SKY Network Television New Zealand

Synopsis

This report was archived in November 2007 and has not been updated. SKY Network Television Ltd is New Zealand’s largest pay TV company. For more recent information on SKY, see separate report: New Zealand - Broadcasting - FTA, Pay TV & Digital TV - Statistics & Overview.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Company information
  
• 3. Services
  
  • 3.1 Satellite coverage
    
  • 3.2 Other services
    
    • 3.2.1 Personal Video Recorder (PVR)
      
    • 3.2.2 DVD mail-order rental and MovieLink
      
    • 3.2.3 Mobile video clips
      
    • 3.2.4 Partnership with Woosh Wireless
      
    • 3.2.5 Potential IPTV services
      
• 4. Subscriber statistics – 2006
  
• 5. Financial results – 2006
  
• 6. Financial results – 2005
  
  • 6.1 Financial highlights
    
• 7. Acquisition of Prime TV
  
• 8. Company analyses
  
  • 8.1 Strategic overview and analysis – January 2007
    
  • 8.2 SKY TV continues to perform strongly, but at the expense of consumers
    
    • 8.2.1 On paper, SKY’s financial performance is strong yet again
      
    • 8.2.2 Exorbitant prices places a ceiling on further pay TV market growth
      
    • 8.2.3 Striking similarities exist with the Australian marketplace
      
    • 8.2.4 Telecom’s market dominance only adds fuel to the fire
      
    • 8.2.5 Lack of competition only stifles market innovation and consumer choice
      
• 9. Programming
  
• 10. Company history
  
• 11. Related reports
  

• Table 1– Total UHF, DBS and other subscribers – 2003 - 2006
• Table 2 – Subscriber growth – UHF, DBS and annual change – 1993 - 2007
• Table 3 – Average monthly revenue per residential subscriber and annual change – 2004 - 2006
• Table 4 – Group revenue overview and annual change – 2005 - 2006
• Table 5 – Revenue overview and percentage change – 1997 - 2007
• Table 6 – Revenue overview and annual change – 2004 - 2005

• Exhibit 1 – SKY Network Television Ltd at a glance – 2006