Posts by Sacha
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By non-commercial networks, I also meant beyond radio - like that fancy interweb thingy. Should have said beyond commercial radio to be clearer.
Be interesting to see the analysis of how audiences get their music these days, though I fear it might be skewed by agendas like so much of the copyright file-sharing data is..
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Mandate is broader than the law - and some of the established institutional arrangements will be harder to address.
NZ on Air publish their mission and values and note how they invest. Audience size does seem to be used as a proxy for impact or effectiveness.
Section 39 of the Broadcasting Act also seems relevant:
Matters to be taken into account in relation to funding proposals
The Commission, in assessing any proposal for the Commission to make funds available for broadcasting or transmitting on demand, or for the production of any programme to be broadcast or content to be transmitted on demand, must have regard to—
(a) the extent to which the persons seeking the funding for the project to which the proposal relates have sought and secured funding or other resources for the project from sources other than the Commission; and
(b) the potential size of the audience likely to benefit from the project to which the proposal relates; and
(c) in the case of a project to maintain or extend the coverage of television broadcasting or sound radio broadcasting, the extent of the likely benefit to the consumers of broadcasting services affected by the project in relation to the cost of the project; and
(d) in the case of a proposal for the production of any programme or content, the extent to which the proposed programme or content would contribute to—
(i) the Commission meeting its objectives under more than 1 of the categories specified in section 36(1)(a) and (c) and (2)(b); and
(ii) the availability of a balanced range of programmes and content providing for varied interests in the community; and(e) in the case of a proposal for the production of any programme or content, the likelihood that the proposed programme or content, if produced, would be broadcast or transmitted on demand.
There doesn't seem to be anything there preventing funding associated with distribution through non-commercial networks, but practices over time seem to have established interpretations about co-funding and balancing "reasonable" audience size against diversity. Those need to change, particularly to reflect the way creators, industry and audiences actually interact today.
However, I suppose it might be wiser in the current climate to seek changes that don't require the involvement of a Minister and government whose ideas about what should be done won't necessarily be in the interests of those disadvantaged by the current system.
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a stakeholder, ie a creator of cultural content
We're all stakeholders, not just those who create
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If screen NZ took over selecting and funding music vids re-classified as soundtracks to short films i dont think there'd be the need to change NzoA's mandate.
I'm not trying to be patronising, but that is changing the mandate
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It does seem to be outside the mandate
So let's be grown-ups and change the mandate. Get the support needed for law and structural changes. It's not exactly rocket science, it's politics and other sectors do it all the time.
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I'd welcome hearing more about which parts of the system could change, and leaving personalities out of it
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Is that the UK equivalent of our lib nutters/kiwibog trolls who call Nact "socialists" then?
As an antidote, who was that classic conservative writer that you and Mr Hosking were recommending a couple of years ago?
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video selection should go to screen NZ with music videos being treated more as soundtracks to short films
I like that idea
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thinking that Clegg would never keep his word and negotiate in good faith with the Tories in the first instanc
Any links about latest? Haven't been following closely but I though he was negotiating with them first - or does good faith mean not putting electoral refom on the table or something?
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the sole example
spookily synchronous posting, Joe