No. I don’t think the word “expectation” was quite the right one in this context… it’s expected they will, rather than by decree.
There really are few license requirements in NZ, if any at all, other than technical ones relating to transmission.
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Was surprised that Three are not televising the coverage
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Season 3 of Hunted Australia, subtitled Million Dollar Heist, premieres on TVNZ 1 on Thursday, September 19 at 7.30pm. It follows the premise of the previous two seasons, except that in this season, the fugitives had to first break in to a fake bank in Ballarat (Courthouse Theatre at Federation University’s School of Mines campus) to steal money, before reuniting with their colleagues in Geelong and starting their escapades.
Synospis and biographies of Hunted team
Profiles of the fugitives
Australian trailer
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Some unfortunate news; TV personality Nigel Latta has terminal cancer, NZ Herald reports.
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The desk’s been used quite a few times now. Rugby World Cup 2019, 2020 Election, Tokyo 2020 Olympics (2021)
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Not to mention the curved screen which will probably exist on air until the day TVNZ no longer exists 
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Who would they get to host it or commentate?
Imagine if TV One did not compete against TV2 and TV3 and instead became a taxpayer funded ad free channel like the ABC in Australia. Their programmes would be run cash strapped equivalent like a healthy diet and would be a place for exclusively British programming and educational programmes and would not compete which means that TV3 would be in a better position than today and TV2 would have been sold off if an alternative happened. Commercialising TV One is a mistake of the past just before I was born.
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TV4 (Sweden), DPG (Belgium), TV2 (Denmark), VMTV (Ireland), CNN (Portugal), HOT8 (Israel) and TVNZ are all on board The Sinking Of A Superyacht: How Safe Is Your Voyage?
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Sky is conducting a 4K Ultra High Definition (4K-UHD) test during the broadcast of the All Blacks v Australia match on Saturday 28 September, 6pm.
Sky Sport customers with the new Sky Box will also be able to watch the match in 4K-UHD on a temporary pop-up channel, Sky Sport 1 UHD, which will play on channel 251.
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Has Sky done any sports telecast in 4K before?
Foxtel in Australia began televising selected sports events in 4K in October 2018.
EDIT: looks like Stan Sport in Australia will provide a raw feed in 4K, with Sky providing graphics and commentary.
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NZ is always a few years behind Australia 
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Most of us probably won’t be able to watch it though
Note that this temporary pop-up channel will not be visible for customers on the legacy (black) Sky Box, Sky Pod, Sky Go or Sky Sport Now.
All Sky Sport, Sky Sport Now and Sky Go customers will be able to watch the match as normal in HD, either in English on Sky Sport 1 or in Te Reo Māori on Sky Sport 2.
As this is an initial test of 4K-UHD, some things will be a little different for this test broadcast:
During ad breaks, no ads will play out. Instead, there will be a stadium-wide shot with no sound.
There will be no Te Reo Māori commentary, alternative commentary or subtitles available on the 4K-UHD broadcast of the match. Viewers who wish to use these features should watch the broadcast in HD.
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The Voice Australia season 13 premieres on TVNZ 2 on Friday, October 4, at 7.30pm. Guy Sebastian is the only singer returning as judge from last season, while Adam Lambert, LeAnn Rimes and Kate Miller-Heidke made their debut as judges.
8-part Australian comedy Gold Diggers, set in the Victorian Goldfields of 1850s and starring Danielle Walker and Claire Lovering, premieres on TVNZ+ on Tuesday, October 1.
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MEDIA RELEASE: A-Leagues on Sky for the next three years as the competition heats up
24 September 2024
- APL and Sky Sport extend A-Leagues’ broadcast partnership for further three years as introduction of Auckland FC creates local derby with Wellington Phoenix
- As part of the renewal, one match per week now broadcast free-to-air
New Zealand football fans have another season of action-packed footie in store, as the Australian Professional Leagues (APL) and Sky confirm that the upcoming three seasons of the A-Leagues will be available to watch exclusively on Sky.
The extension of the partnership means that all matches in the Isuzu UTE A-League Men (kicking off 18 October) and Ninja A-League Women (kicking off 1 November) will play on Sky Sport and streaming on Sky Sport Now and Sky Go. All matches featuring a New Zealand team will be broadcast live and one match a week will be shared free to air on Sky Open.
Sky customers will enjoy wall-to-wall coverage in the upcoming season, as the Wellington Phoenix men and women look to build on their best ever seasons and Auckland FC men’s makes its much-anticipated debut, giving Aotearoa its first professional football derby.
The 25/26 season will then see the introduction of the forthcoming Auckland FC women’s team, setting up a second Kiwi rivalry with the Phoenix women and ensuring an action-packed schedule of New Zealand teams across the two Leagues.
Football is New Zealand’s most popular sport, with more participants than any other code[1], and a rapidly growing fanbase driven by the sport’s global popularity and the continued growth of the A-Leagues locally. With football growing in participation across Aotearoa, Sophie Moloney, CEO at Sky, explains why Sky is so pleased to extend this partnership:
“Last year’s season was a breakout success for fan engagement with the A-Leagues in New Zealand, with the success of the Wellington Phoenix capturing the hearts and minds of Kiwi fans. Added to that, the excitement surrounding the addition to the leagues of a new team from Aotearoa in Auckland FC has made the upcoming season guaranteed to be appointment watching.
“We’re pleased that we will continue to be the broadcast home to a passionate and growing sporting code, spearheaded here in Aotearoa by a couple of really energised and ambitious local clubs. We’re excited to see what we can achieve together in terms of innovation around commercial partnerships as part of our home games production, alongside our broadcast coverage of every single minute of action.”
Commenting on the partnership extension, Nick Garcia, A-Leagues Commissioner said:
“New Zealand is really important for our continued growth, and it’s set to be a landmark year for New Zealand football following Wellington Phoenix’s standout season and the introduction of a new team, Auckland FC, into the Isuzu UTE A-League Men.
“Sky Sport is a world-class partner, and we are thrilled to extend our partnership and deliver more A-Leagues action – with one match broadcast free-to-air each week – to entertain New Zealand’s passionate football community and support our ambition to grow the game across the country.”
Nick Becker, CEO of Auckland FC, said: “Today’s announcement is another endorsement of the strength and ongoing growth of football in New Zealand. Thanks to Sky, fans across the country will get even closer to the game, to our club and to our players. We look forward to seeing our first ever match in every Kiwi home on October 19.”
David Dome, General Manager of Wellington Phoenix, said: “Sky’s live broadcasts are unrivalled: they’ve done a great job of capturing the emotion of our passionate fans for the past 17 years. With the arrival of Auckland FC this season, there will be more local interest in the A-League than ever before, so it’s fantastic there will be one match a week free-to-air on Sky Open.”
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It looks like Max will get a launch in Australia next year rather than New Zealand despite WBD owns a TV channel in the country and Sky has a deal with HBO and its pay-TV networks (Discovery, Animal Planet etc.)
“We look at all markets individually, and the New Zealand and Australia media landscapes are quite distinct,” a WBD spokesperson told ScreenScribe.
“New Zealand remains an attractive market for us with regards to Max but we have nothing to announce at this time.”
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I’d imagine it wouldn’t be too difficult for them to strengthen their current partnership and gut Neon for Max, most of its current draw is that premier HBO content after all.
My theory is we will see a ‘Max on Neon’ partnership and it won’t launch in NZ.
More likely that WBD withdraws from the market (sells Three) than launches Max.
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I know we’ve had this discussion before - but surely if Warners are launching Max in Australia, it wouldn’t be too much more work to expand that to NZ? The platform is there, I imagine the rights would largely be the same and they could easily use the AU sales/customer support team. But I could very well be missing something. You’ll have better intel than I do so I’ll defer to your insight.
Agreed. Sky and WBD have been cosy for years (in WBD’s previous iterations). I wouldn’t be surprised to see in the next 2-3 years, Sky taking over sales for WBD’s FTA channels, they leave Flower St and quite probably, run everything else from LA. The trade-off for Sky, is no competition from Max. It’s heading that way, eh?
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