Freeview
Digital television platform in New Zealand
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| March 28 2025 | Te Reo stopped broadcasting over-the-air, though it remains available on the Freeview streaming app. |
| December 12 2022 | Freeview Streaming TV app was made available for many smart TVs running Android TV, as well as some LG, Samsung, and Panasonic TVs. |
| March 22 2022 | Breeze TV and The Edge TV channels were both closed. |
| October 1 2021 | TV29 (Panda Channel 29) was closed by Best News Entertainment. |
| 2019 | IPTV streaming app Freeview Streaming TV was launched by Dish TV, initially locked to Dish TV devices. |
| April 30 2015 | tvCentral (Hamilton and Tauranga) and TV Rotorua channels were closed down due to inability to meet transmission costs. |
| April 10 2015 | Cue channel was closed down due to inability to meet transmission costs. |
| December 12 2014 | Sommet Sports channel was closed down due to inability to meet transmission costs. |
| June 26 2014 | C4 channel closed down to free space for a time-shifted version of FOUR. |
| April 14 2014 | Trackside became a pay TV-only channel to raise more revenue for New Zealand Racing Board customers. |
| 2013 | TVNZ U was replaced by an hour delay of TV2. |
| 2012 | Māori comedian Pio Terei became the advertising face of Freeview. |
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