SKY Sport (New Zealand)
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Sky Sport is a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by New Zealand
's satellite
pay-TV company, Sky Network Television
. Sky Sport 1 was launched in 1990. A sister channel, Sky Sport 2 was launched in 1997, followed by a third channel, Sky Sport 3 in 2003 and Sky Sport Highlights launched in 2007.
sport channel in New Zealand
. It was first introduced in 1990 as Sky Sport on the Sky UHF service.
It is New Zealand's premium all sport channel offers a full line-up of popular local and international sporting events, often live 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week.
Sky Sport 1 features New Zealand's most popular sports, including rugby union
. It shows live coverage of the Super 14
and ITM Cup, and has broadcast all of the All Blacks home and away games since 1996, after purchasing the rights from TVNZ. It bought the rights to New Zealand cricket
matches in 1998, and currently all of New Zealand's international cricket matches are televised live, home and away, as well as coverage from Australia, England and India, including the Indian Premier League
.
Association football is also very big in Sky Sport in New Zealand, it shows all Hyundai A-League matches as well as matches from the Barclays Premier League. Sky Sport 1 also shows all netball
international matches, and it currently shows all ANZ Championship
matches live and includes replays and a weekly show called On-Court. Sky Sport 1 also shows basketball
, golf
, tennis
, hockey
, and fishing
.
Sky Sport 1 also produces its own shows including live interviews with sporting personalities, build-ups to major events and topical discussions from experts in their respective sporting fields. The seasonal shows include Friday Night Football, National Bank Cricket Company, Deaker on Sport, Vodafone NRL Full Time, Try Time, and Reunion.
sports channel in New Zealand
, introduced in 1997.
SKY Sport 2 focuses on sports that do not feature prominently on SKY Sport 1. One of its staples is the English Premier League.
It also shows almost all National Rugby League
matches, with every New Zealand Warriors
game live, and all live international rugby league matches involving New Zealand. It also shows both Super League
matches live. A new rugby league show, 40/20 airs live on Sunday afternoons and features a round up of the round's matches as well as interviews with players, discussion amongst the panel and previews. The show first appeared in 2009 and is hosted by Steven Mcivor.
It also screens repeats and delayed coverage of live events from SKY Sport 1.
sports channel in New Zealand
, introduced in 2003.
The line up includes live coverage of events and replays of sports already screened on Sky Sport 1 or 2. Sky Sport 3 also carries round-the-clock sports news with Fox Sports News
.
's highlights channel.
The basic premise of Sky Sport Highlights revolves around a 2 hour block of differing 30 minute sports highlights that is repeated every 2 hours and then the content is updated only when there is new sport that has happened.
These channels are:
Broadcast Events:
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
's satellite
Satellite television
Satellite television is television programming delivered by the means of communications satellite and received by an outdoor antenna, usually a parabolic mirror generally referred to as a satellite dish, and as far as household usage is concerned, a satellite receiver either in the form of an...
pay-TV company, Sky Network Television
SKY Network Television
Sky Network Television Limited , , is a New Zealand pay television service. On 30 June 2011, Sky had 829,421 subscribers, which comprises:*808,617 digital subscribers*20,840 other subscribers...
. Sky Sport 1 was launched in 1990. A sister channel, Sky Sport 2 was launched in 1997, followed by a third channel, Sky Sport 3 in 2003 and Sky Sport Highlights launched in 2007.
Sky Sport 1
Sky Sport 1 is the original Sky TelevisionSKY Network Television
Sky Network Television Limited , , is a New Zealand pay television service. On 30 June 2011, Sky had 829,421 subscribers, which comprises:*808,617 digital subscribers*20,840 other subscribers...
sport channel in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
. It was first introduced in 1990 as Sky Sport on the Sky UHF service.
It is New Zealand's premium all sport channel offers a full line-up of popular local and international sporting events, often live 24-hours-a-day, 7-days-a-week.
Sky Sport 1 features New Zealand's most popular sports, including rugby union
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
. It shows live coverage of the Super 14
Super 14
Super Rugby is the largest and pre-eminent professional Rugby union competition in the Southern Hemisphere...
and ITM Cup, and has broadcast all of the All Blacks home and away games since 1996, after purchasing the rights from TVNZ. It bought the rights to New Zealand cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
matches in 1998, and currently all of New Zealand's international cricket matches are televised live, home and away, as well as coverage from Australia, England and India, including the Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League
The Indian Premier League is a professional league for Twenty20 cricket competition in India. It was initiated by the Board of Control for Cricket in India , headquartered in Mumbai, and is supervised by BCCI Vice President Rajeev Shukla, who serves as the league's Chairman and Commissioner...
.
Association football is also very big in Sky Sport in New Zealand, it shows all Hyundai A-League matches as well as matches from the Barclays Premier League. Sky Sport 1 also shows all netball
Netball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
international matches, and it currently shows all ANZ Championship
ANZ Championship
The ANZ Championship is the pre-eminent netball league in the world. The competition is held annually between April and July, comprising 69 matches played over 17 weeks. It is contested by ten teams, five from Australia and five from New Zealand...
matches live and includes replays and a weekly show called On-Court. Sky Sport 1 also shows basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
, and fishing
Fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch wild fish. Fish are normally caught in the wild. Techniques for catching fish include hand gathering, spearing, netting, angling and trapping....
.
Sky Sport 1 also produces its own shows including live interviews with sporting personalities, build-ups to major events and topical discussions from experts in their respective sporting fields. The seasonal shows include Friday Night Football, National Bank Cricket Company, Deaker on Sport, Vodafone NRL Full Time, Try Time, and Reunion.
Sky Sport 2
Sky Sport 2 is the second Sky TelevisionSKY Network Television
Sky Network Television Limited , , is a New Zealand pay television service. On 30 June 2011, Sky had 829,421 subscribers, which comprises:*808,617 digital subscribers*20,840 other subscribers...
sports channel in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, introduced in 1997.
SKY Sport 2 focuses on sports that do not feature prominently on SKY Sport 1. One of its staples is the English Premier League.
It also shows almost all National Rugby League
National Rugby League
The National Rugby League is the top league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL's main competition, called the Telstra Premiership , is contested by sixteen teams, fifteen of which are based in Australia with one based in New Zealand...
matches, with every New Zealand Warriors
New Zealand Warriors
The New Zealand Warriors are a professional rugby league football club based in Auckland, New Zealand. They compete in the National Rugby League premiership and are the League's only team from outside Australia...
game live, and all live international rugby league matches involving New Zealand. It also shows both Super League
Super League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
matches live. A new rugby league show, 40/20 airs live on Sunday afternoons and features a round up of the round's matches as well as interviews with players, discussion amongst the panel and previews. The show first appeared in 2009 and is hosted by Steven Mcivor.
It also screens repeats and delayed coverage of live events from SKY Sport 1.
SKY Sport 3
Sky Sport 3 is the third Sky TelevisionSKY Network Television
Sky Network Television Limited , , is a New Zealand pay television service. On 30 June 2011, Sky had 829,421 subscribers, which comprises:*808,617 digital subscribers*20,840 other subscribers...
sports channel in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, introduced in 2003.
The line up includes live coverage of events and replays of sports already screened on Sky Sport 1 or 2. Sky Sport 3 also carries round-the-clock sports news with Fox Sports News
Fox Sports News
Fox Sports News is an Australian cable and satellite sports news channel. Owned by Premier Media Group and is the sister channel of Fox Sports.Fox Sports News launched on October 1, 2006. The channel runs live for 19 hours a day, broadcasting sports news...
.
Sky Sport Highlights
Sky Sport Highlights is Sky TelevisionSKY Network Television
Sky Network Television Limited , , is a New Zealand pay television service. On 30 June 2011, Sky had 829,421 subscribers, which comprises:*808,617 digital subscribers*20,840 other subscribers...
's highlights channel.
The basic premise of Sky Sport Highlights revolves around a 2 hour block of differing 30 minute sports highlights that is repeated every 2 hours and then the content is updated only when there is new sport that has happened.
Temporary Channels
During 2010 5 more Sky Sports channels were launched in order to broadcast Olympics and Commonwealth Games events live. They launch at the start of the games and close shortly after.These channels are:
- Sky Sport 4 - Channel 131
- Sky Sport 5 - Channel 132
- Sky Sport 6 - Channel 133
- Sky Sport 7 - Channel 134
- Sky Sport 8 - Channel 135
Broadcast Events:
- 2010 Winter Olympics2010 Winter OlympicsThe 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...
(SKY Sport 4-7) - 2010 Commonwealth Games2010 Commonwealth GamesThe 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...
(SKY Sport 4-8)