"Television New Zealand" redirects here. For New Zealand television in general, see Television in New Zealand.
Television New Zealand Limited (TVNZ)
Native name
Māori: Te Reo Tātaki o Aotearoa
Company type
Crown entity company
Industry
Broadcast television
Predecessor
Television One
South Pacific Television
Founded
February 1980; 44 years ago (1980-02)
Headquarters
Auckland, New Zealand
Number of locations
New Zealand
Area served
Nationally (New Zealand) and some Pacific Island nations such as the Cook Islands, Fiji, and the Solomon Islands
Key people
Jodi O'Donnell (CEO)
Products
Television
Revenue
NZ$155,900,000[1] (sixth months of 2023)
Net income
NZ$−16,700,000[1] (sixth months of 2023)
Total assets
43.2% (2019)[2]
Owner
Minister of Finance (50%) Minister for Media and Communications (50%)[3]
Divisions
TVNZ 1
TVNZ 2
TVNZ Duke
TVNZ+
1 News
TVNZ Sport
Subsidiaries
Former TV stations
TVNZ Sport Extra (2009)
TVNZ 6 (2011)
TVNZ 7 (2012)
U (2013)
TVNZ Heartland (2015)
TVNZ Kidzone (2016)
Website
www.tvnz.co.nz
Television New Zealand (Māori: Te Reo Tātaki o Aotearoa), more commonly referred to as TVNZ, is a television network that is broadcast throughout New Zealand and parts of the Pacific region. All of its currently-operating channels are free-to-air and commercially funded.
TVNZ was established in February 1980 following the merger of the two government-owned television networks, Television One (now TVNZ 1) and South Pacific Television (now TVNZ 2), under a single administration. It was the sole television broadcaster in New Zealand until November 1989 when private channel TV3 (now Three) was launched.
TVNZ operates playout services from its Auckland studio via Kordia's fibre and microwave network for TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2 and TVNZ Duke, with new media video services via the American-owned Brightcove which is streamed on the Akamai RTMP/HLS DNS based caching network. Its former channels include TVNZ Kidzone (closed 30 April 2016), TVNZ Heartland (closed 31 May 2015), TVNZ U (closed August 2013), TVNZ 7 (closed June 2012), TVNZ 6 (closed 2011), and TVNZ Sport Extra (closed 2009).
TVNZ is state-owned but commercially funded through advertising.[4] There has been reoccurring debate about TVNZ's role and whether it should be treated as a public-service broadcaster or a fully commercial network.[5]
^ ab"TVNZ announces half-year loss as media companies struggle". 1 March 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
^"TVNZ Annual Report 2019" (PDF). tvnz.co.nz. 29 August 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^"Television New Zealand Limited Shareholdings". companies.govt.nz. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
^"Television New Zealand Act 2003 No 1 (as at 28 October 2021), Public Act – New Zealand Legislation". legislation.govt.nz. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
^Patterson, Jane (13 November 2019). "Govt to consider replacing RNZ, TVNZ with new public broadcaster". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
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state-owned broadcaster Television New Zealand (TVNZ). It targets a younger audience than its sister channel, TVNZ 1. TVNZ 2's line up consists of dramas, comedies...
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the news division of New Zealand television network TVNZ. The programme is broadcast live from TVNZ Centre in Auckland. The flagship news bulletin is the...
mystery crime comedy-drama television series, broadcast on Network 10 and TVNZ 1. The ten part series premiered on 17 July 2019, at 8:40 pm. In the United...
running on former TVNZ channel TVNZ 6. It then ran on TVNZ 7 for a year before its closure in 2012. TVNZ launched TVNZ Kidzone as TVNZ Kidzone24 on 1 May...
the fictitious Shortland Street Hospital. The show was first broadcast on TVNZ 2 on 25 May 1992 and is New Zealand's longest-running drama and soap opera...
TVNZ Heartland was a pay TV channel operated by TVNZ featuring only New Zealand made shows, mostly reruns of classic shows as well as more recent shows...
consisting of the New Zealand public broadcasters Radio New Zealand (RNZ) and TVNZ. After exploring the merger of the two media entities in February 2020, the...
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began working for TVNZ. Dallow married Mau in 1996, the couple had two children. They separated in 2009. Dallow has been employed by TVNZ since 1993, initially...
TVNZ Sport Extra was a temporary sports television station in New Zealand, operated by TVNZ. Broadcasting on channel 20 on Freeview, it showed live and...
by TVNZ and imported shows. TVNZ's second network, TV2, airs mostly imported shows with some locally produced programs such as Shortland Street. TVNZ also...
Global Information
NZ$155,900,000[1] (sixth months of 2023)