TVNZ 7, TVNZ’s second digital-only public service television channel, started broadcasting at midday today on Freeview. The channel launched with The Kingmaker Debate, a live political debate in Parliament between the minor party leaders. TVNZ 7 is New Zealand’s first local factual channel, featuring 30 percent news content, as well as documentaries, current affairs programmes, [ Read More ]
48 Hour showcase weekend for Sky digital subscribers
March 17, 2008 By Leave a Comment
Any SKY digital residential subscriber can view Rialto Channel’s 48 HOUR SHOWCASE on the weekend of April 12 and April 13. From midnight on Friday April 11, a compelling range of feature films, documentaries, and short films can be viewed by Sky digital subscribers for 48 hours, including the exclusive television premiere screening of: PAN’S [ Read More ]
IOC awards internet and mobile rights to TVNZ for Beijing Olympics
November 14, 2007 By Leave a Comment
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced an agreement with Television New Zealand (TVNZ) for the internet and mobile platform exhibition rights within New Zealand for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. The IOC selected TVNZ on their capacity to guarantee full exploitation of the broadcast rights over a variety of platforms and their commitment to [ Read More ]
TVNZ to go HDTV before the Beijing Olympics
October 1, 2007 By 1 Comment
TVNZ will bring New Zealanders the Beijing Olympics in High Definition TV on TV ONE. TVNZ will introduce High Definition TV on the Freeview Digital Terrestrial platform (DTT), which is timed to go live during the first half of next year. TVNZ will invest in the technology infrastructure to introduce both TV ONE and TV2 [ Read More ]
New Broadcasting conference 2007 audio files online
September 19, 2007 By Leave a Comment
If you missed going to the excellent New Futures Broadcasting conference in Wellington in August 2007, you can still catch up with what happened by listening to the audio files recorded at the 2 day event. The audio files of the conference: New Broadcasting Futures: Out of the Box are now up on the web [ Read More ]
Triangle Stratos on Freeview
August 21, 2007 By 2 Comments
A significant milestone in New Zealand broadcasting has been announced today by Triangle Television’s Chief Executive Officer, Jim Blackman. Triangle Television is set to make broadcasting history with the advent of Triangle Stratos, which, for the first time ever, will make regional television available to the entire country. The new channel will broadcast on the [ Read More ]