Why Are The Grammys 2012 Not Playing On Any NZ TV Channel?
ibtimes.com
because nz tv programmers suck? Because NZ TV programmers hate their viewers? Because you deserve not to watch them? I have no fucking idea why SKY at least are not playing them, but you CAN WATCH HERE AND FUCK THEM.
FAQ About SKY/TVNZ New Product ‘TIVO MARK 2′ – ‘Igloo’.
idealog.co.nz
SO TIVO FLOPPED BECAUSE THEY TOOK AWAY THE ABILITY TO NOT RECORD ADS, WHICH WAS THE MAIN APPEAL OF TIVO. FREVIEW IS A SECOND RATE SERVICE, MAINLY BECAUSE ‘KIDZONE’ AND ‘HEARTLAND’, CHANNELS THAT SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FREE ON THE SERVICE ARE NOT AND HAVE TO BE PAID FOR ON SKY TO SEE. AND NOW IGLOO, WHICH SEEMS TO BE TVNZ EXPECTING PEOPLE TO PAY FOR WHAT FREEVIEW SHOULD BE. I GIVE IT 2 YEARS.
What is Igloo?
Igloo is an exciting new pre-pay telly service which offers Kiwis more choice and flexibility than ever before. It’s the first of its kind.
Igloo comes with an easy-to-install set top box with no long term contracts and no termination fees! You pay for what you want to watch when you want to watch it. This is pre-pay TV!
Igloo offers a great range of free to air channels and pay television channels, plus over a 1,000 pay-on-demand titles to choose from and live pay-per-view sporting events too.
Even if you don’t buy the 11 channel pack you can still use your Igloo set top box to watch all of the free to air channels, and you can still purchase any of the great live pay-per-view sporting events and/or rent any of the 1,000 plus video-on-demand films and TV episodes. That’s just great flexibility.
Why do we need another TV service?
Because Kiwis have asked for it. (THEY ACTUALLY ASKED FOR A DECENT FREE SERVICE FROM TVNZ, BUT THEY CAANOT PROVIDE ONE SO ARE TRYING TO MAKE PEOPLE PAY FOR DECENT TV.)
We’ve just completed 6 months of research where we asked Kiwis about every part of their TV experience, from what they wanted to pay, to what they wanted to watch, even down to the look and feel of the set top box and we took all of that research and created Igloo.
Kiwis want an option between SKY and free to air television – that’s exactly what Igloo is. New Zealanders told us that – as long as it’s flexible and on their terms – there is a market and there is an opportunity in the 50% of households that don’t currently subscribe to pay TV.
Kiwis want a lower price point, more flexibility, and they want choice in the form of additional ‘quality content’ to the free to air channels that they currently receive. We think that Igloo meets all those needs head on.
Igloo is aimed at people for whom TV viewing is occasion-based; they don’t want a long term contract. Consumer research showed us that people want flexibility and choice without the big price tag. That’s a perfect description of Igloo.
Cost?
The retail price of the set top box is yet to be confirmed but we are aiming to sell it for under $200.
Sports Fan Going To Trial For Telling Call Center Staff He Would ‘Kill Them’.
http://support.openmedia.co.nz
THIS IS THE STUPIDEST BLOODY THING I HAVE READ TODAY. WHO HAS NOT SAID SOMETHING SILLY LIKE THAT AT LEAST ONCE? DO OUR COURTS REALLY HAVE TIME FOR SHIT LIKE THIS? AND FUCK SKYTV, THEY SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH PROVIDING A SECOND RATE SERVICE.
A man accused of threatening to kill Sky TV staff after his television cut out during a Rugby World Cup game will go on trial.
Nicholas Graeme Jillett has been charged with threatening to kill the pay-television company’s staff after rain fade blocked him from watching the All Blacks beat France in a September Rugby World Cup pool match.
He appeared in Auckland District Court today to be told he will go to trial for his alleged threats.
A trial date will be set on February 28 next year.
Mr Jillett explained his actions outside court last month, and said he left a message on Sky’s answerphone at 6:30am on September 20 after becoming frustrated with the interrupted service.
The message escalated and he “added” the threat at the end to make Sky take the complaint seriously.
His Sky service had cut out for two to three days twice over the three week period before the answerphone message, he said.
He said he was receiving medical treatment for a liver ailment and experienced severe side-effects including mood swings.
“My treatment leaves me very lethargic and Sky TV was my happy place, just like the ad says. It was my life to an extent,” he said.
He said he regretted leaving the nasty message.
- APNZ
TVNZ Wins SKY TV Heart By Selling NZ Content Off For Nix.
dannews.co.nz
WELL, COOL TO KNOW FOR SURE THEY GAVE AWAY ALL THAT CONTENT TO SKYTV THAT PLAYS ON HEARTLAND AND KIDZONE FOR NOTHING SO THEY BREAK INTO PAY TV. SEEMS ASS ABOUT FACE. WONDER IF THEY WILL MOVE KIDZONE AND HEARTLAND TO FREEVIEW NOW……………HAHAHAHAAHAH NO THEY WON’T.
SKY Television and Television New Zealand (TVNZ) today announced that they have formed a partnership to launch a new digital pay television service, delivering pay channels over SKY’s digital terrestrial spectrum.
SKY has a 51% shareholding and TVNZ a 49% shareholding in the joint venture.
The new service will provide paid-for and free content, including free-to-air channels, to a digital decoder, which is also readied to utilise Ultra-Fast-Broadband (UFB) in the future.
The launch will be in the first half of 2012, timed to take advantage of the digital switchover (DSO), when a large number of New Zealand homes will need to transition to a digitaltelevision service.
SKY’s Chief Executive Officer, John Fellet, said;
“It’s exciting to be working together with TVNZ to provide Kiwis with more television viewing options. We’ll be working hard to develop a brand new television service we believe will appeal to a large number of households.”
Rick Ellis To Leave TVNZ After Selling The Companies Back Catalogue For ZERO To SKYTV.
stuff.co.nz
I PRESUME AFTER LETTING SKYTV HAVE LOCAL CONTENT PAID FOR BY TAX PAYERS OVER THE YEARS FOR FREE, THAT SKY TV HAVE PAID THEM BACK BY GIVING THEM ACCESS TO THIS………….
Television New Zealand and Telecom have been in advanced talks to join Sky TV’s proposed new digital terrestrial pay television platform with 10 to 14 channels.
The question will be which of the existing channels on Sky satellite TV – such as SoHo and CNN – will have rights deals extended to cover digital terrestrial.
SO AFTER SELLING NZ TV VIEWERS DOWN THE RIVER HE IS OFF.
TVNZ’s CEO Rick Ellis has resigned, the company’s chairman Sir John Anderson announced today.
Ellis will be joining Telstra in Australia in January where he will be leading a new division called Telstra Digital Media.
Sir John acknowledged Ellis’ cumulative 10 years of service as TVNZ CEO, during which time TV ONE and TV2 consolidated their leadership position in the New Zealand free-to-air television market.
He said the company had also diversified into digital media areas including online, pay TV channels, and new digital free-to-air channels.
In his new position, Ellis will be Group Managing Director – Digital Media, with responsibility for Telstra’s Sensis, Bigpond, Trading Post and IPTV businesses, and Telstra’s partnership with Foxtel.
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