What would possibly be Nine’s motivation to move back to the difficult to work with WIN?
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Money !
Plus it’s not like WIN and Nine have ZERO business dealings together… everyone seems to forget there’s more to regional TV than just RQLD/RNSW/RVIC.
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Last affiliation swap WIN would not come up from 35%.
Nine teamed up with SCA for 50%
I can’t see WIN out-offering SCA.
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ok, why did win air the NSW budgets in its Canberra bulletin?
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Most likely because the WIN Canberra viewing market does include the area of NSW immediately surrounding the ACT.
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Yes, places such as Queanbeyan, Googong, Bungendore, Murrumbateman and Yass.
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As well as Braidwood, Goulburn, Crookwell, Cooma, Jindabyne & Bombala.
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It will never happen. Why would 9 want to give WIN another chance when the relations were so bad in the past? More than likely the 9 network may purchase SCA stations in regional Victoria and Queensland and southern NSW / ACT.
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WIN won’t reinstate bulletins in area where it has been axed. I foresee WIN axing bulletins in more areas eventually.
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I don’t understand why they axed the news in Wagga, central west, they could have kept separate bulletins for Canberra and Wollongong and had a combined bulletin for the other regions including Northern NSW. I also think they could still have news present the news in some of the regional centres just do it cheaper. If 6 News and Ben Rob and Robbo show can do it cheap so can WIN. No excuses as a broadcaster you have certain responsibilities to the community that includes local news services. That exceed 3 minute noodle updates. It’s a point of difference that the regional affiliates have compared to their metro counterparts. Soon enough people in regional areas with decent internet will just watch live sport etc using 9Now,7plus etc and they only have themselves to blame.
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Because Brucey.
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Only WIN can answer that question. But bear in mind SCA don’t cover all areas when it comes to 9 local news either The Toowoomba and Mackay areas are not served by 9 local news as of now
Money talks so they say
Because Prime already deliver it. It is exactly their commitment that they chose to axe those bulletins rather than the areas with no alternative local option.
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No disrespect to the two outlets that you named, but it’s hardly comparing like for like.
It’s like asking why are cars so expensive when I can put together a Lego car for a few bucks. (again, no comment on those two outlets, just making the point)
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What I am saying if they can do it on a shoestring budget and produce a good product so should a for profit network. There is no excuse and the government should not let them get away with it.
I can see why they would from a practical point of view, especially when there is a desire to run as lean an operation as possible.
I dont see how they are directly comparable
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What you are saying is irrelevant WIN Television the holder of a broadcasting license and a network that makes a profit has certain obligations to the community and to the industry. Those obligations include providing appropriate news services to the community they serve. This should be a requirement for holding a license to broadcast and the requirement should exceed 3 minute noodle updates presented within the region they serve. My point being the service in my opinion should be able to made cheaper using technology currently available then WIN make it out to be. As proven by the above mentioned programs. A comparison between WIN and such shows is irrelevant to this discussion. A bit of innovation can on WIN’s part can make it happen and it should be a requirement that they do
Whether we like it or not, WIN (and other broadcasters) only have enforceable obligations around their broadcasting licence and associated legislation (which includes the requirement for local content), and they are currently meeting those obligations - the issue around not broadcasting (or having limited) news broadcasts is as much an issue for the Federal Government to change the rules as it is for the broadcasters.
I think to suggest that regional broadcasters are not using technology to lower costs is a myopic view - but technology only helps you to a point though - you still need to gather the news (especially when you want to do something longer than three minutes). You need to employ people to do that, and that’s not a cheap exercise.
You made the comparison to start with!
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What was meant by the comparison was that if others can do it and do it well so can WIN. WIN have a obligation to provide decent news services to the communities they operate in. Even with the Ten affiliatation they are still making millions of dollars in profit so they can still afford to have proper news services in all areas they operate in. Money is not an excuse to not meet their obligations appropriately and the government should be forcing them to do so.
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The regional television networks are all meeting their news obligations. If they weren’t ACMA would take action, and we would have heard about it.
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