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Spark’s streaming service Lightbox farewells a slew of series in December, including seasons 1-4 of Mozart in the Jungle. Here’s the full line-up of pending departures:

  A crime procedural starring Law & Order’s Chris Noth, a Twilight Zone-style anthology, a highly acclaimed Hulu comedy, and the latest seasons of Mozart in the Jungle and UnREAL will premiere next month on Lightbox. Gone stars Noth as an FBI agent who recruits a self-defence expert (The Path’s Leven Rambin) he rescued years earlier, […]

   Lightbox subscribers won’t have to switch to Amazon Prime to stream the next season of Mozart in the Jungle. While it’s unclear how long Lightbox will retain exclusive rights to Amazon commissions, the Kiwi streamer has confirmed it will launch season three of Mozart on December. All 10 episodes will go online at once, […]

Okay, it’s a click-bait headline but the pending official launch of Amazon’s streaming service in NZ does raise questions about Lightbox’s access to original product on the eve of the Spark site closing overnight. Lightbox’s library includes Amazon originals like Transparent and Mozart in the Jungle. Will it continue to stream these exclusively in this market or will […]

Rarely have the programming priorities of NZ’s free-to-air networks been shown up as shamefully as with this year’s Golden Globes results. In a ceremony that surprised many pundits, only two major prizes went to FTA series: TV2’s Empire and the yet-to-screen My Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Everything else was won by series that screen on Sky’s SoHo channel (American Horror Story: Hotel, […]