Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Television New Zealand, Limited (Māori: Te Whakaaratanga o Aotearoa), more commonly referred to as TVNZ, is a government-owned national broadcaster broadcasting in New Zealand and parts of the Pacific region. Although the network identifies as a national, part-public broadcaster, it is essentially fully commercially funded, and was competition free until November 1989 when private channel TV3 was launched. This finally began the battle for ratings with the only real rival MediaWorks New Zealand, which currently operates channels TV3, Four, and C4. However, the company still maintains a number of transmission advantages due to their long standing relationship with the state-owned sister company Kordia.TVNZ operates playout services from its Auckland studio via Kordia's fibre and microwave network for TV One, TV2, TVNZ Heartland, and TVNZ Kidzone24 with new media video services via the US owned Brightcove which is streamed on the US owned Akamai RTMP/HLS DNS based caching network. Its former channels include TVNZ U (closed August 2013), TVNZ 7 (closed June 2012), TVNZ 6 (closed 2011), and TVNZ Sport Extra (closed 2009, but a re-launch is possible).The TVNZ board is appointed by Minister of Broadcasting Craig Foss. Members are: the chairman Sir John Anderson KBE (Wellington), Anne Blackburn (Auckland), Bryan Gould CNZM (Opotiki), Sir John Goulter, KNZM, JP (Paihia), June McCabe (Auckland) and Joan Withers (Auckland).Approximately 90% of TVNZ's revenue is from commercial activity (such as advertising and merchandising).[citation needed] The remainder of its funding comes from government funding agencies.. }
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- Television_New_Zealand abstract "Television New Zealand, Limited (Māori: Te Whakaaratanga o Aotearoa), more commonly referred to as TVNZ, is a government-owned national broadcaster broadcasting in New Zealand and parts of the Pacific region. Although the network identifies as a national, part-public broadcaster, it is essentially fully commercially funded, and was competition free until November 1989 when private channel TV3 was launched. This finally began the battle for ratings with the only real rival MediaWorks New Zealand, which currently operates channels TV3, Four, and C4. However, the company still maintains a number of transmission advantages due to their long standing relationship with the state-owned sister company Kordia.TVNZ operates playout services from its Auckland studio via Kordia's fibre and microwave network for TV One, TV2, TVNZ Heartland, and TVNZ Kidzone24 with new media video services via the US owned Brightcove which is streamed on the US owned Akamai RTMP/HLS DNS based caching network. Its former channels include TVNZ U (closed August 2013), TVNZ 7 (closed June 2012), TVNZ 6 (closed 2011), and TVNZ Sport Extra (closed 2009, but a re-launch is possible).The TVNZ board is appointed by Minister of Broadcasting Craig Foss. Members are: the chairman Sir John Anderson KBE (Wellington), Anne Blackburn (Auckland), Bryan Gould CNZM (Opotiki), Sir John Goulter, KNZM, JP (Paihia), June McCabe (Auckland) and Joan Withers (Auckland).Approximately 90% of TVNZ's revenue is from commercial activity (such as advertising and merchandising).[citation needed] The remainder of its funding comes from government funding agencies.".