- For other uses, see TV1 disambiguation.
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 Olympic Games and the America's Cup. It also broadcasts the Eurovision Song Contest.
History
1960 - 1975: NZBC TV
On 1 June 1960, New Zealand's first television channel, AKTV2, started broadcasting in the Auckland. Owned and operated by the New Zealand Broadcasting Service (NZBS, who became the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation in 1962), it initially broadcast for two hours a day, two days a week. Christchurch's CHTV3 followed in June 1961, Wellington's WNTV1 a month later, and Dunedin's DNTV2 on 31 July 1962. [1]
Television licences were introduced in August 1960, initially costing NZ£4 (equal to NZ$138 in December 2004).[2] By 1965, 300,000 television licences had been issued, and television was broadcasting seven nights a week. [1]
Initially, the four television stations were unlinked, and programming had to shipped between each station. The most notable example of the unlinked station was when the interisland ferry TEV Wahine sunk in Wellington Harbour on 10 April 1968 - newscasts of the disaster had to be shipped from WNTV1 to the other stations.
The four stations were linked together for the Apollo 11 mission in July 1969, however the first NZBC Network News didn't transmit until November that year.[1] Even with the stations linked, there was no link between New Zealand and the outside world, and footage of Apollo 11 had to be brought over from Australia by a RNZAF Hercules. With the establisment of the Warkworth satellite station in 1971, New Zealand could finally communicate with the rest of the world. The first live international broadcast was of Princess Anne's marriage to Mark Phillips on 14 November 1973. [3]
Colour television was introduced in 1974 for the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, being held in Christchurch. Due to the lack of facilities, only swimming, athletics, and boxing could be broadcast in colour. [3]
1975 - 1980: TV One
On 1 April 1975, the NZBC was split into 3 separate state owned corporations: Television One, Television Two and Radio New Zealand.
The existing NZBC television service became TV One, and were based in Avalon Television Centre in Wellington thatopened that day. TV One used the WNTV1 and DNTV2 studios, while AKTV2 and CHTV3 studios were used for the new TV2, which commenced later that year.
1980 - present: TVNZ
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.
Programming
News Programming
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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.
Sport
TV One, through the name ONE Sport, currently holds rights to screen major world sporting events live such as the Commonwealth Games and the America's Cup.
Original Programing
TV One's original programming is all made in New Zealand, and many are subsidised by New Zealand on Air.
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.
Current Primetime Schedule
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 2008-10-07. For up-to-date information, see TV One's online television guide. (link).
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.
From March 2008 until August 25 the TV One logo featured the New Zealand Olympic Flag in it. This was because of TV One's right to air the Olympic Games.
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References
See also
For a more extensive list of New Zealand made programmes screened on all TVNZ television channels, see List of TVNZ television programming.
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