Tuesday, April 06, 2004
If we must have it - give it a chance
Round house ridicule of Maori TV today after it failed to register on the AC Neilson media ratings. My Right for one has been quietly impressed with the delivery and packaging of the end product. That said, it will be a long time before I forgive the administrative negligence and indignant self righteousness.
But this criticism, so early on in the piece, does concern me a little;
National MP Nick Smith said the Nielsen Media Research survey was carried out for the first seven days of the Maori Television which started broadcasting last month.I for one have surfed, stayed for a while and occasionally enjoyed. For all the shite they have been through getting it of the ground and on the air, the final package doesn't look too bad. Fair play to the folk on the ground.
It "found not one person, zero, was found to be watching any of the Maori Television Service programmes," Dr Smith told Parliament.
Answering on behalf of Maori Affairs Minister Parekura Horomia, Deputy Prime Minister Michael Cullen said he was surprised by the survey.
"That's surprising since I've met a number of people I know who have been watching Maori Television programmes. Of course other people may have been watching the nightly news to see how the member's getting on with his legal problems."
