Television in New Zealand

Television in New Zealand was introduced in 1960 as a state-run service. The broadcasting sector was deregulated in 1988, when the Government allowed competition to the state-owned Television New Zealand (TVNZ). There are currently three forms of broadcast television: a terrestrial (DVB-T) service provided by Freeview and Igloo; satellite services provided nationwide by both Freeview and Sky; and an internet television service delivered over cable broadband.

The first nationwide digital television service was launched in December 1998 by Sky, who had a monopoly on digital satellite television until the launch of Freeview's nationwide digital satellite service in May 2007. The Freeview digital terrestrial service launched on 14 April 2008. A pay digital terrestrial service was launched in 2012 by Igloo; this is a joint venture between Sky and TVNZ and provides Freeview UHF aerial channels along with eleven Sky channels. Broadband television currently operates in Wellington and Christchurch from Vodafone. On July 2016, Sky announced that Igloo will be discontinued although Freeview channels will still be available. The Vodafone service includes all Sky channels and Freeview channels.

The digital changeover in New Zealand is now complete. It began on 30 September 2012, when Hawke's Bay and the West Coast (including parts of Tasman) switched off analogue television transmission. The rest of the South Island switched off analogue television transmission on 28 April 2013, followed by the lower North Island on 29 September 2013. The upper North Island (including the Waikato, Auckland, Bay of Plenty and Northland) was the last region to cease analogue transmissions on 1 December 2013.

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