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Scoop
6 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scoop
Freeview Satellite TV Brings Hd Viewing To More New Zealanders
Freeview is pleased to announce that high definition (HD) viewing is now available on its free satellite TV service, delivering a much-anticipated upgrade for viewers across Aotearoa. With HD already available on its terrestrial service (accessed via UHF aerials) and its Streaming TV app, Freeview has now extended high-resolution viewing to Kiwis who tune in with a satellite dish. This upgrade follows the successful migration to a new satellite, bringing two major improvements: Freeview's satellite TV service was upgraded to DVB-S2, a newer and more efficient transmission standard. The move unlocked more satellite capacity, overcoming earlier bandwidth limitations that had restricted HD delivery over satellite. These technical advances have paved the way for HD on satellite, strengthening Freeview's commitment to providing free, high-quality television for all Kiwis. Leon Mead, Freeview GM, says the collaboration between Freeview and broadcasters is key in making HD over satellite a reality. Broadcasters must update how their channels are transmitted to enable HD. TVNZ has led the charge, becoming the first broadcaster to roll out HD channels over Freeview's satellite service. 'We are delighted with TVNZ's decision to upgrade their satellite channels to HD, making access to great local content better than ever for the hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders who watch free satellite TV.' says Mead. As of yesterday, viewers can enjoy the following channels in HD: TVNZ 2 nationwide DUKE nationwide TVNZ 1 HD in Northland & Auckland, enhanced picture quality elsewhere with MPEG4. Warner Bros. Discovery is also planning to move some channels to HD – more details will be shared at a later date. Viewers can expect more HD channels on Freeview's satellite TV service, which remains completely subscription-free, staying true to its promise of making live TV accessible to every New Zealander.
Tom's Guide
6 days ago
- Sport
- Tom's Guide
How to watch 2025 ANZ Premiership Netball from anywhere - live streams, schedule, TV guide
▶ Full Schedule below• FREE — TVNZ 2 (NZ)• Worldwide — Netball Pass• Watch anywhere — try NordVPN 100% risk free The "2025 ANZ Premiership" takes on a different format this year and will consist of two full rounds over a 10-week period (previously three rounds) – a total of 30 round robin games leading into a two-match Finals Series to be played at the conclusion of the regular season. It promises to be an intense 12 weeks of netball following on from last year's league which produced its most competitive tussle for points since the ANZ Premiership's inception in 2017. Pulse will be in the mix again but will the Mystics go on to claim their third back-to-back crown? Read to the bottom for timings and fixtures. Here's where to watch 2025 ANZ Premiership live streams online and potentially for FREE from anywhere. Free-to-air TVNZ 2 will show every 2025 ANZ Premiership Saturday afternoon game throughout the regular season. They'll also be available to live stream on TVNZ Plus, which is also completely free to use. Outside New Zealand? Remember that Kiwis abroad can use a VPN to tune into TVNZ Plus while away from home. If you're keen to watch 2025 ANZ Premiership netball but you're away from home and the coverage is geo-blocked, you could always use a VPN to access it (assuming you're not breaching any broadcaster T&Cs, of course). You may be surprised by how simple it is to do. Use a VPN to live stream "2025 ANZ Premiership" from anywhere. We recommend NordVPN. There's a good reason you've heard of NordVPN. We specialize in testing and reviewing VPN services and NordVPN is the one we rate best. Per our NordVPN review, it's outstanding at unblocking streaming services, it's fast and it has top-level security features too. With over 7,000 servers, across 110+ countries, and at a great price too, it's easy to recommend. Get 70% off NordVPN in the spring sale Using a VPN is as easy as one-two-three... 1. Download and install a VPN – as we say, our top choice is NordVPN 2. Connect to the appropriate server location – open the VPN app, hit 'choose location' and select the appropriate location 3. Go to the broadcaster's live stream – so, in this case, just head to TVNZ Plus. As mentioned above, free-to-air TVNZ 2 and TVNZ Plus will show one "2025 ANZ Premiership" netball game each weekend. However, for comprehensive ANZ Premiership netball coverage, you'll need a subscription to Sky Sport, which is available as part of a range of pay TV packages. Subscribers can watch every game online using the country's Sky Go service, while cord-cutters and anyone else can try the Sky Sport Now streaming-only platform, which costs $24.99 per week or $44.99 per month. The monthly package comes with a 7-day free trial, so you can try before you buy. Anybody looking to watch the 2025 ANZ Premiership season unfold in the U.S. will need to subscribe to Netball Pass. A tournament pass comes in at $32. Alternatively, you can pick up a round-by-round pass which will set you back $6.45 for three matches. If you're a New Zealander away from home, use a VPN to watch ANZ Premiership netball free on TVNZ Plus from abroad. As in the U.S., netball fans looking to catch the 2025 ANZ Premiership in the U.K., will have to access Netball Pass. In Britain a tournament pass costs £24.95 while a round pass is £4.95. Traveling to the U.K. from New Zealand? Use a VPN to access your usual home streaming services. It's a similar situation in Australia. Netball Pass has the rights to show every game of the 2025 ANZ Premiership season, with prices coming in at just over AU$50 for the full tournament. If you're from New Zealand, use a VPN to watch ANZ Premiership netball free on TVNZ Plus from abroad. Northern Mystics - Based in Auckland, the Northern Mystics were formed in 2007 and represent the Netball Northern Zone whose geographical region stretches from Kaitaia to Waiuku. Effectively a merger between the two former National Bank Cup teams, Northern Force and Auckland Diamonds, the Mystics clinched their first-ever domestic silverware after a 14-year wait when winning the 2021 ANZ Premiership title. The Mystics' playing strip is predominantly blue while their home venues are The Trusts Arena, Eventfinda Stadium and Vector Arena. Stars - Based in South Auckland, the Stars became the newest elite level netball team in 2017 and joined the five other established New Zealand franchises to form the six-strong standalone ANZ Premiership. The Stars are named after the Matariki star cluster which also features on the team's logo, and incorporates their club colours of purple and silver with the Pulman Arena as their main home venue. Despite their short history, the Stars have quickly evolved into a quality team and have featured in three Grand Finals (2019, 2022 and 2023), finishing runners-up on each occasion. They have also built a strong and connected support base in south Auckland, representing one of New Zealand's largest communities. Avis Magic - Based out of Hamilton and Tauranga, the Magic were formed in 1998 and represent the Waikato, Bay of Plenty and Gisborne regions. The oldest of the six New Zealand franchise teams, the Magic were formed following the merger of the Waikato Wildcats and Bay of Plenty Magic. The Magic are the only team from the Coca-Cola Cup/National Bank Cup era to have retained their original name. From 2008-2016 they were the most successful New Zealand team, including being grand finalists on three occasions. With an alternate playing strip of red in previous seasons, the Magic have more recently played in black. Home venues for the Magic are, Trustpower Baypark Arena, in Tauranga, Globox Arena, In Hamilton and Energy Events Centre, in Rotorua. Te Wananga o Raukawa Pulse - Based in Wellington, the Pulse were formed in 2007 and represent the Netball Central Zone which embodies Hawke's Bay, Manawatū-Whanganui, Taranaki and Wellington Regions. Founder members of the ANZ Premiership in 2017, they broke their duck to win an elusive first-ever title at the elite level in 2019 and followed that up with further wins in 2020 and 2022, all under coach Yvette McCausland-Durie. Yellow and black are the Pulse's traditional colours but they also play in an alternative green strip, designed by their principal partners Te Wānanga o Pulse's home venues are TSB Arena, Wellington, Te Rauparaha in Porirua, and Fly Palmy Arena in Palmerston North. Trident Homes Tactix - Based in Christchurch and representing the Canterbury region, the Tactix were formed in 2008 and became one of the six teams to form the standalone elite New Zealand domestic league, the ANZ Premiership in 2017. They have finished runners-up in the 2020 and 2021 Grand Finals. The Tactix playing strip is in the traditional Canterbury colours of red and black. The team's main home venues are Christchurch Arena, MainPower Stadium Rangiora and Cowles Stadium, Christchurch. Ascot Park Hotel Southern Steel - Based in Invercargill, the Steel were formed in 2007 and represent the Netball South Zone which embraces Southland and Otago. The Steel resulted from the merger between two former National Bank Cup teams, the Southern Sting and Otago Rebels and celebrated the introduction of the new elite ANZ Premiership domestic league in 2017 in style when claiming the inaugural title with a 16-match season unbeaten. They retained the title in 2018. The Steel's playing strip contains a mix of the burgundy/cerise and blue colours of Southland and Otago. The team's home venues are ILT Stadium Southland, in Invercargill and the Edgar Centre, in Dunedin. Round 5Saturday, 7 June (4:00 PM) - Southern Steel vs Mainland TactixSunday, 8 June (7:00 PM) - Central Pulse vs Northern MysticsMonday, 9 June (7:30 PM) - Northern Stars vs WBOP Magic Round 6Saturday, 14 June (4:00 PM) - Northern Stars vs Southern SteelSunday, 15 June (4:00 PM) - Mainland Tactix vs Central PulseMonday, 16 June (7:30 PM) - Northern Mystics vs WBOP Magic Round 7Saturday, 21 June (4:00 PM) - WBOP Magic vs Northern MysticsSunday, 22 June (4:00 PM) - Mainland Tactic vs Northern StarsMonay, 23 June (7:30 PM) - Central Pulse vs Southern Steel Round 8Saturday, 28 June (4:00 PM) - Southern Steel vs WBOP MagicSunday, 29 June (4:00 PM) - Central Pulse vs Mainland TactixMonday, 30 June (7:30 PM) - Northern Stars vs Northern Mystics Round 9Saturday, 5 July (4:00 PM) - Central Pulse vs Northern StarsSunday, 6 July (4:00 PM) - Northern Mystics vs Southern SteelMonday, 7 July (7:30 PM) - Mainland Tactix vs WBOP Magic Round 10Saturday, 12 July (4:00 PM) - WBOP Magic vs Central PulseSunday, 13 July (4:00 PM) - Northern Mystics vs Mainland TactixMonday, 14 July (7:30 PM) - Southern Steel vs Northern Stars Elimination FinalSunday, 20 July (4:00 PM) - TBC Grand FinalSunday, 27 July (4:00 PM) - TBC We test and review VPN services in the context of legal recreational uses. 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Scoop
06-05-2025
- Sport
- Scoop
TVNZ Assembles Winning Line-Up For ANZ Premiership Broadcast Coverage
With exciting new rule innovations, the ANZ Premiership is set to take its first centre pass for 2025 on TVNZ, with Saturdays live and free on TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2. Across the 10 round robin matches, in-depth commentary until the final whistle will be provided by Jenny-May Clarkson (Silver Fern #116) and current Silver Fern Phoenix Karaka (Silver Fern #155), with Courtney Tairi (Silver Fern #151) and 1News Sports Reporter Kate Wells presenting the broadcast coverage. Experienced broadcaster, Jenny-May is returning to her netball roots, having first been involved in commentary for the 2003 Netball World Cup. Known for her speed and pin-point pass accuracy in both a domestic and international level as a player, Clarkson is looking forward to returning to the mic on Saturdays alongside her Breakfast presenter role. 'I'm pumped to be returning to my first love – netball! From playing, coaching and commentating, it's a natural and comfortable space for me to be in, and I'm excited to be picking up the commentator's mic again. 'It's a real privilege to be calling with the incredibly talented Silver Fern Phoenix Karaka and I'm really looking forward to guiding viewers through another exciting year of ANZ Premiership Netball' says Clarkson. Karaka, currently on maternity leave, will be able to offer expert game analysis into the on-court action, having been part of the back-to-back ANZ Premiership Northern Mystics winning side in 2023 and 2024. Her first time in commentary, Phoenix is excited for the pivot this season. 'I'm stoked to still be involved within the game in some capacity. I will no doubt be challenged in this new role, but that's what excites me most' added Karaka. Rounding out the court is former Sky Sport reporter Courtney Tairi who will be presenting TVNZ's Saturday broadcast live from across the motu, bringing audiences exclusive access to players, coaches and special guests' courtside. Joining Tairi across the season is 1News' Kate Wells, alongside being an avid fan of the game, Kate spent a year playing elite level netball with the Central Pulse. Jenny-May and Phoenix will hit the ground running this Saturday with the Central Pulse taking on Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic, with audiences getting to experience the excitement of the two-point shot in the final five minutes of each quarter, bringing the possibility of a dramatic scoreline change. ANZ Premiership Saturdays on TVNZ+ and TVNZ 2 starts May 10, 4pm. TVNZ will broadcast all Saturday round-robin matches live and free.
The Spinoff
25-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Spinoff
When terrestrial television feels like a holiday
With the double-header long weekend comes a welcome chance to escape streaming slop, writes Alex Casey. Over Easter I texted my husband Joe a sentence that perhaps nobody in human history has ever texted: 'hurry up geostorm is starting'. No punctuation, no capitalisation, not because I was trying to be ee cummings or Gen Z with it, but because I was becoming irate in our Hokitika cottage that he was going to miss the start of the Saturday night blockbuster on Three. The heavenly combination of a Gerard Butler disaster film and a West Coast bach being lashed with rain reminded me of a compelling slideshow that writer Saraid de Silva presented during last year's Word festival. It was about the optimal situations in which to enjoy certain foods, such as a handful of almonds eaten barefoot on a hardwood floor, a toasted English muffin with baked beans in a hailstorm, or two beers on an empty stomach at after-work drinks. I like to apply a similar framework to television movies and holiday locations. There was the misty night in the Marlborough Sounds when, after a spooky dog walk around the marina where we didn't see a single other person, we flicked on the TV just as The Bone Collector was starting on Duke. Or there was shutting out the sun to watch Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest on TVNZ2 in Whananaki, while stingrays flitted around the estuary on a hot summer's night. What made these combinations even more magical is that I didn't engineer them – another human being did. Left to my own devices over a long weekend or holiday getaway, I would likely do what I always do. I'd frantically start three or four different zeitgeist shows or movies before getting agitated or distracted, switching them off, and going on my phone while some atrocious Ted Bundy: The Musical crime slop plays in the background. It's not just the choice paralysis that has been gnawing away at me, but the suspicion that I am paying through the nose to enjoy almost next to nothing. In a rare moment when I knew what I wanted to watch (Bridget Jones' Diary on Valentine's Day, sue me!), I perused all the streamers and could only find it available to rent on Neon for an additional $8. What are we all paying hundreds of dollars a year for, if not guaranteed access to Bridget Jones at all times? Which brings me back to the bliss of watching terrestrial television somewhere outside of Hokitika. On Good Friday we indulged in The Chase and later The Repair Shop, a show I genuinely find so pure, so overwhelmingly gentle and sentimental, that I actually can't watch it during my regular life. The Repair Shop deserves a viewer unencumbered by phone reception, fully present to the ache of a man hearing his dead father's oud for the first time in decades. Then came Book Club: The Next Chapter, an ensemble film featuring Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Mary Steenburger and Candice Bergen as old friends who head off on a luxury trip to Italy. We both sat there captivated by the shonky script ('Rome is a great walking city, but it's an even better sit-around-and-drink-wine city!') and pondering how such brilliant actors had been reduced to kaftan caricatures. 46% on Rotten Tomatoes, five-star weird viewing experience. What added to the surreality was what happened during the ad break. 'We've found the perfect sheets recipe' an ad for cooed, as I tried not to green out too hard at the phrase 'sheets recipe'. That was soon followed by an ad for the Soft Sitter, which seemed like a silicone baking tray for… your bum? And you can put an egg on it and then sit on the egg? And the egg doesn't crack? And it somehow costs $79.95? Over five monthly payments? Speaking of cracking eggs, the brilliant Easter programming continued the next night with the perfect Three double feature of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and the aforementioned Geostorm. Gene Wilder and Gerard Butler, two screen icons together at last. The coastal wind howled along with Mrs Bucket as she goaded Charlie to cheer up, mercifully quietening down just in time so I could enjoy the most satisfying bite ever committed to the silver screen. Joe got back not long after my text for a frenzied explanation about the premise of Geostorm: the entire world is constantly experiencing severe storms thanks to the climate crisis (too soon!) but Gerard Butler invented an enormous net of satellites (?) wrapped around the whole world (?) called Dutchboy (?) that can shoot (?) the storms dead (?) before they happen. Except now it is not working, so he has to go back to space for a Repair Shop moment of his own. Despite Geostorm's appropriately apocalyptic 18% on the Tomatometer, we of course watched the whole thing and loved it – even when a poor woman in Rio froze to death in her bikini while trying to escape an ice tsunami (?). When I got back behind the desk on Tuesday, I knew I had a job to do. As journalists, we are privileged to have access to the halls of power, and I can't imagine a person more powerful than whoever programmed Geostorm to run after Willy Wonka. That person was Jesse, who has been a part of Three's programming team for five years. Over email, I asked him what magical ingredients, a 'sheets recipe' if you will, he uses to create perfect holiday programming. While numbers factor into it – how similar titles have performed in similar time slots – there is also a heavy dose of vibes and flow. 'You don't want to give your audience whiplash going from an animated Smurfs film into Blumhouse's Insidious,' he wrote. Long weekends provide an interesting challenge as many people are away from home and their regular routines. 'Often they're at the bach or spending time with family, so it helps to look for something that'll appeal to Mum, Dad, Great Uncle Phil, and Nan,' added Jesse. 'If I can tap into a sense of nostalgia, that's huge, because then it'll span multiple generations, and hopefully gets Mum going 'hey kids, come watch this great movie I've always loved!'' As for the specific Gene/Gerard double feature, Jesse happily explained his working. 'They both have this kind of futuristic, dystopian vibe going on where the little guy wins (Charlie and Gerard Butler's character Jake),' he wrote. 'But they're both, in a sense, comfort films. Willy Wonka for its now decades of nostalgia, and Geostorm kind of wraps you in an action-packed, Gerard Butler-starring embrace – because you just know he'll save the day.' (Spoiler alert: Gerard Butler did save the day and then he also saved Easter Sunday, with another Three double-header of Peter Rabbit followed by Gods of Egypt.) Now facing another long weekend where I am likely to make more shocking streaming decisions without a trained professional deciding for me, I ended by asking Jesse why it is so important that humans still programme TV. His answer was simple: because it's humans who are watching. 'It might sound a little crazy in today's fast-paced, content-rich, algorithm-driven world to sit down and watch something that's been handpicked by an actual person,' he wrote. 'But I think there's always something comforting – something nostalgic – about turning on the telly.'
