tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post2764564410454947424..comments2023-11-13T16:30:40.096+13:00Comments on Editing the Herald: Bloody Maoris: TV EditionJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12661495023149576052noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-1949964623039814762009-10-07T13:05:03.887+13:002009-10-07T13:05:03.887+13:00Why shouldn't you pay for a Freeview box? I di...Why shouldn't you pay for a Freeview box? I didn't have reception at my place (which isn't rural) so I had to pay to get it. TV isn't some kind of right that everybody should be entitled to have free.Stinkbuzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-32053075234875263572009-10-06T17:54:45.989+13:002009-10-06T17:54:45.989+13:00@Anonymous
You'll have to get one eventually....@Anonymous<br /><br />You'll have to get one eventually. The government will be fazing out analog TV in 2012. It's actually a pretty good tactic to increase adoption.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-81489595919644022522009-10-06T14:12:41.419+13:002009-10-06T14:12:41.419+13:00Of course you would. Like I said, you'd have t...Of course you would. Like I said, you'd have to be proactive. Other than that, so what?ccsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-823010817501028252009-10-06T12:34:10.680+13:002009-10-06T12:34:10.680+13:00So you'd still have to pay to get a Freeview b...So you'd still have to pay to get a Freeview box.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-2399880506432009002009-10-06T03:00:52.644+13:002009-10-06T03:00:52.644+13:00@Bryon: You've pretty much hit the nail on the...@Bryon: You've pretty much hit the nail on the head. Anybody who doesn't already receive Maori Television but wants to can take the proactive step of getting the equipment to receive it. Rather than... well... sitting on bum and expecting the RWC to appear in the lounge courtesy of a beat-up by the People's Champion, The New Zealand Herald.<br />The article contains a lot of scare mongering of some fantasy of what could happen if MTS were to win the rights to screen the RWC. The real concern if MTS has the rights is not how many people will not bother to ensure they can receive the broadcast signal, the concern is what sort of commentary and analysis they will have around the games.ccsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-45720101206601816062009-10-05T16:46:58.936+13:002009-10-05T16:46:58.936+13:00Patrick Gower doesn't know about Freeview?Patrick Gower doesn't know about Freeview?Byronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18381512235385305474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-18595846921397534942009-10-05T16:16:40.007+13:002009-10-05T16:16:40.007+13:00Nor did the Herald.Nor did the Herald.Monk De Wally De Honknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-5348417579740868112009-10-05T16:09:02.619+13:002009-10-05T16:09:02.619+13:00Actually, it looks to me like someone actually ask...Actually, it looks to me like someone actually asked Dr Sharples and he said 90%.<br /><br />Just because it's Editing the *Herald*, it doesn't mean I think anything else is any better, let alone Stuff.<br /><br />Plus I suspect that the NBR didn't run with a "Maoris stealing our rugby" headline on their front page.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12661495023149576052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-55272849132040016892009-10-05T15:55:55.824+13:002009-10-05T15:55:55.824+13:00Actually, a little bit of googling shows NZPA'...Actually, a little bit of googling shows NZPA's claim to be 85 per cent, a figure which NBR, Stuff, Herald newspaper and yahoo.co.nz are fine to run with. Maori TV's website unfortunately doesn't include information about coverage, sadly, and I can't be arsed to phone them up.<br /><br />Suggests to me that the 90 per cent was an erroneous entry in the reporter's original copy and while the copy-editor picked it up for the newspaper, the goons online never bothered to use the checked version.Monk De Wally De Honknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9139464357237074361.post-19995156189336513902009-10-05T15:44:41.264+13:002009-10-05T15:44:41.264+13:00So which is correct? 85 per cent or 90 per cent?So which is correct? 85 per cent or 90 per cent?Monk De Wally De Honknoreply@blogger.com