Public Address | Cafe | Hard News: Labour's RNZ+ plan: largely coherent

Tom Semmens

Mon, 18 Sept 2017 18:14:20 +1200

I hope it's policy is coherent enough for the new minister to make it clear the new funding will require the likes of Hooton and Farrar getting kicked off the airwaves.

Rich of Observationz

Mon, 18 Sept 2017 16:38:44 +1200

Funding a Chair of Computer Gaming at Otago University

One of these?

Pete Sime

Mon, 18 Sept 2017 13:45:00 +1200

What was missing from Labour’s high level screen industry policy was mention of growing the industry via interactive media like gaming, VR and AR. Maybe that falls under economic development instead.

It should really be treated as screen content though, you're right.

They'll set up a [[http://www.labour.org.nz/dunedin_centre_of_digital_excellence_factsheet | Centre of…

Kumara Republic

Sun, 17 Sept 2017 18:50:34 +1200

In any case, it seems easier to create a new BBC/ABC/PBS-style channel or channels, than attempt to retool the existing TVNZ channels. What I'd also like to see is a new Royal Commission on NZ On Air and the wider media industry, possibly taking after the Leveson and Finkelstein inquiries.…

Katharine Moody

Wed, 13 Sept 2017 22:18:23 +1200

I would also say younger ones too. The ad-free children's content was instantly missed in our house.

And middle age ones too. It was missed in our household. We watch a lot of Maori TV now for the same non-commercial, non-mainstream type content reasons that we used to watch TVNZ…

Russell Brown

Wed, 13 Sept 2017 15:28:34 +1200

And a bit further down the track another government to diseanact it. As with TVNZ 7.

The problem there was that Labour only established it for a five-year period. All National had to do was fail to renew it.

artig

Wed, 13 Sept 2017 15:17:15 +1200

Labour and anyone else who thinks it's a good start will now have to wait and see whether a new goverment gets a chance to enact it.

And a bit further down the track another government to diseanact it. As with TVNZ 7.

Russell Brown

Wed, 13 Sept 2017 13:09:20 +1200

It should really be treated as screen content though, you're right.

Russell Brown

Wed, 13 Sept 2017 13:08:45 +1200

And NZonAir has been explicit about that by differentiating its funding of content and platforms (such as RNZ). Can’t see why we would need another funding organisation to do the same tasks.

Yeah, the stuff around NZ On Air is messy and presents a risk of interfering with some sound…

Shaun Lott

Wed, 13 Sept 2017 12:42:18 +1200

It was people outside those demographics – largely older New Zealanders – who were disenfranchised when TVNZ 7 shut down.

I would also say younger ones too. The ad-free children's content was instantly missed in our house.

Stephen Knightly

Wed, 13 Sept 2017 12:10:35 +1200

What was missing from Labour's high level screen industry policy was mention of growing the industry via interactive media like gaming, VR and AR. Maybe that falls under economic development instead.

Sacha

Wed, 13 Sept 2017 11:42:48 +1200

That's the argument for having a public broadcaster as well as funding public-good content on other platforms.

And NZonAir has been explicit about that by differentiating its funding of content and platforms (such as RNZ). Can't see why we would need another funding organisation to do the same tasks.

Craig Ranapia

Wed, 13 Sept 2017 10:24:35 +1200

and frankly, the market for major media companies ain't that healthy right now.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is the irrefutable economic argument against putting TVNZ on the block if you're not a purist Randroid who thinks the government has no business being in the media game at all. It…

Public Address

Wed, 13 Sept 2017 10:24:35 +1200

Discussion from blog post.