Tonfön Television
Tonfön Television is a Tongan pay TV service commencing in 2002, offering seven 24-hour channels of movies, news, sport and entertainment. Among the channels available are ABC Asia Pacific, BBC World, Fox News, in addition to four locally programmed channels, which include a sports channel, a family channel, a documentary/current affairs channel, and a movie channel.[1]
Since November 2005, Tonfön TV has found itself facing stiff competition from a rival pay TV company, Sky Pacific, which offers more channels and a wider variety of programming to Tongan viewers. Tonfön announced that it would launch a seventh channel, a relay of Fox News, as its third relayed channel.[2] In 2006, its subscribers were deprived of some 2006 Federated Shield matches due to negotiation issues with rights holder IMG Media.[3] With the acquisition of Tonfön by Digicel, the service was replaced by Digicel's.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Service Description
- ^ Matangi Tonga article - Tongan television viewers' bonanza
- ^ "Tongan viewers will miss some Federation Shield matches". Matangi Tonga. 26 October 2006.
- ^ "Digicel Pacific acquire Tonfon Communications". Matangi Tonga. 28 November 2007.
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