New Zealand television website throng.co.nz has today launched the 3rd Annual Shortland Street Fan Awards.

Fans of New Zealand’s longest running drama series are being invited to vote in more than 25 categories ranging from the hottest actor and actress and favourite episode to the best couple and who is most likely to make it in Hollywood.

Voting is open until the 28th of November with the winners being announced on Monday, December 1st, 2008. Preliminary results will be available to media on request on the 17th of November.

Over 20,000 votes were cast during the 2007 awards.

Have your say by voting today in the Shortland Street Fan Awards by going to NZ’s TV Watching Community website throng.co.nz.

Throng New Zealand (www.throng.co.nz) recently surveyed four free-to-air local news bulletins in depth over a four week period: ONE News, 3 News, PRIME News - First at 5:30 and TVNZ News at 8.

In many areas the four bulletins were very similar but there were also some surprising differences. This summary focuses on overall comparisons between the bulletins and is the second of a series of releases comparing the news bulletins over this four week period.

How did the news bulletins compare for news, sport and weather coverage?

ONE News: 57% News, 27% Sport, 16% Weather
3 News: 65% News, 25% Sport, 10% Weather
PRIME: 59% News, 36% Sport, 4% Weather
TVNZ 7: 74% News, 15% Sport, 11% Weather

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NZ’s TV community website Throng (www.throng.co.nz) recently surveyed four free-to-air local news bulletins in depth over a four week period: ONE News, 3 News, PRIME News - First at 5:30 and TVNZ News at 8. 

In many areas the four bulletins were very similar but there were also some surprising differences.  This summary focusing on sports coverage marks the first of a series of releases comparing the news bulletins over this four week period. 

How long are the bulletins - really?

Once advertising, upcoming previews, promotions and news bulletin summaries were discounted, both ONE News and 3 News had similar bulletin lengths on average - 40:14 and 40:58 respectively.  TVNZ News at 8 on Freeview offered an average bulletin length of 49:49 - shorter than one might expect given the network is advertising-free.  PRIME’s half hour 5:30 bulletin averaged 20:34.

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