"Parents, sit up and take notice!"

I trust you all did as you were told, otherwise you are going to be in big, big trouble.

everyone...

else's...

miskates...

Noted – I hate having my name futzed, and do try to repay the courtesy. And thanks for the pointer – no wonder the poor bugger sounded rather cross.

Illuminating. I agree wholeheartedly about his new style. He's shown he can conduct a searching and useful interview whilst still letting…

the breakfast jocks on The Rock were slagging it off as a news story. Gotta say, if even breakfast Rock jocks are criticising a story's newsworthiness...

heh heh

and worser still: The Rock is owned by the same company that owns TV3!!

There was a clunker on Breakfast on TV1 this…

(one 't' by the way)

Noted – I hate having my name futzed, and do try to repay the courtesy. And thanks for the pointer – no wonder the poor bugger sounded rather cross. Sleep apnoea is a shit of a thing to deal with at the best of times,…

So it doesn't have Peter Jennings any more,…

I really think this word adds nothing to the story but exposes something of the reporters. All middle class white chicks who have a prejudice towards men of colour?

I know a few amateur dentists…

But do TV news reporters in NZ get instructed what line of questions to ask as well? Leanne Malcolm's always struck me as a reasonably on-to-it journo, so I was puzzled by the inane questions.

Yeah we can get instructed as such, for example if we get told to go…

But to give praise where praise is due, WTF is Sean Plunkett on and where can I get some? I don't know if he's switched…

So does punctuation make it alright?
The word [is] used 4 times & not all direct quotes.

I'm sure that's just the fuddy duddy ol' DomPost who probably didn't understand the guy was saying Niggaz (not 'niggers').
Also from the Stuff/DomPost story:

Ethan described his friend [as] a "big friendly beast" who…

Can anyone answer if the Herald are in breach of Judge Sarah Fleming order by offering this article & their own blog link to discuss it?

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10463123

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4198457a10.html

the third or fourth item in this evening's news was some crap about whether Paris Hilton might like an NZer for a boyfriend.

That's not news. Dick in a box wins Emmy, that's news.

While we're ragging on 3news, how about that plane crash-landing the other night. The promo advised "find out how many people got out".

The answer?: all of them.

3 News seems to be progressively adopting every annoying tic of One News circa five years ago — in this case, pointless…

The answer?: all of them.

I know it's shooting fish in a barrel, but someone at TV3 "News" needs to be smacked hard on the head with a frying pan: the third or fourth item in this evening's news was some crap about whether Paris Hilton might like an NZer for a boyfriend.

It was…

1. There's a feedback loop in that list. Once something is on the list, it'll attract more clicks, and stay on the list, maybe rising higher. And then if editorial staff base placement of stories on the site on previous "most viewed" results,…

truth to the suggestion that newspaper execs are pressuring the editorial staff to make the front page a bit racier?

I think it's the old case of when you ask people what they want to see on the news, they'll tell you they want hard-hitting investigative journalism, not that tabloid…

I'm charitably assuming that Leanne Malcolm was instructed to take that line of questioning.

Very charitable of you. I'm more familiar with how newspaper journos operate than TV journos and generally the chief reporter / ed tells a reporter to interview so-and-so on such-and-such issue, but no more, presuming the…

I know it's shooting fish in a barrel, but someone at TV3 "News" needs to be smacked hard on the head with a frying pan: the third or fourth item in this evening's news was some crap about whether Paris Hilton might like an NZer for a boyfriend.

Just saw…

It was…

I think Julie's quite good at having plenty left over.

And not just her. For me, that's one of the biggest TVNZ scandals; certain producers getting rich off a locked-up commisioning process.

I feel I'm getting screwed three ways – as a taxpayer who funds this exclusive club; as a…

So how did this success/failure (choose your spin) lead to the decision to fund programming for cellphones and youTube? Is this not another example of where bureaucracies create work for themselves in order to continue to feed at the trough?

I think it was a very reasonable use of an…

NZ On Air funded it from their Innovation fund (but it still had to screen first on TV to stay inside the Broadcasting Act).

You mean they played jiggery pokery with their own rules in order to pay for something some ppl might have considered bollocks?

now screening again on C4…

How much money will she have left over after flying in the Ingham Twins, paying Paul's salary, and paying TVNZ for all that archive footage?

I think Julie's quite good at having plenty left over.

Whatever will NZOA think of next? Funding programming specificly for cellphones? Didn't Vodafone already do…

While living in Australia, I used to watch ...

Whatever Happened To...?
(the aussie version, not fronted by Paul Holmes).
How much NZOA funding did Julie Christie get for this 'kiwi programming'? 1.2million? 1.5 million? How much money will she have left over after flying in the Ingham Twins, paying…

Lord love ya, Craig, you've just defined programme standards and content for a whole new generation of TVNZ administrators.

Personally, I'd rather watch Classic Millionaire and Ask the Aunties than the news.

Personally, I'd rather watch The Tudors (pouting eye candy! Sam Neil... more eye candy shagging!) or read The Oresteia again, than dedicate any more meat RAM to TVNZ and their corporate dysfunction.

my distance is more of a torment though.

i can see the citylink cable from my window. but absolutely no-one will link our building to it

Luxury! The only way I can see the citylink cable is by driving for 7 hours...

Tom – is Telstra cable unavailable in your area, just like mine? I found out the hard way that it's unavailable in a lot of apartments and townhouse clusters.

it's certainly unavailable in mine.

i can see the citylink cable from my window. but absolutely no-one will link our building…

I grew up with dinner served 5pm sharp. I still secretly really like to eat at 5pm, all this 7-8pm high falutin' city sophistication eating times is fun and all, but my Mum taught me you eat your breakfast at…

Now I have to choice of buying the DVD or downloading the torrent I watch what I want when I want to and ad free.

Ditto. The only thing I do broadcast any more is the nightly news, and occasionally Parliament when I have to be away from the computer.…

Tom – is Telstra cable unavailable in your area, just like mine? I…

Respect to many TV journalists – many of whom I know personally – for the quality they bring to their respective programmes. Damien is an evident example. My criticisms are directed at the constraints they have to work under and the editorial decision…

No no no,... If I was providing content on expenses, I'd be holed up in a suite at the Adlon and stalking Lloud Jones right about now. Sod APEC and the RWC – annoying Booker shortlisted authors is my idea of public service television. :)

Craig, you will be happy…

The ones who bring great change are generally the ones who have nothing to lose.

Which is essentially the situation with the emerging businesses at TVNZ. They know hardly anyone's going to see the Freeview channels for a while, which has rather liberated the thinking.

That's because they aren't the…

BRING IT ON, I SAY!

OTOH, there's the likes of Damian Christie's intelligent and informative (that's a pinot gris, thanks Damian) take on the PC's 'Asian Angst' decision. TV reporting can be good, it just quite often isn't. I like to think Damian's stuff is a bit different because he…

Hell yes. I think I posted a while back on my mate JFB's PhD thesis,…

Does anyone know how to indent this? HOw come everyone else can do this? Anyway, from Craig's post:

See in the little instructions in grey to the left of the box you're typing in? Where it says "Quote:". Type that formatting and put your text where it says "text".

I find 6pm is the ideal time to cook dinner. If I time it right, it's cooking but not yet ready to be served by sports news time, which is increasingly the only bit worth watching.

A bit tragic that , but yeah. I sometimes arrange the cooking so I…

"I don't actually bother wringing my hands too much over the idea that (if this makes any sense) the balance of media power is shifting. And that includes people just turning off."…

If I time it right, it's cooking but not yet ready to be served by sports news time, which is increasingly the only bit worth watching.

Meanwhile, if I'm watching the news live, I get up at 6.30 when the sports comes on to go cook dinner.

I find 6pm is the ideal time to cook dinner.

It works for me at the moment because of my partner's timetable, but at other times in my life it was way too early. I guess it's one way of enforcing work-life balance: unless you're an early riser, it's hard…

I am also with Joanna about the multi-tasking. My flatmates often drag the ol laptop into the living room to do something productive during all of the downtime during the news. I hardly ever watch the news at all.

I guess I do that quite a lot, but I find…

Why don't the folks in the TV industry look at the dropping viewers numbers and think for a second
"maybe we're doing something they don't like"

because they're never wrong, it must be the viewers at fault for not wanting to watch what's on.

Have you ever seen a TV…

I don't actually bother wringing my hands too much over the idea that (if this makes any sense) the balance of media power is shifting. And that includes people just turning off.

Fuck yeah.

I am also with Joanna about the multi-tasking. My flatmates often drag the ol laptop into the living room to do something productive during all of the downtime during the news. I hardly ever watch the news at all.

OK, am I the only person who does this: Channel surfs…

However, I still say give you, Keith Ng, RB (who should be head of the new digi TV unit) and Craig and whoever else who isn't evil, a handicam, a credit card and a licence to shoot.

No no no,... If I was providing content on expenses, I'd be holed…

Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, having struck down the ancient serpent and bound him in Tartarus by bonds of darkness, protect me from his snares.

Through the prayers of our Most Holy Lady, the Theotokos and Ever-virgin…

FFS, James, do you also blame John Key when it rains? I'm sorry (and I'm sure many will argue the toss), but O'Connor's rather poor judgement that touches on a pportfo racked by(far from trivial)scandals was a perfectly legitimate story

I do think that a stronger minister in a more…

You mean, since Tony Holden left the building?

Now you mention it, yes.

You don't have to spend much time at the water cooler to realise everyone (absolutely everyone) hates the overwhelming frequency of ads. And anyone…

This fiasco damaged poor Susan's reputation ... and, I think, was a big part in her sad decision to quit a year later, exhausted and discouraged.

oh, so it had nothing to do with those OMIGOD!! rumours I heard about her then?

The likes of John Barnett — whose company has…

do you also blame John Key when it rains?

Actually Craig, until you mentioned it, I hadn't thought to blame JK for anything. As a smart politician, he gratefully took the opportunity offered him.

But now that you have mentioned it, yes, it would been rather prime-minister-in-waiting of him to…

Or more to the point, we are already on one side of the digital divide, regular readers of the Guardian online whilst…

when anyone has a demonstrable fear of something, sorry Che, but did you read that comment?

not so sure that i'm afraid of the burbclaves, so much as cynical that whatever they're currently doing or using is completely meaningless to planning for places like tvnz.

look at the flip-top mobile…

Morning Report chose instead to give John Key a chance to create a new mini (sterial) scandal.

FFS, James, do you also blame John Key when it rains? I'm sorry (and I'm sure many will argue the toss), but O'Connor's rather poor judgement that touches on a pportfo racked by(far…

It does look as though any sell-off of all or part is unlikely. My own preference would be for…

You said it all re: other options.

But the original version of 'Come to the Sabbat' was not by Black Sabbath, but their compatriots Black Widow.

Yeah, I thought that didn't sound quite right. Anyhow, for me it will always be "Come, come, come to the Sabbat, come to the Sabbat, Sicoff's there".

So the public stayed…

i was going to be pendantic about the audience that vox pop was conducted in not being representative...

but then thought, waitaminute, tech people are the leaders in this field – what they do will set trends for what happens out in the burbclaves.

Possibly, but I still think that…

E.g, when a band changes record labels, the fans still follow them and buy the albums on the new label. But…

I've been horrified by news coverage of APEC

Can't agree more. It seems at least marginally interesting that the US and Australia failed in their attempt to pull APEC countries out of working within the UN/Kyoto system. Where is that in any New Zealand commentary?

I think they're all still…

When you've been working in a business for a long stretch and have enjoyed times of mass prosperity, it's hard to see there are any alternatives that will ever generate the profits you've seen generated from doing things same-old-same-old.

This is true for all parties involved in this.

That's it.…

I've been horrified by news coverage of APEC

Can't agree more. It seems at least marginally interesting that the US and Australia failed in their attempt to pull APEC countries out of working within the UN/Kyoto system. Where is that in any New Zealand commentary? Morning Report chose instead…

@ Danielle,

Yes. Timberjack, 1971 Loxene Golden Disc.

Indeed. But the original version of 'Come to the Sabbat' was not by Black Sabbath, but their compatriots Black Widow.

Yes. Timberjack, 1971 Loxene Golden Disc.

This is true for all parties involved in this.

The ones…

Che, come, come, come to the burbclaves, Satan's there...(thanks Black Sabbath).

Didn't a NZ band do that song too? I seem to remember it on a Loxene Golden Disc, or some such thing.

but then thought, waitaminute, tech people are the leaders in this field – what they do will set trends for what happens out in the burbclaves.

Che, come, come, come to the burbclaves, Satan's there...(thanks Black Sabbath).

Under Ralston's watch TVNZ threw away their priceless advantage of "mini-BBC" gravitas and authority and deliberately decided their news was just another vehicle for delivering viewers to advertisers and to market their "reality" shows.

Well, I guess Ralston's as good a scapegoat as anyone... what a shame it just isn't…

Now I have to choice of buying the DVD or downloading…

At the Great Blend in Auckland I asked for a show of hands on who watched broadcast TV news more than three times a week. From a crowd of 300, not many hands went up

i was going to be pendantic about the audience that vox pop was conducted in…

TVNZ can't have the Ministry of Culture and Heritage sitting on its shoulder forever.

No shit, these are the guys that think they should be able to shift SH1's route through Wellington's centre without asking for resource consent. I don't…

Anyone able to tell me what the freeview picture quality is like in NZ? The picture in the UK reminds me of…

Would it be possible to set TVNZ up to be owned by an independent trust, in a similar way to the Guardian and Observer? I haven't heard that idea debated but it…