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The company was founded by Craig Heatley, Terry Jarvis, Trevor Farmer and Alan Gibbs in 1987 as Sky Media Limited. It was formed to investigate beaming sports programming into nightclubs and pubs using high performance 4-metre satellite dishes by Jarvis and an engineering associate Brian Green, but was redirected into pay television following successful bidding in early 1990 for four groups of ...
Sky Box Office is a video on demand movie rental service operated in New Zealand by Sky. Films currently premiere on Sky Box Office a few months after their release. The channel previously broadcast PPV sporting events, before Sky Arena was created.
Lightbox was a New Zealand subscription video on demand (SVOD) service offering a selection of television shows over a range of devices. The service was owned by national telecommunications provider Spark New Zealand but was purchased by satellite company Sky Television in December 2019.
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.
Television channel HBO Logo used since 2024 Country New Zealand Broadcast area New Zealand Headquarters Auckland, New Zealand Programming Language(s) English Picture format 1080i (HDTV) 16:9 Ownership Owner Sky Network Television History Launched 31 October 2011 ; 13 years ago (2011-10-31) (SoHo) 7 November 2018 ; 6 years ago (2018-11-07) (SoHo2) Closed 16 March 2021 ; 3 years ago (2021-03-16 ...
When Neon was first launched, Sky offered a 30-day free trial period for Neon, with normal subscriptions costing NZ$20 a month. [2] Sky had originally planned to launch Neon in 2014 but was delayed by systems bugs. Neon's February launch was timed to compete with the US-based streaming service Netflix, which launched in New Zealand in March ...
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On 1 April 2008, TV3 became the first New Zealand television network to introduce high-definition television, to coincide with the launch of Freeview HD and MySky HDi in New Zealand. The first programme to broadcast in true 1080i high definition (i.e. not upscaled) was that night's screening of Boston Legal .