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MediaWorks NZ Limited today announced a new management structure. Sussan Turner, the CEO of MediaWorks Radio, is appointed to the position of Group Managing Director, assuming control of the Group which includes TV3, C4, ten radio networks and brands and the Company’s VOD and on-line business.

Sussan Turner is replaced as CEO of the Company’s Radio division by Belinda Mulgrew.

Jason Paris is appointed to the position of CEO of TV3 and C4. Mr Paris was formerly the Head of Digital Media and Marketing at TVNZ. He will take over in June from Ian Audsley, who joined the Company on a limited-term contract in December. Mr Audsley will continue as Executive Director, TV until June when he will become a non-executive director of the Company.

Has anybody else been without C4 this weekend? We live in Napier, have a vhf/uhf ariel and haven't had a signal since Friday- C4 is just a black screen with the odd freckle of static. Yet the inlaws have (satelite) sky and they can pick it up fine.

Can anyone tell me what's up? 

TV3 kept its lead against TV One in 2009 in the 18-49 demographic – again beating them, and C4’s growth puts them substantially ahead of Prime in the 15-39 demographic.

C4 experienced growth year-on-year in primetime, with a dramatic lift across all demographics by both share and audience numbers.

TV3 again beat TV One in the all important primetime 18-49 demographic. TV3 ended the year with a 23.2% share, with TV One 18-49 experiencing an 11% decline in the same demographic, ending the year with a 20.4% share.

TV3 also beat TV One in the 18-39, 18-49 Auckland, and 18-49 Metro demographics, with a significant lead in 18-49 Metro of 22.6 to 18.6 share.

In 18-49 C4's audience reach lifted year-on-year by 57.1% and in the 15-39 demographic by 40.4%.

C4 experienced share growth in all key demographics and ended the year ahead of Prime in its own demographic of 15-39 as well as beating them in the 18-49 demographic.
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Once again C4 will be streaming live from the Big Day Out this Friday January 15th.  Those unable to make the biggest music festival of the year - or those attending later in the day - will be able to get amongst it online at c4tv.co.nz. The live stream kicks off at 11am and will run non-stop through to 7pm.  C4 will also screen hourly updates on air from 2pm.  The days goings on will be presented by a team of C4 hosts including Jono Pryor (Jono's New Show / The Rock), Ruby Higgins (Next Top Model), Drew Neemia (Select Live) - and new C4 talent Shannon Ryan.  We'll be talking to the bands, talking to the punters and soaking up the madness that is the Big Day Out!  The public are invited to live chat either via c4tv.co.nz forums, via social media sites facebook and twitter - or by texting comments to 580 (free text) - these comments will run across the stream at c4tv.co.nz

While recovering from the regular Christmas feast, nana nap, heat stroke and Boxing Day bushwalk that Mrs. Bear & I did, we sat down and watched C4’s "Top One Hundred Songs of the Decade" yesterday afternoon and into the night. We happened upon it when the countdown was already in the 80’s, but it was still fun to reminisce to a few of the songs and go "I thought that was a nineties one" to a few others. I felt it would have helped to have a release year with the song details just for memory sake.

Unfortunately, I was rather disappointed with the top ten and felt that a few in the twenties / thirties deserved lower placings. Green Day, The Foo Fighters and Pink, for instance have been synonymous with the "noughties" but were all in the teens.

So here are C4’s "Top ten songs of the decade" with my un-humble opinions:

C4 and Telecom broke new ground on Sunday with New Zealand’s first online-only concert. More than 50 of the country’s top musicians performed for 12 hours non-stop covering a wide variety of genres.

Mediaworks chief executive, Brent Impey, has announced he is stepping down at the end of 2009.

A new role, Mediaworks TV chief executive, is being created. A search is currently under way for someone to take on this exciting new opportunity.

Impey will remain in a consultancy role until 2011.

C4 and Telecom have joined forces to deliver a New Zealand first. On Sunday 6th December a collection of New Zealand’s hottest musicians will get together to perform a mammoth 12 hour gig - streamed live, and non-stop, on the internet. The only way to see this concert will be online at ww.c4tv.co.nz/thenonstopgig.

The incredible line up includes New Zealand’s top musical talent including J Williams, The Earlybirds, Midnight Youth, Jason Kerrison, Artisan Guns, Dane Rumble, Computers Want Me Dead, Goodnight Nurse, Pistol Youth, Pluto and many more.

To be part of this one off event, tune in to www.c4tv.co.nz/thenonstopgig on Sunday 6th December from midday to midnight as The Non-Stop Gig is live streamed via C4’s website and delivered to viewers across the country. Every music lover in New Zealand is invited and there’s no cover charges, no queuing, no ID necessary.