NZ to Launch Nationwide Free Internet TV with New Freeview Service
“NZ is set to become the first country to launch nationwide free-to-air TV via the Internet with the introduction of a new Freeview service.”
Summary
New Zealand’s Freeview is preparing to launch Freeview NextGen, the world’s first nationwide free‑to‑air TV service delivered over the Internet using the DVB‑I standard. This makes NZ the first country to roll out such an internet‑based, country‑wide free‑to‑air television platform.
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on-screen programme guide. Record, pause and rewind live TV. Over 2011, more New Zealanders will be able to receive Freeview via a UHF rooftop aerial as coverage is extended into Invercargill, Timaru, Nelson,
- Digital television in New Zealand | Radio Spectrum Management New Zealand
New Zealand completed the transition from analogue to digital television on 1 December 2013. Initial consultations with industry and decisions by Government in 2005 and 2006 led to a hybrid platform of terrestrial and satellite services being ...
- Broadcasting Standards Authority
Check out our bite sized guides to safe viewing and listening, and the complaints process · The Codebook contains broadcasting standards, guidelines and commentary for radio, pay TV and free-to-air TV
- Freeview NZ to launch world's first nationwide DVB-I service - DVB
Freeview New Zealand has announced the launch of Freeview NextGen, a new service that is set to be the world’s first nationwide free-to-air TV platform built on DVB-I, the open standard for internet-based TV service discovery and programme ...
- DVB-I gathers momentum: New Zealand, Ireland and Germany announce steps forward - DVB
In a statement released at DVB World 2026, Freeview said it has been preparing for a world where IP-based delivery of linear TV is commonplace, working in close collaboration with consumer electronics manufacturers – TCL and Hisense were mentioned ...
- Freeview (New Zealand) - Wikipedia
It consists of a digital terrestrial television service to around 86% of the population in the major urban and provincial centres of New Zealand, and a satellite television service, covering the whole of mainland New Zealand and the major offshore islands. Both services are HD-capable as of 2025. ...
- Television in New Zealand - Wikipedia
A pay digital terrestrial service was launched in 2012 by Igloo and closed in 2017; this was a joint venture between Sky and TVNZ and provided Freeview UHF aerial channels along with eleven Sky channels. In July 2016, Sky announced that Igloo will be discontinued although Freeview channels will still be available.
- List of free-to-air channels in New Zealand - Wikipedia
High-definition 1080i DVB 64-QAM are only available on TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2, Three, Whakaata Māori, TVNZ Duke, Sky Open, Trackside 1 & 2. All other TV channels are standard-definition 576i anamorphic widescreen. Metro means Kordia owned sites only in Auckland, Hamilton, Tauranga, Napier/Hastings, Palmerston North, the Wellington metropolitan area (including Kapiti), Christchurch and Dunedin. A grey box in the 64-QAM column means the channel(s) is temporarily off-air. All New Zealand operated direct-broadcast satellite channels are from Optus D1 at 160.0°E, and can be received via a standard 60 cm parabolic antenna.
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