Here is my video montage. I did include the second update which had no audio if anyone was curious in its airing.
16 Likes
The bulletin looks quite good, I wish theyâd make the background look either real or just a colour background rather than the cartoon-looking balcony. The background looks like it hasnât been properly rendered
2 Likes
Yep, apart from a garish shade of purple and lacking audio on the teaser, I think itâs a winner. Need some mic socks too!
4 Likes
The exit poll says itâll be a Stuff Landslide. 
4 Likes
This is ThreeNews. The very first full bulletin in its entirety.
13 Likes
Thats true! I forgot how bad they were was until I flicked over to 1News at 6:30pm.
Quick TVNZ, put in an offer for the old Newshub graphic templates!
1 Like
Wouldnât go that far bro!
2 Likes
Not bad at all, donât love the backdrop and think they could do better to make that a bit more minimal.
Also looks like at times Laura is looking over the top of the camera at the prompter, not sure if thatâs just me. Sheâd do well to relax her arm position as well.
Was looking up reporter Paula Penfold who has quite a decorated history, bit full circle coming back to report on Three and interestingly used to be married to Mike McRoberts for some time.
Weather definitely needs some music to make it a bit punchier, felt very long.
Overall not bad for their first night, can only get better I imagine.
6 Likes
This looks good (from ThreeNow);
17 Likes
OPINION: Stuffâs new 6pm TV news bulletin has made its debut - Media Insider columnist Shayne Currie has his verdict.
Itâs the night many of us have been anticipating - a bright and bold leadership team taking a venerable institution into a modern era.
Weâve been told to expect a fresh new style with some familiar faces - and many of us have gathered keenly around screens on Saturday evening to watch it all unfold.
But enough about Scott Robertson taking the reins of the All Blacks, weâre also here to see what happens when Stuff assumes control of the news on TV3.
And the hot-take verdict after the first night? Slick, pacey, clean - and somewhat safe.
Stuff and Warner Bros Discovery will have every right to be pleased about opening night - a smooth debut, the half-hour weekend format ensuring a compact and engaging menu.
The bigger question remains around the business model.
Warner Bros Discovery is paying Stuff a flat annual fee - understood to be $6 million-$8 million - when other players with substantially more broadcast experience were seeking more. Only Stuff executives will know if they have the margins right - it will be likely a fine balance.
3 Likes
the presentation, is pretty good - it has exceeded what I predicted, however that THREE logo needs to go - ESPECIALLY if itâs now used for news output.
2 Likes
So this is only a temporary set until they move premises?
2 Likes
Thatâs right.
1 Like
@OnAir @NuStraya @Horomono @TV4 Despite the loss of Newshub which saddened me, I expressed my best wishes to ThreeNews and wrote a special message:
In a significant shift in New Zealandâs television news landscape, I said goodbye to Newshub last night (5 July) and expressed my best wishes to ThreeNews which launched earlier this evening (6 July).
Produced by Stuff, a prominent New Zealand based news media company, for Warner Bros. Discovery NZ (in which Three is currently owned and operated and has been on air in 1989 as TV3), ThreeNews marks a fresh beginning in the countryâs evening news bulletins.
ThreeNews comes in two formats: a comprehensive hour-long bulletin screened on weeknights and a half hour bulletin on the weekends. Both bulletins screen on Three at 6pm, a familiar timeslot for us as New Zealanders.
The weeknight bulletin is anchored by Samantha Hayes, with Ollie Ritchie on sport and Heather Keats delivering the weather. Laura Tupou takes the helm for the weekend news, beginning with the inaugural ThreeNews bulletin which replaced Newshub.
The layout and graphics of ThreeNews retain elements of the Newshub style, but thereâs a clear incorporation of Stuffâs digital and social media prowess. The virtual reality/augmented reality studio at Threeâs Flower Street headquarters in Eden Terrace, Auckland, has been tastefully designed with a simple yet effective setup. The use of Threeâs signature colour, purple, in the graphics adds a unique touch to the bulletins.
Shayne Currie, one of New Zealandâs most experienced senior journalists and media leaders, has reported that Warner Bros. Discovery is paying Stuff an annual flat fee, estimated to be between $6 million and $8 million. This figure is noteworthy, given that other potential partners with extensive broadcast experience were seeking higher fees. Only Stuff executives can confirm if they have correctly balanced the margins but it seems to be a delicate equilibrium.
As ThreeNews embarks on this new journey, I extend my best wishes to the entire team from Stuff, the producers of ThreeNews, for their future endeavours.
Although plans for my dream television network, PTV Network New Zealand, are not shattered, may this new chapter in New Zealandâs television news history be a successful and enlightening one.
Good luck, once again.
@killy06 On the weekends there isnât any weather music (unless someone is specifically assigned to present the weather these days). The weekend anchor handles the news, sport and weather in a format reminiscent of the weekend edition of 3 National News at 6pm (1991-98).
4 Likes
I thought it all looked and sounded all right. The only thing I really donât like is the backdrop - itâs a sort of cross between ITV and Sky UK, but worse⌠nasty. Other than that, nothing bad to say. Itâs not amazing but itâs not horrible either. The graphics, music, etc all do the job.
5 Likes
Someoneâs been watching Channel 4 News!
3 Likes
I feel when they move to the new studio we wont notice a difference, as it will most likely remain a VR Set
4 Likes
My thoughts too!
1 Like
Are there evening news updates?
1 Like
Last nightâs debut of ThreeNews at 6pm was met with positive reviews and audience reaction. Here is Stuffâs review on the beginning of a new generation of news on New Zealand television, wrote by Emily Brookes.
Familiar faces, new ideas as Stuff delivers first ThreeNews bulletin
After weeks of frenzied speculation about what it would look like and how good it would be, the first episode of ThreeNews, the Stuff -produced bulletin produced on contract for TV3, has aired.
It went off without a hitch. If you squinted, in fact, it could have been a Newshub bulletin. Sure Stuffâs now-signature purple was prominent, and there were some new elements, but the faces, story styles and slick presentation were familiar to curious Newshub viewers.
Look a bit closer, however, and there were clear indications in this 30-minute bulletin - half the length of the weekday broadcast - of how Stuff will put its individual stamp on ThreeNews, and the strengths the digital and print organisation can bring to TV.
Seasoned Newshub presenter Laura Tupou, who will be the regular weekend presenter, anchored the first bulletin.
She was sitting at an anchor desk against a backdrop that some viewers probably picked is green-screen, rather than a physical set. It incorporated a screen designed to resemble a smartphone. The rest was filled with images of office corridors.
Viewers may not have realised but Stuffâs imprint was on the bulletin from the first story. It was about the prime minister and emergency management ministerâs visit to flood-stricken Wairoa and was reported by Zane Small, a Newshub carry-over who crossed to Tupou from the Auckland studio.
The story, as with an increasing number of Stuffâs digital video products, was partially shot on an iPhone.
The first obvious audience sign of Stuffâs mark was in the third story, an impressive piece of in-depth reporting from Stuff senior investigations journalist Paula Penfold - who is a former TV3 reporter.
The latest in Penfoldâs agenda-setting series on the extent of Chinese political interference in New Zealand, which began with documentary The Long Game, was a story that clearly showed the journalistic power Stuff can contribute to television.
The next story, too, was a bold statement for ThreeNews.
While Samantha Hayes did occasional reporting during her eight years at Newshub, the fact that her first appearance on ThreeNews was not behind an anchor desk but in the field for a moving story about a Black Power member trying to overcome the prejudice of the patch indicates a more collaborative bulletin than is perhaps traditional - and give its lead anchor more scope to exercise her reporting muscle.
What else was new? There was an ad for the ever-popular Stuff quiz, and a viewer poll - âWill Razorâs All Blacks beat England tonight?â - a sign of the viewer participation and interaction Stuff has promised.
The weather, too, was novel in its simplicity. No presenter, most notably - though this will likely change in the weekday bulletin as Heather Keats is moving over from Newshub - as well as no music, banter or photos; just Tupou reading from the main desk.
But much of it was soothingly familiar, as well, particularly an exuberant live cross from Gordon Findlater outside Dunedinâs Forsyth Barr Stadium as fans streamed into the All Blacks match behind him.
âHi Nana!â, one called.
Overall, the first ThreeNews bulletin was a polished offering that should mollify the naysayers while also clearly indicating its direction; demonstrably different from traditional TV news shows.
5 Likes