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NZ merger aims to create Kiwi BSkyB

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 22 : 10-Jun-16

The Australian shares of New Zealand-based Sky Network Television closed 20.5 per cent higher at $A5 on 9 June 2016, in response to a proposed merger with Vodafone NZ. Sky Network TV will hold a 51 per cent stake in the merged entity if the $NZ3.4bn ($A3.25bn) deal proceeds. The combined group would be similar to other so-called "triple play" providers such as BSkyB in the UK, offering pay-TV, broadband and telephone services. Macquarie notes that this may result in a lower customer churn rate.

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SKY NETWORK TELEVISION LIMITED – ASX SKT, VODAFONE NEW ZEALAND LIMITED, SKY PLC, MACQUARIE GROUP LIMITED – ASX MQG, COMCAST CORPORATION, PERPETUAL LIMITED – ASX PPT, LAZARD PTY LTD, UBS HOLDINGS PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, SKY ITALIA SPA, SKY DEUTSCHLAND AG, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, 21ST CENTURY FOX INCORPORATED, NETFLIX INCORPORATED

Roy Morgan Readership results for New Zealand Newspapers and Magazines in 2015

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 2-Mar-16

Roy Morgan Research has released its New Zealand Print Readership results for Newspapers and Magazines in the 12 months to December 2015. The "New Zealand Herald" remains the country’s most-read daily newspaper, with 549,000 readers per average issue (down 10.9 per cent compared with 2014). "AA Directions" remains the most-read magazine, with 554,000 readers per average issue (up 8.6 per cent), while "New Zealand Woman’s Day" is the most popular title on newsstands (up 5.2 per cent to 406,000 readers per average issue).

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In New Zealand, internet use is now more popular than newspapers and television at breakfast, but radio is still on top

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 16-Dec-15

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 29.7% per cent of New Zealanders aged 14+ used the internet at breakfast time on a normal weekday in the year to June 2015. This compares with 13.2 per cent in the year to June 2011. The survey also shows that the proportion of New Zealanders who read a newspaper on weekday mornings has remained steady at 23.3 per cent, but the proportion who watch TV at breakfast time has declined from 24.3 per cent to 20.7 per cent. Meanwhile, 40.2 per cent of New Zealanders now listen to radio at breakfast, up from an average of 37.3 per cent over the previous three years.

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