‘When we grow, I hope all of television grows’: Growth key as official TV ratings year begins
Ahead of the beginning of the official ratings period today, Mumbrella s Brittney Rigby spoke to Seven s Kurt Burnette, Ten s Rod Prosser and Nine s Hamish Turner about 2021 slates, the Australian Open and Olympics, BVOD strategies, and which competitor shows they re keeping the closest eye on.
February 8, 2021 9:38
Today marks the beginning of the official TV ratings year. While OzTam records ratings across the entire year and “declares no official ratings period”, the networks’ official count runs for 40 weeks, pausing for two weeks over Easter, and 10 weeks over summer.
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a phoenix from the ashes of 2020, Dunedin Fringe Festival
returns in March 2021 with a diverse and eclectic line-up of
more than 80 events across the city and online.
An
unmissable highlight in the festival calendar, this year s
hybrid festival - combining live and online events - will
deliver something for everyone, across visual arts, theatre,
comedy, cabaret, music and more.
The Fringe programme
has come to be known for it s A-class comedy line up and
this year is no different. The inimitable Emerson s Festival
Theatre will feature a stellar programme including NZ s
snapchat superstar Tom Sainsbury, Chris Parker performing
the world s first comedy felting show, a debut with shocking
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori
Comedy trio Frickin Dangerous Bro encouraged people to give te reo Māori a go in video first released in September 2018.
Comedian James Roque got the wrong idea about New Zealand thanks to something he saw on television as a child in his birth country of the Philippines. “The only thing I knew of New Zealand was from this one milk commercial that aired in the Philippines that was shot here,” says Roque who moved to our shores from the Southeast Asian country when he was eight years old.
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Frickin Dangerous Bro.On The Road’s James Roque, Jemaine Ross and Pax Assadi.
If you’re a Sydney-based broadcaster, comedian or influencer and you haven’t been on 2DayFM Breakfast, or at least been asked to consider it over the past eight years, are you even a Sydney-based broadcaster, comedian or influencer?
It’s an easy joke to make, especially as speculation ramped up over who would take over what some view as radio’s toughest gig.
Late last year, we were frequently asking ‘Who’s been approached for 2DayFM Breakfast in 2021?’
‘Who bloody hasn’t?’ would often be the response.
The gag was only fuelled further by the roll call of hosts the show has boasted since 2014.