TVNZ Kidzone

TVNZ Kidzone was a 24-hour New Zealand children's channel service run by state broadcaster Television New Zealand. The channel ran on Digital 106, channel 46 on Sky^[1] and channel 14 on Igloo.

TVNZ Kidzone

Country	New Zealand
Broadcast area	National
Ownership
Owner	Television New Zealand, Ltd.
Sister channels	TV One TV2 U TVNZ 7 TVNZ Heartland TVNZ Pop-up Duke
History
Launched	1 May 2011
Closed	30 April 2016
Links
Website	tvnz.co.nz/kidzone

History

Kidzone was originally a 12-hour service running on former TVNZ channel TVNZ 6. It then ran on TVNZ 7 for a year before its closure in 2012. TVNZ launched TVNZ Kidzone as TVNZ Kidzone24 on 1 May 2011, two months after the closure of TVNZ 6, by then, TVNZ 7 was carrying a two-hour Kidzone block.^[2]

TVNZ closed the channel on 30 April 2016, due to SKY's contract with TVNZ expiring at the end of that month. It was made available via TVNZ OnDemand on May 1, 2016.^[3]

References

1. "TVNZ to launch Kidzone24". nzherald.co.nz. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
2. "TVNZ to launch 24 hour kidzone channel on Sky". Throng. 1 March 2011. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
3. van Beynen, Jack (6 July 2016). "Parents angry as Bravo kills off Sesame St". Stuff.co.nz. Archived from the original on 21 November 2019. Retrieved 21 November 2019.