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  Television New Zealand - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Television New Zealand (TVNZ) is the main broadcaster of television in New Zealand, established in 1980 through the merger of Television One and TV2 (formerly South Pacific Television).
New Zealand has a near nationwide implementation of NICAM stereo sound for TV One, TV2 and TV3.
New Zealand has provisionally agreed to implement DVB-T HDTV, but there are no indications that TVNZ will be the first broadcaster to transmit in HDTV.
www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/TVNZ   (687 words)

  
 New New Zealand
The more bookish Old New Zealanders, who went to England or America for study, found themselves accepted fairly painlessly into the world of learning, where, after only a few years, some of them were able to pass as civilized, even in mixed company.
New Zealand appeared too remote to be a convenient venue for anything; too prosperous credibly to represent the poor; and obviously much too white and Anglo-Saxon to understand the rest of mankind.
New Zealand remains a "laboratory," but by far the most diverting experiment to be seen today is the spectacle of the ruling Labor party's Finance Minister, Roger Douglas, deregulating everything in sight.
www.culturecult.com /general/newzealand.htm   (3540 words)

  
 New Zealand
When a UNESCO study calculated local content on television in 1983, Great Britain logged 85%, Australia 50% and New Zealand 25%--including sports, game shows, news and current affairs--strong evidence that in a market of only 3 million people, financial logic worked powerfully against public television's ability to reflect the full diversity of national life.
Nine new SOE's, including telecommunications were established, and at the end of 1988 the principle was extended to radio and television broadcasting.
Television New Zealand, which had become a separate operating company in December 1988, in preparation for increased competition, responded aggressively in an effort to cut costs and increase revenues.
www.museum.tv /archives/etv/N/htmlN/newzealand/newzealand.htm   (1653 words)

  
 Television New Zealand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Television New Zealand (TVNZ) is the main broadcaster of television in New Zealand.
Like Radio New Zealand, it formed part of the Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand (BCNZ), but this was dissolved in 1988, and the two broadcasters became separate entities.
New Zealand’s wide-ranging adoption of neoliberal policies in the mid-1980s and 1990s had large sections of the state sector privatised.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Television_New_Zealand   (1787 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)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Country profiles | Country profile: New Zealand
New Zealand, a wealthy Pacific nation, is dominated by two cultural groups: New Zealanders of European descent, and the minority Maori, whose Polynesian ancestors arrived on the islands around 1,000 years ago.
A significant amount of New Zealand's electricity is generated by hydropower sources and the country has a range of renewable energy sources at its disposal.
New Zealand has a single-chamber parliament, the House of Representatives, which is elected for a three-year term.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/asia-pacific/country_profiles/1136253.stm   (929 words)

  
 Scoop: Current issues in New Zealand television
New Zealand moved towards becoming one of the most deregulated broadcasting systems in the world during the 1980s and 1990s.
Under the Television New Zealand Act, TVNZ is no longer restricted to the pursuit of purely commercial objectives but it is still intent on attracting high levels of advertising revenue.
The depiction and incidence of violence on television continues to be an issue of concern to New Zealanders.
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/PA0304/S00126.htm   (4317 words)

  
 Ryall - Scoping Study on Television New Zealand
Television in New Zealand was initially funded from general taxation and television licence fees.
New Zealand is now a highly deregulated market with a number of international media entities having local interests.
In New Zealand audience share is usually measured by viewer ratings provided by the AC Nielson/AGB McNair organisation which maintains the only people meter panel recognised by the advertising industry.
www.executive.govt.nz /96-99/minister/ryall/tvnz/description/index.htm   (2231 words)

  
 Beehive.govt.nz - Television New Zealand Bill third reading   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
The Television New Zealand Bill is a response not only to the legitimate demands of television-watching citizens but to the broader expectations of all those who recognise the cultural and social importance of the medium.
Mr Speaker, the development of this Charter is consistent with this government’s policies supporting New Zealand culture and emphasising the importance of a skilled and educated society.
New Zealand viewers are not simply consumers, and the Charter makes explicit their entitlement to a quality of television programming – across all content, and in relation to both channels - that has previously been denied them.
www.beehive.govt.nz /ViewDocument.aspx?DocumentID=16133   (1338 words)

  
 New Zealand Television - Lennox Media Brokers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
This differs markedly from New Zealand, where individual negotiations are held year round between the channels and the agencies on a campaign by campaign basis.
The discount/bonus levels achieved in New Zealand are well in excess of those achieved in Australia.
As a result of the above main factors, the New Zealand cost to deliver an audience on television, whether measured by CPT or Cost per (000), is substantially less than in Australia.
www.lennoxmedia.co.nz /television.htm   (750 words)

  
 Television in New Zealand
New Zealand television has a wide variety of channels, with many local TV stations.
It appears that the left wing art loving intelligentsia, whom not only rule TVNZ but the media in general in New Zealand, are lacking a few marbles.
That his new program sank without trace soon after being released is indicative of the national loathing of the viewers.
www.stuffucanuse.com /TV/New_Zealand_television.htm   (2154 words)

  
 New Zealand Media
New Zealand's digital media centre for communication art and technology, a flexible space for hands-on workshops, presentations, training and exhibitions.
Informed by the discrete discourses surrounding science, art and philosophy, r a d i o q u a l i a is attempting to simulate the introspectible and seemingly monadic properties of sense-datum, through sound.
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   (799 words)

  
 New Zealand on the Web ~ New Zealand Travel ~ New Zealand Tourism ~ NZ Accommodation
New Zealand tourism and travel, accommodation and hotel booking, NZ vacation and holiday information.
Take a Virtual Tour of New Zealand, visiting Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch, Queenstown, and other locations in the North Island, South Island and Stewart Island.
Book accommodation to visit the New Zealand tourism centers - Rotorua, Taupo, Queenstown and Wanaka and the major cities Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin as well as other New Zealand places.
www.nz.com   (331 words)

  
 Maori Television - New Zealand - A Wikia wiki
Maori Television - New Zealand - A Wikia wiki
Mäori Television is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes that make a significant contribution to the revitalisation of "Te Reo" and tikanga Māori.
Twentieth-century broadcasting in Māori was provided by various New Zealand TV stations until Māori Television, a station funded by the New Zealand Government, started broadcasting on 28 March 2004, based in the inner-Auckland suburb of Newmarket.
newzealand.wikia.com /wiki/Maori_Television   (474 words)

  
 History of the New Zealand Television Archive : Paenga Maapuna   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Although television did not begin in NZ until 1 June 1960 the Archive's collection dates from 1938 to yesterday.
When the news department wanted to use footage from a previous story, they simply cut the frames from one film and spliced them into another.
On 20 March 2002 the New Zealand Television Archive's state of the art purpose built facility was opened at Avalon Studios, Wellington.
www.nztvarchive.co.nz /who_history.shtml   (403 words)

  
 The New Zealand Television Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
So, when Television New Zealand decided to invest in a new home for its New Zealand Television Archive we were determined to create a facility that would make access to the collection easy.
The new, award winning, building comprises four areas : the vaults (a stand alone building separated from the rest by an airlock ; as a fire prevention precaution the plant room is not in the vault building), the technical suites, offices and public area.
We wanted the Television Archive to be an attractive place to visit and work at and the building to reflect our approach to business.
www.fiatifta.org /aboutfiat/members/archive/new_zealand_tv.html   (304 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Raunchy ad starring Kim Cattrall pulled by Nissan from New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Japanese carmaker Nissan said Friday it has pulled a raunchy commercial starring Sex and the City actress Kim Cattrall from New Zealand television after complaints over its content.
The double entendre-laced ad was approved by New Zealand's Television Commercial Approvals Bureau before broadcast.
New Zealand generally is regarded as liberal when it comes to TV ad content, with no complaints reported about the Australian tourism campaign "Where the bloody hell are you?" which was banned in the UK.
www.usatoday.com /life/television/news/2006-07-21-cattrall_x.htm   (292 words)

  
 Privatise Television New Zealand !
Zealand today (She faces fierce competition for that title, I might add !).
Either New Zealand is a democracy or it is not.
New Zealand has been moving from a system of supposedly non-political appointments by the Executive towards the appointment of judges by an independent body, on the one hand, whereas the United States, on the other hand, has long had an explicitly political system whereby the Executive appoints Supreme Court judges (subject to Senate confirmation).
members.tripod.com /peterzohrab/privatiz.html   (959 words)

  
 New Zealand's source for entertainment news, gossip & music, movie & book reviews on Stuff.co.nz
NEW YORK: The Rolling Stones have cancelled an upcoming concert in Hawaii and rescheduled three other performances, while a fan is suing the band for $US51 million for pulling out of a New Jersey show last week.
Fans of reality television show Rockstar: Supernova have a chance to see the band in action during a three-date New Zealand tour scheduled for March next year.
Winning the third season of New Zealand Idol after scraping through the first audition thanks to a desperate plea on bended knee, Matt Saunoa wants to prove he is not just a "one-hit wonder".
www.stuff.co.nz /stuff/0,2106,0a1860,00.html   (543 words)

  
 New Zealand Television : New Zealand TV
New Zealand Television : New Zealand TV New Zealand television caters to all interests.
New Zealand has a great range of television programmes including local and international productions to suit all ages and interests.
From bungee jumping, diving, jet boating and kayaking in New Zealand, to white-water rafting in Nepal or skiing in Colorado, we cover most adventure sports and travel.
www.tourism.net.nz /region/-new-zealand/visitor-information/media/television   (170 words)

  
 Space relic falls into living room | NATIONAL | NEWS | tvnz.co.nz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Experts have confirmed it is the ninth meteorite to be found in New Zealand.
They say the new owners of the space rock can expect collectors from around the world to be calling.
It was a fairly normal Saturday morning at the Archer household until the four billion-year-old rock made an appearance at around 9:00.
tvnz.co.nz /view/news_national_story_skin/430438?format=html   (310 words)

  
 Omneon: Prime Television is First New Zealand Broadcaster to
Shipped and installed by Omneon’s partner in New Zealand, Quinto Communications, the new server system is being integrated into a Dalet-based current affairs production environment to enable creation of the new Paul Holmes program for national broadcast throughout New Zealand.
As new material is ingested into the Omneon Spectrum media server, those media assets become immediately available to Prime journalists across the network.
Prime Television New Zealand Ltd. is a national, free-to-air network that began broadcasting in New Zealand on August 30, 1998.
www.omneon.com /news/press_releases/2005/05017_PrimeTelevisionPR.html   (532 words)

  
 TV ONE | tvnz.co.nz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Thursday at 8.30pm: On the first episode, Elle, along with many others, is held hostage on a train by a paranoid schizophrenic who's convinced that the U.S. government is monitoring him...
Thursday at 9.30: A new series charting the ups and downs of those willing to gamble everything on a new venture...
Friday at 8.40pm: George's enthusiasm for building a new rocket out of recycled cans blinds him to Barney and Diane's desperate bid to start a family...
www.tvone.co.nz   (248 words)

  
 Trailers: New Zealand
McVey, Kathy (1996), 'The new television', AdMedia May. The expansion of channels, and the future of television in New Zealand.
Can Television New Zealand be resurrected?', NZ Political Review Aug/Sept. Traces some of the difficulties facing the Labour-Alliance Governent in changing the direction of television in New Zealand.
Reactions to Murdoch's News Corporation bid for a share of New Zealand pay-TV Wilson, Tim (1997), 'McCready's back in town', AdMedia Feb. A profile of former TVNZ-programmer John McCready and his current involvement in pay-TV (he is probably responsible for the odious introduction of ad breaks on Sky!).
interact.uoregon.edu /medialit/JCP/articles_mlr/trailers/tv_newzealand.html   (1144 words)

  
 Television New Zealand Bill - Maxim Submission   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
This coincided with rapid advances in computer and telecommunications technology, and the advent of new free-to-air channels and pay-per-view TV (SKY) in the early 1990s.
The first point of interest is ‘an amendment to the Charter so that TVNZ will feature programming that contributes to spiritual and ethical development.’ This is of note as the present administration has advocated a strong secular position.
When this is not in place—as in New Zealand today—censorship effectively means nothing.
www.maxim.org.nz /submissions/tvnz.html   (895 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.
Sam Chisholm, 65, was born in Auckland, New Zealand and educated at Kings College, Auckland.
In recognition of their artistic achievements and excellence, the five distinguished New Zealand artists received an equal share of the quarter of a $1 million cash prize ($50,000 each).
www.scoop.co.nz /stories/BU0412/S00314.htm   (1500 words)

  
 Film and Television Awards in New Zealand   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-15)
Before 1985, excellence in New Zealand television was recognised in the New Zealand Television Workshop (1964-65) and Feltex Awards (1970-85).
The Film Awards and Television Awards used to be run as a joint ceremony until 2000 when they were split into two separate events.
There was then a gap due to lack of sponsership, and the future of New Zealand film awards was uncertain until December 2004, when the Screen Directors Guild (SDG) announced their decision to take on the task of creating and running the New Zealand Screen Awards.
www.lonely.geek.nz /nzawardsindex.html   (235 words)

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