheel of Fortune
I am getting freaked out when it comes to bringing back the classic Kiwi game shows for inclusion in the schedule - especially PTV1’s.
If Sale of the Century is brought back to New Zealand screens after a long absence, Jeopardy! would be dropped and Wheel of Fortune - with Matt Gibb (formerly of Squirt and Studio 2 fame) as host, Diamond Langi (Miss Universe New Zealand 2019) as hostess and Nik Brown (from The Sound) as announcer - would move to the earlier time of 5pm with at 6.30pm repeat over on PTV3.
The all new Sale of the Century - with Mike Puru (from Stace, Mike & Anika on The Hits) as host, newcomer Evana Corric as hostess and Daniel Wrightson (aka ‘the voice of Newstalk ZB and Sky Sport’) as announcer - would screen at 5.30pm and be repeated on PTV3 at 7pm to offer a choice for busy viewers, just before Coronation Street (at the earlier, more convenient time of 7.30pm on its new home!).
As one of my good friends, Evana is originally from Whakatane in the Eastern Bay of Plenty but based in Auckland and has over 20 years experience in the model/talent industry as a represented commercial model, actress, presenter and celebrity impersonator (in New Zealand, Hong Kong and Japan). She is also a qualified makeup artist, fitness instructor, personal trainer, sports performance nutritionist and student life coach.
As Ms. Monroe - aka ‘New Zealand’s own Marilyn Monroe’ - Evana was a Miss Pinup New Zealand contestant at The Very Vintage Day Out (VVDO) in 2019 and crowned “Miss People’s Choice” (based on the public vote). She would be perfect as a game show hostess - aka “The New Jude Dobson”!
Click the YouTube link to watch Evana’s entry video for Miss Pinup New Zealand 2019.
The new version of Sale of the Century would be produced in Auckland at the studios of South Pacific Pictures in Henderson, and the set and opening titles would be identical to the Australian 2000/01 era. Speaking of South Pacific Pictures’ West Auckland base, its 700m² studio would be large enough to house a physical showcase of luxury prizes like cars and dining suites, as well as the Sale “shop” which tempts champions with prizes.
Over in Australia the studios of Channel Ten Sydney (TEN10) at Pyrmont are not large enough so video walls would be used to display the prizes on offer, according to TV Tonight.
Back home, the 700m² studio at South Pacific Pictures would also play host to the all new version of Wheel of Fortune, hosted by Matt Gibb with Diamond Langi (Miss Universe New Zealand 2019) as hostess. The last time Wheel of Fortune aired on New Zealand screens was in 2009 via TVNZ.
The set and opening titles - in the same studio as the all new Sale of the Century - would be identical to the American version but the wheel (with cash values in multiples of 5 instead of 50) and its elements (like the word puzzles in Peignot font, the red mystery letter, the “Free Spin” token, the “Surprise” wedge, the mystery wedge/space, the major prize/golden wheel and so on) would be identical to the Australian version during the Grundy/Fremantle era (1981-2006).
Click the YouTube link below to watch a full edition of what the Australian Wheel of Fortune looked like in 2006 (with Larry Emdur as host and Laura Csortan as hostess).
Lotto
Meanwhile, the live Lotto draws are also added to the PTV1 schedule as they take place every Wednesday and Saturday.
Walter Neilands (formerly of Sticky TV fame) would move from his role as the host of Jeopardy! and join Sonia Gray co-hosting Wednesday Lotto draw, with Miss World New Zealand 2018 Jessica Tyson (in addition to her duties with PTV National News as a weather presenter) joining Jordan Vandermade to co-host Saturday’s.
Both draws would screen in the fixed timeslot of 8.30pm. If an All Black test match is played in New Zealand on a Saturday night, then that night’s Lotto draw would be shown on PTV2.
An amended version of the PTV1 schedule is coming very shortly…
PLEASE NOTE: Everything is on the cards as PTV Network New Zealand (Patrick Te Pou Enterprises Ltd) is a fictional broadcaster. Thank you for understanding.
Dedicated to @OnAir, @nztv, @MichaelPower, @Biscuit45, @foxyrover, @Leo_Puglisi6, @TheMoreYouKnow, @Leotv, @Tane04 & @Zacgb - as far as those people have been concerned.
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this might have been asked b4 and sorry if so but do you think this could become reality? coz it could acctually ran very well:)
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