NZ On Screen is a state-funded online promotional showcase of
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 List of islands of New Zealand, smaller islands. It is the ...
television and film. Funded by
NZ On Air, it provides free worldwide access to NZ-produced television, film and music videos. Content is streamed and the webpages provide authoritative background information.
The site was launched in October 2008 and is updated constantly. It provides titles in full or as excerpts, with background notes, photographs and profiles of key cast and crew. All material is rights-cleared and there is some content now on the site that had not been seen since its mid-twentieth century screening.
The ScreenTalk section is a videoblog with interviews with people from the NZ television and film industry – including
Florian Habicht,
Rena Owen Renas may refer to:
Places
* Rena, Badajoz, a municipality in Extremadura, Spain
* Rena, Norway, a village in Innlandet county, Norway
* Rena, Washington, a community in Clallam County, Washington, United States
People
* Rena (given name), list o ...
,
Margaret Mahy,
Vincent Ward and
Sam Neill.
The site won a
Qantas Media Award for Best Entertainment site in May 2009, and was finalist for Best Website Design.
References
External links
NZ On Screenofficial site
ScreenTalk interviewsNZ On AirArticle on Lively Blogfrom the MCH website
Interview with NZ On Screen director Brenda Leeuwenbergon the site's first anniversary. The Big Idea, October 2009
New Zealand digital libraries
Film organisations in New Zealand
Television in New Zealand
2008 establishments in New Zealand
Internet properties established in 2008
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