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Sky Free
Sky Free Limited is a subsidiary of Sky Network Television that operates five national free-to-air television channels and the ad-supported streaming television service, ThreeNow in New Zealand.
The subsidiary company was formed in 2013 as MediaWorks TV Limited, a division of MediaWorks New Zealand and successor to TVWorks (1990–2013).
In 2019, MediaWorks announced that they were selling their television operations. In September 2020, Discovery, Inc. purchased MediaWorks TV with the acquisition being finalised on 1 December 2020. The subsidiary was subsequently rebranded as Discovery New Zealand, and the company was renamed to Discovery NZ Limited. In late July 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery announced it would exit New Zealand and sell its assets to Sky TV, effective 1 August 2025. Sky TV also confirmed that Discovery NZ would be rebranded as Sky Free for trademarking reasons.
Three was founded as TV3 in 1989 after the Fourth Labour government allowed for a private television broadcaster. CanWest obtained TV3 between 1991 and 1997 after the National government loosened rules on foreign ownership. In March 1998, Under CanWest control, TV3 relaunched with a new brand and a 3 News bulletin hosted by John Campbell and Carol Hirschfeld.
MediaWorks was created in 2004 following the merger of TVWorks and RadioWorks, and owned TV3 and C4. In 2005, Hilary Barry & Mike McRoberts became the station's news anchors. TV3 staff also launched youth station TV4 in 1997, and replaced it with C4 on October 3, 2003.
In 2009 the timeshift channel TV3 Plus 1 was launched. C4 2 was launched in 2010, then, when TV4 returned as FOUR taking over C4's Channel 4 position in early 2011, C4 converted C4 2 into a music show as it was moved to Freeview Channel 9.
In 2014, timeshift channel Four Plus 1 was launched, and The Edge TV replaced C4.[citation needed] In May 2016, MediaWorks and NBCUniversal Television Distribution entered into a joint venture and revamped FOUR as the new reality television channel Bravo. In August 2016, Michael Anderson was appointed as CEO of MediaWorks.
In 2017, TV3 was rebranded as Three. On 15 April 2018, MediaWorks launched ThreeLife, a lifestyle channel. On 1 July 2019, The Edge TV moved exclusively online, and was replaced on TV by ThreeLife + 1.
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Sky Free
Sky Free Limited is a subsidiary of Sky Network Television that operates five national free-to-air television channels and the ad-supported streaming television service, ThreeNow in New Zealand.
The subsidiary company was formed in 2013 as MediaWorks TV Limited, a division of MediaWorks New Zealand and successor to TVWorks (1990–2013).
In 2019, MediaWorks announced that they were selling their television operations. In September 2020, Discovery, Inc. purchased MediaWorks TV with the acquisition being finalised on 1 December 2020. The subsidiary was subsequently rebranded as Discovery New Zealand, and the company was renamed to Discovery NZ Limited. In late July 2025, Warner Bros. Discovery announced it would exit New Zealand and sell its assets to Sky TV, effective 1 August 2025. Sky TV also confirmed that Discovery NZ would be rebranded as Sky Free for trademarking reasons.
Three was founded as TV3 in 1989 after the Fourth Labour government allowed for a private television broadcaster. CanWest obtained TV3 between 1991 and 1997 after the National government loosened rules on foreign ownership. In March 1998, Under CanWest control, TV3 relaunched with a new brand and a 3 News bulletin hosted by John Campbell and Carol Hirschfeld.
MediaWorks was created in 2004 following the merger of TVWorks and RadioWorks, and owned TV3 and C4. In 2005, Hilary Barry & Mike McRoberts became the station's news anchors. TV3 staff also launched youth station TV4 in 1997, and replaced it with C4 on October 3, 2003.
In 2009 the timeshift channel TV3 Plus 1 was launched. C4 2 was launched in 2010, then, when TV4 returned as FOUR taking over C4's Channel 4 position in early 2011, C4 converted C4 2 into a music show as it was moved to Freeview Channel 9.
In 2014, timeshift channel Four Plus 1 was launched, and The Edge TV replaced C4.[citation needed] In May 2016, MediaWorks and NBCUniversal Television Distribution entered into a joint venture and revamped FOUR as the new reality television channel Bravo. In August 2016, Michael Anderson was appointed as CEO of MediaWorks.
In 2017, TV3 was rebranded as Three. On 15 April 2018, MediaWorks launched ThreeLife, a lifestyle channel. On 1 July 2019, The Edge TV moved exclusively online, and was replaced on TV by ThreeLife + 1.