Jane Wrightson spent 12 years as Chief Executive of NZ On Air, the agency tasked with funding local television, digital media, music and radio. She began her career at TVNZ, before becoming New Zealand's first woman Chief Film Censor. Wrightson started working at NZ On Air as the Television Manager, before leaving for a stint as head of the Broadcasting Standards Authority. She returned to NZ On Air in 2007.
In this 2015 ScreenTalk interview, Wrightson talks about:
- Early jobs for state broadcaster TVNZ
- Being paid to watch movies in her role as Chief Film Censor
- The three-legged stool: how NZ On Air's unique funding model works
- Why local programming is at the heart of the agency’s philosophy
- The strengths and weaknesses of the NZ On Air model
- The things NZ On Air has done that she is most proud of
- The success of Shortland Street and Outrageous Fortune
- How changes in the TV landscape — including the internet — have affected NZ On Air
- How international coproductions could be working better
- Describing her job at NZ On Air as "the best job in the country"
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Copyright
This video was first uploaded on 04 March 2015, and is available under this Creative Commons licence. This licence is limited to use of ScreenTalk interview footage only and does not apply to any video content and photographs from films, television, music videos, web series and commercials used in the interview.
