- For other uses, see TV1 disambiguation.
TV One is a New Zealand national television network owned and operated by state-owned media company TVNZ. It is targeted at an older audience, compared to other major television channels in New Zealand. ONE has a broad range of programming including ONE News and Current Affairs and ONE Sport. The channel also has rights to screen sporting events live such as the Olympics (until 2008), the Commonwealth Games and the America's Cup. It also broadcasts the Eurovision Song Contest.
History
On 1 April 1975, the New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation was split into 3 separate state owned corporations; Television One, Television Two and Radio New Zealand. The Avalon Television Centre in Wellington opened that day and became the headquarters of TV One. WNTV1 and DNTV2 studios were used for TV One, while AKTV2 and CHTV3 studios were used for TV2, which commenced later that year. In 1980 the two television channels merged to form Television New Zealand, with the purpose of finally providing a dividend to the Government. The merger was promised to provide 'complementary programming' for both channels.
Programming
News Programming
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News and Current Affairs programming takes up a large amount of the weekly schedule. The main bulletin, titled ONE News at 6pm, screens daily at 6:00pm. Other news and current affairs shows include Breakfast, ONE News at Midday, ONE News at 4.30pm, Close Up and Tonight.
Sport
TV One, through the name ONE Sport, currently holds rights to screen major world sporting events live such as the Commonwealth Games, America's Cup and the Olympics.
Original Programing
TV One's original programming is all made in New Zealand, and many are subsidised by New Zealand on Air.
Imported Programing
The majority of TV One's programming is imported from overseas, mostly from the United Kingdom, with some shows from the United States and Australia also on the lineup.
Current Primetime Schedule
The prime-time schedule will be different during the Beijing Olympics see ONE Sport# Olympics and ONE News# Olympic Coverage.
News and Current Affairs are in Grey; Drama is in Blue; Sitcoms, Animation and Comedy are in Purple; Lifestyle programs are in Green; Factual programs and Documentaries are Yellow; Reality, Game shows and Talk shows are in Red; Sport is in Orange; Movies are in Pink. The above represents TV One's usual primetime schedule. It does not reflect one-off events, and program starting times may vary from those shown. This schedule is current as of 2008-06-15. For up-to-date information, see TV One's online television guide. (link).
Branding
TV One has used numerous logos throughout its history.
The original logo featured large rounded lettering, sometimes with the top half of the 'o' in the lowercase 'one' divided into rainbow colours.
This was replaced after the formation of Television New Zealand in 1980, with uppercase inline lettering.
The Friz Quadrata typeface and a more classical look debuted in 1987, contrasting Channel 2's more contemporary appearance and highlighting the network's appeal to more traditional and Anglophile viewers.
The more familiar sans serif italic lettering, with mixed case lettering, was Launched during the 1996 Olympics, and evolved into the present style in 2003.
On April 8, 2007 TV One relaunched with a new on-air graphics package, including new idents. Light Surrounding You by New Zealand band Evermore was used as the theme music, and the same logo, although with a revised colour scheme, was retained.
Since March 2008 the TV One logo now features the New Zealand Olympic Flag in it. This is because of TV One's right to air the Olympic Games.
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See also
For a more extensive list of New Zealand made programmes screened on all TVNZ television channels, see List of TVNZ television programming.
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