# New Zealand TV **URL:** \ **Category:** Subscription and International\ **Created:** [December 28, 2015, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294 "2015-12-28T08:13:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 184
**Author:** ![TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tvhead/32/160_2.png) [@TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TVHead)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2024, 11:50pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3756 "2024-03-13T23:50:58Z")
Are we expecting Three and TVNZ to air out of copyright films from the 20’s and 30’s in a few months? Christ what a terrible market. ---
**Author:** ![Leotv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/leotv/32/345158_2.png) [@Leotv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Leotv)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 1:15am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3757 "2024-03-14T01:15:14Z")
I see Juice TV has joined the Freeview Streaming platform as a 24/7 channel. Hope this new addition bodes well for a few more channels on the platform. ---
**Author:** ![rbradley](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b9e5f3/32.png) [@rbradley](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/rbradley)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 6:27am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3758 "2024-03-14T06:27:29Z")
7 Days is returning next month, but on ThreeNow and not on its main channel. Looks like WBD will shift most of its first-run programming to digital-first. Update: has anyone noticed all of Three’s socials use ThreeNow as its profile picture? ---
**Author:** ![LiamP](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/liamp/32/300932_2.png) [@LiamP](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/LiamP)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3759 "2024-03-14T09:04:39Z")
> [@rbradley](#): > > Looks like WBD will shift most of its first-run programming to digital-first. Getting vibes of late 2019 all over again. How long do you think they’ll keep the main channel for once Newshub disappears? ---
**Author:** ![Leotv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/leotv/32/345158_2.png) [@Leotv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Leotv)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 11:37am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3760 "2024-03-14T11:37:57Z")
Looks like CNN Fast is coming to ThreeNow as a remedy for the Newshub closure: > **[CNN FAST Channel Coming Soon? - ScreenScribe](https://www.screenscribe.net/cnn-fast-channel-coming-soon/comment-page-1/?unapproved=213022&moderation-hash=72ab3c97a0414eebaa330b9ea9edc9b4#comment-213022)** > > Is ThreeNow looking to launch CNN's FAST channel? Such a service has been part of the beta testing that's included the MovieSphere channel. CNN Fast was launched nearly a year ago in Europe as a curated channel of short-form videos featuring... ---
**Author:** ![NuStraya](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/nustraya/32/369694_2.png) [@NuStraya](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/NuStraya)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3761 "2024-03-14T12:30:42Z")
> [@LiamP](#): > > Getting vibes of late 2019 all over again. How long do you think they’ll keep the main channel for once Newshub disappears? I think it’ll stay. It’ll be a wasteland but it’ll stay for probably the rest of this decade. Once all the local shows are cut, it’ll just be repeats and inventory, which will cost WBD very little. Also if Max launches in NZ (it’s launching across the ditch so will almost certainly appear in un zud too) they can use Three as free advertising for it (a bit like Sky does now with Open). ---
**Author:** ![Aotea](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Aotea](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Aotea)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3762 "2024-03-14T23:01:10Z")
Looks like the MovieSphere stream is identical to the one in Australia on 10Play. The TV guide on their site is a pain to use but you can still see what will be shown on the channel. ---
**Author:** ![TV4](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv4/32/346890_2.png) [@TV4](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV4)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2024, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3763 "2024-03-14T23:34:50Z")
Does CNN have a 30 minute or 60 minute bulletin at the top of the hour… or a bulletin at all? Could they start that at 6pm, then crash into it part-way through and chuck in 2-3 local stories, some rip and reads, some sport and a weather card? Surely that could be done with minimal cost, and promote the FAST Channel at the same time? At least there’d be some sort of offering other than TV1’s news? ---
**Author:** ![Leotv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/leotv/32/345158_2.png) [@Leotv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Leotv)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 1:13am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3764 "2024-03-15T01:13:40Z")
I don’t think the CNN Fast channel does rolling news, just a few updates and other programming but I could be wrong. It would make sense to try and salvage a 6pm bulletin with the CNN resources or half the Newshub team and possibly outsource the sports news to Sky to produce. Will be interesting to see what the outcome is after all the consultation. ---
**Author:** ![NuStraya](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/nustraya/32/369694_2.png) [@NuStraya](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/NuStraya)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 2:10am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3765 "2024-03-15T02:10:44Z")
Oddly enough it was in [the Herald (PAYWALLED)](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/media-insider-tvnz-job-cuts-staff-set-for-new-showdown-newshubs-secret-lifelines-stripe-studios-three-more-companies-placed-in-receivership-will-ap-news-agency-keep-a-reporter-in-nz/NJXZYDMXLVFMHNY7RUV7LTOJPE/) only yesterday about potential plans to save Newshub, possibly with help from another provider. > Newshub may yet survive in some pared-back form as various parties - including rival media companies, private individuals and staff - quietly mull possible options to save the stricken news brand. > > Media Insider understands Warner Bros Discovery is open to saving the brand and retaining the likes of the 6pm news on Three - it will no doubt be considering all internal and external possibilities. Right now, it is in a consultation period with staff - this has been extended to Monday. > > One possible option is that Warner Bros Discovery buys the 6pm bulletin as a news service from another party, rather than continuing to bear the cost of operating a newsroom. > [@Leotv](#): > > I don’t think the CNN Fast channel does rolling news It doesn’t. It’s a carousel of various reports and other bits from throughout the day. ---
**Author:** ![killy06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/killy06/32/366375_2.png) [@killy06](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/killy06)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2024, 2:26am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3766 "2024-03-15T02:26:35Z")
When you think about it, having your news operation named independently of the TV / Parent company brand it does really lend itself well to being outsourced/onsold etc. I hope whatever form it hopefully survives in, the main aim is to still deliver important news to Kiwis and still offering different perspectives and competition within the media sector. ---
**Author:** ![TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tvhead/32/160_2.png) [@TVHead](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TVHead)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2024, 8:57am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3768 "2024-03-16T08:57:48Z")
A group of people or businesses starting an ITN style operation and selling news to Three and Sky Open plus doing things for itself online and making documentaries etc makes sense for a market like NZ, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3769 "2024-03-21T10:41:40Z")
Channel 4 UK has acquired TVNZ mini-series After the Party from distributor ITV Studios. [https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-acquires-after-party-itv-studios-starring-peter-mullan-and-robyn-malcolm](https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-acquires-after-party-itv-studios-starring-peter-mullan-and-robyn-malcolm) ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2024, 11:04pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3770 "2024-03-21T23:04:06Z")
The Australian version of Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars premieres on Three on Friday, April 5 at 7pm. > [@Food Stars](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/food-stars/20765/25): > > Global culinary superstar and CEO **Gordon Ramsay** will be pitted against Australian business mogul **Janine Allis.** With an investment of $250,000 each, they’re on the hunt for Australia’s most exciting and innovative new food and drink ideas, to mentor and invest in. However, there is a catch. According to Screenscribe: > Gordon Ramsay’s Food Stars (7.00 Friday) pits the profane chef against Australian business mogul Janine Allis to discover “Australia’s most exciting and innovative new food and drink ideas”; it’s being double-billed with Top Guns: Inside the RAF (8.00 Friday), which promises “unprecedented access to the fighter jets, war planes and service personnel” at RAF Lossiemouth. Australian online guides show that episode 1 is 100 minutes long including ads, and episode 2 runs for 90 minutes including ads. With only one hour timeslot allocated for Food Stars, is it possible that each episode has to be stripped and shown across multiple nights? Update: the premiere of Food Stars has been postponed, with The 1% Club Australia screening on Friday April 5 at 7pm. ---
**Author:** ![Horomono](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/horomono/32/375663_2.png) [@Horomono](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Horomono)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 2:36am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3771 "2024-03-27T02:36:32Z")
Free to air netball is coming back to TVNZ for the first time since 2011 with the ANZ Premiership. > **[TVNZ confirms more free and live sports coverage](https://www.1news.co.nz/2024/03/27/tvnz-confirms-more-free-and-live-sports-coverage/)** > > Some ANZ Premiership netball matches and football's Euro 2024 will be on offer. ---
**Author:** ![LiamP](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/liamp/32/300932_2.png) [@LiamP](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/LiamP)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2024, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3772 "2024-03-27T21:29:48Z")
> [@LiamP](#): > > Good news, MovieSphere may be finally launching soon. MovieSphere has now launched, and it’s as underwhelming as we expected. > **[ThreeNow Launches MovieSphere - ScreenScribe](https://www.screenscribe.net/threenow-lanches-moviesphere/)** > > It's a Happy Easter for free-to-stream movie fans, with ThreeNow at last launching its MovieSphere FAST channel. The service went live this morning, with an underwhelming selection of first-day titles, including Collision Earth, Earth's Final Hours,... ---
**Author:** ![Horomono](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/horomono/32/375663_2.png) [@Horomono](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Horomono)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 2:18am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3773 "2024-03-28T02:18:58Z")
Today marks 20 years since Maori Television/Whakataa Maori launched. Throughout the memories, The Spinoff looks back 20 years of Maori TV and how it changed the indigenous broadcaster throughout the last 2 decades. > **[Celebrating 20 years: How Whakaata Māori changed the game](https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/28-03-2024/celebrating-20-years-how-whakaata-maori-changed-the-game)** > > A look back on the channel's beginnings, survival and impact across two decades. ---
**Author:** ![LiamP](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/liamp/32/300932_2.png) [@LiamP](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/LiamP)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 7:24am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3774 "2024-03-28T07:24:18Z")
Another Sky channel to go, and it’s no April Fool’s joke either. ![image](https://mediaspy-org-s3.s3.dualstack.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/original/4X/e/3/f/e3f1a38a756bcfca12159b465451f4a0508c9248.png) [https://help.sky.co.nz/s/article/Jones-Too-Changes](https://help.sky.co.nz/s/article/Jones-Too-Changes) Liked how Too leaned more towards 80s and 90s shows, even dipping into some eclectic fare at that. ---
**Author:** ![millsy](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/millsy/32/513188_2.png) [@millsy](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/millsy)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2024, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3775 "2024-03-28T23:06:13Z")
Would be OK if they actually replaced the channels. Feels like the $$$ I pay is buying me less and less. ---
**Author:** ![JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/9dc877/32.png) [@JohnsonTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JohnsonTV)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2024, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294/3776 "2024-03-31T08:39:43Z")
Two new Australian game shows starting on Easter Monday, both on TVNZ. > [@Deal or No Deal](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/deal-or-no-deal/23060/641): > > DOND AU starting in NZ on TVNZ 1 tomorrow from 4:30pm weekdays. Going head to head with Tipping Point AU which debuts at 4:05 on TVNZ2. [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294.md?page=183) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/new-zealand-tv/294.md?page=185)