U Live

U Live was the flagship show of TVNZ U, airing live from 4pm - 7pm daily. The show featured music, interviews, and other general interest content. Viewers were invited to participate via Facebook to vote in psychic readings, take part in discussions, and view the show via a live commercial- and graphic-free stream, where comments and psychic readings would then be played live. U Live was hosted by Connor Nestor, Matthew Gibb, Kirsteen Mackenzie, Eli Matthewson and Monika Barton. U Live drew many parallels to TVNZ's rival network Mediaworks' youth-oriented show FOUR Live, which aired on FOUR.

U Live
Presented by	Rose Matafeo, Connor Nestor, Tim Lambourne, and Matt Gibb
Country of origin	New Zealand
Original language	English
Production
Production locations	Auckland, New Zealand
Running time	180 minutes
Original release
Network	TVNZ U
Release	March 13, 2011 (2011-03-13) – August 31, 2013 (2013-08-31)

Presenters

Final Presenters

• Connor Nestor (March 13, 2011 (2011-03-13) - August 31, 2013 (2013-08-31))
• Matthew Gibb (March 13, 2011 (2011-03-13) - August 31, 2013 (2013-08-31))
• Kirsteen Mackenzie (March 20, 2013 (2013-03-20) - August 31, 2013 (2013-08-31))
• Eli Matthewson (March 20, 2013 (2013-03-20) - August 31, 2013 (2013-08-31))
• Monika Barton (July 31, 2013 (2013-07-31) - August 31, 2013 (2013-08-31))

Previous Presenters

• Tim Lambourne (March 13, 2011 (2011-03-13) - March 31, 2013 (2013-03-31))
• Guy Montgomery (Fill In Host, 2011)
• Tom Furniss (Fill In Host, 2012)
• Rose Matafeo (March 13, 2011 (2011-03-13) - August 2, 2013 (2013-08-02))

U Live Facebook App

TVNZ teamed up with Facebook to create an application that would allow for user-generated content to be provided and presented on the show, in the form of polls, discussions and music video requests.

External links

• TVNZ U website
• TVNZ U launch announcement regarding Facebook application
• TVNZ U Facebook Page
• TVNZ U Facebook Application

References