ITV Global Entertainment Renews NZ Output Deal

CANNES, October 14: ITV Global Entertainment’s Granada
International Australia division has renewed its output deal with TVNZ, keeping
the long-running soap Coronation Street
on the flagship channel TV One.

Announcing
the multigenre, multiyear deal, Augustus Dulgaro, the senior VP of sales for
Australia, New Zealand and Japan at Granada International Australia, noted:
“It’s great to build on our long standing relationship with our friends at
TVNZ. Among the many titles that work well for them, are our longrunning series
such as Emmerdale,
Heartbeat and The
Jeremy Kyle Show
and we’re very pleased to be able to continue to supply these shows as part of
this deal. ”

Jeff Latch,
the head of television at TVNZ, added: “We’re delighted to confirm the
extension of our output agreement, particularly as this has secured the rights
for Coronation Street for our loyal viewers. There are also some exciting new titles included
in the deal such as the two part drama Lost in Austen and the six-part drama Time of
Your Life.”

Jane
Wilson, the general manager of programming at TVNZ, added: “The deal brings
long-term stability and consistency to the schedule. It allows us to provide a
range of quality programming from popular broad appeal entertainment such as
TV2’s Hell’s Kitchen and TV One’s Trinny and Susannah franchise, to a range of acclaimed television
features for the prestigious Sunday Theatre strand.”

—By Mansha Daswani