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Most watched

1. Shortland Street: 618,040 (TV2, 7:00pm – 7:35pm)
2. One News: 614,000 (TV ONE, 6:00pm – 7:00pm)
3. Coronation Street: 549,370 (TV ONE, 7:30pm – 8:30pm)
4. Close Up: 450,650 (TV ONE, 7:00pm – 7:30pm)
5. My Kitchen Rules: 439,770 (TV2, 7:35pm – 8:35pm)

Most watched evening (7.30pm – 11pm)

1. Coronation Street: 549,370 (TV ONE, 7:30pm – 8:30pm)
2. My Kitchen Rules: 439,770 (TV2, 7:35pm – 8:35pm)
3. The Event: 345,560 (TV3, 8:30pm – 9:30pm)
4. Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution: 316,580 (TV ONE, 8:30pm – 9:30pm)
5. The Big C: 281,710 (TV3, 9:30pm – 10:05pm)

Most watched daytime (9am – 5pm)

1. ONE News Midday: 158,240 (TV ONE, 12:00pm – 12:30pm)
2. Emmerdale: 110,760 (TV ONE, 12:30pm – 1:30pm)
3. Good Morning: 99,970 (TV ONE, 9:00am – 12:00pm)
4. ONE News 4:30: 95,750 (TV ONE, 4:30pm – 4:55pm)
5. Amazing Extraordinary Friends: 91,390 (TV2, 4:30pm – 5:00pm)

Most watched on TV ONE

1. One News: 614,000 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)
2. Coronation Street: 549,370 (7:30pm – 8:30pm)
3. Close Up: 450,650 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
4. Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution: 316,580 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)
5. MasterChef Australia: 275,360 (5:25pm – 6:00pm)

Most watched on TV2

1. Shortland Street: 618,040 (7:00pm – 7:35pm)
2. My Kitchen Rules: 439,770 (7:35pm – 8:35pm)
3. The Celebrity Apprentice: 252,990 (8:35pm – 10:30pm)
4. 8 Simple Rules: 238,790 (6:35pm – 7:00pm)
5. Neighbours: 155,180 (6:00pm – 6:30pm)

Most watched on TV3

1. The Event: 345,560 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)
2. 3 News: 297,820 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)
3. The Big C: 281,710 (9:30pm – 10:05pm)
4. Home and Away: 231,340 (5:30pm – 6:00pm)
5. United States Of Tara: 222,140 (10:05pm – 10:35pm)

Most watched on C4

1. How I Met Your Mother: 73,790 (8:00pm – 8:30pm)
2. Family Guy: 70,820 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
3. Everybody Hates Chris: 60,810 (6:30pm – 7:00pm)
4. Malcolm in the Middle: 58,370 (6:00pm – 6:30pm)
5. Accidentally On Purpose: 52,750 (8:30pm – 9:00pm)

Most watched on PRIME

1. The Best of Top Gear: 146,410 (8:40pm – 9:40pm)
2. Prime News: 120,410 (5:30pm – 6:00pm)
3. Nigella Kitchen: 100,710 (7:30pm – 8:10pm)
4. Ultimate Force: 98,770 (9:40pm – 10:45pm)
5. Escape to River Cottage: 96,600 (8:10pm – 8:35pm)

Most watched on the BOX

1. C.S.I: 46,490 (9:30pm – 10:30pm)
2. C.S.I: 40,910 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)

Most watched on SKY Sport 1

1. Intl Cricket Test: 45,870 (7:40pm – 11:25pm)
2. Intl Cricket Test: 40,310 (4:45pm – 7:10pm)
3. Cricket Company: 27,020 (7:10pm – 7:35pm)

Most watched on SKY Movies 1

1. Yes Man: 47,030 (8:35pm – 10:15pm)

Biggest increases (previous week)

1. Shortland Street: TV2 618040 – up from 540330 (7:00pm – 7:35pm)
2. 8 Simple Rules: TV2 238790 – up from 174240 (6:35pm – 7:00pm)
3. Nanny 911: TV2 84010 – up from 27230 (1:30pm – 2:30pm)
4. 3 News: TV3 297820 – up from 253520 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)
5. My Kitchen Rules: TV2 439770 – up from 401490 (7:35pm – 8:35pm)

Biggest decreases (previous week)

1. The Kitchen Job: TV3 196750 – down from 289660 (7:30pm – 8:30pm)
2. United States Of Tara: TV3 222140 – down from 288990 (10:05pm – 10:35pm)
3. Sticky TV: TV3 32250 – down from 86650 (3:55pm – 4:30pm)
4. Close Up: TV ONE 450650 – down from 503410 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
5. Campbell Live: TV3 192200 – down from 221050 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)

New

1. The Event: TV3 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)
2. The Celebrity Apprentice: TV2 (8:35pm – 10:30pm)
3. The Big C: TV3 (9:30pm – 10:05pm)
4. Real Crime: TV ONE (9:30pm – 10:45pm)

Channel Share (All Day)

• TV ONE: 27.4%
• SKY Network: 26.7%
• TV2: 19.2%
• TV3: 14.5%
• PRIME: 5.3%
• C4: 3.3%
• Other TV Channels: 2.3%
• Maori TV: 0.3%

Source: Nielsen Television Audience Measurement, All 5+

Guillermo del Toro joins Hulk series

Guillermo del Toro has joined the new Hulk television production alongside Battlestar Gallactica producer David Eick. The director will make his television debut on the project which will centre on an origin story for Bruce Banner.

Keating admits to poor choices on X Factor

X Factor judge and mentor Ronan Keating has admitted to getting song choices wrong for his acts during this season’s competition. Keating says he knows that James McNally’s early elimination came down to his choice of song, saying that Maggie May wasn’t the right song for him.

Medium cancelled

Medium actress Patricia Arquette has confirmed that the psychic series has been axed by its American network. The Emmy-winning actress says the series will wrap following the final episode in the seventh season.

Actress promoted to Big Bang series regular

Actress Mayim Bialik has been promoted to a series regular on comedy series The Big Bang Theory after joining the show at the end of its third season. The deal is said to be for the fourth season only and doesn’t necessarily mean she will feature in every episode.

TVNZ Ondemand now supports a newer, faster, higher-quality video stream that means watching your favourite programme on TVNZ Ondemand will look crisper and clearer.

TVNZ Ondemand now supports a 1500kbps stream, along with 700kbps and 300kbps options.  The release of the new update to our video player is part of TVNZ’s strategy of ‘inspiring New Zealanders on every screen’. 

“Our Digital Media Division is constantly working to provide the best possible online video experience we can, and as part of this we have introduced a higher-quality stream option for our viewers”, says TVNZ’s GM Digital Media, Tom Cotter.

“In the past we’ve kept to more modest streaming video bitrates to let as many people as possible watch and enjoy TVNZ Ondemand but as broadband penetration and data allowances have increased, along with the number of households that have access to high-speed internet in New Zealand, we want to give viewers the option of an improved viewing experience”.

Over the next few months TVNZ will be rolling out a number of enhancements to TVNZ Ondemand aimed at making it even easier to watch your favourite TVNZ programmes online whenever you want.

TVNZ Ondemand is unmetered on some New Zealand internet service providers (ISPs). Orcon and Snap customers can watch TVNZ Ondemand content without it eating into their monthly allowable bandwidth.

ONE News:

1. Terry Serepisos’ finances (Live cross, Rebecca Edwards)
2. Pansy Wong update (Michael Parkin)
3. Maori land protest (Melissa Stokes)
4. Collapsed house settlement
5. David Tamihere update (Jack Tame)

3 News:

1. Mana by-election (Patrick Gower)
2. Maori land protest (Michael Morrah)
3. Terry Serepisos’ finances (Live cross, Dan Parker)
4. Police chase – foot/bike/car
5. Facebook’s new messaging system (David Farrier)

Commentary:

While one of the more interesting (and entertaining) political stories of recent times, Patrick Gower exposing Mana by-election candidates as not knowing the price of milk and bread while campaigning for lower living costs shouldn’t have been the lead story on 3 News tonight.  I’m the first to admit that Patrick Gower has shown huge improvement since he started on TV and he is now one of my favourite reporters on the news because he actually does investigative and original research into his stories and often generating stories too.  However, putting it as the lead didn’t make any sense to me.  

Perhaps tonight was an example where there wasn’t too much news to report.  Why did we need to have another Tamihere story by Jack Tame?  The story consisted of one neighbour on camera wishing she’d known he was moving into the area but admitting it wouldn’t change anything and another neighbour saying he deserved a second chance. 

If anything, Jack’s story didn’t tell me one of the basic things I want to know: do the police normally tell neighbours when a convicted murderer is released on parole?  If not, then this is a non-story and just another chance for the TV crew to stalk where he’s living (probably hoping for a photo opportunity but they had to use the one from NZ Herald). 

3 News also had the story of the police chase on foot/bike/car — interesting because of the chase and the available video footage from bystanders but is it really headline news?  Was it an important issue or something which needed exposing? 

Likewise with their Facebook story — I’m interested in it, but the story felt a lot like an advertisement for Facebook than anything.  Did it need to be a lead story?  You could argue that a company bringing out a new feature for its product is useful to tell us about, given so many people are now using the product, or that it’s just free advertising/PR.

Verdict:

Tie – both bulletins had issues which bothered me. 

The Inland Revenue Department has filed court action to liquidate five of Terry Serepisos’ companies with more than $3.5m owing.

The Apprentice New Zealand’s “boss” has had well-publicised money issues over the past few years with his Century City Football owing more than $1.5m of the $3.5m

This spells trouble for the Wellington Phoenix football team who are owned by Century City.

Four other companies in the Century City group owe between $400,000 and $804,000 each according to the papers filed by the IRD.

Serepisos has acknowledged that he has tax issues and expects them to be resolved in the next few weeks.

Source: Stuff

TVNZ and TV3 have begun the process of standardising the volume of television ads and shows so that viewers will no longer have to put up with excessively loud ads.

New Zealander Paul Feenstra, who has worked for 25 years in the US, released a paper on the subject which he hopes will generate support for the international standard to be adopted here.

TVNZ and TV3 have already begun to adopt the standard recommended by International Telecommunications Union in a bid to pulls ad volumes down to the same level as the TV shows they are interrupting.

Feenstra believes the change will open up New Zealand productions to a range of overseas opportunities while local production staff will improve their skills at the same time.

TVNZ’s general manager of technology Peter Ennis agrees with Feenstra’s vision but doesn’t believe New Zealand is missing out.

“Programmes aren’t bought on the basis of technical standards, they’re bought on the quality of the content of the programme itself. They’re going to buy it because it’s beautifully shot, beautifully lit, the audio has been mixed superbly, the script is great, the acting is good – all of those things,” he said.

“I have always been really impressed with the standard of craft in this industry … I’ve absolutely no doubt they’ve got the skills and expertise that are second to none.”

Ennis says the difficulties will lie in eliminating the “perceived” loudness of an ad made for impact which immediately follows a moody cliffhanger with toned down sound.

“Will we be able to completely eliminate that? Possibly. But there will always be a difference in volume – that’s part of the creative process.”

Roger Randle, director of technology for TV3’s owner Mediaworks said: “We are confident that, once implemented, our audience will enjoy a viewing experience with greatly improved perceived loudness levelling between programmes and channels.”

Source: Herald

Sky TV has shrugged off comments that its new iSky internet TV platform has a clear advantage because Sky has premium content locked up.

A Herald story this morning has First New Zealand Capital analyst Sarndra Urlich commenting on the new platform which launches on November 24.

Urlich says Sky is safe in launching the product as they have no real threats from anyone else, as she believes stand-alone internet TV models would not work and global providers such as Netflix, Google TV and Apple TV would not be interested in NZ due to its small size.

She highlights content as being key to the success of iSky.

“The reality is, and has always been, that unless competitors have premium content their competitive threat is absolutely diluted, regardless of the distribution platform,” Urlich said.

“Sky TV has already locked up premium local and international content, both as it pertains to standard and internet rights.

“It is not a stretch to imagine that Sky has serious leverage with international studios, given its pre-eminent position in New Zealand.

“Given the benign competitive environment in New Zealand, Sky can afford to sit back and observe the [internet TV] model as it plays out,” she said.

Sky’s chief executive John Fellet dismissed calls that Sky was locking up content to dominate the market.

He pointed out that TVNZ and TV3 each have exclusive rights to replay content on their on demand websites.

Source: Herald

Most watched

1. Border Security: 711,310 (TV ONE, 7:30pm – 8:00pm)
2. The Force: 708,510 (TV ONE, 8:00pm – 8:30pm)
3. One News: 613,490 (TV ONE, 6:00pm – 7:00pm)
4. Shortland Street: 519,570 (TV2, 7:00pm – 7:30pm)
5. Close Up: 482,130 (TV ONE, 7:00pm – 7:30pm)

Most watched evening (7.30pm – 11pm)

1. Border Security: 711,310 (TV ONE, 7:30pm – 8:00pm)
2. The Force: 708,510 (TV ONE, 8:00pm – 8:30pm)
3. The Mentalist: 461,360 (TV2, 8:30pm – 9:30pm)
4. NZ Detectives: 415,680 (TV ONE, 8:30pm – 9:30pm)
5. Extreme Makeover-The Home Edit: 392,510 (TV2, 7:30pm – 8:30pm)

Most watched daytime (9am – 5pm)

1. ONE News Midday: 124,520 (TV ONE, 12:00pm – 12:30pm)
2. Good Morning: 120,130 (TV ONE, 9:00am – 12:00pm)
3. Emmerdale: 113,180 (TV ONE, 12:30pm – 1:30pm)
4. ONE News 4:30: 90,800 (TV ONE, 4:30pm – 4:55pm)
5. The Jeremy Kyle Show: 86,620 (TV2, 12:35pm – 1:35pm)

Most watched on TV ONE

1. Border Security: 711,310 (7:30pm – 8:00pm)
2. The Force: 708,510 (8:00pm – 8:30pm)
3. One News: 613,490 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)
4. Close Up: 482,130 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
5. NZ Detectives: 415,680 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)

Most watched on TV2

1. Shortland Street: 519,570 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
2. The Mentalist: 461,360 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)
3. Extreme Makeover-The Home Edit: 392,510 (7:30pm – 8:30pm)
4. Ghost Whisperer: 270,300 (9:30pm – 10:35pm)
5. 8 Simple Rules: 152,120 (6:30pm – 7:00pm)

Most watched on TV3

1. 3 News: 326,680 (6:00pm – 7:05pm)
2. Alien vs Predator: 234,580 (8:30pm – 10:35pm)
3. Campbell Live: 214,550 (7:05pm – 7:30pm)
4. Home and Away: 206,660 (5:30pm – 6:00pm)
5. James May’s Toy Stories: 163,170 (7:30pm – 8:30pm)

Most watched on C4

1. Everybody Hates Chris: 93,390 (6:30pm – 7:00pm)
2. Family Guy: 76,330 (7:00pm – 7:30pm)
3. Malcolm in the Middle: 58,260 (6:00pm – 6:30pm)
4. My Name is Earl: 58,100 (7:30pm – 8:30pm)
5. Heroes: 38,840 (8:30pm – 10:20pm)

Most watched on PRIME

1. Prime Rocks: 162,790 (9:35pm – 11:10pm)
2. Prime News: 125,000 (5:30pm – 6:00pm)
3. MasterChef: 111,440 (8:35pm – 9:35pm)
4. Deal Or No Deal: 86,950 (5:00pm – 5:30pm)
5. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire: 79,990 (6:00pm – 7:00pm)

Most watched on the BOX

1. Criminal Minds: 36,040 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)
2. CSI Miami: 35,150 (9:30pm – 10:30pm)

Most watched on SKY Sport 1

1. Intl Cricket Test: 42,680 (7:40pm – 9:45pm)
2. Intl Cricket Test: 37,970 (10:00pm – 12:35am)
3. Intl Cricket Test: 36,390 (4:45pm – 7:05pm)
4. WRC Daily Highlights: 28,200 (7:10pm – 7:35pm)
5. Sports Extra: 26,500 (9:50pm – 9:55pm)

Biggest increases (previous week)

1. Ghost Whisperer: TV2 270300 – up from 214130 (9:30pm – 10:35pm)
2. The Mentalist: TV2 461360 – up from 415140 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)
3. Extreme Makeover-The Home Edit: TV2 392510 – up from 352630 (7:30pm – 8:30pm)
4. MasterChef: PRIME 111440 – up from 71650 (8:35pm – 9:35pm)
5. The Force: TV ONE 708510 – up from 672540 (8:00pm – 8:30pm)

Biggest decreases (previous week)

1. Border Security: TV ONE 711310 – down from 761370 (7:30pm – 8:00pm)
2. iCarly: TV3 29840 – down from 69450 (3:50pm – 4:00pm)
3. NZ Detectives: TV ONE 415680 – down from 454020 (8:30pm – 9:30pm)
4. Sticky TV: TV3 41120 – down from 75740 (4:00pm – 4:30pm)
5. The Simpsons: TV3 94110 – down from 126800 (5:00pm – 5:30pm)

New

1. Michael Palin Around World: PRIME (7:30pm – 8:35pm)
2. Heroes: C4 (8:30pm – 10:20pm)
3. Alien vs Predator: TV3 (8:30pm – 10:35pm)

Channel Share (All Day)

• TV ONE: 29.9%
• SKY Network: 25.6%
• TV2: 18.6%
• TV3: 13.2%
• PRIME: 6%
• C4: 3.4%
• Other TV Channels: 2.1%
• Maori TV: 0.2%

Source: Nielsen Television Audience Measurement, All 5+

Live version of Flight of the Conchords in the works?

A possible live version of Flight of the Conchords may bring the cast of the HBO show back together after they called it quits last year after the show’s second season. Arj Barker, who played Dave on the show, is attempting to persuade Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement to revive the show and bring a live version to Australia and New Zealand.

South Park creators sued

The creators of South Park are facing legal action over ripping off a copyrighted music video from Youtube. Trey Parker and Matt Stone featured a re-creation of the ‘What The (In the Butt) viral video in an episode of South Park in 2008 and this week a copyright infringement lawsuit has been filed against them.

Keaton to develop HBO projects

Michael Keaton has signed an exclusive deal with HBO to develop a range of television material for the network. The former Batman actor will executive produce, direct and feature in various projects with HBO saying they are looking to build a project especially around the actor.

ONE News:

1. Travel perks (Live cross, Michael Parkin)
2. Psa update (Live cross, Kim Vinnell)
3. David Tamihere released (Jack Tame)
4. Justice system changes
5. Fatal crashes

3 News:

1. Travel perks (Live cross, Rebecca Wright)
2. Justice system changes (Live cross, Charlotte Tonkin)
3. David Tamihere released (Rachel Morton)
4. Psa update (Live cross, Jono Hutchison)
5. Aung San Suu Kyi update

Commentary:

I’d be interested in your thoughts on Jack Tame’s story on Tamihere’s release.  I didn’t feel comfortable with the “stalking” type nature of the story – especially the almost hidden-camera type shots of the house he has been paroled to. 

3 News had a much more thorough summary of the justice system changes. 

Has anyone else noticed how much more importance ONE News is giving in general to the Psa outbreak than 3 News? 

Verdict:

3 News