They seem so long ago and far away now, those days when media proprietors were reporting steady growth (typically of revenues, not necessarily readers/listeners/viewers). Now we trumpet “a decline of only 9%” as heartening, at least within the context of the economic tsunami that was 2009. Anyway, that’s the word from Newspaper Publishers Association president [...]
Entries Tagged as '2009'
Shock! Horror! Readership Results
February 15th, 2010 · No Comments · 2009, Newspapers
So the latest magazine and newspaper readership and circulation figures are out and most publications’ numbers are down. Quelle surprise! And with a recession on, too — go figure. Let’s put the bloodbath into some sort of context. Based on ABC circulation figures, here’s how our biggest-circulating newspapers fared (Audited Net Circulation to 31 December [...]
New Zealand Television and the Year That Was
February 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · 2009, Television
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. That well-trodden phrase pretty much sums up the year that was 2009, at least for New Zealand television broadcasters. Audience levels were up, up, up. Advertising revenue was — well, let’s not even go there. The NZ Television Broadcasters Council finally had some [...]
Sport of Kings Gets Second TV Channel
September 29th, 2009 · No Comments · 2009, Betting, New Zealand, Racing, Television, advertising
The New Zealand Racing Board will launch a new TV channel in time for the summer racing season, with the working title “TAB TV”. The new channel will be shown in all TAB outlets and will also be broadcast on Sky Digital, from December. TAB TV will be in addition to the existing Trackside channel [...]
Tags:customer research·new zealand racing·sky digital·tab outlets·tv channel
Mobile Music Awards
September 28th, 2009 · No Comments · 2009, Music, New Zealand, mobile
The fifth annual Telecom Mobile Music Awards (based on the number of Full Track Downloads, Tru-Tone Ringtones and Caller Tune sales over the previous 12 months) were announced last week: • Tiki Taane took home the award for Highest Selling Ringtone and Caller Tune (NZ) with his track Always On My Mind. Tiki also scored [...]
Tags:digital music sales·mobile music·mobile services·music awards·New Zealand·telecom mobile
TiVo shacks up with Telecom
September 21st, 2009 · No Comments · 2009, PVR, Telecom, Television, TiVo
Telecom and Hybrid Television Services, the exclusive licensee of TiVo products in Australia and New Zealand, last week announced a partnership that will see TiVo delivering unmetered entertainment to NZ living rooms from November. The deal means that consumers wanting TiVo have to sign up to Telecom for their broadband services. Customers who choose the [...]
Tags:broadband customers·commerce commission·consumers·hybrid television·marketers·partnership·Telecom·TiVo
New iPods: FM Inside
September 14th, 2009 · No Comments · 2009, Music, mobile, radio
Digital Radio has been trialled in this country but never been released commercially – no-one has been able to muster a sound business case for disrupting the existing radio environment for relatively minor gains to the services already on offer. Digital Radio does offer some cool stuff – comprehensive details on the artist and tracks [...]
On Recessions and Cheap Dates
September 7th, 2009 · No Comments · 2009, New Zealand, recession
New Zealanders believe the recession is nowhere near as bad as predicted and question the reporting of such stories in the media, according to a new survey released late last week by Research International. But many are nervous about the role the recession could yet play. A third of the workforce are not convinced their [...]
Tags:attitudes·economic times·entertaining at home·gen x·kiwis·recession
Sky By The Numbers
August 24th, 2009 · No Comments · 2009, New Zealand, PVR, Television
Digging beneath the surface of Sky’s Annual Results: Total Sky subscribers as at 30 June 2009: 779,000. That’s up 4.1% on 12 months ago, confirming the trend of past recessions, i.e. that pay television continues to thrive in tough economic times. Ad Revenues 08/09 $36 million ($40 million in 07/08). UHF subscriptions continue to fall, [...]
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Yahoo!Xtra Gets Back Into Shopping
August 17th, 2009 · No Comments · 2009, New Zealand, ecommerce
Yahoo!Xtra and Hubsta (an operating subsidiary of TheDeal.co.nz) last week announced a partnership to create a new online shopping channel which will be integrated into the Yahoo!Xtra portal. The deal is described by Yahoo!Xtra CEO Kevin Bowler as an “alliance” rather than a joint venture. Site construction is currently underway with a view to having [...]
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