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CUE TV
CountryNew Zealand
HeadquartersInvercargill
Programming
Language(s)English
History
LaunchedOctober 1996 (1996-10)
ClosedApril 10, 2015 (2015-04-10)

Cue TV was a TV channel and production company based in Invercargill, New Zealand.

History

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Cue TV, a local television channel based in Invercargill[1] that aimed at serving the Southland Region, was started in October 1996 as Mercury TV. It rebranded to Southland TV in 2003.[2] In retrospect, owner Tom Conroy considered the rebrand to be a mistake, saying that the company was trying to attract an audience and advertisers from across the country, and naming it "Southland" would not help with that.[3] On 1 March 2007 the channel was rebranded again to Cue TV.[2] Starting in 2003,[4] a lot of the channel's programmes were produced by the Southern Institute of Technology, for the distance learning SIT2LRN programme.[2]

After working for Mobil, Tom Conroy became the manager of Mercury TV[5] and then in 2002 he bought the company from the owners in Britain.[3] In 2003 the channel was converted from analogue to digital[6] and joined Sky TV.[7] In 2009 Cue TV became the 10th channel to join the free digital television platform Freeview.[8] In 2012 Invercargill mayor Tim Shadbolt and Conroy on Cue TV broke the Guinness World Record for the longest TV interview—26 hours.[9]

In 2014 Cue TV revived the New Zealand version of television programme University Challenge after it had not been produced for 25 years.[10] The TV channel stopped broadcasting on 10 April 2015, moving the company to just a production company and a company that manages venues and event bookings.[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Regional TV rejigged". RNZ. 22 May 2016. Archived from the original on 15 August 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b c "History of TV". The Southland Times. 12 May 2016 – via PressReader.
  3. ^ a b "Phil McCarthy Confessions of a TV junkie". The Southland Times. 10 April 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2025 – via PressReader.
  4. ^ "How Southland Delivered Distance Learning by Recreating The Office". Issuu. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  5. ^ "A mayoral challenger emerges". The Southland Times – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ "Channel 9 discussing digital". Otago Daily Times. 4 February 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  7. ^ "Cue up a new future". The Southland Times. 2 April 2015 – via ProQuest.
  8. ^ "Cue TV to join Freeview digital satellite service". The Southland Times. 18 February 2009. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Shadbolt breaks TV interview record". 29 April 2012. Archived from the original on 20 January 2021. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  10. ^ "University Challenge returns to NZ". The Southland Times. 1 July 2014. Archived from the original on 1 December 2024. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
  11. ^ "Cue TV turns off transmissions". The Southland Times. 1 April 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
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