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Television Advertising Shows Double Digit Growth
Monday, 18 October 2010, 10:48 am | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
Television revenue for the third quarter of 2010 was $164.7 million, an increase of $16.7 million or 11.3% from the $148 million achieved in the third quarter of 2009. This is the third consecutive quarter of year-on-year growth for the industry, ... More >>
Television Advertising Shows Strong Growth
Friday, 16 July 2010, 10:02 am | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
Television revenue for the second quarter of 2010 was $149 million, an increase of $10.5 million or 7.7% from the $138.5 million achieved in the second quarter of 2009. This is the second consecutive quarter of year on year growth for the industry, and ... More >>
New Zealanders Prefer Free-To-Air Television
Thursday, 4 February 2010, 4:44 pm | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
2009 WAS A RECORD YEAR FOR FREE-TO-AIR TELEVISION VIEWING with New Zealanders spending more time engaged with free-TV than any other media. The average viewer watched 3 hours 17 minutes of TV daily, an increase of 9 minutes per day or 4.8% over 2008. More >>
Television Viewing At Record Levels
Friday, 4 September 2009, 10:59 am | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
Figures just released by AGBNielsen confirm a continuing trend of New Zealanders enjoying Free-to-Air television more than ever before. In August 3,886,500 people 5 and over watched television, compared to 3,815,600 a year ago, an increase of 70,900 ... More >>
Television Advertising Follows Recessionary Trend
Friday, 7 August 2009, 2:11 pm | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
Television revenue for the first half of 2009 was $257.1 million, a drop of 13.3% from the $296.5 million achieved in the first half of 2008. The drop of $39.4 million was not unexpected given the current worldwide economic climate. In recessionary ... More >>
Draft Free-to-Air TV Code of Broadcasting released
Monday, 16 March 2009, 3:13 pm | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
The Television Broadcasters’ Council (TBC) and Broadcasting Standards Authority (BSA) have recently released a draft revised Free-to-Air Television Code of Broadcasting Practice. In a joint statement, they said that it addresses the need to revise codes ... More >>
TV Is The Most Influential Medium Despite Claims
Friday, 30 January 2009, 2:44 pm | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
The Newspaper Advertising Bureau (NAB) has challenged a comment made in the release put out by this office earlier this week. The comment they referred to was: “television remains the most effective medium for reaching and influencing consumers”. More >>
TV Advertising Holds Up Well Despite Recession
Tuesday, 27 January 2009, 2:19 pm | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
Total television revenue for 2008 held up well at $647.2 million, a slight drop from the $654.4 million achieved in 2007. The drop of $7.2 million (1.1%) was not unexpected given the current worldwide economic climate. More >>
Television Viewing In NZ Hits Record Levels
Wednesday, 14 January 2009, 11:08 am | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
Television viewing in New Zealand is proving more popular than ever before. 2008 was a record year for television viewing, with the average person watching 3 hours 8 minutes per day, up 8.6% over 2007. This is the highest level of television viewership ... More >>
New Children’s Food Classifications for TV ads
Thursday, 15 May 2008, 10:06 am | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
A new system which restricts the advertising of certain foods in children’s programming times is to be phased in from 1 July 2008. More >>
Advertising Revenue remains firm for June half
Tuesday, 21 August 2007, 9:37 am | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
Television advertising revenue remained firm at $287.6 million for the six months ended 30 June 2007 compared to $290.6 million for the same period in 2006. More >>
New Chief Executive for TBC
Thursday, 2 August 2007, 4:01 pm | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
The Television Broadcasters’ Council (TBC) has appointed Justine Wilkinson as Chief Executive. The TBC is an independent industry organisation representing New Zealand’s key free-to-air television broadcasters: TVWorks (TV3 and C4), TVNZ (TV One and TV2) ... More >>
Qantas TV Awards Project Director appointed
Thursday, 29 March 2007, 4:10 pm | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
Kerryanne Evans, a former senior news and current affairs journalist and Qantas Media Awards winner, is being appointed to manage the Qantas Television Awards. More >>
Broadcasters Say Ad Ban will not reduce Obesity
Wednesday, 26 July 2006, 3:22 pm | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
The leading free to air television companies have today told the Health Select Committee enquiry into Obesity that the link between the television advertising of foods, fast food outlets, beverages and sweets and obesity is very small compared to the influence ... More >>
Qantas Television Awards underway
Monday, 26 June 2006, 5:02 pm | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
The Qantas Television Awards are underway for the second year and seeking the best of talent, on-screen and off, from New Zealand programmes broadcast on free-to-air television. The awards recognise excellence in all main genres of homegrown television, ... More >>
Television Advertising breaks record
Thursday, 2 February 2006, 12:48 am | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
Television advertising revenue totalled $666.4 million ($643.0m in 2004) for the 12 months to 31 December 2005. This is an increase of $23.4 million or 3.6 per cent over the same period in 2004. It is the 5th annual increase since 2001 and is the ... More >>
Free to Air TV Rejects UF's Watershed Policy
Tuesday, 30 August 2005, 6:21 pm | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
The industry group representing free television channels says that United Future's policy (announced today) to start adult programmes at 9.30 pm instead of 8.30 pm will upset many viewers. More >>
Qantas Sponsors Television Awards
Friday, 26 August 2005, 4:43 pm | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
Qantas Airways will sponsor the Television Awards being held later this year by free television broadcasters. The awards will be called the Qantas Television Awards. More >>
Television advertising growth strong at 6.8%
Tuesday, 26 July 2005, 12:47 am | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
Television advertising revenue increased by 6.8 per cent ($19.035 million) to $299.377 million for the six months to 30 June 2005 compared to $280.342 million for the same period in 2004. More >>
New look Television Awards launched
Monday, 20 June 2005, 5:06 pm | NZ Television Broadcasters Council
New Television Awards are being launched by the free TV broadcasters which will be a first for television in New Zealand. They will be the first to recognise excellence in all main genres of homegrown television, including news and current affairs. More >>