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Idealog—in the ideas business

  • Rick Ellis washes his hands of TVNZ, heads across the waters to Telstra

    2011-11-18 12:30:39 //
    Having thrown in the towel at TVNZ, Rick Ellis is heading to Australia to join Telstra in January.
  • TVNZ goes online-only with Auckland Daze

    2011-11-03 14:16:07 // // The Idealog Blog
    TVNZ is out to reproduce the success of interactive, digital Emmy award-winning, Ondemand-only show Reservoir Hill with a follow-up along similar lines: a new spoof comedy show called Auckland Daze.
  • TVNZ’s 100 percent local channel receives hearty and nostalgic visual makeover

    2011-09-08 09:00:00 // // The Idealog Blog | 3 comments
    TVNZ’s Heartland channel is all about 100 percent local content and, with its inclusion of classic Kiwi shows like Country Calendar, It’s in the Bag and old episodes of Shortland Street (that, let’s be honest, often make you cringe), its new visual makeover seems quite fitting. The new look features a range of Kiwiana phrases embedded in some retro Kiwiana images designed by Jon Chapman-Smith from creative agency Fuman.
  • TVNZ plans weekend 'Breakfast' offering

    2011-08-19 09:54:42 // | 2 comments
    Rawdon Christie and Toni Street will be the faces of Breakfast on Saturday mornings from next month.
  • Change agent

    2010-07-08 11:29:26 // // Idealog #28: now
    You know the television scene is getting weird when TVNZ launches a new channel on Sky’s pay platform. But Eric Kearley, the broadcaster’s new head of digital, reckons it heralds a new age of co-operation in New Zealand media. Others say TVNZ is already irrelevant. So is Kearley just rearranging the deckchairs?
  • True detective

    2010-03-04 08:03:31 // // Idealog #26: now
    Leigh Hart’s perfect pitch.
  • Eric Kearley at X|Media|Lab

    2009-05-25 09:13:07 // // Idealog TV
    Eric Kearley of TVNZ 6 and 7 defending the indefensible: old-time TV.
  • Back to the boob tube

    2007-12-17 07:39:59 // // Idealog #13: workshop
    It’s been a big year for Kiwi TV, but the most promising moment was largely ignored