New Zealand TV

TVNZ+ has a bit of a new UI look.

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They’ve completely redone the back end (in order for the FIFA subs later in the year). Unfortunately the new app seems prone to crashing/not working.

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It’s also annoying it logs you out if you are streaming on the web

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Heads up TVNZ 1 is having a eventful week in a few weeks, with Britain’s Got Talent moving back to TVNZ 1 after 3 years on TVNZ 2 in it’s old Saturday night slot after 1 News where the network previously aired in the late 2010s. KSI will replace Bruno Tonioli this year, also 8 May TVNZ 1 will air David Attenborough’s Attenborough’s Wild London to commentate his 100th birthday. Finally the FIFA World Cup 2026 Preview Series aired on Thursday at 11.00pm Thursday and will continue on Friday.

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Game of 2 Halves, in a new hour-long format, starts next week. It will screen on Sky Sport 1 next Thursday (30 April) at 8.30pm and then on Three the following evening, i.e. Fridays at 8.30pm (just before an encore screening of 7 Days).

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It was previously on Sky Open as well.

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Tv1s broken. Froze on chase for a couple of mins, now black. Tv2 fine. Duke fine.

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Came back at 17:56.

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Do you know if it’s stable yet? Anyone out there updated their Bravia?

I’ve been putting off upgrading the Living Room TV until I know it’s actually going to work. Ditched Maori+ because it was slow and required constant re-logging on. Not willing to have to bin TVNZ+ too if I don’t have to!

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Update: The sneaky telly updated itself. Seems to work just fine. New (linear) layout is a bit annoying, you have to do an awful lot of scrolling. The gap between the ads and programmes is quicker, more seamless. I guess the issues are only with some LG, Samsung and Apple TV users?

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Taste of Art will be shown in Australia on SBS Food on Thursday nights from May 7.

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I’ve had a couple of crashes on Samsung the last few days.

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3 News on Monday is listed for an hour, not the usual 30 mins for a public holiday. Guess they want the lead-in for Hot Seat.

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Celebrity Treasure Island returns tonight 7:30pm on TVNZ2 & TVNZ+.

Here are the celebrities taking on this season:

ThreeNews is now 30 mins tonight with Bondi rescue on at 6:30. Possibly a mistake in the schedule or last minute change

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I guess someone at TV3 last week didn’t realised it was a public holiday.

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A ‘payment history’ section is interesting for (currently) free-to-use service.

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Not that interesting - when they’ve flagged FIFA World Cup is subscription based and they’ve said the upgrades were to allow this.

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Yeah, it says “Event Pass” right there, implying the likes of the FIFA World Cup Pass.

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I hadn’t bothered to look into settings yet… just glad the thing still works!

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