3 News reporter returns to NZ after being deported from Fiji

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3 3 News political reporter Sia Aston has returned to New Zealand after being deported from Fiji by the military-led government.

Aston and cameraman Matt Smith were detained in a room by the military for five hours and had all of their footage confiscated after officials were not happy with their news reports.

They wanted nothing but positive stories about the regime, the interim government. Anything outside that is just not allowed, said Aston.

The pair were guarded overnight by police and soldiers before being escorted to the airport and banned from the pacific country indefinitely.

ABC Australias Sean Dorney was also deported from Fiji at the same time as the 3 News crew.

TVNZs Barbara Dreaver was thrown out of Fiji in December last year.
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TV news ratings for April 9, 2009

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NB: NZI Business screens at 6.00am, while ASB Business screens at 6.30am during the first half hour of Breakfast.
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Pippa Wetzell gives birth to a baby girl

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Im stoked about the safe arrival of little Cameron as is everyone at TVNZ and we pass on our very best wishes to Pippa and Torrin.

Pippa plans to return to Breakfast later this year and while we look forward to that we also want her to take all the time she can to hang out with her little girls, its such precious time that passes so quickly.

Im sure there will be many viewers wanting to pass on their congratulations and they are welcome to email a message to Pippa from the Breakfast page on our website which we will forward to her, www.tvnz.co.nz/breakfast.
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Good Friday Flashback: Classic Breakfast

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TV news ratings for April 8, 2009

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NB: NZI Business screens at 6.00am, while ASB Business screens at 6.30am during the first half hour of Breakfast.
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TV news ratings for April 7, 2009

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NB: NZI Business screens at 6.00am, while ASB Business screens at 6.30am during the first half hour of Breakfast.
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Video: Paul Henry: Moustache Gate

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TV news ratings for April 6, 2009

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NB: NZI Business screens at 6.00am, while ASB Business screens at 6.30am during the first half hour of Breakfast.
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TV news ratings for April 3, 2009

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NB: NZI Business screens at 6.00am, while ASB Business screens at 6.30am during the first half hour of Breakfast.
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TV3 plan to revive Agenda

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TV3TV3 have confirmed that they are planning their own political show in an attempt to force TVNZs Q+A off the air.

Funds for Q+A end in June and this is when TV3 are proposing to launch their own show, meaning that both shows will have to compete for NZ On Air funding.

NZ On Air will have to decide whether it will fund Q+A or whether they fund ours. My pick is there wont be two political shows, said TV3 news and current affairs director Mark Jennings.

Making things even more interesting is the announcement that TV3s show will be called Agenda - the show TVNZ dumped in favour of Q+A.

Richard Harman, former producer of TVNZs Agenda, approached TV3 as soon as his show was dumped by the state broadcaster. TVNZ recently decided to replace Agenda with Q+A so that they could produce it in-house.

TV3 say that their political editor Duncan Garner will most definitely be involved if their version of Agenda goes ahead, and that they will also approach Radio New Zealands Morning Report presenter Sean Plunket to be co-host.

Q+A is presented by Paul Holmes, Therese Arseneau, and TVNZ political editor Guyon Espiner.
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TV news ratings for April 2, 2009

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NB: NZI Business screens at 6.00am, while ASB Business screens at 6.30am during the first half hour of Breakfast.
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New logo for C4

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src=_YJPEIl_VuVY/SdQMqU81sWI/AAAAAAAAA9A/tUDATJ60bW4/s400/C4+new+logo.pngC4 unveiled a new logo this week, however it was not as exciting as such an event could be.

Apart from the network promo that screens between some shows, most of the on-air look has remained exactly the same with the new logo just sitting where the old one used to.

The new style looks as though the old logo has been rolled out to sit flat, and to be honest it is nothing at all spectacular. Although it has already begun to grow on me, my initial thought was that the previous version was better.

However, one thing many will be happy about is that the watermark at the bottom of the screen during shows is now grey rather than coloured, and is a lot smaller and less intrusive. A large number of viewers had been complaining on message boards about the old logo getting in the way of shows such as 24.
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Comedy Central begins on Sky

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src=_YJPEIl_VuVY/SdQIBj4fgMI/AAAAAAAAA84/j9-56P-1teA/s320/Comedy+Central.pngComedy Central went live on Sky channel 010 yesterday, rather fitting for April Fools day.

The channel will be run by MTV Australian & New Zealand, who also operate our MTV and Nickelodeon channels on Sky.

Although Comedy Central is perhaps the worlds biggest comedy brand, this is the first time the channel has been available in the Southern Hemisphere.

The 24/7 Sky channel will feature classic comedy shows such as Frasier, The Goodies, Seinfeld, and The Young Ones as well as recent hits including 30 Rock, Entourage, and How I Met Your Mother.
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TV news ratings for April 1, 2009

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NB: NZI Business screens at 6.00am, while ASB Business screens at 6.30am during the first half hour of Breakfast.
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TV news ratings for March 2009

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