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euanandrews

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#16024 20-Sep-2007 17:07

Its interesting watching the new channels being added to freeview...

Current line up:

1 TV ONE
2 TV2
3 TV3
4 C4
5 Maori TV
21 TVNZ Sports Extra
21 Stratos
22 Reserved 4K

- Stratos, a christian channel, was just added the other day
- Reserved 4K, Just on today, I dont know what that is going to be???

I'm guessing its could be that TVNZ family orientated channel they have been planning?

And wasnt there going to be a TVNZ 24 hour news channel?
And what about the regional channel, I'm not receiving a Wellington channel, is anyone else, is there one?

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#87429 20-Sep-2007 19:16

TheBartender: Its interesting watching the new channels being added to freeview...

Current line up:

1 TV ONE
2 TV2
3 TV3
4 C4
5 Maori TV
21 TVNZ Sports Extra
21 Stratos
22 Reserved 4K

- Stratos, a christian channel, was just added the other day
- Reserved 4K, Just on today, I dont know what that is going to be???

I'm guessing its could be that TVNZ family orientated channel they have been planning?

And wasnt there going to be a TVNZ 24 hour news channel?
And what about the regional channel, I'm not receiving a Wellington channel, is anyone else, is there one?

Stratos isn't a christian channel. See http://stratostv.co.nz/ for details.

The Reserved channels are just being used for testing at the moment.

Also TVNZ6 launches on 30th September.

Steve

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#87456 20-Sep-2007 21:23

Hi, For anyone who might be interested, Parliament TV starts on the 9th Oct. though Sky/Telstraclear were not in the press release. I would like to see it on Sky.

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#87488 21-Sep-2007 07:41

Parliament TV?? Yeah......haw haw!

It'll be a great non-prescription "sleeping pill", at least!

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#87506 21-Sep-2007 09:47

Wiki is quite up-to-date on freeview going ons...

Freeview Wiki

TVNZ 6 will go live 30 September 2007 (general entertainment/children/family)
TVNZ 7 will go live March 2008 (news, sport)
Vibe will go live 1 October 2007 (female targeted)

Alt TV will go live sometime 2008 (24 hours music videos)
New Zealand Parliament has no set date

Maori Television will change its name to 'Maori Television Tahi' in late 2007
Maori Television Rua lauch has no set date yet

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#87508 21-Sep-2007 10:30

TheBartender: Wiki is quite up-to-date on freeview going ons...

Freeview Wiki

TVNZ 6 will go live 30 September 2007 (general entertainment/children/family)
TVNZ 7 will go live March 2008 (news, sport)
Vibe will go live 1 October 2007 (female targeted)

Alt TV will go live sometime 2008 (24 hours music videos)
New Zealand Parliament has no set date

Maori Television will change its name to 'Maori Television Tahi' in late 2007
Maori Television Rua lauch has no set date yet

Shame about the errors

Vibe is a SkyTV only channel, and won't be on freeview.

Alt TV have plans for DTT but not DTH.

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#87514 21-Sep-2007 11:34

openmedia, I see you have edited and updated Wiki to correspond with what you just said, where did you source that information?

Update:
Forget it, I've just checked out your website to see this is your specialty/business.

Cheers for the information.

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#87522 21-Sep-2007 12:09

TheBartender: openmedia, I see you have edited and updated Wiki to correspond with what you just said, where did you source that information?

Update:
Forget it, I've just checked out your website to see this is your specialty/business.

Cheers for the information.

I was really surprised to see Vibe on the Wikipedia freeview page. Don't know where someone picked that rumour up from.

The Parliament TV details were only confirmed yesterday, athough we did see a test signal earlier in the week.

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#87537 21-Sep-2007 13:01

Great, "Triangle" is coming to Freeview. I'll be able to watch Deutsche Welle stuff again.

As for the rest, i'm not fussed. Parliament TV might be interesting if something good is going on in the House.

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#87539 21-Sep-2007 13:10

Hi, just had a reply from Sky, they will not be adding Parliament TV, makes me laugh as The speaker of the house, said it will be great to allow Parliament into all homes from 9th Oct. In other words, she believes that there is only upto 44000 home in NZ.....

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#87545 21-Sep-2007 13:30

Vibe. Just what we need. Another crap channel on Sky which no doubt will the excuse for another price hike next year..

Regards,

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#87597 21-Sep-2007 21:27

TVNZ 6 is up and running now (well a preview/test)

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#87653 22-Sep-2007 12:51

speaking of freeview, does anyone have any information on when the mpeg4 test broadcasts will start?

cheers

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#87656 22-Sep-2007 13:24

itey: speaking of freeview, does anyone have any information on when the mpeg4 test broadcasts will start?

cheers

I'm assuming you are talking about the DTT tests. Might not happen until next year. Launch isn't until March.

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#87803 23-Sep-2007 21:03

It's strange, I have 4 reserved channels in our lineup. Also, with stratos, I have perfect video, but only the occasional part-word of audio coming thru. (eg, when someone is talking, about every third word they say a little "ablnhiud" comes thru)

And why 2 maori channels? The one they've got no one watches anyway (well, except when the have a Billy T doco on, like they did today!)

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#87806 23-Sep-2007 21:14

Rollux: It's strange, I have 4 reserved channels in our lineup. Also, with stratos, I have perfect video, but only the occasional part-word of audio coming thru. (eg, when someone is talking, about every third word they say a little "ablnhiud" comes thru)

And why 2 maori channels? The one they've got no one watches anyway (well, except when the have a Billy T doco on, like they did today!)

There are currently 8 unused "reserved" channels.

Also note that Stratos is only testing at the moment, their official launch is the 3rd October.

As for Maori TV, take a look at their weekend movie lineup. There have been some awesome Kiwi and international films as part of the season. Since I got freeview I find I'm watching Maori TV a lot more.

Steve

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