TVNZ follows Sky in banning Slingshot ads

[mashman]

And you are surprised because ... ???

If you ran a business would you let your competitors advertise their service in your business?

I understand the sky position, but as TVNZ is state owned I would have thought they had an obligation not to turn down advertising revenue so that we can get better programming. I'll take the third tui on the right please.

[Akzle]

fuck tv. .

[mashman]

fuck tv. .

What channel's that on? Sounds right up my alley.

[Banditbandit]

I understand the sky position, but as TVNZ is state owned I would have thought they had an obligation not to turn down advertising revenue so that we can get better programming. I'll take the third tui on the right please.

Hmmm ... it's still a business and the Government still wants their share of profits - so they have to make profits .. telling customers to go and watch a different channel is a bad idea ... In 2012 TVNZ paid $11.3million to the Government after declaring a $14.2million after tax profit ...

Revenue comes from ads sure - but they can only sell ads if they have a significant number of viewers ... and telling viewers to go elsewhere is a very bad idea ..

And what do you mean by "better programming"? Who's idea of "better"? And do you seriously think that if TVNZ had more money we would get better programmes? (See above - the Government scooped out most of their profits - which might have gone to better programmes) They will only broadcast the programmes that show, on a cost/benefit basis, the ones that pull in the most viewers ..

When I worked in the medias there was a well-used saying; "No-one ever went broke underestimating the audience" ... The populous want to watch crap ...

[Banditbandit]

fuck tv. .

What channel's that on? Sounds right up my alley.

Umm ... the back alley ??? You might want to rephrase that ...

Oh yeah .. and fuck tv is on a number of sky adult channels ...

[mashman]

Hmmm ... it's still a business and the Government still wants their share of profits - so they have to make profits .. telling customers to go and watch a different channel is a bad idea ... In 2012 TVNZ paid $11.3million to the Government after declaring a $14.2million after tax profit ...

Revenue comes from ads sure - but they can only sell ads if they have a significant number of viewers ... and telling viewers to go elsewhere is a very bad idea ..

And what do you mean by "better programming"? Who's idea of "better"? And do you seriously think that if TVNZ had more money we would get better programmes? (See above - the Government scooped out most of their profits - which might have gone to better programmes) They will only broadcast the programmes that show, on a cost/benefit basis, the ones that pull in the most viewers ..

When I worked in the medias there was a well-used saying; "No-one ever went broke underestimating the audience" ... The populous want to watch crap ...

All fair enough, but it's still only an ad that offers people a choice and looking at it any further than that is politicking and censorship.

lol@programming... read something this morning that basically said that what's on offer in NZ is shite and that people are taking up these services for that reason. If something looks good, I'll watch it irrespective of what channel it's on.

[mashman]

Umm ... the back alley ??? You might want to rephrase that ...

Oh yeah .. and fuck tv is on a number of sky adult channels ...

Like it would matter how I phrased it you twisted fuck.

So it ain't free. Damn. I'll just have to keep watching all of the free stuff the internet provides... something I should be grateful for by the looks of things.

[Banditbandit]

Like it would matter how I phrased it you twisted fuck.

So it ain't free. Damn. I'll just have to keep watching all of the free stuff the internet provides... something I should be grateful for by the looks of things.

Yeah .. less stress ... I don't have Sky - only Peasant TV ... and I refuse to use a computer outside work hours ... which somewhat limits what I can view ..

[mashman]

Yeah .. less stress ... I don't have Sky - only Peasant TV ... and I refuse to use a computer outside work hours ... which somewhat limits what I can view ..

heh... my TV options are becoming limited as the women of the house take over. Turns out that's a bad thing though.

[avgas]

If you can - see if you can sign up for Amazon prime via Slingshot. It's also got a movie streaming service which is quite handy and reasonably priced.

[haydes55]

So slingshot get all of this media coverage, loads of people talking about their service and free advertising. Win win for them

[tigertim20]

We havent had a tv in 2 years now. Dont miss it ether.
Anything we really want to watch we get online.

surprising to realise how much time you piss away sitting in front of a TV once you get rid of it - theres a whol lot more time to spend on other things like bikes and the gym, and, god forbid, actually hanging out with people.

[awayatc]

Sky is the limit...........

wouldn't bother with it if it were free....

It is onboard....surf it a bit at times.......

waste of fuckin time.....

ah, wait its work.....

[unstuck]

Sommet sport is my new favorite, alongside my old favorites country calendar and low gear and talking trucks.


Dont have sky, dont want sky.


Although I was a little miffed at sommet sports today for fucking up the scheduled time for the rallycross from canada, which saw me missing most of the action.

[Banditbandit]

Although I was a little miffed at sommet sports today for fucking up the scheduled time for the rallycross from canada, which saw me missing most of the action.

Don't worry - they will repeat it during the week. I stopped halfway though so I would wake up in time for the GP race ... singing 10-nil, 10-nil, 10-nil .... (And they will rescreen the Moto3 and 2 races as well (which I slept through) ..