PTV4

*This article contains information that is fictitious and imaginary as PTV Network New Zealand (Patrick Te Pou Enterprises Ltd), which operates PTV4, is a fictional broadcaster.*

### Availability

Television (Kordia/Freeview)Streaming media (PTV On Demand)

### LCN (Freeview)

Channel 8

**PTV4** is a New Zealand free-to-air television channel owned and operated by PTV Network New Zealand.

## Programming

PTV4 is a general interest men's interest channel (similar to 7mate from Australia and ITV4 from the UK) and targets a demographic of 25-54 year old males. The channel contains a mix of sport, police shows, action films and US dramas, as well as factual and reality programming such as *Pawn Stars*, *Storage Wars*, *American Pickers*, *Deadliest Catch*, *Gold Rush*, *Aussie Gold Hunters*, *Outback Opal Hunters*, *Where the Wild Men Are with Ben Fogle* and *Border Security*.

### News

PTV4 airs *PTV News Updates* that are shown on PTV Network's main channel, PTV1, and from PTV2, PTV3, PTV5 and PTV6. All news updates are broadcast at around 8:00pm, 9:00pm and 10:00pm each evening, i.e. no more than two commercial breaks after their original broadcast on the main channel.

### Sport

PTV Network is a major purchaser of New Zealand sports broadcasting rights and unlike PTV4's sister channel, PTV1, PTV4 itself broadcasts more major local and international sporting events free-to-air (most of these 'live and free') than the main channel.

For the bigger events in PTV Network's sporting calendar, such as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games, PTV4 supports PTV1's own coverage by offering viewers additional coverage of alternative sports and events.

The channel also broadcasts its regular sports shows: *PTV's Big Game: Rugby Extra*, *PTV's Big League*, *Try Time*, *PTV's World of Football*, *The A-League Show*, *Repco Speedweek*, *The AFL Show*, *American Football*, *Jam Session*, *Mobil Sport* and *The Racing Show*.

#### Rugby

* **All Blacks (Steinlager Series & Northern Hemisphere Tour):** Full replays on PTV4 (from PTV1)
* **The Rugby Championship:** Full replays of every All Blacks game on PTV4 (from PTV1)
* **Super Rugby (Aotearoa/Trans-Tasman):**
	+ Delayed coverage of all Saturday games
	+ Full replays of all Friday games and the final (from PTV1)
* **National Provincial Championship (Bunnings NPC):**
	+ Delayed coverage of all Saturday games and two Sunday games
	+ Full replays of all Friday games and one Sunday game (from PTV1)
	+ Full replays of the Championship Final and Premiership Final (from PTV1)
* **Six Nations Championship:** Highlights in *PTV's Big Game: Rugby Extra*
* **Gallagher Premiership:** Highlights in *PTV's Big Game: Rugby Extra*
* **Pro-14:** Highlights in *PTV's Big Game: Rugby Extra*
* **Anglo-Welsh Cup:** Highlights in *PTV's Big Game: Rugby Extra*

#### Rugby league

* **NRL:**
	+ Delayed coverage of all Thursday games, one Saturday game and one Sunday game
	+ Highlights of the latest round of games in *PTV's Big League*
	+ Full replay of the NRL Grand Final (from PTV1)
* **Super League:**
	+ Delayed coverage of two games per week
	+ Highlights of the latest round of games in *PTV's Big League*
	+ Full replay of the Grand Final
* **State of Origin:** Full replay (from PTV4)

#### Cricket

* **Dream11 Super Smash:** Live coverage of certain games on PTV4, highlights on PTV1

#### Golf

* **The Open Championship:** Highlights and live coverage across PTV1 and PTV4
* **U.S. Open:** Highlights and live coverage across PTV1 and PTV4
* **U.S. PGA Championship:** Highlights and live coverage across PTV1 and PTV4
* **Masters Tournament:** Highlights and live coverage across PTV1 and PTV4
* **New Zealand Open:** Highlights on PTV1, live coverage on PTV4
* **PGA, European and LPGA Tours:** Further highlights during *Mobil Sport*

#### Football

* **FA Cup Final:** Full replay (from PTV4)
* **Bundesliga:** Live coverage of one game per week, plus highlights in *PTV's World of Football*
* **Italian Serie A:** Highlights of the latest round of games in *PTV's World of Football*
* **La Liga:** Highlights of the latest round of games in *PTV's World of Football*
* **Major League Soccer:** Live coverage of one game per week, plus highlights in *PTV's World of Football*
* **A-League:** Live and delayed coverage of all Wellington Phoenix games, plus highlights in *The A-League Show*

#### Tennis

* **Wimbledon:** Highlights and live coverage across PTV1 and PTV4
* **French Open:** Highlights and live coverage across PTV1 and PTV4
* **U.S. Open:** Highlights and live coverage across PTV1 and PTV4
* **Australian Open:** Highlights and live coverage across PTV1 and PTV4
* **WTA Auckland Open (ASB Classic):**Live coverage on PTV4 (men's only), highlights on PTV1

#### Basketball

* **NBL New Zealand (Sal's NBL):** One game every Thursday night, plus highlights in *Jam Session* and live coverage of Semifinal and Grand Final
* **NBL Australia/NZ:** Delayed coverage of one game per week, plus highlights in *Jam Session*

#### Motorsport

* **IndyCar Series:** Highlights in *Repco Speedweek*
* **Australian Supercars Championship:** Highlights in *Repco Speedweek*
* **Dunlop Super2 Series:** Highlights in *Repco Speedweek*
* **Superbike World Championship:** Highlights in *Repco Speedweek*
* **Speedway Grand Prix:** Highlights in *Repco Speedweek*
* **NASCAR:** Highlights in *Repco Speedweek*
* **MotoGP:** Live coverage on PTV4 (shared with Spark Sport)

#### Australian rules

* **AFL:** Three live games per week, plus highlights in *The AFL Show*

#### Horse racing (in association with New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing and the TAB)

* **Weekly Friday night harness racing:** Live coverage of all races at Alexandra Park (Auckland) or Cambridge Raceway throughout the evening's programmes
* **Weekly Saturday afternoon horse racing:** Live coverage of all races from one race meeting during the afternoon's programmes

#### Multi-sport events

* **Commonwealth Games:** Live across PTV1, PTV4 and Games Pop-Up channels
* **Summer Olympics:** Live across PTV1, PTV4 and Olympic Pop-Up channels
* **Winter Olympics:** Live across PTV1, PTV4 and Olympic Pop-Up channels

## Broadcast hours

Programming on PTV4 usually starts at 9:00am daily, but transmission starts earlier than usual when live sports events are being broadcast in the early morning (New Zealand time).

The channel runs through to closedown at around 1:00am but often later on Friday and Saturday nights. Transmission closes later than usual or continues through the night on days when live sports events are being scheduled for broadcast during the overnight hours (New Zealand time).

## Availability

PTV4 broadcasts in digital free-to-air form via the state-owned Kordia on UHF and satellite, and is live streamed on its PTV On Demand website and app.