Inspired move: Television New Zealand installed the Inspiration, a disk-based digital asset management system, in late 2001 and moved all its news and current affairs programmes to the system in September 2002. The broadcaster hasn't looked back since.(case study: asset management)

As a public broadcaster, it's no surprise Television New Zealand (TVNZ) has a charter that calls for programming across all genres that informs, entertains, and educates New Zealand audiences. What is surprising--at least to anyone familiar with public broadcasters in other parts of the world--is that TVNZ is also required to turn a profit.

Officially, TVNZ is a crown-owned company (CROC), and under that status it is required to make money for the government while also fulfilling its public service mission. Operational efficiency is of paramount importance; it makes a real ...

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