Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Steven Joyce gets his way over TVNZ 7 - so watch it before it's gone

Sadly Steven Joyce and his cronies have shown they don't care about an informed, conscious and actively-involved public and on 1 July, New Zealand will join Mexico as the only OECD countries with totally commercial television chasing ratings above all else.

A third of the country watches TVNZ 7, but Joyce and Co don't want to spend $16 million on it. Yet they'll spend $100 million selling publicly owned energy companies, and - of course - billions on Steven Joyce's autobahns  to extend road traffic congestion around the major cities.  In two years the digital dividend will earn government around $33 million annually.

It isn't all over though: the PBS in the USA gets sponsorship - in return for very brief messages at the beginning/end of programs - from major organisations and private foundations, and this model should be able to work with TVNZ 7, particularly given its viewer numbers.

1 comment:

Wallace. said...

What a pack of tossers we have that claim to be called Government.(For the people by the people)Only interested in $, not quality or higher standards.I never voted for them and NEVER will .
Thank you to the TVNZ7 staff who did manage to bring some commonsense into our living rooms , you will be very sadly missed, ........and to Mr Joyce and your comrades in tar, go find a deep pit and jump!