TVNZ Kidzone was a 24-hour New Zealand children's channel service run by state broadcaster Television New Zealand. The channel ran on Digital 106, channel 46 on Sky[1] and channel 14 on Igloo.
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| Country | New Zealand |
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| Broadcast area | National |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Television New Zealand, Ltd. |
| Sister channels | TV One TV2 U TVNZ 7 TVNZ Heartland TVNZ Pop-up Duke |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 May 2011 |
| Closed | 30 April 2016 |
| Links | |
| Website | tvnz |
History
editKidzone was originally a 12-hour service running on former TVNZ channel TVNZ 6. It then ran on TVNZ 7 for a year before its closure in 2012. TVNZ launched TVNZ Kidzone as TVNZ Kidzone24 on 1 May 2011, two months after the closure of TVNZ 6, by then, TVNZ 7 was carrying a two-hour Kidzone block.[2]
TVNZ closed the channel on 30 April 2016, due to SKY's contract with TVNZ expiring at the end of that month. It was made available via TVNZ OnDemand on May 1, 2016.[3]
References
edit- ^ "TVNZ to launch Kidzone24". nzherald.co.nz. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
- ^ "TVNZ to launch 24 hour kidzone channel on Sky". Throng. 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ van Beynen, Jack (6 July 2016). "Parents angry as Bravo kills off Sesame St". Stuff.co.nz. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.