Newshub Digital Hits Record High

Newshub Digital Hits Record High, Radiolive’s Kaikoura Broadcast & TV3 Ratings Successes

November was a big month for news, and Newshub’s digital service has delivered its best month to date as it pulls ahead of the pack in social news.

This month’s viral hits such as political editor Patrick Gower's interaction with a media-hating Trump supporter and the now-iconic Kaikoura cows video helped Newshub reach more than 80 million people around the world, and generated coverage on the BBC, Buzzfeed, The Guardian, Huffington Post and many more.

Newshub's website also delivered also record numbers of page views, users and, in particular, videos - more than 20 million streams when Facebook native videos are included.

Thursday saw RadioLIVE’s Duncan Garner broadcasting his Drive show LIVE from Kaikoura.

Interviewing residents, business owners and officials responding to the earthquake, Garner drew attention to the on-going situations facing residents in the region, as well as challenges facing commercial operators and the tourism sector.

Thursday and Friday evening saw strong performances by a number of programmes on TV3 – with Die Hard 4.0 winning its timeslot with viewers aged 25-54, and 18-49 and Household Shoppers with Kids.

Live at the Apollo marked a similar result on Friday night, winning its timeslot in all four commercial demographics – 25-54, 18-39, 18-49 and Household Shoppers with Kids.

This morning saw The Edge Breakfast host Jay-Jay Harvey return to her weekday morning radio show, with her co-hosts thrilled to have her back on deck.

Stephanie Monks, who has been filling in on breakfast, will return to The Edge Smash TV and radio shows after a month of early starts and the opportunity to meet superstar Justin Timberlake. Both Jay-Jay and Steph have returned to their regular shows from today.

Finally, this Wednesday sees the 7 Days Live Tour begin, kicking off in Whanganui on November 30. The 11 show tour travels the length of New Zealand, with Jeremy Corbett bullying the 7 Days ‘A’ team into a van to bring their highly successful brand of comedy to the country once the cameras and studio shut down for the year.

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