Television in New Zealand
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Television in New Zealand was introduced in 1959.
Provision was first made for the licensing of private radio and television stations in New Zealand by the Broadcasting Act 1976.
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[edit] National Channels
[edit] Government owned channels
| Name | Owner | Launch | Description | Availability | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TV One | TVNZ | 1 June 1960 | General entertainment featuring news and sport. | All platforms | New Zealand's first television channel. Was on a local basis until 1969. Amalgamated into one channel on 1 April 1975. |
| TV2 | TVNZ | 1 June 1975 | General entertainment featuring news and sport | All platforms | Shows mainly American imports [1] |
| TVNZ Sport Extra | TVNZ | 2008 | Occasional long form sport coverage | Freeview and Freeview|HD | |
| TVNZ 6 | TVNZ | 30 September 2007 | General entertainment featuring children's, family, and mature programming. | Freeview and Freeview|HD | Split into three different timeslots called, Kidzone, Family, and Showcase. |
| TVNZ 7 | TVNZ | 2008 | Information programs, including news on the hour, with Current Affairs and Documentaries | Freeview and Freeview|HD | |
| TAB Trackside | New Zealand Racing Board | 1992 | Horse and dog racing. | All platforms except Freeview and Freeview|HD | |
| Māori Television | Māori Television Service | 28 March 2004 | Māori language channel | All platforms |
[edit] Corporate channels
| Name | Owner | Launch | Description | Availability | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TV3 | Ironbridge Capital/MediaWorks NZ | 26 November 1989 | General entertainment featuring news and sport | All platforms | |
| C4 | Ironbridge Capital/MediaWorks NZ | 2003 | Music and reality TV | All platforms, limited on analogue | C4 succeeded TV4, which launched in June 1997 as a General Entertainment channel before being revamped in 2003 to C4. |
| Prime | SKY Network Television | 1998 | General entertainment featuring news and sport | All platforms except Freeview and Freeview|HD | |
| Triangle Stratos | Triangle TV | 3 October 2007 | Provides public service and access programming in English and other languages. | Freeview and Sky Digital |
[edit] Regional Channels
New Zealand's deregulated broadcasting environment has led to many regional stations (either non-commercial public service or privately owned) that broadcast only in one region or city. These stations mainly broadcast free to air on UHF frequencies, however some are carried on subscription TV. Content ranges from local news, access broadcasts, satellite sourced news, tourist information and Christian programming to music videos.
| Name | Service region | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Family TV Rodney | Rodney District | General / Family / Christian programming | |
| Juice TV | Auckland | privately owned free-to-air music TV channel, is available on UHF ch57 and on Sky Network Television's DHS satellite service and on TelstraClear's cable TV network. | |
| Alt TV | Auckland | private free-to-air music TV channel, was launched on UHF ch62 in November 2005, and made it's way onto Sky TV ch36 on December 2006. ALT TV is into Rock, Electronica, Hip-Hop, Soul and RnB. | |
| Triangle TV | Auckland | provides public service and access programming in English and other languages on Government-owned non-commercial frequencies since August 1998. Triangle TV is available primarily on UHF ch41, with infill coverage on ch42 (East Coast Bays) and ch52 (Remuera). | |
| CTV8 | Auckland | Chinese Television (Family and Fun, (National and International) News, Comedy, lifestyle and entertainment plus!) [IN Mandarin and Cantonese formats / little content containing English] | Chinese Television 8. Broadcast on Aucklands UHF ch62. Broadcasts a variety of shows from the Greater China Region in China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan in Mandarin and some in Cantonese. There are plans for digital broadcasting. |
| Triangle Television Wellington | Wellington | provides public service and access programming in English and other languages on Government-owned non-commercial frequencies since 25 August 2006. The Wellington programme is different from the Auckland programme. Triangle TV is available primarily on UHF ch40, with infill coverage on ch41 (Porirua and Hutt Valley) . | |
| Big TV | Hamilton | ||
| tvCentral | Waikato/Bay of Plenty | Family safe programming | |
| TV Rotorua | Rotorua | Family safe programming | |
| Geyser Television | Rotorua | Visitor information | |
| Channel 61 | Taupo | tourist programming | |
| Channel 51 | Napier/Hastings | ||
| 7 Taranaki | New Plymouth | ||
| Tararua TV | Pahiatua | Christian and family safe programs | UHF Ch. 40 |
| City TV | Wellington | ||
| Mainland Television | Nelson | offering four channels. | |
| Shine TV | Christchurch | Christian programming | also on Sky TV |
| Canterbury Television (CTV) | Christchurch | ||
| Visitor TV (VTV) | Christchurch | ||
| 45 South TV | Timaru & Oamaru | ||
| Channel 9 | Dunedin | ||
| CUE | Southland | Formally Mercury Television and later Southland TV. Mainly distance learning and local news | VHF channel 5 from Forest Hill for Invercargill area and Central Southand, also on Sky TV and Freeview |
Over a dozen regional television stations in New Zealand are grouped by the Regional Broadcasters Association.
[edit] Pay Television Channels
New Zealand has a number of television channels that are, or have been, only available on pay television networks.
[edit] Sky Network Television
In 1990, Sky Network Television (then unrelated to its UK namesake) launched three pay-TV channels offering movies, sport and news on UHF these overtime expanded to five. In 1998 it launched a multichannel digital satellite TV service.
[edit] WTV
World TV Ltd. is a Digital Broadcasting Media company, which broadcasts widely on Chinese TV and Radio shows and some on Korean and 1 channel on Japanese in New Zealand. WTV signals can only be received by Digital Set-top boxes serviced by Sky TV.
[edit] TelstraClear
TelstraClear currently operate a cable television network in Wellington, Kapiti and Christchurch. Customers can subscribe to plans incorporating between 25 and 48 channels. Most content is offered on behalf of Sky Network Television however some channels such as TBN, Discovery Travel and Adventure and Deutsche welle are broadcast exclusively through TelstraClear.
[edit] Mirchee TV
Mirchee TV was an Indian TV station which does not exist anymore.
[edit] Transmitter Details
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