TVNZ Updates Lockdown Ratings

Since the level 4 lockdown was announced on August 17, more than 2.5 million people have tuned into 1 News at Six, TVNZ Sales reports.

That means the flagship bulletin has averaged 19.6% of the country if you include the TVNZ +1 viewership as well.

Over the same period, the 1 Breaking News Coronavirus Updates drew more than 2.4 million viewers, to average 15.1%.

And last week TVNZ OnDemand hit 8.9 million streams, it highest weekly tally yet — up 46% compared to the two weeks before lockdown.

More than 684,000 people used TVNZ OnDemand last week, the platform’s second-highest weekly reach to date, while 321,600 viewers used TVNZ simulcast, generating more than 2.6 million live streams.

TVNZ Sales says the Toyko 2020 Paralympic Games so far have reached more than 1.5 million people across Duke and TVNZ 1, and have been live streamed 433,200 times via TVNZ simulcast.