List of free-to-air TV channels in New Zealand

List of free-to-air TV channels in New Zealand:

National channels

Name	Owner	Launch	Content	Language	Notes	Availability
						Analogue terrestrial	Freeview|HD terrestrial	Freeview satellite	Sky satellite	Telstra cable
TV One	TVNZ (govt.)	1 June 1960	General entertainment, news, sport	English	New Zealand's first television channel. Was on a local basis until 1969. Amalgamated into one channel on 1 April 1975.	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
TV2	TVNZ (govt.)	1 June 1975	General entertainment, comedy, reality and drama	English	Started off as South Pacific Television	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
TV3	Ironbridge Capital / MediaWorks NZ (corp.)	26 November 1989	General entertainment, news and sport	English	Started off as NZ's first private TV network, sold off to Canadian and, later, Australian interests	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
FOUR	Ironbridge Capital / MediaWorks NZ (corp.)	6 February 2011	General Entertainment (prime time) Children's shows (day time)	English	Replaced C4 frequency spots and took some C4 and TV3 programming	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Prime	SKY Network Television (corp.)	30 August 1998	General entertainment, news and sport	English	Started off as an Australian-owned network of regional stations before being sold to Sky TV in 2006	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Choice TV	Top TV Limited	April 2012	General entertainment, lifestyle, documentaries	English	To Launch in Autumn 2012.	No	Yes	No	No	Yes
TVNZ U	TVNZ (govt.)	13 March 2011	General entertainment, reality	English		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
TVNZ 7	TVNZ (govt.)	30 March 2008	General entertainment for children, families, News, current affairs and documentaries	English	Relaunched on 1 March 2011	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
C4	Ironbridge Capital / MediaWorks NZ (corp.)	29 June 1997	Music	English	Launched as TV4 in 1997 screening general entertainment, became C4 in 2003 as a music channel. Available on Freeview only as of 2011 after FOUR replaced C4 frequency spots.	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Parliament TV	Kordia (distributor, govt.)	9 October 2007	Live coverage of the New Zealand parliamentary sessions	English	It broadcasts only when parliament is sitting	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Trackside	New Zealand Racing Board (govt.)	1992	Horse and dog racing	English		No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Māori Television	Māori Television Service (govt.)	28 March 2004		Māori and English		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Te Reo	Māori Television Service (govt.)	2008		Māori	It is the only 100% Maori-language channel.	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
CTV8	World TV Ltd (corp.)	13 August 2007	Imported general entertainment and news	Mandarin and Cantonese		Auckland only	Yes	No	No	No
TV33	TV33 Ltd (corp.)	1 May 2010	Local and international Chinese programming	Mandarin and English		No	Yes	No	No	No
Shine TV	Rhema Broadcasting Group (corp.)	1 December 2002	Christian programming	English		Christchurch & Nelson Only	No	Yes	Yes	Yes

Regional channels

Region	Name	Notes	Availability
			Analogue terrestrial	Freeview|HD terrestrial	Freeview satellite	Sky Digital satellite	TelstraClear cable
Whangarei	Channel North Television	Local community TV, community media development and education	Whangarei & District Only	Yes	No	No	No
Auckland	Juice TV	privately owned music TV channel	No	No	No	Yes	Yes
	Triangle TV	Public service and access programming in various languages	Yes	No	No	No	Yes (limited)
Hamilton	Big TV	Waikato University based	Yes	No	No	No	No
Waikato / Bay of Plenty	tvCentral	family safe programming	Yes	Yes (limited)	No	No	No
Rotorua	TV Rotorua	family safe programming	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
	Geyser Television	Tourist information	Yes	No	No	No	No
Taupo	Channel 61	Tourist information	Yes	No	No	No	No
Napier / Hastings	Television Hawkes Bay	Tourist Information	Yes	No	No	No	No
Pahiatua	Tararua TV	Christian and family safe programmes	Yes	No	No	No	No
Nelson	Mainland Television	re-broadcasts BBC World, Al Jazeera, DW TV, CCTV, etc. + locally produced news	Yes	No	No	No	No
Christchurch	CTV Canterbury Television	Regional Programming as well as Al Jazeera, DW TV, etc.	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
	Visitor TV	Tourist information (Currently Off Air as result of the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake)	Yes	No	No	No	No
Timaru / Oamaru	45 South TV	Broadcasts 98% local content. Community station run by volunteers.	Yes	No	No	No	No
Dunedin	Channel 9		Yes	No	No	No	No
Southland	CUE	Formerly Mercury Television and later Southland TV. Mainly distance learning, local news and sport	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No

Satellite channels

The following is a list of free-to-air digital satellite channels available in New Zealand. Most can be received using the standard 60cm satellite dish that is fitted to many houses, together with a standard blind-scan capable set-top box.

List of Free-to-air satellite channels

Name	Content	Language	Satellite / transponder / symbol rate	Minimum dish size / LNB band
TV One	General	English	Optus D1 / 12483H / 22500	35cm / Ku
TV2	General	English	Optus D1 / 12483H / 22500	35cm / Ku
TV3	General	English	Optus D1 / 12456H / 22500	35cm / Ku
FOUR	General	English	Optus D1 / 12456H / 22500	35cm / Ku
Prime	General	English	Optus D1 / 12456H / 22500	35cm / Ku
TVNZ U	General	English	Optus D1 / 12483H / 22500	35cm / Ku
TVNZ 7	General	English	Optus D1 / 12483H / 22500	35cm / Ku
Māori Television	General	English, Maori	Optus D1 / 12483H / 22500	35cm / Ku
Te Reo		Maori	Optus D1 / 12456H / 22500	35cm / Ku
Cue TV		English	Optus D1 / 12456H / 22500	35cm / Ku
TV3 Plus1	General	English	Optus D1 / 12456H / 22500	35cm / Ku
Parliament TV	Political	English	Optus D1 / 12456H / 22500	35cm / Ku
SBS One	News, documentaries	English, various	Optus D1 / 12646V / 12600	60cm / Ku
SBS Two	News	English, various	Optus D1 / 12646V / 12600	60cm / Ku
SBS HD	News, documentaries	English, various	Optus D1 / 12646V / 12600	60cm / Ku
Channel 7		English	Optus D1 / various / various	60cm / Ku
Channel 9		English	Optus D1 / various / various	60cm / Ku
Channel 10		English	Optus D1 / various / various	60cm / Ku
BBC World News		English	Intelsat 5 / 4160H / 26479	90cm / C
Australia Network		English	Intelsat 5 / 4160H / 26479	90cm / C
IRQAA		Arabic	Intelsat 5 / 4160H / 26479	90cm / C
Russia Today		English	Optus D2 / 12734V / 22500	60cm / Ku
BVN		Dutch	Optus D2 / 12644V / 22500	60cm / Ku
NHK World News Television		English	Optus D2 / 12545V / 22500	60cm / Ku
RCTI		Indonesian	Optus D2 / 12608H / 22500	60cm / Ku
TV3		Malaysian	Optus D2 / 12734V / 22500	60cm / Ku
MediaCorp TV Channel 5		English	Optus D2 / 12734V / 22500	60cm / Ku
ERT		Greek	Optus D2 / 12734V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Kurdsat		Kurdish	Optus D2 / 12734V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Kurdistan TV		Kurdish	Optus D2 / 12608H / 22500	60cm / Ku
TVR International		Romanian	Optus D2 / 12734V / 22500	60cm / Ku
TRT		Turkish	Optus D2 / 12644V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Al Iraqiya		Arabic	Optus D2 / 12545V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Duna		Hungarian	Optus D2 / 12734V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Abu Dhabi TV		Arabic	Optus D2 / 12734V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Al Forat		Arabic	Optus D2 / 12706V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Al Hayat		Arabic	Optus D2 / 12519V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Salaam		Arabic	Optus D2 / 12545V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Oman TV		Arabic	Optus D2 / 12734V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Press TV		English	Optus D2 / 12706V / 22500	60cm / Ku
DaAi TV		Taiwanese	AsiaSat 4 / 12430V / 20000	90cm / Ku
MAC TV		Taiwanese	Intelsat 8 / 12504V / 3073	90cm / Ku
Arirang		English, Korean	Intelsat 8 / 12491V / 4400	90cm / Ku
Supreme Master TV	Religious	English	Optus D2 / 12519V / 22500	60cm / Ku
AON	Religious	English	Optus D2 / 12519V / 22500	60cm / Ku
JCTV	Religious	English	Optus D2 / 12644V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Trinity	Religious	English	Optus D2 / 12644V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Church TV	Religious	English	Optus D2 / 12644V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Smile of a Child	Religious	English	Optus D2 / 12644V / 22500	60cm / Ku
God TV	Religious	English	Optus D2 / 12644V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Daystar	Religious	English	Optus D2 / 12644V / 22500	60cm / Ku
CGNTV	Religious	English	Optus D2 / 12706V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Inspiration	Religious	English	Optus D2 / 12644V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Hope TV	Religious	English	Optus D2 / 12706V / 22500	60cm / Ku
EWTN	Religious	English	Optus D2 / 12644V / 22500	60cm / Ku
3ABN	Religious	English	Optus D2 / 12545V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Aghapy TV	Religious	English	Optus D2 / 12706V / 22500	60cm / Ku
Telepace	Religious (Catholic)	Italian, English	Optus D2 / 12425H / 22500¾	60cm / Ku
Tele Padre Pio	Religious (Catholic)	Italian	Optus D2 / 12396H / 22500¾	60cm / Ku
BYU TV	Religious (Mormon)	Multilingual	NSS-9 / 4185R / 6527½	2m / C
RFO Wallis & Futuna	General	French	NSS-9 / 3922R / 2895	1m / C

See also

• Australasian television frequencies
• Television in New Zealand

External links

• TV transmitter details: click on area then transmitter symbol