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The Panel Plus for 23 July 2025
An extra half hour of The Panel with Wallace Chapman, where to begin, he's joined by Nights host Emile Donovan. Then: why is sorry the hardest word to say? According to The Times though, Britons have no problem dropping a S bomb multiple times a day. But our in-house linguist Rory O'Sullivan says New Zealanders are fans of saying "sorry" at the drop of a hat too. To embed this content on your own webpage, cut and paste the following: See terms of use.
NZ Herald
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Auckland dance troupe Yung ID wins championship at World of Dance summit in Los Angeles
Underneath the post, company director and choreographer Joshua Cesan commented, 'AHHHHHHHHGGGGHHG'. The World of Dance Summit involves dance troupes from around the world face-off in three rounds of competition, culminating in a final showdown. Other New Zealanders also had success at the competition. The Collective placed first in the team championship round and third in their final, and Auckland dancer Ken Vaega (AKA Lightsaber) won the top award for all style champion. Based in the Auckland suburb of Morningside, IDCO was established in 2008 by students from Western Springs College and Mt Albert Grammar. After being NZ's Got Talent grand finalists in 2013, Cesan expanded the company to a commercial enterprise in 2014. Yung ID competes in the Junior Varsity Mega Crew category, for groups aged 13-17 years old. Among their other dancing accolades, Yung ID won first place in Project Hip Hop Dance Competition's Mega Crew Division in 2022 and 2023. Other successes attributed to IDCO include winning Whakaata Māori's talent show The Stage - Haka Fusion in 2016. The IDCO website says Cesan has an international reputation for his 'signature style 'glitching' that is recognised and emulated around the world'. With company members ranging from 10 to 30-plus years, IDCO says it offers crew placements at junior, varsity and adult age levels with 'the opportunity to audition at the beginning of each new year'. In addition to its crew training programme, IDCO offers public classes. IDCO choreographers and dancers have performed in TV shows, films and in advertisements for brands such as Sony, Les Mills and Steinlager.
1News
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Sky TV agrees to buy Three for $1
Sky TV has agreed to buy Discovery NZ, which owns Three, for $1, the company announced this morning. The move was announced to the NZX, and would see US television giant Warner Bros Discovery leave New Zealand's free-to-air television market. Under the deal, Sky would take control of all TV3 brands, including Three, Bravo, Eden, Rush, HGTV, and the network's streaming platform, ThreeNow. The sale was made on a cash-free, debt-free basis and was expected to be completed on August 1. The deal also included a multi-year commercial agreement for the continued supply of Warner Bros Discovery's premium content to Sky. Warner Bros Discovery would retain ownership of its remaining assets in the New Zealand market, which included its pay TV channels, streaming service HBO Max, and Warner Bros. International Television Production (WBITVP) New Zealand. ADVERTISEMENT Sky had "no immediate plans" to change the content lineup on any of the Discovery NZ platforms related to the acquisition. 'This is an exciting, future-focused step for Sky and a win for our growth and ambition to be Aotearoa New Zealand's most engaging and essential media company," Sky chief executive Sophie Moloney said about the acquisition. "It positions us to scale faster, puts real momentum into our strategy, and grows and further diversifies our revenue streams, particularly in advertising and digital." Sky expected the sale to: Deliver Sky revenue diversification and uplift of c.$95m on an annualised basis, with 25%from digital sources Add to Sky's existing audience a growing digital audience via ThreeNow Grow Sky's combined total linear television advertising revenue share to 35% and total digital television advertising revenue share to 24% Deliver material cost synergies primarily across Sky's content and broadcasting infrastructure Deliver a pathway to achieve incremental, underlying free cash flow from FY26 and sustainable EBITDA growth of at least $10m from FY28. Moloney said Sky was "uniquely placed" to "take the business forward and give effect to the opportunity to accelerate our growth strategy". "We see strong value in ThreeNow's high-quality broadcast video on demand platform, and Three's mass reach, and we are looking forward to creating opportunities to do more with our content, for more New Zealanders, in more ways that work for them across a comprehensive portfolio of subscription and free-to-access platforms.' ADVERTISEMENT Summary: The morning's headlines in 90 seconds, including death of a The Cosby Show actor, vape product recalled, and how working less makes us feel better. (Source: Breakfast) Michael Brooks, managing director Australia and New Zealand for Warner Bros Discovery, said the move was a "fantastic outcome" for both companies. "The continued challenges faced by the New Zealand media industry are well documented, and over the past 12 months, the Discovery NZ team has worked to deliver a new, more sustainable business model following a significant restructure in 2024," he said. "While this business is not commercially viable as a standalone asset in the WBD New Zealand portfolio, we see the value Three and ThreeNow can bring to Sky's existing offering of complementary assets."
