C4 (New Zealand)

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C4 is a music television station operating in New Zealand and owned by Canwest MediaWorks NZ, a company 70% owned by Canadian broadcasting conglomerate Canwest.

The station was originally named TV4, a station for an 18-30 year-old audience featuring a mix of programmes. However in 2003 TV4 ceased broadcasting and relaunched as a music channel called C4. When the station is off air (between the hours of 12am and 4pm weekdays, or 3am and 4pm weekends) it shows large amounts of infomercials, car sale shows & adult entertainment services.

New Zealand on Air paid $500,000 for the first year of operation. C4 was to broadcast 58 hours a week of music television in prime-time, reaching 72% of the population, with a target of 20-25% New Zealand music content agreed with NZ on Air.

C4 was the first TV network in the world to show the cartoon series Popetown, originally made for the BBC but then pulled from their schedule. This prompted bishops of the Roman Catholic Church in New Zealand to call for a boycott of all CanWest radio and television stations. Catholic leaders and other religious groups such as Family Life International called for a boycott of all CanWest stations in February 2006 when C4 chose to air the South Park episode Bloody Mary sooner than originally planned, the next day it was reported the bloody mary episode was C4's highest rated show ever.

C4 has a deal with MTV Networks to air MTV programming in New Zealand, which has proven successful to date, with shows such as Pimp My Ride and Jackass proving popular among C4's target demographic. Music videos are being gradually replaced by content of this kind. The MTV content could be taken off as Sky TV is to launch a 24 hour MTV channel soon, although this has not happened yet.

Current Shows

{| class="wikitable" width=100% !width=15%| !width=15%| Show !width=30%| Hosted by !width=55%| Notes |- |- || ||6 Degrees ||No Host ||We show how some of the most unlikely artists are related! |- ||

||Amp'd ||Jono Pryor ||rock show |- || ||Blender || ||A random assortment of music videos both old and new. |- ||

||Boost Mobile Holla Hour ||DJ Sir-Vere ||Hip-Hop show |- || ||C4 Presents ||No Host ||Special presentations of concerts or other live events from around the world. |- || ||Classic Albums ||No Host ||Recounting the journey of some of rock’s most legendary music recordings through those who were there to see and hear history happen. |- || ||Drop In TV ||No Host ||FMX tour of New Zealand |- || ||Every Video Ever Made ||No Host ||Specials featuring every music video ever made by a selected artist. |- || ||12 Reasons ||No Host ||12 music videos relating to a certain theme |- || ||U Choose 40 ||[[]] ||Viewers Vote their favourite Songs in a set theme in a top 40 song countdown |- || ||Homegrown ||Jane Yee and Clarke Gayford
Jaquie Brown (former) ||New Zealand music show |- || ||Pop Goes the Weasel ||Jacquie Brown ||Music quiz show; |- ||

||Premieres ||Various Hosts ||We check out the latest music videos to hit New Zealand. See them here first. |- || ||Select (Weekends) ||Unhosted ||Jukebox style show where viewers at home select which video will play. |- || ||Vodafone Select Live ||Joel Defries ||Live version of Select on air during the week, which features guests, prizes and viewer calls, the show is now sponsored by Vodafone hence the name. |- || ||The Soundlab ||Nick D ||Dance and electronica show |- || ||Special Features (Formerly The A List) ||Jane Yee and Clarke Gayford (current)
Jaquie Brown (former) ||A magazine style show featuring news and items from the worlds of music, movies and games. Formerly called The A List but was renamed Special Features after Jaquie Brown left for TV3's current affairs show Campbell Live as one of the reporters in 2005. |- ||

||Spoon ||Glenn Quagmire ||Early morning show featuring artists like B-jork. |- || ||The Official New Zealand Top 40 ||Laila Dookia ||Weekly countdown of New Zealand's top 40 singles |- || ||The Steelmill ||No Host ||Covering Death Metal, Black Metal, Thrash Metal, Speed Metal, Industrial Metal, Grindcore, Hardcore, Deathcore and Epic Metal. |- ||

||Top 10 || ||Themed countdown of videos which fit a theme |- || ||TKO ||No Host ||Text Knock Out, two videos are put head-to-head, as the viewers at home vote for which video will play next with results shown live on screen. It was aired for a few months in 2003 in a weekday prime-time slot but was axed due to disappointing ratings. It was recomissioned in 2006 but only airing one episode per week. |- || ||Video Hits ||Various Artists ||We pick an artist we like and play a stack of their best music vids for your enjoyment. |- ||

||Insert Video Here ||Dai Henwood ||Dai Henwood takes to the streets giving his perspective on New Zealanders thoughts on music. |-

Other shows on C4 (past and present)

Note many of these shows will be repeated at various points during the year.

• Top of the Pops - Airing the BBC (UK) version - To end in August.
• Later with Jools Holland
• Little Britain - Formerly on Prime.
• Jackass (Ended)
• Room Raiders
• My Super Sweet 16
• Camp Jim
• The Assistant (Ended)
• Popetown (Ended) - Aired all ten episodes despite controversy between the Roman Catholics who were trying to ban the show from airing.
• Beavis & Butthead
• Viva La Bam
• (Ended)
• Dirty Sanchez (Ended)
• Swag (Ended)
• Wildboyz
• Futurama
• Family Guy On Break
• Clone High (Ended)
• Kung Faux (Ended)
• MTV Cribs
• I Bet You Will
• The Fabulous Life Of
• Ride with Funkmaster Flex
• Laguna Beach
• Pimp My Ride
• Pulp Sport - Moved to TV3 in 2005.
• South Park
• The Ashlee Simpson Show
• Invader Zim (Ended)
• (Ended)
• Wanna Come In?
• Punk'd
• The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
• Meet the Barkers
• Coast (This show is produced & screened by The Maori Channel)
• Flashbacks (Ended 24th June 2006)The show was recently ended of unexplained reasons
• Freestyle (Ended June)The show was recently ended of unexplained reasons
• Intellectual Property (Ended June)The show was recently ended of unexplained reasons
• Ronnie Johns half hour

Awards Shows

C4 also screens the following awards shows annually:

• MTV Video Music Awards
• MTV Movie Awards
• MTV Europe Music Awards
• MTV Australia Video Music Awards
• Vodafone New Zealand Music Awards

References

• [Phase Four Report Card]" NZ On Air, Wellington .
• Bay Of Plenty Times (Feb 22.) 2006.[“Catholics angry at show's timing”]. Retrieved Feb. 23, 2006.

See also

• FreeView

External link

• [Official Site]

C4 Primetime Schedule ''as of 17 June 2006
-	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00
Saturday	Laguna Beach	Top of the Pops	Blender	E-Klipz		Blender
Sunday	Punk'd	Classis Albums		Flashbacks		Blender
Monday	TKO	It's Good To Be	Boost Mobile Holla Hour		Pimy My Ride	Import X
Tuesday	6 Degrees	Wanna Come In		Pop Goes the Weasel	Little Britain	The Daily Show
Wednesday	Premieres	Tail Daters	Insert Video Here		Aqua Teen Hunger Force	Later... with Jools Holland
Thursday	Top of the Pops	Blender	Amp'd		Wildboyz	''Drop In TV
Friday	The Official New Zealand Top 40			Special Features		I Bet You Will

 

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