TV ONE

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TV One
Current TV ONE Logo
Launched June 1, 1960
Owned by TVNZ
Picture format 576i 16:9 (SDTV)
720p 16:9 (HDTV)
Audience share 68.5% Free-to-air,
58% Nationally
(2006, ACN)
Country Flag of New Zealand New Zealand
Headquarters Auckland, New Zealand
Formerly called NZBC TV
Website tvone.co.nz
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue VHF band
normally tuned to 1
Freeview|HD Channel 1
SKY Television Analogue Channel 1
Satellite
Freeview Channel 1
SKY Television Digital Channel 1
Cable
TelstraClear Channel 1

TV One is a New Zealand national television network owned and operated by state-owned media company TVNZ. It is targeted at an older audience, compared to other major television channels in New Zealand. ONE has a broad range of programming including ONE News and Current Affairs and ONE Sport. The channel also has rights to screen sporting events live such as the Olympics (until 2008), the Commonwealth Games and the America's Cup.It also broadcasts the Eurovision Song Contest on a yearly basis.

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[edit] History

On 1 April 1975, the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation was split into 3 separate state owned corporations; Television One, Television Two and Radio New Zealand. The Avalon Television Centre in Wellington opened that day and became the headquarters of TV One. WNTV1 and DNTV2 studios were used for TV One, while AKTV2 and CHTV3 studios were used for TV2, which commenced later that year. In 1980 the two television channels merged to form Television New Zealand, with the purpose of finally providing a dividend to the Government. The merger was promised to provide 'complementary programming' for both channels.

[edit] Programming

[edit] News Programming

Main article: ONE News

News and Current Affairs programming takes up a large amount of the weekly schedule. The main bulletin, titled ONE News at 6pm, screens daily at 6:00pm. Other news and current affairs shows include Breakfast, ONE News at Midday, ONE News at 4.30pm, Close Up and Tonight.

[edit] Sport

TV One, through the name ONE Sport, currently holds rights to screen major world sporting events live such as the Commonwealth Games, America's Cup and the Olympics (although rights to the Olympics will go to SKY Television and it's free-to-air channel Prime TV after the 2008 Olympic Games). The network previously held rights to delayed coverage of Super 14 Rugby, National Provincial Championship (NPC) Rugby, Rugby World Cup, and International Test Rugby union, however these rights were lost to TV3, who subsequently lost the rights again to Prime TV.TV3 also got the rights for the 2008 V8 Supercar series off TV One

[edit] Original Programing

TV One's original programming is all made in New Zealand, and many are subsidised by New Zealand on Air.

[edit] Imported Programing

The majority of TV One's programming is imported from overseas, mostly from the United Kingdom, with some shows from the United States and Australia also on the lineup.

[edit] Current Primetime Schedule

6:00 PM 6:30 PM 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM
SUN ONE News Location Location Location Sunday Sunday Theatre
MON Close Up Border Security Medical Emergency Without a Trace Inside Story
TUE Coronation Street Stars in Their Eyes (NZ) Intrepid Journeys
WED Fair Go Animal House Cold Case Real Crime
THU Coronation Street Criminal Minds Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
FRI Doctor Who Doctor Who Confidential No Going Back The Chaser's War on Everything
SAT Country Calendar Jamie's Kitchen Australia Saturday Feature Movie

News and Current Affairs are in Grey; Drama is in Blue; Sitcoms, Animation and Comedy are in Purple; Lifestyle programs are in Green; Factual programs and Documentaries are Yellow; Reality, Game shows and Talk shows are in Red; Sport is in Orange; Movies are in Pink. The above represents TV One's usual primetime schedule. It does not reflect one-off events, and program starting times may vary from those shown. This schedule is current as of 2008-04-18. For up-to-date information, see TV One's online television guide. (link).

[edit] Branding

TV One has used numerous logos throughout its history.

The original logo featured large rounded lettering, sometimes with the top half of the 'o' in the lowercase 'one' divided into rainbow colours.

This was replaced after the formation of Television New Zealand in 1980, with uppercase inline lettering.

The Friz Quadrata typeface and a more classical look debuted in 1987, contrasting Channel 2's more contemporary appearance and highlighting the network's appeal to more traditional and Anglophile viewers.

The more familiar sans serif italic lettering, with mixed case lettering, was Launched during the 1996 Olympics, and evolved into the present style in 2003.

On April 8, 2007 TV One relaunched with a new on-air graphics package, including new idents. Light Surrounding You by New Zealand band Evermore was used as the theme music, and the same logo, although with a revised colour scheme, was retained.

Since March 2008 the TV One logo now features the New Zealand Olympic Flag in it. This is because of TV One's right to air the Olympic Games.

1975 - 1980 1987 - 1995 1995 - 2002 2002 - 2004 2004 - 2007 2007 - 2008 1975 - 1980
1975 - 1980 1987 - 1995 1995 - 2002 2002 - 2004 2004 - 2007 2007 - March 2008, 2008 - present 2008 only until the olympics are over

[edit] See also

For a more extensive list of New Zealand made programmes screened on all TVNZ television channels, see List of TVNZ television programming.

[edit] External links