;-^

Feel free to note anyone else who needs congratulating.

OK, time to come out of the closet and own up to my total gay boy crush on Robyn Malcolm. No disrespect to the rest of the cast (especially after last night's kick in the guts Outrageous Fortune), but she just?

Imagine if there was an ad ban on Sunday newspapers

Hmm, then there might be a few less of them. Works for me. I mean, have you read a Sunday newspaper?

Thom: don't make me choose.

I'm surprised Impey got so fiesty about this. I would have thought 'quiet diplomacy' would have worked better, enabling the Govt to quietly give TV3 an exemption for the RWC without pissing off the Christians. The Govt/nation afterall are keen on 'our national game' being seen free-to-air, so it wouldn't?

I guess everyone knows that now...

I've never noticed a lack of ads.

No ads – but still promos. They can tell you to watch the movie on TV tonight, etc, just can't tell you to buy McDonalds.

The same applies on Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Christmas and ANZAC morning.

No ads – but still promos. They can tell you to watch the movie on TV tonight, etc, just can't tell you to buy McDonalds.

But they can tell you to watch The Sunday Nite McDonalds Mega-Movie complete with logo ...

Pass a law that requires the amount of TV advertising to be halved but requires advertising rates to double.

Broadcasters get the same money, but have more space to fill.

Surviving ads will have twice the impact. Advertisers need not spend any more. Probably?

If it just me or did anyone else not notice that there's a Sunday morning ad ban?

I didn't notice either, until one day I was wondering why there were so many public service programmes on TV One on Sunday mornings.

I looked up the Broadcasting Act and was shocked?

I remember Sunday evening viewing in the '80s was mostly very bleak.

My, some things never change.

As for Hamish McKay...well Russell already linked to my thoughts. But on the dropkicks we used to have a Hamish McKay watch to see exactly what dumb ass thing?

Wow, then that's a clearcut case of favouring TVNZ surely

Maybe, but wasn't National in power during the 1999 World cup? I seem to recall that loss against France cost National the election :)

BTW – as a consumer/viewer I'm all in favour of less TV ads. I bought a?

What business do you run Ben? How can TV3 make the RWC profitable if they can't run ads while the games are on? RWC charge huge fees for the rights – would you rather ads were run or the Taxpayer paid for the broadcast rights?

TV3 will be on?

The girls in my house get a bit hot and bothered about munter actually....

Um... Tammy Davis is definitely man-candy, but Munter? Eww... that character is so much a child in a man's body it would just be wrong to want to shag him 'til his eyes popped out. :)?

( they also raised that TVNZ got an exemption for the 1999 WRC, still no dice)

Can someone verify this? Even TV3's own story only says:

It is hardly an new issue for broadcasters ? TVNZ was given an exemption by the then Broadcasting Tribunal to screen commercials on Sunday?

Um... Tammy Davis is definitely man-candy, but Munter? Eww... that character is so much a child in a man's body it would just be wrong to want to shag him 'til his eyes popped out. :)

But Craig, chicks dig that.

The UK has statutory limits on the amount of advertising, with the?

But Craig, chicks dig that.

Tis true. And for all I adore Van, it's either Munter or Hayden Bloody Peters, the best example of tmesis on TV ever.

Shortland Street apparently have a specific policy of not using real-life booze brands, but are quite happy to have blatant Apples all thru the hospital.

The computers are presumably a financial deal — that kind of placement has been a mainstay of Apple's marketing --- but I think a good?

Does anyone know what Hamish McKay's background in broadcasting or journalism is?

Or did they just find him in a Karaoke Bar somewhere?

I remember Sunday evening viewing in the '80s was mostly very bleak

You mean: too many Dunedin bands on Radio With Pictures??

Well, I said mostly bleak because RWP was a beacon of joy amid the disease-of-the-week movies. (Even though it was on past my bedtime).

When I edited Planet?

Thanks for backing me up about Munter. Of course if they could get Cliff Curtis on the show I would gladly switch my allegiance.

All this talk about Robbie Deans has reminded me how good his 2003 AB TriNations backline was.

Russell wrote:

Can someone verify this? Even TV3's own story only says:

My Bad, serves me right trying to listen while doing other stuff round the office, I was damned sure they?

I was responsible for introducing the Macs in 1997 when I was Producer of the show, because I liked the look of them and because I'm an Apple?

For all of his crapness and rubbish commentating, the most unforgivable thing he's ever done was admit on TV3 sports back in May that he's a Hammers fan. Dude, that's just hurtful, he looks totally Chelsea to me.

Good god, a repeat of Grant Fox's half time "stats" and Wheton who makes Frank Bunce look like a South American football commentator.

Cue Mac vs PC argument...

oh god no PLEASE NOOOOOOOO!!!!!

I have no opinion on Hamish McKay having not really ever seen any rugby on TV3.

big chin though, I'm sure he can cop this vitriole...

FYI it's impossible to watch live sport TV with radio commentary unless you've got?

At that time Apple Computers were at the nadir of their commercial history.

Steve Jobs is a tit isn't he? There he goes claiming credit for Apple's resurgence when all the time Shortland Street was responsible. Time for some Wikiality I think.

Does anyone know what Hamish McKay's background in broadcasting or journalism is?

This I can answer. During the Lions tour, when Diana Wichtel was away, I compared the commentary teams of Sky and TV3 during a meaningless midweek match:

The Sky crew are experienced professionals, with Grant Nisbett having?

PC vs Mac? That's a bit like reading Descartes these days. "What OS" is the real question? And the answer begins with L...

Does anyone know what Hamish McKay's background in broadcasting or journalism is?

Troublingly, he trained for four years to teach your children.

You can't knock his enthusiasm though:

Throughout his student years McKay had applied to numerous media organisations . He had even taken himself off midway for a six-month?

I wonder what Keith Quinn and Ron Palenski made of him in France in 95 (assuming they ever got to meet him of course)

"Slightly smaller than Gary and with a fairer complexion, Alan nevertheless was a big man..."

what's all that about??

I fear for the rantings of MaCyver – he's all tabloid flash and flappery,?

If the maximum possible fine is $100,000, it could be cheaper to just broadcast the ads from NZ.

Unless its $100,000 per Sunday, or per ad break, or per ad...

While we're on the?

Can a person/company in NZ be injuncted not to break a law?

Do any of the usual healthcare applications run on a Mac in a supported fashion? My doctor's system is all but character based, so I kinda doubt it.

I guess in the S-S universe the Mac is the dominant desktop system and consequently all software?

Can a person/company in NZ be injuncted not to break a law?

I don't think so – that's more or less what a law is – an injunction not to do something.

And mobiles don't exist

And call ID takes at least 60 seconds to identify the caller.

I guess in the S-S universe the Mac is the dominant desktop system and consequently all software *is* ported and supported to run on it. Just like in films all messaging applications work fullscreen with REALLY BIG TEXT.

In the early days of Shorty, Nick infected the clinic's computer system?

If the maximum possible fine is $100,000, it could be cheaper to just broadcast the ads from NZ."

Unless its $100,000 per Sunday, or per ad break, or per ad...

Can you pay fines concurrently?

I mean, If I can serve 3 ten year sentences at one time, surely I?