New Zealand Freeview to start HDTV in April

The Dominion Post reports that Freeview in New Zealand will start broadcasting in High Definition TV from April.

The Dominion Post article says:
Freeview is on track to debut high-definition digital terrestrial television in April, after state-owned enterprise Kordia last week completed a $30 million transmission network that covers New Zealand's 10 biggest cities where three quarters of people live.

Freeview general manager Steve Browning says the free-to-air digital TV consortium expects to set a launch date next week - "All of the transmitters are turned on now for testing."

All DTT broadcasts of TV1, TV2 and TV3 will be in a high-definition format other Freeview channels will be broadcast in standard definition.

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