That’s been my only gripe, really. The rest isn’t that bad, but then, I’ve never had Sky. The last FTA cricket I remember watching was still analogue!
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The ship has long sailed in regards to major sports being on FTA in this country. Indeed, not only has it sailed, but it has been decomissioned, sold for scrap and broken up.
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FIFA World Cup 2026 Oceania Qualifiers will air next month on TVNZ+ and TVNZ2.
Chris Chang (Breakfast) will host the network’s coverage while Jason Pine (NZ’s lead football commentator) is on play-by-play duties.
Edit: Do remind you that the Final is happening on a Monday and will pre-empt Shortland Street airing, unless that episode gets released online on TVNZ+.
Schedule:
Friday 21 March: Semi Final 1 – New Caledonia v Tahiti, 3pm
Friday 21 March: Semi Final 2 – New Zealand v Fiji, 7pm
Monday 24 March: Final – 7pm
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They could put it online at 7 and air it after the football - which is what I think they did for the Friends reunion a few years back.
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The Ridge will be available to audiences on BBC iPlayer, BBC Scotland, Sky Open and NEON later this year.
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Return to Paradise, the Australian-made spin-off of Death in Paradise franchise, premieres on Sky Open on Sunday, March 9 at 8.30pm. It starts Anna Samson as London-based Detective Inspector Mackenzie Clarke, who returns to her home town of Dolphin Cove to help fix up her mother’s house, but ends up temporarily re-joining the local police team to help them solve a murder.
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Sky Sport set for a new identity and rebrand called “First Light” and set to debut across their channels tomorrow ahead of a busy weekend of sport.
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My understanding is these graphics will not be seen on Super Rugby as Sky/Stan have agreed to have the same graphics package.
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Nothing great, very 2004
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The state-owned broadcaster made a net profit of $53.1 million for six months ended December, compared with a loss in the year earlier, though the result included a non-cash adjustment of $41.3m to remove costs already accounted for in the year earlier loss.
Otherwise, TVNZ made an underlying profit of $11.8m, with a 1.9 percent decline in revenue to $152.7m.
A drop in television advertising revenue was in contrast to a 16 percent year-on-year increase in digital revenue, accounting for about 25 percent of total revenue.
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What is?
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New sky sport package
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It debuts today, you’ve seen it?
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The full graphics reel from AE Live Ignite:
Feels like they came up with the ‘first light’ inspiration speak after choosing the lightstroke device, especially when other broadcasters on this continent had similar concepts before (Seven and Newshub). The body text looks a bit dull, but otherwise looking great - especially love the outlined club emblems.
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Sport lives here tagline is very Kayo.
Not overly original and probably been used elsewhere too.
Doesn’t look too bad overall.
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No matter how much the designers may have “borrowed”, it looks much better than their last package.
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Here’s the new package for Sky Sport in action from Saturday’s Super Rugby Aupiki (women’s) match between the Chiefs and Matatu.
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