NEW ZEALAND’S BROADCASTING SECTOR Public policy objectives What makes up the broadcasting sector? How much does Government invest in public broadcasting? 1. To support the creation of high- The broadcasting sector consists of a mix of free and pay services delivered Government invests over $216 million annually in public broadcasting through Vote Arts, quality New Zealand content and across television, radio and on-demand platforms. Culture and Heritage; Vote Foreign Affairs and Trade; Vote Māori Development; and Vote provision of other content that meets Office of the Clerk. RNZ and Māori Television are the main public broadcasters. TVNZ (TVNZ 1, 2, Duke) the needs of diverse audiences MediaWorks (Three, Bravo, The Edge) Television to the Māori Television 2. To agree and manage standards for
Māori Television Service (Māori Pacific $19.26m (Vote MD) Te Māngai Pāho broadcast content Television, Te Reo) $0.94m (Vote FAT) $58.76m Free-to-air (Vote MD) 3. To allocate resources such as radio services SKY (Prime, Trackside) Broadcasting Standards Authority spectrum (available Choice TV $0.6m (Vote ACH) TELEVISION through Al Jazeera RNZ International Freeview) HGTV (Pacific service) $1.9m (Vote ACH)
Parliament TV Key agency functions
Other nationwide and local low NZ On Air – provides funding for quality viewership channels and diverse New Zealand audiovisual SKY satellite television Pay services Parliamentary public media content Vodafone cable and fibre television covered under under covered Broadcasting Te Māngai Pāho – promotes Māori NZME Radio (9 stations) $3.1m (est.) Broadcasting Act Broadcasting (Vote Clerk) language and culture through funding
MediaWorks (9) regime standards the the Māori initiatives in music, radio, Radio NZ (3, including Parliamentary Currently Network television and new media station broadcast) providers TAB Trackside (1) Broadcasting Standards Authority – Rhema (3) oversees broadcasting standards by RADIO Pacific Media Network (2) deciding complaints from people who RNZ (via NZ On Air) Community radio (23)p are dissatisfied with the outcome of NZ On Air $35.3m Local commercial services $93.75m (excluding National Pacific complaints made to broadcasters RNZ and NPRT) Local stations Independent commercial and Low Radio Trust (via NZ National Pacific Radio Trust – maintains (Vote ACH) On Air) Power FM (LPFM) radio (150+) the national Pacific radio network $3.25m Iwi radio (26) (Radio 531pi and Niu FM radio network) TVNZ OnDemand What parts of Government hold responsibilities in the broadcasting sector? Free-to-air ThreeNow and Bravo On Demand Current legislative, monitoring and policy responsibilities for broadcasting sit across a variety of Government departments. services Māori Television On Demand Department* MCH MBIE Treasury Te Puni Kōkiri (includes on- Prime Catch Up Monitoring NZ On Air RNZ Te Māngai Pāho demand and YouTube (excluding user-generated responsibility Broadcasting Standards Authority TVNZ (receives no live online content) RNZ International Crown funding) broadcasts) Radio on demand services Policy lead Content regulation Spectrum management Second opinion Māori Television, Iwi radio and NZ On Screen (funded by NZ On Air) ON- Community radio Commercial broadcasting policy advice Te Māngai Pāho DEMAND Netflix Broadcasting Content diversity and accessibility TVNZ Maihi Karauna (Māori
Lightbox (owned by Spark) RNZ, NZ On Air and BSA Advertising Standards Authority Language Strategy) Convergence Bill Convergence
Neon and SKY GO (owned by SKY) come to Proposed Legislation Broadcasting Act 1989, Parts 1-4 Radiocommunications Act 1989 Broadcasting Act 1989, Part 4A Act through the Digital Digital the through Act Amazon Prime under the and Section 81 Telecommunications Act 2001 Māori Language Act 2016 Pay services QuickFlix Radio New Zealand Act 1995 Copyright Act 1994 Television New Zealand Act 2003 Services owned by Apple, Google,
YouTube and Microsoft * The Ministry of Justice oversees the parts of the Broadcasting Act relating to electoral broadcasting. RNZ and TVNZ are designated as lifeline utilities in legislation managed by the
NZ Film On Demand (owned by NZFC) Ministry for Civil Defence and Emergency Management.
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