ukpakeha
19-01-2008, 05:01 AM
Well, well, well!
After years of the ABC saying 'no' they've finally said 'yes'. Triangle told me that the ABC wouldn't let them carry its ABC Asia Pacific news on the grounds that reception in NZ wasn't intended or authorised, although it would have had problems paying for it even if the ABC had let it.
I remember Sky News used to carry BBC's UK news bulletins on its old UHF channel - could Australia Network bulletins be of any less interest to NZ audiences than those - or for that matter, the foreign language stuff already shown on Stratos?
From Press Release
ABC news service on Stratos
Stratos is pleased to advise that we have completed negotiations with Australia Network, which is part of ABC, to provide a late afternoon news feed direct from Australia.
This will commence as of this coming Monday (January 21) at 5:30 and will run against the Prime news service.
Initially this will be a Monday to Friday service, but depending on interest and audience we may time shift it to a 7 day a week service.
This is a significant new addition to our international news line up, and comes from one of the region's leading and prestigious broadcasters.
Please note we will be only carrying their news, and not other programming available on this service because of copyright issues.
http://australianetwork.com
ENDS
After years of the ABC saying 'no' they've finally said 'yes'. Triangle told me that the ABC wouldn't let them carry its ABC Asia Pacific news on the grounds that reception in NZ wasn't intended or authorised, although it would have had problems paying for it even if the ABC had let it.
I remember Sky News used to carry BBC's UK news bulletins on its old UHF channel - could Australia Network bulletins be of any less interest to NZ audiences than those - or for that matter, the foreign language stuff already shown on Stratos?
From Press Release
ABC news service on Stratos
Stratos is pleased to advise that we have completed negotiations with Australia Network, which is part of ABC, to provide a late afternoon news feed direct from Australia.
This will commence as of this coming Monday (January 21) at 5:30 and will run against the Prime news service.
Initially this will be a Monday to Friday service, but depending on interest and audience we may time shift it to a 7 day a week service.
This is a significant new addition to our international news line up, and comes from one of the region's leading and prestigious broadcasters.
Please note we will be only carrying their news, and not other programming available on this service because of copyright issues.
http://australianetwork.com
ENDS