TVNZ 7 Goes down the tubes 2012   April 2011

If you got used to the 10 min news on the hour, every hour and the Docos on the channel you will be disappointed that all this will end June 2012 when the $15 million funding from the Government runs out. Notice that TVNZ rolled over and let it go because it was taking audience off its Commercial channels TV1 and TV2 Channel U.  Maybe they hoped that the Government would at the last minute might find something. Funny the National Government came to the party with deferring License fees of $43 million for TV3 (Media works) while this company is $387 million in debt.  Still it shows total support for SKY and Media Works from National. Wonder if Labour gets in will they commit to funding TVNZ 7.

Changes to channels - Musical Chairs  March 2011

If you wonder what happened to C4 it seems that the music is going and that is solely going to be on C42.  Media Works C4 is renamed as Four.  TVNZ sold off the Kids TVNZ 6 to SKY but introduced a new Channel called Channel U.  Teenager Stuff.  Time will tell if “U” is successful or a Stuff up.

Trackside  Satellite Freeview  January 2011

SKY had Trackside encrypted its platform before this date now has it Unencrypted.  If you have one of our receivers then add 12671tp frequency SR 22500, Horizontal (H) polarisation and scan for Free channels.  Note TV1 and TV2 are there as well unencrypted.  You don’t need to keep these as they are already on the Freeview 12583 tp Frequency with duplicates for regional advertising.

Shine TV starts on Satellite Freeview  1st April 2010

Shine TV formally on the SKY platform has migrated to Freeview. It iwill not be on the terrestrial Freeview HD service. 

TVNZ goes into partnership withTelecom for TiVo  Oct 2009

Another set top box arrives.   The TiVo media device allows viewers to receive all free-to-air digital TV channels as well as broadband content, services and games.

Compatible with New Zealand Freeview HD broadcasts, TiVo will enable viewers to record their favourite shows, pause and rewind live TV, watch movies on demand and access services such as pizza ordering, shopping and weather forecasts through their television.

Prime on Satellite Freeview - Monday 17th August, 2009

TV Works  TV3 +1  started 31 March 2009

TV Works the owner of TV3 and C4 launched a new channel  called TV3 +1 Its exactly the same as TV3 but delayed 1 hr.  Available on Freeview and Freeview HD.

HD TV8 Chinese channel started in October 2008

As Auckland has the biggest chinese community, there is a Chinese channel totally in Mandarin for this community. Its freeview offering is only on HD Freeview which is a good move because most of the community are using those wire mesh dishes to receive this type of service now and wont have to invest in another dish only a UHF aerial. Avaliable also in Wellington and Christchurch

HDTV Terrestrial Digital - Official launch was 14 April 2008

NZ’s HDTV High Definition Terrestrial Digital Television - Freeview HD.  As the Analog TV will be shut off about 2012-15 depending on the conversion rate over to Freeview. The digital HD service will provide 75% of all homes and with the Satellite Freeview supplimenting the rest of the population.

Not everyone is going to get the Freeview HD service. The broadcast area covers 75% of the population from launch day including Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Palmerston Nth, Napier, Hastings, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Even then in these places, if you don’t receive good analog signals of Prime or Maori TV, then you will be committed to the satellite receiver system. 

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More and more leisure time is being spent on the internet. It is now 50 / 50 between internet and TV. With the internet figures growing, how viable will the TV business be in the future. While TV adverts are on what does one do? “Lets have a cuppa” . . . “I’ll just go and check my emails”!  Advertisers are not going to take this audience loss and pay the same advertising costs! Checkout moves from Telstar/ Clear into the TV market with internet online TV content like TIVO.

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