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Freeview is New Zealand's free-to-air television platform. It is operated by a joint venture between the country's major free-to-air broadcasters – government-owned Television New Zealand and Radio New Zealand, government-subsidised Whakaata Māori, and the American-owned Warner Bros. Discovery (operators of Three, Bravo, Eden and Rush).
The following is a list of free-to-air DVB satellite services [10] available in New Zealand. Most New Zealand homes already have a standard 60 cm satellite dish fitted which can pick up most of these channels, as these are also used (or have been used in the past) to pick up free-to-air and pay New Zealand television channels from Optus D1 (and ...
Freeview (UK), a digital terrestrial television platform in the United Kingdom Freeviewing is viewing a stereoscopic image with the eyes without using a viewer Free preview , the limited-term unencrypted distribution of a pay television service's programming to subscribers of a multichannel television provider
It is estimated that Freeview is in 12.6% of New Zealand homes (roughly 420,000 people). [20] This makes it New Zealand's third largest television platform, and New Zealand's second largest digital platform. Freeview-certified set-top boxes and PVRs are available at most major New Zealand retailers. Cheaper, uncertified equipment can also be used.
New Zealand didn't start to develop television service until 1965 due to World War 2 and its economic harm in the country's economy. The demand and planning for television in Australia intensified after WW2, with the Chifley government first favouring the existing British model ( state monopoly ) in 1948, and New Zealand used a similar model ...
During 2004 the station was transferred into the ownership of Canwest MediaWorks (NZ) as a way of listing 30 percent of the Canadian company's New Zealand assets on the New Zealand share market. TV3's parent company TVWorks announced its annual revenue at $124 million in October 2004, which was $13 million up from the previous financial year.
The live broadcasting of horse racing in the New Zealand dates back to the launch of a racing radio network in 1978. The station, originally known as Radio Pacific and later as bSport and LiveSport, became TAB Trackside Radio. [4] A racing television station launched in 1992, initially known as Action TV and later as Trackside, is now Trackside 1.
TVNZ 6 was a digital-only, commercial-free television channel. It was available in 60.3% of New Zealand homes on the Freeview and Sky Television Digital platforms. TVNZ 6 was on air daily from 6 am to midnight. TVNZ 7 was launched in March 2008 and was a commercial-free news and information channel. It was available via the Freeview and Sky ...