TAB TV is a pay TV

Pay TV

Pay television, premium television, or premium channels refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by both analog and digital cable and satellite, but also increasingly via digital terrestrial and internet television...

 channel, available on SKY Digital

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...

 channel 035 and TelstraClear

TelstraClear

TelstraClear is New Zealand's second-largest telecommunications company and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Telstra Corporation , with around 400,000 customers....

 InHomeTV channel 35. TAB TV
is the thoroughbred horse racing

Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse racing is a worldwide sport and industry involving the racing of Thoroughbred horses. It is governed by different national bodies. There are two forms of the sport: Flat racing and National Hunt racing...

, harness horse racing

Harness racing

Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait . They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, although racing under saddle is also conducted in Europe.-Breeds:...

 and greyhound racing

Greyhound racing

Greyhound racing is the sport of racing greyhounds. The dogs chase a lure on a track until they arrive at the finish line. The one that arrives first is the winner....

 broadcasting component of the New Zealand Racing Board

New Zealand Racing Board

The New Zealand Racing Board is a statutory body for New Zealand sports betting, including betting on horse racing and greyhound racing. It was established under the Racing Act 2003 to operate the TAB, promote the racing industry and maximise the profits of the industry...

 TAB

Totalizator Agency Board

Totalisator Agency Board in Australia and New Zealand, universally shortened to TAB, is the name given to monopoly totalisator organisations. All were originally government owned...

. It is used to broadcast every race the TAB takes betting on.

TAB TV broadcasts from 0900 - 0100 Monday and Tuesday then 0900 – 0400 Wednesday to Sunday with up to 14 races per hour at peak times. TAB TV broadcasts all New Zealand race meetings with the addition of international racing from Australia, Hong Kong, Singapore, North America, France, the UK and Ireland.

Sister channel

The sister channel to TAB TV, Trackside focuses mainly on New Zealand races with more in depth build up to races, including feature interviews and special interest racing programming. This is unlike TAB TV which takes in a much larger volume of racing during broadcast hours.

Christchurch Earthquake Fundraiser

TAB TV covered Fill the Basin, the February 2011 Christchurch earthquake fundraiser 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...

 match. The game was broadcast live on both TAB TV and Canterbury Television

Canterbury Television

Canterbury Television is an independent television station broadcasting in Canterbury, New Zealand.The name is synonymous with regional television in New Zealand as it was the name of the first regional broadcaster to operate in New Zealand. CTV produces and screens more than twenty hours of...

, with delayed coverage of the game on Trackside later that evening.