TVNZ ondemand is a New Zealand online television viewing and downloading service offered by Television New Zealand

Television New Zealand

Television New Zealand, more commonly referred to, and stylized as TVNZ, is a government-owned corporation television network broadcasting in New Zealand and parts of the Pacific. It operates TV1, TV2, TVNZ7, TVNZ Heartland, TVNZ U and new media services....

 in 2007. It offers a variety of free content, such as news updates and programmes seen on TVNZ channels (approximately 12 – 24 hours after they are screened).

TVNZ ondemand has been featured in some newspapers and radio interviews because a young teenager was able to access the unreleased website and start downloading shows, and other tasks.

TVNZ ondemand was officially launched March 20, 2007.

Since April 2010, TVNZ ondemand has been available on the PlayStation 3

PlayStation 3

The is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment and the successor to the PlayStation 2 as part of the PlayStation series. The PlayStation 3 competes with Microsoft's Xbox 360 and Nintendo's Wii as part of the seventh generation of video game consoles...

 as an extra option in the XrossMediaBar

XrossMediaBar

The XrossMediaBar is a graphical user interface developed by Sony Computer Entertainment. The interface features icons that are spread horizontally across the screen. Navigation moves the icons, instead of a cursor. These icons are used as categories to organize the options available to the user...

for anyone in New Zealand running version 3.10 of the system firmware or later.

Pricing

Content streamed though TVNZ ondemand was previously charged for. All content is now free, ad-supported, with advertisements being shown before and after videos.

External links

• TVNZ ondemand
• TVNZ ondemand Announcement tvnz.co.nz, December 18, 2006, retrieved December 22, 2006.
• TVNZ ondemand Playstation announcement