Posts by Rob Stowell
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Hard News: Moving on, in reply to Myles Thomas,
NZOA missed an opportunity to support existing platforms when they had the chance.
Yep. Many opportunities :)
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Hard News: Moving on, in reply to Damian Christie,
I think you’re missing my point. The same Government that decides NZOA remit is worth changing should hopefully decide that TVNZ should be more than just a profit making enterprise.
If your point is that TVNZ can, with the flick of a legislative switch, be turned back into a PBS, I’m just not convinced. As Keir’s pointed out, it’s been a political football for too long. No-one’s benefited. And a public broadcaster isn’t just a commercial broadcaster with a different remit. It needs a public broadcasting culture, which we’d have to rebuild. My feeling is that TVNZ doesn’t have the morale and ethos for another round of radical change; the management structure isn’t all that healthy, and there’s a bit of- how to put this politely? – corporate bloat which a new entity wouldn’t have to take on.
But … one of the things that worked pretty well with TVNZ7 was the news and current affairs teams, given a bit more rope. (It also made more use of the studio spaces, a win-win.) There’s neither the will nor the money to duplicate a national news operation – or a grand HQ with large studios. Hence a BBC4 commissioned programme approach seems more achievable.
And a lot has changed. Distribution isn’t the bottleneck; no need for gatekeepers when there’s no longer a gate :) The cost structures have changed too. Past time for a fresh look at NZOA’s role. -
Hard News: Moving on, in reply to Stephen Judd,
Hilary: it will almost certainly be a central part of the Labour’s new policy platform, not least because Keir and I have tried hard to make sure it gets in there and stays in there.
thumbs up and hoping for a fair wind :)
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Hard News: Moving on, in reply to Russell Brown,
The programmes remain the property of the producers
I've never understood this. Independent producers put up creative ideas, and time developing them, so some shared ownership is fair. But I'd have thought putting up the entire production budget- and a little bit of profit for the production company - would give NZOA considerably more ownership than 'first screening' rights.
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Hard News: Moving on, in reply to Deborah,
1. It’s not in NZOA’s current remit to use it’s money to set up a platform.
You’re right. But … it could be. I reckon it should, or the NZOA funding model shut down in favour of a public broadcaster.
People – most people – don’t sit down and watch YouTube on their TV in the evening.
Again, you’re right. And maybe that’s the way it’ll always be. But I’m coming to believe it’s a case of when, not if. It’s an incredibly cheap way to broadcast. You can’t say it’s not popular. Given the choice it’s what under 25s opt for.
There’d be ramifications around ‘exclusivity’ of broadcast rights under the current agreements. The commercial channels NZOA subsidises with content would hate it. They’d probably spit the dummy.
The upside, though: NZ could get great international exposure. And we'd be able to watch the content we've funded whenever we like, forever.
But yeah, ideally NZ should have a freeview channel a bit like TVNZ7. More tinkering, or radical changes, at TVNZ? I’m not so sure.
I don’t believe a stand-alone freeview channel would need to involve a lot of additional expense if it was a BBC4-type (commissioning programming) rather than BBC1 model. -
Not exactly pop, but this guy has talent :)
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Hard News: Moving on, in reply to Damian Christie,
it’s not in their remit to throw a chunk of their funding into creating a platform.
Yes, but it should be. And money? You could set up an NZOA youtube channel in 20 minutes. Why would that be a terrible idea?
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Bugger! It's a shame. Hope something good comes from this.
Also it exposes again (if it was needed) the emptiness of calling NZOA 'public broadcasting'.
That they wanted to fund the show, but couldn't because the broadcaster wouldn't screen it, shows clearly which tail is wagging the dog ...
Past time NZOA got their own platform, IMHO.
Great that you're not discounting online. It's already big, esp in the under 25s. Production gear is better quality and cheaper than ever (and getting more so every five minutes.) Production skills are just as hard-won, but shooting nicely lit interviews needn't be expensive. -
Hard News: Friday Music: History, motherfuckers, in reply to Russell Brown,
He cultivates no connections at all with the music industry. He’s just not interested.
Simon is a drummer. He has, at times, played quite a bit, I think. For a few different bands. Not a 'biz' insider, maybe... but rubbed shoulders with plenty of musicians? Reckon.
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Me too. In a quiet way :)
There can't be any utu. Shane and Grant must be at least on the front bench.
But ... I hope, whoever it is, the dope who's been leaking acid to Gower et al has the grace to bow out before the next election.