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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 ...
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.
On 7 May 2007, a consortium of broadcasters including TVNZ, MediaWorks (owners of TV3 and C4), Maori Television Service, and Radio New Zealand launched the non-profit, free-to-air Freeview service, the nationwide digital free-to-air system in New Zealand.
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 ...
In New Zealand, the switch off of analogue signals started in September 2012, with the digital switchover being completed in Hawke's Bay in the North island and the West Coast region of the South Island. The country's switch to digital terrestrial reception was completed on 1 December 2013 when analogue transmissions were switched off in the ...
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 ...
Freeview may refer to: Freeview (Australia) , the marketing name for the digital terrestrial television platform in Australia Freeview (New Zealand) , a digital satellite and digital terrestrial television platform in New Zealand