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Topic: Prime Television New Zealand

	Prime Television New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prime Television New Zealand is the sixth national free-to-air television station in New Zealand.
		A nationwide New Zealand news programme produced in Sydney by Sky News Australia was added to the schedule in February 2004, (Sky News is partially owned by Nine Network).
		Prime News—First at 5.30 is produced and presented by former Getaway presenter and ABC (US) reporter Suzy Aiken and former TVNZ presenter Eric Young using the resources of Sky News Australia and Newstalk ZB.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Television_New_Zealand (1267 words)

	Prime Television - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Prime Television is an Australian television network affiliated to the Seven Network in regional New South Wales, the ACT, and Victoria and in Western Australia as Golden West Network.
		Prime TV NZ was also in the same boat, but Prime struck a deal with PBL to purchase 50% of the company, and Prime TV took on a Channel 9 look and feel, along with some Nine Network programs, and later on, a feed of Fox News, and popular BBC soap, EastEnders.
		Prime Television in New Zealand began broadcasting on 30 August 1998.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Prime_Television (1243 words)

	New Zealand Humour Encyclopedia Article @ CompleteIdiotsGuide.com (Complete Idiots Guide) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		New Zealand's remote and agricultural nature is also a potent comedy catalyst, especially the well-known imbalance in numbers between people and sheep in the country.
		New Zealanders, in return, are seen by Aussies as being dull, unsophisticated yokels, and mocked as 'South Seas Poms' on account of their supposedly closer ties with Britain.
		New Zealanders also poke fun at themselves in this way, and regional variations such as the rising inflection that makes each sentence sound like a question are a source of comedy, as is the "swallowed vowel" sound which results in the name of the capital city sounding like "Wulinktun".
	www.completeidiotsguide.com /encyclopedia/New_Zealand_humour (1114 words)

	Prime TV hopes to list in NZ - Breaking News - Business - Breaking News
		Prime is already listed in Australia but its New Zealand chief executive, Chris Taylor, said New Zealand was the company's growth story and would drive its share price over the next five years.
		Prime Television New Zealand has made substantial losses since it was established in 1998 - but Mr Taylor said they had been narrowing since a deal in 2001 with Australia's Nine Network which gave Nine the option to buy 50 per cent of Prime New Zealand in return for programming, marketing and managerial support.
		Prime's top-rating shows in New Zealand were Deadwood, Top Gear, Who Wants To Be a Millionaire and Getaway, but it had several new shows in the pipeline.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Business/Prime-TV-hopes-to-list-in-NZ/2005/06/22/1119321790302.html (664 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Asia-Pacific \| Country profiles \| Country profile: New Zealand
		European settlement in New Zealand during the 19th century led to the Treaty of Waitangi (1840) between representatives of the British Crown and Maori chiefs.
		New Zealand's economy is based largely on agriculture, but manufacturing is of growing importance and the country has a fledgling film industry.
		A significant proportion of New Zealand's electricity is generated by hydropower sources and the country has a range of renewable energy sources at its disposal.
	news.bbc.co.uk /hi/english/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/newsid_1136000/1136253.stm (776 words)

	NZTBC - New Zealand Television Broadcasters' Council - News
		New Television Awards are being launched by the free TV broadcasters which will be a first for television in New Zealand.
		Chris Taylor, Chairman of the NZ Television Broadcasters' Council, said "we are establishing these new awards to celebrate the best of the thousands of hours of Kiwi television being broadcast each year.
		The chairman of judges for News and Current Affairs is Paul Norris, head of the Christchurch Polytechnic's NZ Broadcasting School.
	www.nztbc.co.nz /news/story.html?story_200605.inc (333 words)

	New Zealand Government Executive - Digital Television (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Free to air television broadcasting in New Zealand is characterised by two key players, with several smaller broadcasters targeting smaller audiences.
		Television New Zealand is a state-owned enterprise, with all shares in the company held by two Ministers of the Crown.
		Prime TV is broadcast in nine major cities and provincial centres through an analogue terrestrial network, reaching approximately 70% of the population.
	www.executive.govt.nz /minister/hobbs/digital/background.htm (1109 words)

	Sky TV's bid for Prime TV challenged - Breaking News - Business - Breaking News
		Prime Television New Zealand was established in 1998, as a subsidiary of listed Australian company Prime Television.
		Holmes position at Prime looks secure, as he still has over two years to run on a three year contract which is understood to be worth around $1 million a year.
		Prime hired Holmes to front a nightly current affairs show, which was canned after a few months due to poor ratings.
	www.theage.com.au /news/Business/Sky-TVs-bid-for-Prime-TV-challenged/2005/11/21/1132421591990.html (572 words)

	Australian Financial Review - (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Prime Television New Zealand said in a statement it had signed Paul Holmes to a three-year contract to host a new current affairs program.
		Prime TV New Zealand is closely allied to Kerry Packer's Publishing and Broadcasting through a joint venture to screen programming from its Nine Network.
		Prime launched a free-to-air channel in New Zealand in 1998 and has recently taken a more aggressive approach with moves such as the purchase of the rights to broadcast the matches of the New Zealand Warriors rugby league team and the launch of its own news program.
	afr.com /articles/2004/11/02/1099262825032.html (360 words)

	Investor's Business Daily: Breaking News
		Prime Television New Zealand Ltd., a national, free-to-air UHF network, began broadcasting in New Zealand on August 30, 1998, and is also available on Sky Satellite.
		The Prime schedule is a mixture of general entertainment, lifestyle, and drama and comedy, sourced overseas primarily from Australia and the United States.
		Prime's head offices are located in a dedicated broadcasting facility in Albany, North Auckland, and sales offices are based in Hamilton, Tauranga, Hawkes Bay, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin.
	www.investors.com /breakingnews.asp?journalid=28230573 (1155 words)

	Background \| Discussion Document \| Archived Documents
		Free-to-air television broadcasting in New Zealand is characterised by two key players, with several smaller broadcasters targeting smaller audiences.
		Prime TV is a subsidiary of Prime Television Pty Limited, a publicly-listed Australian company.
		Digital television is linked to this objective because the technologies used to provide television programming are also capable of providing other forms of information content such as graphics, sound, text and voice.
	www.med.govt.nz /pbt/broadcas/digitaltv/discussion/digitaltv-02.html (2394 words)

	Prime Network and Ramsay: Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 2002 it had eight regional television licences, with a potential audience of 25% of the population.
		Prime Television New Zealand was established in 1998, with Prime making an unsuccessful foray into Argentina during the following year.
		In 2001, Prime announced a joint venture with the Nine Network in Australia "pursuant to which Nine would provide programming, marketing and managerial support in exchange for an option to accrue 50% of Prime New Zealand".
	www.ketupa.net /primetv.htm (527 words)

	Omneon: Prime Television is First New Zealand Broadcaster to
		Prime Television New Zealand Ltd. is a national, free-to-air network that began broadcasting in New Zealand on August 30, 1998.
		Prime transmits a UHF signal and is also available on Sky Satellite, offering viewers a mixture of general entertainment, lifestyle, drama, and comedy, sourced overseas, primarily from Australia and America.
		Prime’s head offices are based in a purpose-built broadcasting facility in Albany, North Auckland, and sales offices are located in Hamilton, Tauranga, Hawkes Bay, Wellington, Christchurch, and Dunedin.
	www.omneon.com /news/press_releases/2005/05017_PrimeTelevisionPR.html (546 words)

	Prime TV (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Prime Television Ltd is a national, free-to-air network, which began broadcasting in New Zealand on 30 August 1998.
		Prime is committed to building its New Zealand content.
		This is particularly evident in the network’s news offering, Prime News: First at 5:30 as well as locally produced programmes such as, Holmes, United Travel Getaway and Out of the Question.
	www.primetv.co.nz /corporate_aboutus.asp (125 words)

	Prime TV and Dr X - 2005-052
		News, current affairs and other factual programmes must be truthful and accurate on points of fact, and be impartial and objective at all times.
		Prime observed that Dr X had been offered an opportunity to appear on a subsequent programme with his identity protected, and that he had refused that offer.
		Prime also agreed that the reporting of the court judgment, in respect of the judge’s findings about the expert evidence, was unbalanced.
	www.bsa.govt.nz /decisions/2005/2005-052.htm (5436 words)

	Creative life - Music - Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand
		New Zealand musicians and songwriters, including artists such as jazz pianist Mike Nock and popular singer Bic Runga, and groups such as Split Enz, The Muttonbirds and The Datsuns, have contributed to these global movements.
		New ethnic groups are bringing their music to New Zealand.
		The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra (NZSO) was founded in 1946, and the NZSO Chamber Orchestra in 1987.
	www.teara.govt.nz /NewZealandInBrief/CreativeLife/7/en (827 words)

	New Zealand's source for business, stock market & currency news on Stuff.co.nz: Sky TV to purchase Prime's NZ business (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Prime NZ is owned by listed Australian broadcaster Prime Australia, but the Nine Network had an option to buy 50 per cent of the New Zealand business until March 2007.
		Prime also produces a local cop drama called Interrogation, but the bulk of its programming is Australian.
		Neither Fairfax New Zealand Limited nor ABN AMRO Craigs is liable for the accuracy of the information.
	www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3483613a13,00.html (424 words)

	New Zealand's source for sport, rugby, cricket & league news on Stuff.co.nz: Prime win free-to-air rugby rights (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		TV3 and Prime were bidding for the rights after a three-year contract between TV3 and Sky expired.
		Prime confirmed it was currently reviewing a proposal by BCL, the government-owned wireless network provider, to extend its existing coverage areas.
		Mr Fellet said a free-to-air replay in prime time would achieve a much greater viewership than a replay after midnight on a network with a larger reach.
	www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,3509471a1823,00.html (381 words)

	Unlimited - Prime time
		Television New Zealand news boss Bill Ralston condemned Prime’s nightly bulletin as a “rip and read service” in questioning Prime’s commitment to local news and current affairs but Taylor insists it did well for a startup operation and says Prime will improve it over time.
		Prime Television NZ, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Prime Television, began in 1997 when United Christian Broadcasting sold its UHF frequencies to Prime for $4.15 million, a price considered high at the time, and now thought obscene, says Taylor.
		Prime went to air in August 1998, aiming for between 7.5% and 10% of the audience, but it has since hovered at between a 5% and 7% share.
	www.unlimited.co.nz /unlimited.nsf/0/4FBE8482381B0A08CC256FA30074B05B?OpenDocument (2456 words)

	Prime - Psychology Central
		Prime ideal, subset of a ring in mathematics
		Prime element in the integral domain of mathematics
		Prime (lending market sector), within which lending product providors are focused on selling products (mortgage, loan or credit card) to the individual who is high-value and/or has a good credit history - as opposed to the subprime market sector.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Prime (219 words)

	Prime TV and McNaughton - 2005-109 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Prime Television (NZ) Ltd has issued to all staff concerned a reminder as to the new Code as it applies to Promos, to ensure that in the future our programme promotions conform with the Code.
		She considered that a promo which included sex talk and showing a female beginning to strip was not suitable for children even when subject to the guidance of an adult.
		A majority of the Authority agrees with the argument advanced by Prime that the language and content of the promo meant that a PGR rating was appropriate.
	www.bsa.govt.nz /decisions/2005/2005-109.htm (1723 words)

	Prime Television Case Study : Telecom New Zealand Limited (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Prime Television ("Prime") came to Telecom at the end of 2004 looking for a solution that enabled them to rush the days news and interviews from all round New Zealand back to its main studio in Albany for their flagship current affairs programme, Paul Holmes.
		Prime Television New Zealand Ltd is a national, free-to-air network, which began broadcasting in New Zealand on 30 August 1998
		Prime has an audience reach of over 91% on a Free to Air UHF signal, and is also available on Sky Satellite
	www.telecom.co.nz /content/0,,204876-202769,00.html (647 words)

	New Zealand Media
		Critical writings on the media and new media, by Sean Cubitt, Screen and Media Studies, University of Waikato.
		New Zealand's digital media centre for communication art and technology, a flexible space for hands-on workshops, presentations, training and exhibitions.
		New Zealand's only fully-equipped television studio for children to create and produce their own productions under professional tuition.
	www.zeroland.co.nz /new_zealand_media.html (767 words)

	Scoop: New Chairman For Prime Television New Zealand
		Prime Television New Zealand is a joint venture between Prime Television Australia and the Nine Network, Australia’s leading television network.
		Jackman is a Director of Prime Television, Australia, the Chairman of Tourism Queensland and Director of Sunland Group Limited.
		Making the announcement today, Radio New Zealand Chief Executive, Peter Cavanagh, said he was delighted to be able to appoint such an accomplished and respected broadcaster to one of National Radio’s flagship programmes.
	www.scoop.co.nz /stories/BU0412/S00314.htm (1626 words)

	Bloomberg.com: Australia & New Zealand
		Holmes signed a three-year contract with Canberra, Australia- based Prime, whose broadcasts reach 75 percent of New Zealand's 4 million population and which operates regional stations in Australia.
		Prime's shares have gained 19 percent this year and were unchanged yesterday at A$3.10.
		The company, which began broadcasting in New Zealand in August 1998, signed an agreement in 2002 giving it access to programs from Publishing and Broadcasting Ltd.'s Nine Network.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000081&sid=a8hN_yoIae0A&refer=australia (208 words)

	Second overseas licensing - New Zealand - Roobarb's DVD Forum
		BBC Worldwide announces today the licence of the new series of the cult classic Doctor Who to Prime Television New Zealand.
		Only the second international deal to be finalised, the new series will deliver to Prime Television in the first quarter of 2005.
		I wouldn't be at all surprised if the new Who turned up on Seven next year, especially if the ABC haven't signed off on it yet.
	www.zetaminor.com /roobarb/index.php?showtopic=3325 (1724 words)

	Automation Technology Update - Jan. 25, 2005
		Auckland-based Prime Television has become the first New Zealand television broadcaster to invest in an Omneon SPECTRUM media server system.
		As new material is ingested into server, those media assets become immediately available to journalists across the network.
		The new business unit brings together the resources of Harris' automation business and Encoda Systems, who was acquired by Harris in November 2004.
	broadcastengineering.com /newsletters/automation_update/20050125 (1529 words)

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