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Video ads and price points
This is a bit of a lazyweb post because it’s Sunday and this is in my brain right now and I know I won’t have time to research it. I have a couple of questions about ads at the beginning of video clips on news websites, and price points for DVDs and online TV. It’s [...]
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Newsreading: the way we were
Video clip of Dougal Stevenson reading the news in NZ - in the good old days before presenters became chatty and emotive.
NZ On Screen is where you go to remember things you don’t realise you’ve forgotten
I've forgotten more TV shows and movies than I remember, which is what makes the new website NZ On Screen so good. In the past 20 minutes I've stumbled across McPhail and Gadsby, the first episode of Spot On and It's In The Bag, none of which I'd thought about in years. Lots of years. (My, Selwyn Toogood had lovely enunciation.)
Country Calendar still hits the mark
Country Calendar must be one of the few New Zealand media institutions that truly count as 'iconic'. The weekly programme, which casts light on NZ farming, hasn't looked back since its launch in 1966 and the current theme tune must be one of the most readily identifiable sounds for any Kiwi. This clip gives a glimpse of what the programme used to look, and sound, like.
‘Distinctions between TV, radio & web will go’