New Zealand Digital TV News

DigiSoft secures contract to deliver Electronic Video rental platform to Video Ezy®
Apr 14, 2008 – DigiSoft and Video Ezy have announced the selection of DigiSoft's IPTV delivery platform and set top box middleware to enable the delivery of Video Ezy's Electronic Video Rental service at Video Ezy and Blockbuster stores in Australia and New Zealand.
News categories: DigiSoft, Video Ezy, Australia, Digital TV, Middleware, NABShow, New Zealand, Set Top Box, Streaming

New Zealand - Freeview Eclipses 100,000 Milestone
Apr 14, 2008 – Freeview, the free-to-air digital television and radio platform, has announced that more than 100,000 Freeview capable receivers have been purchased.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

New Zealand - Freeview|HD™ Launch Date Announced
Mar 17, 2008 – Freeview New Zealand has announced that Kiwis' can look forward to HD capable Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) courtesy of the Freeview|HD™ service from 2nd April 2008.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, New Zealand, Terrestrial

Asia-Pac braces for mobile TV fever
Mar 12, 2008 – The Asia-Pacific mobile video services market is expected to see huge growth potential as mobile operators continue to spend millions on developing innovative services and content to arrest the declining average revenue per user (ARPU).
News categories: Frost & Sullivan, Australia, China, Digital TV, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Market Research, Mobile, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Smart TV, Tablet, Taiwan, Vietnam

New Zealand - Freeview readies for main event
Feb 25, 2008 – Freeview is on track to debut high-definition digital terrestrial television in April, after Kordia last week completed a $30 million transmission network.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Content Distribution, Digital TV, New Zealand, Set Top Box, Terrestrial

New Zealand - Freeview On A Roll after Successful 2007
Jan 24, 2008 – Freeview take-up figures continue to climb steadily upwards, a mere eight months since the launch of free-to-air digital television and radio in New Zealand. The total number of households reached is an estimated 78,700 or 5% of all homes.
News categories: Freeview NZ, Digital TV, Market Research, New Zealand, Satellite

New Zealand - Views Sought on the Future of Broadcasting Regulation
Jan 23, 2008 – The Minister of Broadcasting and the Minister of Communications and Information Technology have released two discussion papers as part of the government's review of its arrangements for the regulation of broadcasting.
News categories: Digital TV, Mobile, New Zealand, Regulation, Streaming, TV Services

TANDBERG Television MPEG-4 AVC to Power Delivery of New Zealand Digital Terrestrial TV
Dec 4, 2007 – TANDBERG Television has announced that Kordia™ and TVWorks have selected its industry leading digital terrestrial television (DTT) head-end system for the delivery of the Freeview New Zealand DTT service.
News categories: TANDBERG Television, Kordia, TVWorks, Content Distribution, Digital TV, New Zealand, Terrestrial

New Zealand - Process for analogue switch-off to digital TV
Nov 29, 2007 – Broadcasting Minister Trevor Mallard today outlined the process for managing New Zealand's complete switch from analogue to digital television.
News categories: New Zealand Ministry for Culture & Heritage, Cabinet Paper, Digital TV, New Zealand, Terrestrial, TV Services