Cue TV [SEP] inception
Cue TV
Cue TV was a regional television station in New Zealand which started in October 1996 as Mercury Television. The original majority shareholder in Mercury TV was the CRT (Combined Rural Traders) co-operative, before the station was sold to Family Television Network and then West Media 175, a company based in the United Kingdom with New Zealand broadcasting assets. In 2003, the company was sold to General Manager Tom Conroy who is also Managing Director for the station. The majority of its programming was from the Southern Institute
University Challenge (New Zealand TV series)
University Challenge is a long-running New Zealand television quiz show, running originally from 1976–1989 before its revival in 2014 after a 25-year hiatus. The format was based on the British show of the same name, which was itself based on the American "College Bowl". It is currently produced by Cue TV in Invercargill.
History.
At its inception in 1976, University Challenge was hosted by Peter Sinclair, though he was briefly dropped in the late 1970s and replaced