TVNZ, also known as Television New Zealand, is a State Owned public broadcasting company headquartered in New Zealand. Founded in 1960, the company employs approximately 980 individuals and is primarily engaged in broadcast television and radio. It reported $174.8M in revenue as of 2024. As a tier 1 media tech buyer, the company functions as a free-to-air public broadcasting television network.
On March 12, TVNZ developed a co-viewing product for its streaming service TVNZ+ to turn additional viewers into tradeable reach, addressing a challenge where digital video measurement only counts logged-in profiles despite 70% of its Connected TV viewership being co-viewing. Previously, on March 11, TVNZ announced 1News' Mei Heron as the host of its new weekday morning program, Business Breakfast, which will deliver essential business news and economic insights. On March 10, TVNZ+ made "The Contenders 2026" available for free streaming, though the service is geo-restricted to New Zealand viewers. This follows concerns raised on March 7 by the Better Public Media Trust, which indicated deep concern that TVNZ's 1News may have adjusted its news coverage due to pressure from government ministers, with reports citing TVNZ’s chair Andrew Barclay’s efforts to appease Minister for Media and Communications Paul Goldsmith and Police Minister Mark Mitchell. Earlier, on March 6, reports highlighted that restraint clauses were understood to be keeping high-profile broadcasters, including Tova O’Brien, off the air, with O'Brien not appearing on TVNZ’s Breakfast program as anticipated.
TVNZ offers 4 products in the media and telecoms services industry. TVNZ's product portfolio comprises of media and TV services and broadcast television and radio.
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TVNZ's revenues were less than $250M in 2024. Caretta Research has split TVNZ's revenue into 3 different product categories, the largest of which is linear (national channel groups). For full access to TVNZ's revenue breakdown subscribe to Caretta Portal.
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TVNZ currently holds 28 broadcasting rights for sports competitions including rugby union, aquatics and swimming, motorsports, golf, multi-sport, netball, athletics, cricket, soccer | association football, tennis, sports sublicensing, american football and basketball.
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