The One NZ Satellite TXT initial service has commened rolling out to customers on eligible phones and plans at no extra cost, helping One NZ to deliver mobile coverage like never before where you have clear line of sight to the sky. Joe Goddard, Experience & Commercial Director at One NZ, says: “We have lift-off! […]
LA-based film and TV studio Happy Accidents today announces its coproduction with leading New Zealand-based production company Kevin & Co for new original comedy series The Sanctuary (8×22’) has been picked up by Warner Bros. Discovery in New Zealand for free-to-air network Three and BVOD service ThreeNow. The series has just been greenlit in the final NZ On […]
Endeavor Streaming and Sky New Zealand have expanded their partnership with a multi-year deal that includes a range of user experience enhancements, personalisation features and advanced advertising capabilities, designed to elevate the viewing experience and unlock new revenue streams for the sports streaming platform, Sky Sport Now. Endeavor Streaming first partnered with Sky in 2014 […]
Nielsen has announced the launch of Advanced Audiences in New Zealand, (powered by Nielsen Consumer & Media Insights – CMI), which is backed by strategic integrations with a number of demand-side platforms (DSPs), with over 4,000 segments to use via advanced digital campaign targeting capabilities across the country. The Nielsen Advanced Audiences solution offers seamless […]
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has hit local telco One NZ (the former Vodafone NZ) with criminal charges alleging false representations of its Starlink Direct-To-Cell service, and breaching the country’s Fair Trade Act. One NZ had seemingly jumped the gun with its Starlink publicity and marketing campaign and talked about 100 percent national coverage but failed […]
OUTtv, the LGBTQ+ streaming service, has launched on Prime Video in New Zealand as an add-on subscription, as well as co-commissioning Winner Winner Chicken Dinner with TVNZ, produced by Warner Bros International Television Production New Zealand. Winner Winner Chicken Dinner is a new game show, hosted by leading New Zealand drag queens, Kita Mean and […]
Netflix has opened a new office on the traditional land of the Gadigal people in Chippendale, Sydney cementing what it called “a bright future” for the next decade of Australian stories. Netflix Co-CEO Greg Peters welcomed a room full of Australian creatives, policymakers, media and industry peers to the new hub that will serve as […]
Sky New Zealand and Warner Bros Discovery (WBD) have announced a partnership expansion that confirms Sky as the home of Max in New Zealand. The Max hub on Sky and Neon will offer a collection of series, Hollywood blockbuster movies, and family favourites, as well as a deep library of programming across lifestyle, reality and documentaries. […]
Ben Longmier, Senior Director, satellite engineering at SpaceX (and a co-founder of Swarm Technologies), confirmed on October 21st that SpaceX’s New Zealand cellular partner, One NZ. had sent its first text message via the Starlink system. “[We are] planning to turn on commercial service in New Zealand soon, once Starlink receives FCC commercial authority shortly,” […]
LA-based film and TV studio Happy Accidents has announced its coproduction with leading New Zealand-based production company Kevin & Co on new original comedy series The Sanctuary (8×22’) developed with Warner Bros Discovery NZ. The Sanctuary is a comedy series following Hunter, an eccentric American billionaire hiding in New Zealand. After selling an innocuous app, […]