TVNZ Sport Extra was a temporary sports television station in
New Zealand
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, operated by
TVNZ. Broadcasting on channel 20 on
Freeview Freeview may refer to:
* Freeview (Australia), the marketing name for the digital terrestrial television platform in Australia
* Freeview (New Zealand), a digital satellite and digital terrestrial television platform in New Zealand
*Freeview (UK), ...
, it showed live and delayed free-to-air coverage of selected events. Eric Kearley, TVNZ's Digital Launch Manager, has stated there was no further plans for this channel until the
2008 Summer Olympics.
Programming
Sport Extra had originally launched to show the
V8 Supercars
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Supercars events take place in all Australian ...
Series live. TVNZ however lost the rights to this at the end of the 2007 season to TV3.
2007
*
V8 Supercars
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Supercars events take place in all Australian ...
Series (Live)
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FIFA Under-20 World Cup (Delayed)
*
AFC Asian Cup (Live)
2008
*
2008 Beijing Olympics
2009
*
ASB Classic &
Heineken Open (live, extended coverage)
*
Louis Vuitton Pacific Series
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(live coverage and highlights)
*
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, more commonly known as the FA Cup, is an annual knockout football competition in men's domestic English football. First played during the 1871–72 season, it is the oldest national football competi ...
(Semi-final, and final replays and highlights)
*
IRB International Rugby Board Junior Cup
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Confederations Cup
The FIFA Confederations Cup was an international association football tournament for men's national teams, held every four years by FIFA. It was contested by the holders of each of the six continental championships (AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, ...
(New Zealands games and Final replay)
*
Wimbledon World Tennis tournaments held in London
Channel Future
The broadcast of TVNZ Sport Extra was terminated on NZST 10:00pm, 1 August 2009 to allow for increased capacity across other
TVNZ digital channels
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, however the 2009
global recession
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has been blamed for the lack of resources maintained by
TVNZ. TVNZ later launched a similar channel,
TVNZ Pop-up in 2015. For the 2018 Commonwealth Games, TVNZ launched
TVNZ Games Extra and
TVNZ Games Online.
Sister Channels
TVNZ Sport Extra was one of the six channels owned and operated by
TVNZ. It was also the only TVNZ channel available exclusively on the
Freeview Freeview may refer to:
* Freeview (Australia), the marketing name for the digital terrestrial television platform in Australia
* Freeview (New Zealand), a digital satellite and digital terrestrial television platform in New Zealand
*Freeview (UK), ...
platform.
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TV One
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TV2
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TVNZ 6
TVNZ 6 was a digital-only, commercial-free television channel operated by Television New Zealand. It launched in September 2007, and was available in 60.3% of New Zealand homes on the Freeview and SKY Television Digital platforms. TVNZ 6 was ...
(closed, became TVNZ U (closed), now TV2 + 1)
*
TVNZ 7
TVNZ 7 was a commercial-free New Zealand 24-hour news and information channel on Freeview digital television platform and on Sky Television from 1 July 2009. It was produced by Television New Zealand, which received Government funding to launc ...
(Closed, became TV One Plus 1 (shifted), now TV One + 1)
*
TVNZ Heartland (now defunct)
*
TVNZ Kidzone24 (now defunct)
References
Defunct New Zealand television channels
Television channels and stations established in 2007
Television channels and stations disestablished in 2009
English-language television stations in New Zealand
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