The new of the large loss by TVNZ got me interested in what has happened to revenue for major NZ media companies. So I went through the annual reports for those that have public ones.
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TVNZ'S revenue is 5% lower in 2023 than 2015. They are a commercial broadcaster, so this is not surprising. It explains the layoffs – expenses would have gone up lots since 2015, and income has not.
nzme revenue is 16% lower in 2022 than 2015. But they have been increasing since 2020 with a 10% revenue increase over two years.
Māori TV's revenue in 2023 46% higher than in 2015, and radio nz is 43% higher. This shows how publicly funded media are in far more comfortable positions that commercial media.
Would be interesting to include stuff in the graph, but their finances are private.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders.
nzme revenue is 16% lower in 2022 than 2015. But they have been increasing since 2020 with a 10% revenue increase over two years.
Māori TV's revenue in 2023 46% higher than in 2015, and radio nz is 43% higher. This shows how publicly funded media are in far more comfortable positions that commercial media.
Would be interesting to include stuff in the graph, but their finances are private.
David Farrar runs Curia Market Research, a specialist opinion polling and research agency, and the popular Kiwiblog where this article was sourced. He previously worked in the Parliament for eight years, serving two National Party Prime Ministers and three Opposition Leaders.
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And what happened to the $300M that Ardern spent with the media to tell English speaking Maori in te reo about COVID ?
Deliberately wasteful as a bribe to get the media doing what she wanted.
And don't forget the approx $4M spent on cartoon tv campaign with dirty water coming out of taps softening us up for 3 Waters.
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