From: your.name@isp.com   
      
   In article <4d50586a$0$81485$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl>, "Wouter Valentijn"   
    wrote:   
      
   > Your Name wrote:   
   > > "Wouter Valentijn"  wrote in message   
   > > news:4d4ec127$0$41103$e4fe514c@news.xs4all.nl...   
   > >> Your Name wrote:   
   > >>>   
   > >>> There's a similar stupidity here in New Zealand where a show is not   
   > >>> labelled as a "rerun" when it's played on one network, even though   
   > >>> it has already played on another network.   
   > >>   
   > >> That's because they want to ignore the existence of other networks.   
   > >> :-)   
   > >   
   > > More likely the reasons include:   
   > >   
   > >    - the networks are too damn lazy to check or store such   
   > > information,   
   >   
   > If a show gets aired in the US, and after that in Canada, would the folks in   
   > Canada call it a rerun?   
      
   Nope, of course not, but I'm talking about the local networks here in New   
   Zealand.   
      
      
      
      
   > >    - TV Guide and other TV listings are too lazy to double-check   
   > >      network supplied information,   
   > >   
   > >    - the idiots in network management stupidly believe by not marking   
   > >      shows as re-runs the viewers will tune in ... which they will   
   > >      do, for all of two minutes until they realise they've been conned.   
   > >   
   > > Some shows that switch network like "Home Improvement" and "The   
   > > Simpsons" are on near-continuous weekday loop or have been cancelled   
   > > long ago, so it's blindingly obvious the shows will be re-runs.   
   >   
   > So, you are referring to stations belonging to the same company, or to   
   > stations belonging to rivals?   
   > Would a rival that has a show on their network for the first time also call   
   > it a rerun?   
      
   Both. Because each of the networks run multiple channels / stations, they   
   often shift shows between them and don't bother calling the re-runs. Some   
   shows also change networks and are not labelled as re-runs.   
      
   They go to great lengths to advertise shows as "first time on NZ TV"   
   (sometimes this is slightly misleading since the show may have already   
   been on the Sky TV subscriber channels), so it's not like they don't   
   already follow and know what the other networks are doing.   
      
      
      
      
   > Must admit I'm not familiar with the New Zealand media landscape.   
   > If it is like ours its like a maze.   
      
   I haven't had time to check the Wiki link you gave, but the New Zeland TV   
   media is basically made up of three main networks:   
      
        - TVNZ   
          government owned   
          runs channels TV One, TV2, TV6 and TV7   
      
        - MediaWorks   
          Canadian owned (last time I looked)   
          runs channels TV3, Four, music video channel C4   
          and a 1-hour delayed channel TV3+1   
      
        - Sky   
          Australian "owned"   
          runs the free-to-air / public channel Prime as well   
          as the normal Sky scriber channels   
      
   On top of those there's a few extra regional and "special interest"   
   channels which broadcast a load of rubbish (e.g. parliament TV) and a   
   Maori TV channel which has shows mostly in the Maori language (some NZ   
   made, some dubbed, some sub-titled in Maori).   
      
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