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Native name | Te Reo Tātaki o Aotearoa (Māori) |
|---|---|
| Company type | Crown entity company |
| Industry | Broadcast television |
| Predecessor | |
| Founded | February 1980 |
| 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$155,900,000[1] (sixth months of 2023) |
| NZ$−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 | |
| Subsidiaries | Former TV stations
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| Website | www |
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]
- ^ a b "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.