Is Chinese channels still available?

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rayonline

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#225691 30-Nov-2017 14:21

Some years ago we got Sky with WTV which had a few Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean and Japanese channels. What is available now?

I did a google and a article on the Sky site said channel 155 and 156 are available (both mandarin) but when I look at their channel guide there doesn't seem to be any. There is a few Hindi and Filipino channels. Freeview CTV8 is listed but it seems to be all overseas stuff, I couldn't even find a 30min slot of NZ news translated in Chinese. I think there is a Sunday or Saturday session though.

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yitz

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#1911153 30-Nov-2017 15:12

Their locally produced programming is available on demand at http://video.936.nz/videos.php and is also broadcast on Freeview 28.

It seems their 30 minute locally produced NZ news programme is currently off-air. It was broadcast weekdays at 6pm.

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#1911157 30-Nov-2017 15:54

From my understanding WTV pulled off sky services a year or 2 ago, they were going to stream everything over the net but that was the last i heard about it.

However I walk past WTV most days and there are still cars and people working there.

manaia

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#1911398 1-Dec-2017 04:21

I think WTV launched a service based on the TVB (HK) puck 3 or 4 years ago. There's a picture of it on their service page here http://anywhere.936.nz/

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#1911400 1-Dec-2017 06:15

There are a couple of Chinese TV channels on Freeview UHF including the new "Panda TV" which is on channel 37. Channel 28 is the WTV channel and their studio/offices are right behind Sky TV.

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rayonline

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#1911491 1-Dec-2017 09:52

manaia:

I think WTV launched a service based on the TVB (HK) puck 3 or 4 years ago. There's a picture of it on their service page here http://anywhere.936.nz/

Thanks for that. Have emailed them. The website doesn't list prices and contracts.

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#1911545 1-Dec-2017 10:48

rayonline:
Thanks for that. Have emailed them. The website doesn't list prices and contracts.

On their 936.nz homepage the blue box on the right says the service has been discontinued.

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rayonline

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#1911551 1-Dec-2017 10:53

yitz:
rayonline:

Thanks for that. Have emailed them. The website doesn't list prices and contracts.

On their 936.nz homepage the blue box on the right says the service has been discontinued.

Thanks. I will get someone to read that. I cannot read Chinese. A banana hahah. Answers my query.

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#1911559 1-Dec-2017 11:07

yes, it's still available on freeview Chanel 28 and 33

Contact is as below.

http://www.wtv.co.nz/contact/

manaia

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#1911865 2-Dec-2017 05:17

yitz:
rayonline:

Thanks for that. Have emailed them. The website doesn't list prices and contracts.

On their 936.nz homepage the blue box on the right says the service has been discontinued.

Thanks - i didn't know that