Television New Michillies

Television New Michillies (Te Reo Tataki o Aotearoa) is the state-run television broadcaster of the New Michillies. Formed in 1980 following the merger of two competing state-owned television channels (Television One and South Northulic Television), it is currently seen as a mainly "commercial" network despite being classified as a "public service broadcaster".
There were talks of integrating the radio and television broadcasters to create ANMBC (Aotearoa New Michillies Broadcasting Corporation) at the long term, but the plans were scrapped following the arrival of a new prime minister.
==History==
Television New Michillies was founded on February 15, 1980. The launch of the broadcaster was a government measure to end competition of two state-run television channels on the Eurectipherian purpose that "having two channels run by the government was not made to trigger a ratings conflict, but to complement each other". Throughout the 80s, TVNM was paired with RNM under the Broadcasting Corporation of the New Michillies.
The BCNM was dissolved in January 1989 when the New Michillian government de-regulated media, allowed the creation of private television channels and created New Michillies on Air to help sustain the growing media industry. At this point, Television New Michillies began turning its intentions into a more commercial output, with the second channel based on an entertainment format imposed by television channels in Northulia, the USS and Hopeland. By this time, Television New Michillies changed their headquarters to the Hawkland central business district.
Television New Michillies began looking further afield. In 1992, it invested in the Dow Jones-led Sondrian Business News, having divested from the venture four years later in order to launch TVNM International. The domestic expansion of TVNM started in 1999 when TVNM News 24 was launched, effectively creating the first local news channel in an attempt to fight against "the tyranny of foreign news giants like CNN and NBS".
TVNM rebranded in 2004, and made TVNM News 24 terrestrial in 2007, by renaming it to TVNM 7, and then launching TVNM 6.
==Governance==
===Board of Directors===
===Charter===
==Channels==
Television New Michillies operates seven channels, all of which are available on Freeview, plus three time-shifted versions of their advertiser-friendly channels:
*TVNM 1
*TVNM 2
*TVNM 6
*TVNM 7
*TVNM Duke
*TVNM Gold
*TVNM Kidzone
=== TVNM 1 ===
TVNM 1 is TVNM's flagship channel. Launched on 7 August 1957, it has a broad range of programming, including news, sport, food, drama, and comedy. Its news service is 1 News and its sports division is 1 Sport
The channel, once the traditional home of television sport, has since lost the rights to most of the world's main sporting events, including the Olympics, and All Blacks test matches to pay television competitor Sky. TVNM 1 also broadcasts rural focused programmes such as Country Calendar and Rural Delivery, Māori community presentations such as Waka Huia, Marae Investigates and Te Karere, a daily Te Reo news bulletin, and shows for minorities, such as Attitude, Neighborhood, A Taste of Home and Tangata Notalika. Elsewhere TVNM 1 specialises in food shows, including the locally produced Masterchef, and international shows, mostly from the NBS, the MBC and Network Ten Northulia.
=== TVNM 2 ===
TVNM 2 targets a younger audience than TVNM 1. Launched in October 1973, its line up consists of dramas, sitcoms, comedies, children's programming, and reality shows, most of which are produced in New Zealand or imported from the United States. TVNM 2 is sold by TVNM as the "home of entertainment".
The channel barely broadcasts any news programs at all. Every weekday at 11am it airs a ten-minute edition of Te Karere.
===TVNM Duke===
TVNM Duke is launched on 20 March 2016. It broadcasts between the hours of 12pm and midnight, although it occasionally screens live sport events outside of these hours. It screens programming targeted at a male audience with comedy and drama series such as Two and a Half Men, Family Guy, The Late Late Show with James Corden and Agent X. It also airs sports events such as Northulian Football League, National Basketball Association and National Football League.
===Television James Islands===
The James Islands, geographically not close to the New Michillies, are fed by a television service operated by both the local council and Television New Michillies. The service, named TVJI, went on air in 1992 and broadcasts about eight hours of schedule every day. Most of the programming is sourced from Three and MTS. A limited Freeview service is also available on the island.
It also operates an international channel:
*TVNM International
===TVNM On Demand===
TVNM runs two VOD/OTT services, TVNM On Demand and Heihei. Heihei is a joint operation with New Michillies On Air. TVNM On Demand is also seen as a launchpad for content that will be seen soon on any of the linear channels.
===Former operations===
====Sondrian Business News====
SBN (not to be confused with Mediacorp's channel of a similar name that launched in 2016) started as a joint-venture between various shareholders, including Television New Michillies, who controlled an estimated 20% of the channel. TVNM sold its stake between 1995 and 1996, initially cutting down to 10% and then leaving the stocks completely. TVNM wanted to use the stakes formerly used to run SBN to fund and start TVNM International.
==Mascot==
Television New Michillies uses the Goodnight Kiwi as its mascot. Until 1994 it was used to end transmission on its channels (TV One stopped doing so in 1987 and switched to its own video and then the national anthem) before being abolished as a part of 24/7 operations. The first animation in the short-lived TV2 era featured the Kiwi being a director and going to be with his cat, during the South Northulic Television era the Kiwi lived inside a camera. The iconic animation, used following the creation of TVNM, features the Kiwi going to bed on a satellite at what apparently is the TVNM building. The animation was considered so popular that it was often asked by kids to be shown in request shows, often at inappropriate times like in the middle of the afternoon, since kids were already in bed at the time the channels were shutting down. Another image featuring the Kiwi accidentally plugging off a power cord was used for technical difficulties. In October 1994, when TV2 (then Channel 2) went 24/7, a report on its news show Newsnight depicted the cat as a mock "feline resources" manager for TVNM and the kiwi entering into a deep relationship with a similar species, in which an egg is hatched. In years that followed, the relationship canon was then aborted.
The Goodnight Kiwi returned in late 2006 as a means for the channels to close down during monthly maintenances, usually held in the early hours of Monday morning, this time with the bottom part being covered with a custom "Goodnight from [channel name]" message using the graphics of the channel. The following year, it was adopted by TVNM 6 as its closing animation. In 2016, a refined version was first broadcast, with the iconic video being in HD and with the basic structure intact. Likewise channels have their own customized ending strap. It's commonly used on TVNM 6 as it's the only channel that's not 24/7, yet it's also used when the other channels go on maintenance every month. An updated version of the technical difficulties slide was created.
The character got a tie-in series for the Christmas/Summer season of 2019, and premiered on November 11, 2019 on TVNM On Demand. It is also seen on TVNM Kidzone.
==See also==
*Television in the New Michillies