TVNZ has to find another $30 million in savings. Advertising revenue fleeing to offshore companies operating digital platforms is just one of the broadcaster’s major issues. While audience viewing habits are stabilising on platforms in New Zealand, free-to-air broadcasting as we know it is going into its death rattle here. It looks like all efforts […]
As always, the New Zealand On Air ‘Where Are The Audiences?’ research provides interesting insights into our behaviour when it comes to content on screen. And stimulates interest in what else is affecting our sector. Broadcasters are possibly breathing a small sigh of relief about TV being second most popular after global video sharing platforms […]
We had our first Check-In Tuesdays this past Tuesday and a number of editors were in the Zoom room. One of the topics that came up was the mandatory clauses in the Screen Industry Workers Act. It seems that many producers are still in breach of the Act, which requires a written contract to be […]
It’s encouraging to see NZ feature documentary alive and well, with five docos screening at the New Zealand International Film Festival. You wouldn’t think so if you went to TVNZ+, though. Not a single NZ documentary feature sits in the ‘Kiwi Films’ strand, and under ‘All Documentary’ I only found one. Yes, there were plenty […]
While everyone angsts about what the New Zealand Film Commission is or isn’t up to—and frankly I still don’t know either—I thought I’d take a look at the work situation for directors and editors with television/platform content. Now I’ve been hearing anecdotally that there are a lot of directors and editors out of work, so […]