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This profile looks at New Zealand public sector broadcasting:
the BCNZ, TVNZ, RNZ and NZBS.
the agencies
Historically, most broadcasting services in New
Zealand were state-owned, based on the UK
model (in particular the BBC) and
funded through a consumer licensing scheme. The Broadcasting
Tribunal regulated entry into the commercial radio market
until 1989.
The Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand (BCNZ), a
statutory corporation that replaced the earlier NZ Broadcasting
Service (NZBS) and NZ Broadcasting Corporation (NZBC),
had a monopoly in television services until 1987.
The Corporation was abolished in 1988. It was replaced
by two government enterprises - Radio New Zealand (RNZ)
and Television New Zealand (TVNZ) - required by legislation
to operate on a commercial basis. Thatcherism avant la
lettre. The New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and Aotearoa
Maori Radio, formerly part of the BCNZ, were established
as discrete government agencies.
In 1996 the commercial operations of RNZ were sold to
a consortium of Wilson & Horton
(controlled by the O'Reilly's APN)
and DMGT associate GWR.
RNZ retained responsibility for 'National Radio', Concert
FM and other low audience transmissions such as broadcasting
of Parliament.
studies
For
background we recommend Philip Day's The Radio Years
- A History of Broadcasting in New Zealand Vol 1 (Auckland:
Auckland Uni Press 1994).
TVNZ currently provides television services to Fiji, Niue,
the Cook Islands and Nauru.
other state networks
There are separate profiles on
ABC
and SBS - Australia
BBC - United Kingdom
CBC - Canada
MCS - Singapore
PBS - USA
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