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  TVNZ’s Duke channel will broadcast in HD from 11am today — but only on Freeview | HD. The male-skewing entertainment channel will continue to be SD-only on Sky’s satellite platform. TVNZ hasn’t officially publicised the changeover, other than via promos on Duke and updating progress with ScreenScribe, and the programme billings it provides media […]

   Duke will become New Zealand’s newest HD channel on Thursday. TVNZ confirmed today the channel will broadcast in true 1080i (1920 x 1080) from January 11. The changeover means shows like The Mick, Doomsday, Bare Knuckle Fight, Bar Rescue, Ultimate Vehicles, Travel Man, Black-ish, Swamp People, Duck Dynasty, 8 Out of 10 Cats and […]

  TVNZ’s third free-to-air channel, Duke, is expected to go HD “within a matter of weeks”, the broadcaster has confirmed. According to Screenscribe reader and contributor Leo, Duke is promoting the switchover as happening this month. “It will be a matter of weeks,” a TVNZ spokesperson says. “Earlier in 2018 is the plan.” That would mean […]

HBO showdown … Wrong vibe for Emmys? … Fall season faux season … HBO continues to reign supreme at the Emmy Awards — but only just after an unprecedented challenge by FX. It collected 22 of this year’s trophies, with more than half (12) being for Game of Thrones. FX had the next most number of wins (18), collecting half of those for The People […]

TVNZ’s male-skewing Duke channel is drawing more viewers than like-minded channels on Sky, with 95% of the audience watching it on linear TV rather than online. That’s despite an upsurge in Kiwis streaming their content and Duke’s picture quality being of a much higher resolution when streamed than broadcast on Freeview or Sky. The streaming isn’t true HD […]