Archive for October, 2009

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Newstalk ZB remains NZ’s leading radio station with the biggest audience in New Zealand with 405,900# different listeners. This gives Newstalk ZB a number one share of 12.5%* of listening in New Zealand. “We’re extremely pleased with this result, showing Newstalk ZB has succeeded in delivering a smooth breakfast host transition. In a clean sweep the Mike Hosking Breakfast is number one, in share, in the ... Full story

NZ TiVo launch takes the world’s most popular media device to a new level with on-demand entertainment. Hybrid Television Services (ANZ) Pty Limited, the exclusive licensee of TiVo® in New Zealand and Australia, today announced that the highly anticipated TiVo brand will reveal its new product and on-demand service for New Zealanders before any other country. TiVo is the world’s ... Full story

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The Labour Party have criticised the latest TVNZ 7 promotion saying that it "looks and sounds like a party political broadcast and a self-promotion rather than a preview of what purports to be a serious programme." What do you think? Full story

Sunday 15 November see’s the return of a very special annual event, World Khaki Day, also known as Steve Irwin Day, where we commemorate the extraordinary life of the one and only Crocodile Hunter. Animal Planet will celebrate by running a marathon of Steve Irwin series and documentaries from 11.30am on Sunday 15th November leading into the premiere ... Full story

It is very common on Australian TV news to have a live city shot on a screen behind the newsreader, and from time to time this allows unscripted events to occur. In this case Nine news anchor Peter Hitchener is joined on screen by a surprise guest. Watch below and listen to an interview with Peter Hitchener about the incident here:... Full story

Jaquie Brown the person reprises her role as Jaquie Brown the character when the Qantas award-winning comedy The Jaquie Brown Diaries premieres its second season on Friday, October 23rd at 9:35pm on 3. Since losing her job on McHuntly at 7 for trying to get Serita (Madeleine Sami) fired, Jaquie has hit rock bottom. She and Tom (Ryan Lampp) ... Full story

Penny Ydgren will now present live coverage of the race that stops two nations, 3 Sport Horseracing: Emirates Melbourne Cup screens Tuesday, November 3rd at 4:30pm on 3. Melbourne Cup Day is Australia and New Zealand’s most famous Tuesday. For around 3 minutes 20 seconds on the first Tuesday in November, Australians and New Zealanders everywhere stop for one of the world's most famous horse races ... Full story

American critics have hailed the series as one of the best new shows of the season, and audiences agree… Now Glee is hitting New Zealand screens with the season premiere screening on Friday, November 6th at 7:30pm on 3. The brainchild of Ryan Murphy, the creator of Nip/Tuck, Glee is about a group of social outcasts, misfits and rejects ... Full story