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Pay tv company in New Zealand

Sky Network Television Limited
Type Public

Traded as

 NZX: SKT
ASX: SKT
Industry Amusement
Mass Media
Pay telly
Telecommunication
Founded 1987; 35 years ago  (1987)
Founders Craig Heatley
Terry Jarvis
Trevor Farmer
Alan Gibbs
Headquarters

Auckland, New Zealand

Cardinal people

 Sophie Moloney
(CEO)
Philip Bowman
(Chairman)
Products Heaven TV
Sky Broadband
Neon[1]
Heaven Sport Now
Sky Go
RugbyPass[2]
Services Subscription television
Satellite television
Television production
Broadcasting
Media streaming
Broadband internet
Revenue Decrease NZ$711.two million (2021)

Operating income

 Increase NZ$78.four million (2021)

Net income

 Increase NZ$47.5 million (2021)
Total assets Decrease NZ$701.6 one thousand thousand (2021)
Full equity Increase NZ$423.5 million (2021) [3]

Number of employees

 i,200+
Website sky.co.nz

Heaven Network Television Limited, more usually known as Sky, is a New Zealand broadcasting company that provides pay television set services via satellite, media streaming services and broadband net services. It is also a wholesale channel provider to New Zealand IPTV provider Vodafone. As at thirty June 2021, Sky had 955,168 subscribers consisting of 561,989 satellite subscribers and 393,179 streaming subscribers.[3] Despite the similarity of name, branding and services, such as Sky Become and MySky shared with its European equivalent, Heaven, there is no connection between the companies.

History [edit]

The company was founded past Craig Heatley, Terry Jarvis, Trevor Farmer and Alan Gibbs in 1987 as Sky Media Limited. It was formed to investigate beaming sports programming into nightclubs and pubs using high functioning 4-metre satellite dishes by Jarvis and an technology associate Brian Green, simply was redirected into pay tv following successful bidding in early on 1990 for 4 groups of UHF frequencies in the Auckland, Hamilton and Tauranga regions. Initially operating just in the Auckland region, Sky contracted Circulate Communications (now Kordia) to provide the broadcast service and manual from its Panorama Route studios, formerly endemic by defunct broadcaster Northern Television receiver. The first Heaven subscriber was onetime Speaker of the New Zealand Firm of Representatives Jonathan Chase, according to Helen Clark, one-time Prime Minister of New Zealand.

The concept of a pay television service was new to New Zealand and Sky had early bug. These included viewer credence of subscriber television. It faced difficulty in educating retailers and customers on the use of the original decoders. All the same, this trouble was eased with the introduction of easier-to-use decoders that allowed greater viewer flexibility.

UHF service [edit]

Sky originally launched on 18 May 1990 equally an analogue UHF service. Subscribers required a VideoCrypt decoder and a UHF aeriform, both of which were supplied by when joining Sky. The signal was sent with the pic scrambled using VideoCrypt engineering; the decoder was used to unscramble the picture. Heaven Movies was the simply aqueduct broadcast in NICAM stereo; Sky Sport and Sky News were broadcast in mono. The original decoder didn't actually back up stereo audio; if a subscriber wanted to watch Sky Movies in stereo, the subscriber had to feed the audio from another source such every bit a NICAM stereo capable VCR.

Free-to-air broadcasts were shown in the early morn hours on Sky News and betwixt five pm and 6 pm on Sky Sport until mid-1991; however, those without a Sky subscription could view the broadcasts without a UHF decoder by tuning their TV to the Heaven News or Heaven Sport UHF channel, as the signals were not scrambled during those times.

The original channel lineup consisted of three channels, Sky Movies (after renamed to HBO before reverting to its original name), Heaven Sport and Sky News. Sky speedily won long term rights from US sports network ESPN (which became a i% shareholder) as well equally CNN and HBO providing it with a supply of sports, news and movies for the three channels. Sky News screened a mixture of CNN International and BBC news bulletins and a replay of the half dozen pm One Network News bulletin from TVNZ, subsequently changing to a replay of the 3 News 6 o'clock message from TV3. The Sky News channel was later on discontinued and became branded every bit a CNN channel.

In 1994, Sky launched two further channels, Discovery Channel and Orange, Orangish later on became known as Heaven i so The Box. Discovery Aqueduct broadcast on a channel already used by Trackside. The Trackside service was available gratuitous to air to anyone who could receive the UHF signal without the need for a Sky decoder, Discovery Channel screened outside of racing hours and was only bachelor to Sky subscribers.

Orangish broadcast from 10 am onwards each twenty-four hours with Juice Tv set screening exterior of Orange'due south broadcast hours, Juice Television was available originally complimentary to air. Cartoon Network shared the same channel equally Orange from 1997 to 2000 screening between half-dozen am and 4 pm with Orange screening afterward 4 pm. In 2000, Cartoon Network was replaced with Nickelodeon.

Later, funding immune Sky to extend its coverage throughout most of New Zealand: In 1991, the company expanded to Rotorua, Wellington and Christchurch. And so in 1994, the company expanded to Hawkes Bay, Manawatu, Southland and Otago, followed past the Wairarapa, Taupo, and Wanganui regions in 1995. Its last UHF expansion, in 1996, was to Taranaki, Whangarei, and eastern Bay of Enough.

Following the launch of the digital satellite service in 1998 (see beneath), Sky began reducing services on the UHF platform. NICAM stereo was somewhen removed from Sky Movies, the CNN channel was discontinued in 2004 with the UHF frequencies issued to Māori Television.

Sky switched off its analogue UHF TV service on eleven March 2010 at midnight.[4]

Sky used a portion of the freed up UHF and radio spectrum to launch its joint venture, Igloo, in Dec 2012. The remaining unused spectrum was relinquished dorsum to the Government and will be recycled to support new broadcasting ventures.[v]

Satellite service [edit]

Sky logo used from 2003 to 2013

In April 1997, Sky introduced a nationwide analogue direct dissemination via satellite (DBS) service over the Optus B1 satellite. This allowed it to offer more channels and interactive options, as well as nationwide coverage. It upgraded it to a digital service in December 1998.

While some channels on the UHF platform were shared with other channels, Sky Digital screened the same channels 24 hours a day. Orange (later known as Heaven one and The Box) extended to screening 24 hours a day on Sky Digital just was only available to Sky UHF subscribers between 4 pm and 6 am. Discovery Aqueduct was available to Sky Digital subscribers 24 hours a twenty-four hour period but UHF subscribers could only receive the channel outside of Trackside'southward broadcast hours.

Digital versions of free to air channels have always been available on Sky Digital meaning that some subscribers did not demand to purchase any equipment to receive digital Television when New Zealand switched off its analogue service. While almost gratis to air channels have been available on Sky Digital, TVNZ channels TVNZ 1 and TVNZ 2 did not become bachelor until the end of 2001.

A SkyMail email service was featured for a time, but was later pulled due to lack of interest (including the wireless keyboards they had produced for it).

The unreliability of the aging Optus B1 satellite was highlighted when the DBS service went offline just earlier 7 p.m. NZST (8 a.m. London, iii a.yard. New York) on 30 March 2006. The pause affected service to over 550,000 customers and acquired many decoders to advise customers of "pelting fade." Due to excessive book of calls to the Sky toll-costless help-desk, Heaven posted update messages on their website advising customers that they were working with Optus to restore service by midnight. Sky credited customers with i twenty-four hour period's subscription fees as bounty for the downtime at a price to the company of NZ$one.v million. Sky switched its DBS service to the Optus D1 satellite on 15 November 2006. It later expanded its transponder capacity on this satellite to permit for extra channels and HD broadcasts.

My Sky launch [edit]

In December 2005, Heaven released its own digital video recorder (DVR), which essentially was an upgraded set top box similar to Foxtel IQ in Australia or TiVo in the United States. Called My Sky, information technology offered viewers the ability to pause live television, rewind television, record up to two channels at once directly to the gear up peak box and watch the showtime of a recorded program while still recording the terminate. It also gave viewers access to a revamped Guide and the new Planner, used to program and admission recordings at the touch of a button.

In that location was software in My Sky that after an hour of no signal from Heaven then the decoder locks playback of pre-recorded programmes. This was discovered on thirty March 2006, later on the ageing Optus B1 satellite was out of alignment for a xiii-hr period and therefore unable to broadcast Sky to over 600,000 subscribers.

This generation of box was replaced by My Sky HDi when it launched on 1 July 2008. The boxes allow connexion of to up to iv satellites which can work with its four TV tuner cards in whatever combination. The device has a 320GB HDD. The quality of My Sky HDi is 576i via component and 720/1080i via HDMI.

A new feature was released exclusive to My Sky HDi on 6 July 2010 called Record Me. This feature allows subscribers to printing the green button on programme advertisements to record that advertised program.

In May 2009, Sky introduced copy protection on My Sky and My Heaven HDi decoders limiting the power to copy material from My Sky/My Sky HDi to DVD/HDD recorders and to PCs. Heaven Box Part channels, including adult channels are copy protected so DVD/HDD recorders and PCs will not tape from these channels. Other channels are not copy protected. Copy protection technology is not built into other decoders.

On 1 July 2011, a version of the same decoder with a 1TB hard drive was launched equally My Heaven+.

Purchase of Prime Tv set [edit]

In November 2005, Sky announced it had purchased the free-to-air aqueduct Prime TV for NZ$thirty million. Sky uses Prime TV to promote its pay content and to testify delayed sports coverage. New Zealand's Commerce Committee issued clearance for the purchase on 8 February 2006.[six]

Purchase of Onsite Broadcasting [edit]

In July 2010, Sky purchased Onsite Broadcasting, later Outside Broadcasting (OSB), from Commonwealth of australia'southward Prime Media Group. The auction price was $35 one thousand thousand simply once liabilities were taken into account the net amount was $13.5 million.[7] Since 2001, OSB provided outside broadcast facilities for Sky's sporting coverage and was besides contracted out by Heaven to other broadcasters like TVNZ, TV3, Warner Brothers, Fox Sports, Aqueduct 9, Ten Network, Channel vii and BBC among others. It effectively replaced Moving Pictures, which was TVNZ's outside circulate segmentation, that had dominated the market. Pic's assets were eventually sold when Sky'due south sports rights increased in the mid 2000s and OSB took agree.

OSB owned the following vehicles (until 2020's sale), based in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch;

  • HD1 and HD3: 14.3m semi-trailer product unit of measurement with expanding side, capable of holding 20+ cameras. They are supporter by tender vehicles. HD1 is based in Christchurch.
  • HD2: 14.3m semi-trailer product unit with the capability of holding up to 16+ cameras. It is supported by a tender vehicle with extra production facilities. This unit is based in Wellington.
  • HD4: 15m semi-trailer production unit with the adequacy of using xvi+ cameras. It too is supported by a tender vehicle with additional production space.
  • HD5: 12.5m rigid truck and can input 8+ cameras supported by a similar sized tender vehicle with additional production room.
  • HD6: Small van which is capable of 6+ cameras. It is supported past a like sized van for storage and linking
  • AUX1: Was an original exterior broadcast production unit (OSB1), nonetheless it has been converted into a specialised product trailer (not a stand up-lonely OB trailer) for specialty cameras, additional graphics and houses any overflow production areas for larger broadcasts
  • OSB2: An original standard definition 13.5m semi-trailer production unit capable of xiv+ cameras. This is supported by a tender truck with additional production infinite.
  • Hard disk/SD Fly Abroad kits: Suitable for broadcasts overseas[8] [ix] [10]

On 12 Baronial 2020, Sky announced it had sold Outside Broadcasting to NEP New Zealand, part of American production company NEP Grouping. As function of the transaction, NEP volition be Sky's outsourced technical production partner in New Zealand until at least 2030.[11] The sale was cleared by the Commerce Commission on 5 February 2021.[12]

News Corp sale [edit]

Heaven logo used from 2013 to 2019

In February 2013, News Corp announced it would exist selling the 44 percent stake in Heaven Idiot box that information technology acquired via a merger with Independent Newspapers Ltd in 2005.[13]

Replacement of legacy hardware [edit]

From November 2015, Sky started replacing the legacy standard digital decoders and original 2005 My Sky decoders with a new digital decoder, manufactured past Kaon.

The Kaon Sky box includes congenital-in Wi-Fi. A Heaven Link adapter device tin be ordered for complimentary past customers, in lodge to use a Wi-Fi connection on current My Heaven boxes. The Kaon box has an ability to block recording features and storage chapters. The decoder upgrade immune Sky to cease dissemination scrambled channels using H.262 video compression in favor of H.264, which means Sky roughly doubled its chapters on satellite for additional channels and possibly Ultra H.265 HD broadcasts in the future. The upgrade of transponders to H.264 was completed in March 2019. Costless-to-air channels such equally Prime, Border Tv and Bravo Plus 1 remain in H.262 to exist accessible to non-Sky subscribers such as Freeview viewers.

Additionally, the My Heaven HDi and My Sky + decoder software was upgraded to use the same organization software as the new Kaon boxes. The new Sky software had features such as net adequacy, search functionality, favourite channels, and a serial stack function.

The software upgrade to My Sky boxes contained many bugs and caused thousands of customers to become disgruntled.[xiv] The major issue was with the screen font which Sky later addressed in a future upgrade.

Proposed merger with Vodafone New Zealand [edit]

In June 2016, Sky TV and Vodafone New Zealand agreed to merge, with Sky Boob tube purchasing 100% of Vodafone NZ operations for a cash payment of $1.25 billion NZD and issuing new shares to the Vodafone Group. Vodafone Britain will get 51% stake of the company.[xv] However, the proposed merger was rejected by the Commerce Commission which saw a plunge in Sky Television set's shares.[sixteen]

Unbundling, IVP project and difference of CEO [edit]

In belatedly February 2018, Sky Television receiver announced that it would exist splitting its existing Sky Basic service into two new packages called Sky Starter and Heaven Entertainment, giving new and existing customers the option of building bundles. The Sky Starter package would cost $24.91 monthly, replacing the earlier Sky Basic service which price $49.91 monthly with extra charges for sports, movie, and other premier channels. The price reduction came in response to fierce competition from streaming services such as Netflix, Lightbox, and Amazon Prime Video, which had caused the loss of 38,000 satellite subscribers the previous year. Unlike its competitors, Sky Tv was dependent on a linear broadcasting model and its exclusive rights to rugby union, rugby league, netball, and cricket content. While Heaven had Goggle box hoped that this change would attract new customers, the company's stock marketplace shares dropped by ten% in response to investor concerns about futurity revenue, knocking NZ$100 one thousand thousand off its market value.[17] [eighteen]

In early March 2018, information technology was reported that Heaven Television set CEO John Fellet was pursuing talks with Netflix and Amazon Prime to share content and services. Fellet hoped to mimic the UK-based telly company Sky plc's success in negotiating a bundling package with Netflix.[19] [20]

On 26 March 2018, John Fellet announced his intention to stride down from his position, after being CEO for 17 years. Fellet had been with the company since 1991, offset as chief operating officeholder before taking on the chief executive role in January 2001. On 21 February 2019, Martin Stewart replaced John Fellet as CEO. He had previously worked for BSkyB, The Football Association and OSN.[21] On one December 2020, Stewart left the company to return home to Europe. Sophie Maloney was immediately appointed to the CEO position.[22]

Focus on streaming [edit]

In February 2015, Sky launched its own subscription-based video streaming service called Neon to allow New Zealanders to stream various HBO films and shows and to compete with Usa-based streaming service Netflix, which launched in New Zealand in March 2015. Heaven had initially planned to launch Neon in 2014 but was delayed past systems bugs.[1] [23]

On 16 August 2019, Sky announced it had purchased Coliseum Sports Media's global rugby streaming service RugbyPass for approximately United states$40 one thousand thousand.[2]

On 19 December 2019, it was announced that Sky would be purchasing Spark New Zealand's streaming service Lightbox.[24] [25] [26] [27] On 14 June 2020, Sky confirmed that Lightbox would be merged into the Neon app on 7 July 2020. The merged service retains the Neon brand but uses Lightbox's interface and includes content drawn from both Neon and the former Lightbox.[28] [29] [30] [31]

Launch of broadband service [edit]

On 21 May 2020, Sky announced its plans to launch fibre broadband internet plans in 2021. Sky raised $157 million from investors with a discounted share issue to embrace the price of inbound the broadband market.[32] [33] On 10 September 2020, Sky announced that a number of its staff members including Heaven's then CEO, Martin Stewart, were trialing the broadband service in their homes. This testing was later expanded to a small group of customers in December 2020.

On 24 March 2021, Heaven launched the broadband service initially for existing satellite customers only. Sky later on expanded the offer to new customers on 17 May 2021.[3]

Pursuing partnerships [edit]

On 22 August 2019, it was announced that Sky had signed a half-dozen-yr agreement to have over from Westpac as the naming sponsor of Wellington Regional Stadium, effective 1 January 2020.[34]

On 28 November 2019, Sky announced that TVNZ would be its free-to-air broadcast partner for the 2020 Summer Olympics, instead of its own complimentary-to-air channel Prime number.[35]

On 27 October 2020, Heaven announced a partnership with Spark, where the Sky Sport Now streaming service would be bundled with Spark Sport for a NZ$49.99 monthly subscription.[36]

On nine June 2021, Sky announced an sectional partnership with Disney to provide Sky Broadband customers with a 12-month subscription to the Disney+ streaming service.[37]

On 24 June 2021, Sky appear a partnership with Discovery New Zealand to provide coverage of The Championships, Wimbledon for free-to-air channel Iii.[38]

In response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Sky removed Russian state TV channel RT from its programming. Heaven spokesperson Chris Major stated that their decision to remove RT came following complains from customers and consultation with the Broadcasting Standards Authority.[39]

Products and services [edit]

Satellite television channels [edit]

Sky defines a virtual aqueduct order that groups channels by their content.[40]

Full general amusement channels are below channel xxx which includes TVNZ's free-to-air TVNZ 1 (iv regional markets for SD), free-to-air TVNZ 2 and free-to-air TVNZ Knuckles, Discovery, Inc.'s costless-to-air Three, free-to-air Bravo, TLC, Living, Investigation Discovery, gratuitous-to-air HGTV and gratuitous-to-air Choice Telly, ViacomCBS channels Comedy Fundamental and MTV, NBCUniversal'southward Universal TV and E!, Heaven's Prime (three regional markets), Heaven 5, Vibe, Jones!, Jones! too and Sky Box Sets, BBC UKTV, authorities funded free-to-air Māori Goggle box and The Shopping Channel. Heaven Arts and SoHo are available as extra channels.

Film channels are from 30 to 39 which includes Sky Movies Premiere (new releases), Sky Movies One-act, Sky Movies Activeness, Sky Movies Greats (modern classics), Sky Movies Classics, Heaven Movies Collection (themed) and Sky Movies Family unit. Rialto (contained) is available as an extra channel. Sky Box Office channels are bachelor as pay-per-view from 40 to 49.

Sporting channels are from 50 to 69 which includes Sky Sport Select, Sky Sport 1 to 9, select Sky Sport Pop-Upward channels for special sporting events, Disney's ESPN & ESPN2, TAB Trackside 1 and TAB Trackside 2. Sky Arena offers one off pay-per-view events.

Documentary channels are from 70 to 79 which includes targeted scheduling for Discovery, Inc.'due south Discovery, Animal Planet and Discovery Turbo, too as Disney'due south National Geographic, BBC World, and Foxtel Networks versions of A+E Networks' Criminal offence + Investigation and History.

Public service channels are from 80 to 85 which includes government funded gratis-to-air Te Reo and the Auckland regional aqueduct Face TV. The rural sponsored Country Goggle box is an available extra aqueduct.

News coverage channels are from 85 to 99 which includes government provided Parliament TV, Australia'south Heaven News, WarnerMedia's CNN International, Play a joke on Corporation's Fox News, NBCUniversal'due south CNBC Australia, Al Jazeera English, BBC World News, and RT.

Children & family amusement channels are from 100 to 109 which includes the ViacomCBS channels Nickelodeon and Nick Jr., WarnerMedia's Cartoon Network and BBC Worldwide'due south CBeebies. Prior to 30 November 2019, Sky too provided the Disney and Disney Junior channels but discontinue these channels following the launch of the Disney+ streaming service in New Zealand on 19 November. In improver, Sky replaced the Sky Movies Disney channel with Heaven Movies Family unit.[41] [42]

Music video channels are from 110 to 129 which includes ViacomCBS channels MTV Hits, MTV 80s, NickMusic and Discovery, Inc.'south gratuitous-to-air channels The Edge Boob tube and Breeze TV.

Religious channels are from 200 to 299 which includes Smoothen Goggle box, Daystar, Sonlife Dissemination Network and Hope Channel.

Channels of an Asian origin include the English-speaking CGTN Documentary on Channel 309 and CGTN on channel 310. Hindi linguistic communication channels are from 150 to 152 and include Star Plus Hindi, Colors and Star Gold. ABS-CBN's The Filipino Channel is also available on aqueduct 160.

A pick of Jukebox radio channels from 400 to 499 are available called Heaven Digital Music. With complimentary-to-air radio from 420 to 429 which includes RNZ National, RNZ Concert and Tahu FM.

Timeshifted versions of full general entertainment channels are from 501 to 599 for an hour delay of TVNZ 1 +ane, TVNZ 2 +1, ThreePlus1, TVNZ Duke+1, Bravo Plus i and Prime Plus 1.

Channels for special services (organisation/hidden) are from 800 to 999 which includes Supercheap in-store radio and an auxiliary backup channel.

Previously Sky featured adult Boob tube channels, including content from Playboy, only these were eventually discontinued.[43]

High definition channels include:

  • TVNZ i
  • TVNZ 2
  • Iii
  • Prime
  • Sky 5
  • Vibe
  • BBC UKTV
  • SoHo
  • Universal TV
  • Comedy Central
  • MTV
  • Living
  • MTV Hits
  • Heaven Arts
  • TVNZ Duke
  • Sky Movies channels
  • Rialto
  • Sky Box Part
  • Sky Sport channels
  • ESPN and ESPN2
  • TAB Trackside one and TAB Trackside 2
  • Sky Arena
  • Discovery
  • National Geographic
  • BBC Earth
  • Discovery Turbo

Due to satellite bandwidth constraints, the quality is lower for TVNZ one, TVNZ two and Iii than the free-to-air terrestrial versions.

MySky [edit]

All Heaven customers have the pick to subscribe to the MySky service, per each Kaon Sky box in society to actuate PVR features on that box. This allows the customer to pause and rewind alive television, besides as record three channels while watching a quaternary live, on their Heaven box. The electric current Kaon Sky box has 500GB of storage space. Another one of the advertised features of MySky is the ability to record series of programs using the "Series Link" feature. Additionally, an older Pace MySky box is bachelor with 320GB storage and a "+" version of this box with a 1TB hard drive.

Streaming services [edit]

Sky On Demand [edit]

Sky announced belatedly 2006 that it will be using the xxx% reserved deejay infinite in the PVR to offering a video on demand service to its My Sky customers. This service commenced in 2007 offering 12−xv movies at any ane time. New titles were downloaded automatically from the Optus D1 satellite to the PVR and listed only when they are available for buy and instant playback.

In November 2015, the Sky On Need offering was extended to permit all Sky customers to spotter subscribed content at a time that suits them, rather than co-ordinate to the linear schedule. This removes the need to pre-record certain TV shows or films, because viewers can connect the updated decoder to their home broadband and choose stream content from the catalogue of options depending on which channels they subscribe to. This is more alike to on-need services offered by TVNZ and Netflix, and is designed to give viewers more freedom.

Sky Go [edit]

Sky Go is Sky'due south video on demand and live streaming service, which was launched in 2011 as iSky. It can be accessed via the Sky Become website on PC or via a device via the Heaven Go app.[44]

Remote tape [edit]

In Baronial 2009 an online service was launched where customers tin can log on and set their My Sky boxes to record programmes.[45] The instruction to tape a programme is sent to the set up-top boxes via satellite.

Sky TV Guide app [edit]

Sky has released a mobile app which works on iOS devices such as iPhone, iPad and iPod Touches, Android devices & Windows 8.[46] The app contains an electronic program guide, remote record capabilities (for My Sky boxes), Facebook & Twitter social functions and automatic programme reminders. The app had over 50,000 downloads from the iTunes App Store in four weeks.[47]

Sky Sport At present [edit]

In 2015, Sky launched an online streaming service called Fan Laissez passer (branded equally FAN PASS), which provided access to Sky Sport channels one–4, including highlights on need. Pay-Per-View events could be purchased separately when available. This service was offered at a discount to Spark customers with unlimited broadband.[ commendation needed ]

On 14 Baronial 2019, Sky re-branded Fan Pass as Heaven Sport Now, featuring live streams for all 10 Sky Sport channels, highlights, on demand, match statistics and points tables. Three passes are available for purchase: a week pass, a month pass and a 12-month Pass. Pay-Per-View events can be purchased separately when they get available.[ citation needed ]

On 27 October 2020, Sky announced that it would be bundling its Sky Sport At present streaming service with Spark Sport for a NZ$49.99 monthly subscription from 16 November 2020 onwards.[48]

Neon [edit]

In February 2015, Heaven launched Neon (branded as NEON), a subscription video on demand service.[1] [23] Information technology is the only online streaming service in New Zealand where HBO shows, including Game of Thrones and Big Piffling Lies, can be legally streamed. Neon is available for streaming on desktop or laptop on all major browsers, apps for select iPad, iPhone and Android devices, as well as PlayStation iv and Samsung Smart Telly. Chromecast and Airplay functionality are available besides.[49] Prior to September 2019, Neon offered two packages: the TV package, which came with a free 14-day trial, or the Boob tube & Movies bundle. In September 2019, Neon shifted to a single TV & Movies bundle worth $xiii.95 in order to compete with Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and Spark New Zealand's Lightbox.[50] [51]

In mid Dec 2019, it was announced that Sky would be purchasing rival streaming service Lightbox. For that period, Spark will continue to provide services to Lightbox customers while Sky will be footing the operational costs.[24] [25] [26] [27] On seven July 2020, Sky formally merged the Lightbox app into Neon. This revamped streaming service allows users to stream on ii devices, download films and shows onto devices, rent movies, and create multiple user profiles.[31]

Discontinued products and services [edit]

Igloo [edit]

On 24 Nov 2011 Sky announced they had formed a partnership with Tv set New Zealand to launch a new low-price pay boob tube service during the outset half of 2012. This was called Igloo and Sky had a 51% share in the venture. Details were announced on viii December via a printing release. Sky offered a selection of channels on a pre-pay basis.[52]

The Igloo service was provided through DVB-T and was available in areas of New Zealand where Freeview's terrestrial service is available. Customers required an Igloo set summit box and UHF aerial to use the Igloo service. Dissimilar Sky Digital and Sky 's former UHF service customers purchased their decoder from a retailer and the client owned the equipment, the customer was also responsible for the installation of the equipment including the UHF aerial. Sky subscribers do not own their Sky decoders and are required to render the decoder on cancellation of their service, Sky will as well adapt for a technician to install any equipment in the customers home including the satellite dish. Igloo worked on a prepay system where the customer purchased bones channels for 30 days, the customer was able to discontinue their service at whatever time and could go along to be able to admission free to air channels. Customers could likewise buy one-off shows such as movies or sport events.

The Igloo service was closed on one March 2017, and Igloo boxes tin still be used to access free to air channels by updating the system software of the box.

Fatso [edit]

Sky likewise owned an Online DVD and video game rental service chosen Fatso. It discontinued business in December 2017.

Magazine publishing [edit]

Heaven provided a Skywatch monthly magazine to all its customers, published by Stuff and printed by Ovato. Skywatch once had a readership of 965,000 which made it the largest magazine read in New Zealand, and the largest monthly magazine. The magazine provided monthly listings for Sky channels, besides every bit highlights and features. The publication moved to digital only in Apr 2020 and was discontinued in August 2020.[53]

In January 2007, Sky launched Sky Sport: The Magazine, as the published extension of the Heaven Sport television package. The magazine featured articles past local and international sports writers, equally well as sports photography. Sky Television Rugby commentator Scotty Stevenson was the editor. Publication ceased in June 2015.

Technical [edit]

Sky satellite subscribers receive a standard sixty-centimetre satellite dish installed on their dwelling along with ready-summit boxes as part of the installation.[ commendation needed ]

Sky switched from the aging Optus B1 to the Optus D1 satellite for its DBS service on 15 Nov 2006. Initially, Heaven used vertically polarised transponders on Optus D1 (as it had on Optus B1). However, on 31 July 2007 it moved its programming to horizontally polarised transponders with New Zealand-specific beams to exist consistent with Freeview and to gain access to more manual capacity. Sky take too purchased some of the capacity of Optus D3, which was launched mid August 2009, this gives Sky the ability to add more channels and upgrade existing channels to HD in the future. However, due to the LNB switching that would be required the single D3 transponder lease was afterward dropped in 2011.[ citation needed ]

A set-elevation box (STB) is used to decrypt the satellite signals. Digital broadcasts are in DVB-compliant MPEG-4 AVC. Interactive services and the EPG use the proprietary OpenTV organization.[ commendation needed ]

Equipment ownership [edit]

When a client subscribes to Sky they will accept a decoder professionally installed and a satellite dish installed if 1 isn't already available. Sky maintains buying of the equipment and part of the customers monthly subscription cost includes the rental of the decoder. Customers who have My Sky pay an additional toll per month. If a client wants to discontinue their Heaven service on a temporary footing the customer can switch to a decoder rental option which allows the customer to receive gratis to air channels but.

When the client cancels a Heaven subscription the customer is required to return the equipment simply non the satellite dish. If the customer moves to another address the customer is required to leave the satellite dish behind and arrange for a new satellite dish to be installed at the new accost, at the customers expense, if a satellite dish has non already been installed at the new address. The satellite dish can be used to receive the Freeview satellite service using a Freeview set top box.

Reputation [edit]

The 2016 NZ Corporate Reputation Alphabetize placed Sky in last identify. The Corporate Reputation Index lists the elevation 25 companies in New Zealand based on revenue sourced from the 2015 Deloitte Superlative 200 list, and is judged by consumers with no company input. In the 2016 list Sky had dropped two places to number 25 from 2015.[54] [55]

In the 2020 Make Reputation Index, Heaven came in at Number 9 in the Top ten Brands Delivering Brand Purpose.[56]

Meet also [edit]

  • Optus satellite failures

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