Public service broadcasting: Where taxpayer money goes
$233 million spent annually on various forms of public broadcasting:
Television - $174 million
• $82 million contestable NZ on Air funding (includes $15.1 million Platinum Fund)
• $58 million for Maori television (includes $25 million Te Mangai Paho contestable)
• $18 million for TVNZ 6 and 7
• $5 million for Freeview
• $2 million for Parliament TV
• $9 million for other (Pacific transmission, archiving, digital, NZ On Screen, etc)
Radio - $59 million
• $36 million for Radio New Zealand
• $11 million for Maori radio
• $5 million for New Zealand music
• $3 million for National Pacific Radio Trust
• $4 million for commercial and community radio
Estimates
• $16.25 million - TVNZ continuing "a reasonable level of service" for TVNZ 7. (The government provided TVNZ $79 million over six years to fund TVNZ 6 and 7 offset by a $70 million dividend paid by TVNZ in 2005. Funding ends in June 2012)
• $6.5 million for RNZ to set up and run "radio with pictures" public service television including $2 million from NZ on Air
Audiences
Average monthly cumulative audience:
• 2.1 million - watching a programme on TVNZ 6 or 7
• 1.6 million - watching a programme on Maori TV
• 2.2 million - listening to a programme on National or Concert radio
