Very good news all round for the creative sector in Budget 06 especially locally produced drama and television. Today's new funding comprised $20m to NZ On Air for local programming, $2.4m to enable TVNZ to supply New Zealand programming by satellite to the Pacific nations and $2.4m to Radio New Zealand to implement a remuneration strategy. Creative New Zealand's additional funding would bring its total to $15.5m a year.

Budget 2006: Creative sector gets boost Courtesy of NZ Herald

Image: Budget 2006: Good news for local television and film productions such as Maddigans Quest based on Margaret Mahy's novel and produced by South Pacific Television. Maddigans Quest screens on Australia's Nine Network and TV3 - Rose McGivor plays Garland.Very good news all round for the creative sector in Budget 06 especially locally produced drama and television. Today's new funding comprised $20m to NZ On Air for local programming, $2.4m to enable TVNZ to supply New Zealand programming by satellite to the Pacific nations and $2.4m to Radio New Zealand to implement a remuneration strategy. Creative New Zealand's additional funding would bring its total to $15.5m a year.

Budget 2006: Creative sector gets boost Courtesy of NZ Herald

Image: Budget 2006: Good news for local television and film productions such as Maddigans Quest based on Margaret Mahy's novel and produced by South Pacific Television. Maddigans Quest screens on Australia's Nine Network and TV3 - Rose McGivor plays Garland.