TVNZ Duke | |
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Launched | 20 March 2016 |
Owned by | Television New Zealand |
Picture format | 16:9 (576i, SDTV) |
Country | New Zealand |
Broadcast area | National |
Headquarters | Auckland, New Zealand |
Formerly called | Duke |
Sister channel(s) | TVNZ 1 TVNZ 2 |
Website | tvnz |
Availability
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Terrestrial | |
Freeview | 13 |
Satellite | |
Freeview | 13 |
Sky Television | 23 |
Streaming media | |
TVNZ OnDemand | Watch live (NZ only) |
TVNZ Duke (formerly Duke) is a New Zealand television channel run by state broadcaster Television New Zealand. It screens programming targeted at a male audience.[1]I t was launched on 20 March 2016 to replace TVNZ's popup channel that was used to air Wimbledon.[2] Initially advertised as a male-skewed channel, this branding was later dropped.[3]
Its programming includes comedy, drama, documentaries, movies and sport. It operates between the hours of 6pm and midnight, and occasionally screens live sport events outside of these hours.[2] The channel is available on Freeview channel 13 and channel 23 on Sky. Some programming is also available on TVNZ OnDemand.
Programming
The following shows are aired by TVNZ Duke:[4]
- Agent Carter
- Agent X
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
- American Fringe
- Angie Tribeca
- Beowulf
- Border Town
- Brooklyn Nine-Nine
- Family Guy
- Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
- Gotham
- The Indestructibles
- Jekyll & Hyde
- The Last Ship
- The Late Late Show with James Corden
- Legends of Tomorrow
- Mythbusters
- Scam City
- Seinfeld
- Shameless
- South Park
- Two and a Half Men
- The Birthday Boys
- The NRL Rookie
- Tosh.0
Sports rights
- NBA[5] National Basketball Association (Live, Magazine Shows, Highlights, Playoff games)
- AFL Aussie Rules Football (Live, Delayed and Highlights)
- NFL American Football (Thursday Night and Monday Night Live and Highlights)
- Wimbledon Tennis Championships (Live, Highlights, Match of the Day)
- Bundesliga (One game live per week and Highlights)
- WRC Highlights
- Omnisports News
- 2018 Commonwealth Games (Exclusive NZ Coverage live)
- Formula E (Live and Weekly Highlights Shows)
- European Le Mans Series (Live)
References
- ^ [1], New Zealand Herald website
- ^ a b "TVNZ announces name of new channel". 1 News. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ "Duke: TVNZ announces men's channel name and it's a classic". Stuff.co.nz. 18 February 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2016.
- ^ "DUKE - TVNZ". Retrieved September 21, 2016.
- ^ TVNZ. "DUKE scores live NBA games". www.tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved 2016-03-01.