Buying content is easy. But getting viewers to tune in so you can make money from it is a whole other channel. We chat to TVNZ’s Jeff Latch and Andrew Shaw about how they’re planning to address the latter part of this equation.
We take a look at yesterday’s new season announcement to see how TVNZ is reacting to convergence and what it is going to fill the screens with, with a line up including Survivor New Zealand, Filthy Rich and new international hits.
Yesterday’s new season launch was Paul Maher ninth day in his third stint at TVNZ, and he says he hopes this is the last stop in his career. We chat to him about the notion that TV’s dead.
From Sunday, TV One and TV2 will debut new looks as TVNZ rolls out its new branding. We talk to TVNZ Blacksand’s Sarah Finnie Jens Hertzum about the thinking behind the change.
It took over two and half years and cost around $60 million, but TVNZ has finally moved into its new office space. We chat to TVNZ chief executive Kevin Kenrick about moving back home.
TVNZ has dubbed Duke its ‘innovation station’ – a place where it can experiment with unconventional programming and scheduling decisions in a bid to attract a younger audience. We chat to channel’s programmer Ed Kindred about what this means and what he’s doing differently. PLUS: a look at how many Kiwis tuned into the the Paralympics this year.