{"id":34006,"date":"2018-09-07T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2018-09-07T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=34006"},"modified":"2018-09-07T10:00:24","modified_gmt":"2018-09-07T14:00:24","slug":"new-zealand-invests-in-free-to-air-broadcasts-to-pacific","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/09\/new-zealand-invests-in-free-to-air-broadcasts-to-pacific\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand invests in free-to-air broadcasts to Pacific"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Source: RadioInfo<\/a> via William Lee)<\/p>\n

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NZ gives $10 million for Pacific Broadcasting<\/h3>\n

While Australia\u2019s ABC is cutting shortwave Radio Australia broadcasts to the Pacific, the New Zealand government has just announced a NZ$10 million grant for an enhanced free-to-air Pasifika TV service across the region.<\/p>\n

NZ foreign minister Winston Peters announced the plans at the Pacific Islands Forum in Nauru, with the money to be spent over the next three years to improve both quality and access for free-to-air broadcasters.<\/p>\n

The expansion of the Pacific Cooperation Broadcasting Ltd service will also include a comprehensive training programme to support broadcasting and journalism across the Pacific, including equipment, internships and cross-regional training.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read full story.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: RadioInfo via William Lee) NZ gives $10 million for Pacific Broadcasting While Australia\u2019s ABC is cutting shortwave Radio Australia broadcasts to the Pacific, the New Zealand government has just announced a NZ$10 million grant for an enhanced free-to-air Pasifika TV service across the region. NZ foreign minister Winston Peters announced the plans at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,960,3],"tags":[2824,2638,6422],"class_list":["post-34006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","tag-new-zealand","tag-radioinfo","tag-william-lee"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-8Qu","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33525,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/08\/australian-foreign-minister-says-her-party-did-not-support-shutting-down-shortwave\/","url_meta":{"origin":34006,"position":0},"title":"Australian Foreign Minister says her party did not support shutting down shortwave","author":"Thomas","date":"August 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: RadioInfo via William Lee and Dennis Dura) Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has told [ ABC's Radio National ] RN's Fran Kelly that her party did not support the ABC's decision to switch off short wave services in the Pacific. \"It is not a decision of the Australian government,\"\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Broadcasters"","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Shepparton-10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Shepparton-10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Shepparton-10.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41071,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/abcs-review-of-shortwave-broadcasting-released\/","url_meta":{"origin":34006,"position":1},"title":"ABC’s review of shortwave broadcasting released","author":"Thomas","date":"December 5, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Michael Bird, who shares a link to RadioInfo that summarizes the recently-released \"Review of Australian Broadcasting Services in the Asia Pacific\" by the ABC. 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