ESTABLISHMENT OF TELEVISION
• MANY PROBLEMS FOR NEW ZEALAND Although in Australia it was estimated that six television stations would cover 60 per cent, of the population, the problem in New'Zealand "was very different, with the more scattered population and the smaller numbers, said the Director of Broadcasting (Mr Will Yates) at a Wellington Rotary Club luncheon. Mr Yates referred to a recent statement bv the. Minister of Broadcasting (Mr Jones) indicating the tremendous cost involved in the establishment of television in this country, quoting a figure of at least £1,000,000 as necessary for a transmitter in each of the four main centres. One of the difficulties was the limited range of the transmitters, he continued. This was 20 to 40 miles from the transmitter for good reception and up to 50 miles for less favourable reception. Programme ccsts were much higher than in sound broadcasting. Tq broadcast the last Oxford-Cambridge boat race- over its full length of four and a half miles, the 8.8. C. had to employ 100 technicians and commentators and use nine cameras.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 15058, 19 August 1949, Page 6
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176ESTABLISHMENT OF TELEVISION Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXXVII, Issue 15058, 19 August 1949, Page 6
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