Talk:Sky (New Zealand)

Clean-up tag
I removed the clean up tag and the stub after some editing and adding more detail information. The article however needs some references to the ownership. I believed the dates are incorrect.ant_ie 18:51, 1 January 2006 (UTC)


 * The page currently (11:37, 30 Mar 2006 UTC) says that INL owns 78% of Sky and Newscorp owns 44%. Does not compute...

Merger

 * Oppose, I don't see any reason why we need to merge the two sections. The section on SKY Network Television is here to cover the effects on SKY, while the section on Optus Fleet of Satellites is here to cover the technical details. Evil Monkey - Hello 22:14, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * If there's no need to merge then just copy relavant info from one page to the other. WP 08:16, 4 April 2006 (UTC)


 * oppose Agree with Evil Monkey Brian | (Talk) 07:19, 8 April 2006 (UTC)
 * oppose as above ant_ie 11:55, 9 April 2006 (UTC)
 * Oppose as above, I think it should be better to add a to the article and vice versa.

I'm deleting the merge box as the consenus is for the staus quo.ant_ie 07:30, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Example:

Sonic 13:37, 20 June 2006 (UTC)

Ownership
"In July 2005, SKY Network Television Limited and Independent Newspapers Limited merged the two companies into a new company, MergeCo,which was renamed Sky Network Television Limited. Independent Newspapers now own 78% of SKY Network Television. The Commonwealth Bank of Australia are the only other shareholders who own more than 5% of the company."

This paragraph is contradictory. INL no longer exists (following the merger) and therefore is not in a position to own anything. The last two sentences are out of date and should be deleted.
 * The above is reworded plus the majority of the ownership details are deleted.There are no references provided and it's been like this for nearly a year.Feel free to revert it.ant_ie 07:47, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Sorry Ant.. I've been travelling.. Reverting the ownership stuff would be good because it shows how Sky developed. There was some POV in there but most is easily verifiable via online annual reports of TVNZ and SKY. Alternatively I think I have originals going back in storage in NZ. Abeorch 00:35, 6 August 2007 (UTC)

New technology
I've come up with a new plan which means that two (as opposed to one) out of what could be many warring parties will watch what they want without having to get separate decoders. Here are some features of the new decoder (not that SKY will consider such an outlandish plan at this point in time:) Scott Gall 03:28, 12 December 2006 (UTC)


 * To eliminate the risk of pointing your remote at the wrong sensor, infra-red technology will be replaced with radio waves, similar to that used in remote-controlled cars. There will be two handsets where you can change one without changing the other.
 * One side can watch the rugby while the other side watches some bullshit (bull**** if you're easily offended) documentary, or one kid can watch Spongebob Squarepants while their brother/sister watches Codename: Kids Next Door.
 * If you spend a little extra, you can get one that can cope with three or four programs being watched at the same time.

What does this have to do with the article?

New channel numbers
This is the template for when the channel numbers change. On March 1, just copy the text below onto the article: Scott Gall 09:02, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

This lists all current digital channels, including those available in UHF and Free To Air (FTA). Channel numbers for the digital service changed on March 1st.

The channel numbers changed because, in light of channels added in the 24 months leading up to the changeover (the main culprits shown in italics), they were quite quickly at the point where they couldn't fit in anything else until things were tidied up.
 * Channel 1 TV ONE (FTA)
 * Channel 2 TV2 (FTA)
 * Channel 3 TV3 (FTA)
 * Channel 4 Prime (FTA)
 * Channel 5 SKY 1 (formerly known as Orange) (available on channel 7 in UHF)
 * Channel 6 UK.TV
 * Channel 8 The Living Channel
 * Channel 9 Food Television
 * Channel 11 E! Entertainment Television
 * Channel 19 Māori Television (FTA)
 * Channel 20 SKY Movies 1 (available on channel 4 in UHF)
 * Channel 21 SKY Movies 2
 * Channel 23 MGM
 * Channel 24 TCM
 * Channel 25 Rialto Channel
 * Channel 28 Preview
 * Channel 30 SKY Sport 1 (available on channel 5 in UHF)
 * Channel 31 SKY Sport 2
 * Channel 32 SKY Sport 3
 * Channel 34 ESPN International
 * Channel 35 Trackside (available on channel 8 in UHF)
 * Channel 36 The Rugby Channel
 * Channel 40 Disney Channel
 * Channel 41 Nickelodeon (available on channel 7 in UHF)
 * Channel 42 Cartoon Network
 * Channel 45 Playhouse Disney Channel
 * Channel 50 Playin'TV
 * Channel 51 Mind Games
 * Channel 60 MTV New Zealand
 * Channel 62 Juice TV (FTA) (on UHF channel 57 in Auckland)
 * Channel 63 J2
 * Channel 64 C4 (FTA) (is available on channel 4 in UHF)
 * Channel 65 Alt TV
 * Channel 70 Discovery Channel (available on channel 8 in UHF)
 * Channel 72 National Geographic Channel
 * Channel 73 The History Channel
 * Channel 74 Documentary Channel
 * Channel 75 Animal Planet
 * Channel 79 The Arts Channel
 * Channel 90 Sky News New Zealand
 * Channel 91 CNN
 * Channel 92 Fox News Channel
 * Channel 93 BBC World
 * Channel 110 Southland TV
 * Channel 111 Shine TV
 * Channels 200-216 SKY Box Office
 * Channel 217 Playboy TV
 * Channel 218 Spice
 * Channel 219 Spice 2
 * Channel 300 KTV 1
 * Channel 301 KTV 2
 * Channel 302 JTV
 * Channels 303-309 CTV
 * Channel 310 CCTV-9
 * Channel 315 STAR Plus

Radio Stations

 * Channel 311 Real Good Life
 * Channel 312 New Supremo
 * Channel 500 Kiwi FM
 * Channel 501 National Radio
 * Channel 502 Concert FM
 * Channel 503 Niu FM
 * Channel 504 George FM
 * Channel 505 Tahu FM
 * Channel 506 Calvary Chapel Radio

SKY Digital Music

 * Channel 400 NZ Chart
 * Channel 401 Pop
 * Channel 402 Smooth
 * Channel 403 Grooves
 * Channel 404 Jazz
 * Channel 405 House
 * Channel 406 50s & 60s
 * Channel 407 Party
 * Channel 408 Rock
 * Channel 409 Country
 * Channel 410 Classical
 * Channel 411 Kids
 * Channel 412 Blues
 * Channel 413 Special

Interactive Services

 * SkyBet - interactive sports betting serivce.
 * Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) - Television listing information.
 * PlayinTV Games - video games.
 * MindGames - challenging video games.
 * Weather Channel - interactive weather maps and information.

Information on mobile services
SKY are now operating mobile television services (called SKY Mobile TV) on the Vodafone 3G network. Here's some stuff I already know about the new venture:


 * It's only available on Vodafone - and even if you're already on 021, you'll need a 3G phone.
 * Only NZ$2.50 per week to join - plus if you join before the 31st of March, the first three weeks are free.
 * There are 8 channels joining the party:
 * Cartoon Network
 * CNN
 * Discovery Channel
 * E!
 * MTV
 * SKY Movies
 * SKY News (tailored for the new service)
 * SKY Sport

Would a section on the new service be a good idea? Scott Gall 12:58, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

Image copyright problem with Image:My Sky logo.png
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Channel Logos
Has permission been provided by Sky TV for the use of their channel logos on Wikipedia? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Openmedia (talk • contribs) 11:34, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

No, but it is not needed as these images qualify under Wikipedia's non-free use guidline. wwe socks sign 08:19, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

NZ Copyright law has no fair use provision.

Sorry, but these images do qualify under NZ law. Also, next time try signing your posts like with 4 tilds like this ~ wwe socks sign 01:01, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

I have contacted SKY for their permission to use these logos, and are waiting for their response. wwe socks sign 01:14, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

My e-mail was sent back to me? wwe socks sign 22:56, 16 May 2009 (UTC)

Requested move 23 January 2021

 * The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion. 

The result of the move request was: page moved. Andrewa (talk) 01:21, 31 January 2021 (UTC)

Sky (New Zealand) → Sky Network Television – This is the correct name of the company and avoids the need of brackets for disambiguation Socks 01 (talk) 02:50, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * This is a contested technical request (permalink). OhKayeSierra (talk) 12:38, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Pretty certain this will confuse anyone living outside NZ. In ictu oculi (talk) 09:32, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Per WP:COMMONNAME, the article even starts with "Sky Network Television Limited, more commonly known as Sky" too. -Kj cheetham (talk) 12:25, 23 January 2021 (UTC)


 * This was the title it used until 2012 when Socks 01 moved it, WP:NATURAL may apply.  Crouch, Swale  ( talk ) 17:05, 23 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Yes I agree now it should not be moved as it may be confusing to people outside NZ. Socks 01 (talk) 00:53, 28 January 2021 (UTC)


 * Closing comments: See [here] for the overwritten history. Difficult to assess, I had to reread several of the comments to try to decide whether they were for or against. I hope I got it right eventually! Andrewa (talk) 01:21, 31 January 2021 (UTC)


 * The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.