Triangle TV

Triangle Television is a public service television station based in Auckland, New Zealand. Triangle broadcasts across Auckland on analogue UHF. Triangle previously operated Stratos Television which was broadcast around New Zealand on the Freeview, Sky TV and TelstraClear cable digital platforms. The stations shared transmission facilities and resources, and broadcast many of the same news, regional and cultural programming.

Triangle Television is broadcast on Auckland's government-owned non-commercial UHF channel from transmitters at Waiatarua, Pine Hill and Remuera since August 1998. The station is operated by an independent trust, which leases air time to programme providers on a first-come first-serve basis. Providers are allowed to air a limited number (a maximum of 6 minutes per half hour of broadcast) of commercials during their programmes and have complete editorial control over content. The trust claims these rules mean it "cannot be controlled by individuals or groups with their own agendas".^[1] Using an IP link provided by government-owned Kordia and a government-owned non-commercial UHF channel, the Triangle Television Trust broadcast a similar station across Wellington (operated out of Auckland) from 25 August 2006 to 31 March 2009.

Stratos Television was broadcast nationwide on Freeview channel 21 since October 2007 on satellite and since March 2011 on the terrestrial Freeview HD service (although broadcasting in SD only). It is also available on SKY TV channel 89 via Optus D1 and on TelstraClear Cable channel 89 in Wellington and Christchurch. This was a free-to-air, twenty-four-hour, nationwide news and culture station. It was shut down on 23 December 2011 after financial struggles by Triangle Television.

Programming

Special broadcasts

• New Zealand vs England test cricket (2008 S1 simulcast)
• Eurovision Song Contest (2009, 2010, 2011)
• Jewel in the Palace (2009)
• Oceania Football Confederation (2009, 2010)
• Midnight Mass from the Vatican (2009)

English Language Newscasts

Refer to station schedules for broadcast times.

Foreign Language Newscasts

Selected NZ and Australian programming

References

1. ^ http://www.tritv.co.nz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=12&Itemid=27

External links

• Official Site Triangle TV: includes schedules, programme provider links, terms and conditions for programme provision.
• Triangle Television Programme Guide
• Official Site Stratos TV
• Stratos Television Programme Guide