50 Years of New Zealand Television Winners and Losers
Television and sport were made for each other, but the relationship had a slow start. Tonight we trace the growth of televised sport from the earliest, delayed news clips to today's live broadcasts.
Prime TV series celebrating 50 years of New Zealand television: from an opening night puppet show in Auckland in 1960, through to Outrageous Fortune five decades later. It traverses the medium's development and its major turning points (including the rise of programme-making and news, networking, colour and the arrival of TV3, Prime, NZ on Air, Sky and Māori Television) and interviews key players. The changing nature of the NZ living room — always with the telly in pride of place as modern hearth — is a story within a story.
Primary Title
- 50 Years of New Zealand Television
Episode Title
- Winners and Losers
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 13 June 2010
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 05
Duration
- 95:00
Series
- 1
Episode
- 4
Channel
- Prime
Broadcaster
- Prime Television
Programme Description
- Prime TV series celebrating 50 years of New Zealand television: from an opening night puppet show in Auckland in 1960, through to Outrageous Fortune five decades later. It traverses the medium's development and its major turning points (including the rise of programme-making and news, networking, colour and the arrival of TV3, Prime, NZ on Air, Sky and Māori Television) and interviews key players. The changing nature of the NZ living room — always with the telly in pride of place as modern hearth — is a story within a story.
Episode Description
- Television and sport were made for each other, but the relationship had a slow start. Tonight we trace the growth of televised sport from the earliest, delayed news clips to today's live broadcasts.
Classification
- G
Owning Collection
- Television Vault
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Television broadcasting--New Zealand--History
- Popular culture--New Zealand
Genres
- Documentary
- History
Hosts
- John Leigh (Narrator)
Contributors
- John Bates (Director)
- John Bates (Producer)
- Cream Media Ltd (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Television broadcasting--New Zealand--History
- Popular culture--New Zealand