Full Name
Ben Quinn
Company
TVNZ
Title
Deputy Content Director – International & Programming
Country (Address)
New Zealand
Biography
As Deputy Content Director – International & Programming at Te Reo Tātaki (TVNZ), Ben manages the content, programming and presentation teams across linear channels & on-demand. As well as leading the programming function Ben also has responsibility for helping to set the content strategy and managing the overall content budget and works in with the local production, sports & events teams & company executive to deliver this. Ben is passionate about the role that media and content can play in advancing the cause of environmental sustainability and the changes we all need to make and he is currently working with an independent group to establish a New Zealand based industry standard carbon calculator for the production industry.
Prior to joining TVNZ in his current role, Ben was the Director of Content at Three (formerly Mediaworks) where he worked for twenty years in a variety of roles across the content team.
Ben has a Bachelor of Communication Studies (TV) from AUT and Master of Business Administration from Otago University.
What we're looking for from Ready, Steady, Pitch!
We are keen to hear about any potential co-productions that would be entertaining for broad audiences while also illuminating some aspect of a culture that exists in New Zealand (and presumably would also be entertaining for Australians). Some examples would be…
My Life Is Murder (originally an Aussie show, then ported over here),
Mystic (BBC – a teen girl from London moves to small-town New Zealand)
Under The Vines (with Acorn – an Australian socialite and a London lawyer co-inherit a New Zealand vineyard)
Origins (a Māori public figure tracks his genealogy through different countries)
Patriot Brains (a panel comedy show, with teams of NZ and OZ comedian competing against each other about national trivia questions)
