New Zealand
NZ short-changed on Hobbit subsidy
New Zealand’s Prime Minister, John Key, has defended his government’s estimate of the number of jobs created by the $67…
BSA: new board appointment
Te Raumawhitu (Te Rau) Kupenga has been appointed to the board of the Broadcasting Standards Authority, replacing outgoing member Tapu…
APRA: McGlashan reps NZ
Songwriter Arthur Baysting has stepped down from the board of the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) and APRA's New Zealand…
TVNZ 6: kisses off pre-schoolers in favour of teens and ads
TVNZ will ditch its kids-centric TVNZ 6 in favour of a commercial free-to-air youth-targeted channel in March 2011. Some TVNZ…
Shortland Street: takes a leaf from the Shane Warne playbook
As part of a marketing campaign for TV2’s popular local drama series Shortland Street, TVNZ and digital agency AIM Proximity…
NZ On Air: New Drama for TV One
NZ On Air has today announced funding for a major new drama series, intended for prime time on TV One,…
NZ On Air: Platinum Fund rewrites history
The three drama projects receiving money from the latest round of the Platinum Fund decisions all revisit actual events or…
Andrew Jack: appointed new chief censor
Minister of Internal Affairs Nathan Guy has announced the appointment of Dr Andrew Jack as Chief Censor. Dr Jack has…
TV3: gets Christmas kicking from BSA
The Broadcasting Standards Authority gives MediaWorks a $4,000 slap for screening naughty clips from Outrageous Fortune during the 6pm news,…
New Zealand Weekly Box Office to 15 December, 2010
After the Waterfall has gone from the list this week, while Insatiable Moon has a revival of box office fortune,…