More on TVNZ's digital channels

From the TVNZ website:

"TVNZ 6
TVNZ 6 will be the first of the new channels, It will launch on Freeview at the end of September. This channel is really a placeholder for three independent services that share the channel. Three in one if you like.

The morning and daytime service will show pre-school kids programming.
From late afternoon in to kids' bedtime the second service will provide safe, entertaining and educational programming that the whole family can watch together. Then, at 8.30 the third service kicks in with more challenging programming centred on the arts and drama.

We are putting together a great schedule for each of these services. We are commissioning some pretty exciting new programming, and we have acquired rights for existing programming. What really sets the new channels apart is their very high level of local programming - up to 70% on the services sharing TVNZ 6.

TVNZ 7
TVNZ 7 is a factual channel that we are currently planning to launch in March next year. This has been described in media as a 24 hour news channel. That's not quite right. The channel will have news bulletins on the hour, every hour, but it really is a broad based factual channel. It is definitely not a Sky News style rolling news channel. It will show news, sports, documentaries and current affairs programming.

Both channels are advertising free."

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