VHF TV Channels used in Auckland, New Zealand.
Television has now moved to an exclusive UHF DVB-T 8MHz system.
For information on what the analogue channels were see here.
Channels 1 to 11 are in the VHF Band (Band I and III - 44 to 230 MHz).
This is now unused spectrum.
Channel Number VHF |
Frequency Limits (MHz) |
1 |
44 to 51 |
2 |
54 to 61 |
3 |
61 to 68 |
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|
4 |
174 to 181 |
5 |
181 to 188 |
6 |
188 to 195 |
7 |
195 to 202 |
8 |
202 to 209 |
9 |
209 to 216 |
10 |
216 to 223 |
11 |
223 to 230 |
UHF TV Channels used in Auckland, New Zealand.
For other areas, see the pdf of "Digital Television Channel Usage Table" (50,047 bytes) at the Radio Spectrum Management
Channels 25 to 48 are in the UHF Band (Band IV and V - 502 to 694 MHz).
Of these, only channels 26 to 39 are in use, or allocated. Channels 40 to 48 are presently empty, and are sometimes used for low power radio mics, between talent and television camera.
See the Wireless Users of New Zealand website for more information.
Transmissions conform to 8MHz DVB-T Standard, using 6817 carriers.
The system uses MPEG4 video H.264 AVC Encoding for High Definition 1080i50 or Standard Definition 720i50 broadcasts. MPEG2 MP@ML is available for use with Standard Definition 720i50 broadcasts.
Audio is via MPEGII Layer 1 at 32kHz, 44.1kHz or 48kHz sampling rate, using Dolby Digital.
For further standards, see the Freeview website here.
Channel User |
Site |
Polarisation |
Channel Number VHF |
Frequency Limits (MHz) |
DVB-T Centre (MHz) |
|
|
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25 |
502 to 510 |
506.000 |
|
|
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26 |
510 to 518 |
514.000 |
Kordia |
|
Horizontal |
27 |
518 to 526 |
522.000 |
TVNZ |
Sky Tower |
Waiheke Is |
Remuera |
Pinehill |
|
|
28 |
526 to 534 |
530.000 |
TVNZ |
Waitarua |
Horizontal |
29 |
534 to 542 |
538.000 |
Sky Igloo |
Sky Tower |
Waiheke Is |
Remuera |
Pinehill |
|
|
30 |
542 to 550 |
546.000 |
Sky Igloo |
Waitarua |
Horizontal |
31 |
550 to 558 |
554.000 |
MediaWorks |
Sky Tower |
Waiheke Is |
Remuera |
Pinehill |
|
|
32 |
558 to 566 |
562.000 |
MediaWorks |
Waitarua |
Horizontal |
33 |
566 to 574 |
570.000 |
World TV |
Sky Tower |
Waiheke Is |
Remuera |
Pinehill |
|
|
34 |
574 to 582 |
578.000 |
World TV |
Waitarua |
Horizontal |
35 |
582 to 590 |
586.000 |
Kordia |
Sky Tower |
Waiheke Is |
Remuera |
Pinehill |
|
|
36 |
590 to 598 |
594.000 |
Kordia |
Waitarua |
Horizontal |
37 |
598 to 606 |
602.000 |
Maori |
Sky Tower |
Waiheke Is |
Remuera |
Pinehill |
|
|
38 |
606 to 614 |
610.000 |
Maori |
Waitarua |
Horizontal |
39 |
614 to 622 |
618.000 |
|
|
|
40 |
622 to 630 |
626.000 |
|
|
|
41 |
630 to 638 |
634.000 |
|
|
|
42 |
638 to 646 |
642.000 |
|
|
|
43 |
646 to 654 |
650.000 |
|
|
|
44 |
654 to 662 |
658.000 |
|
|
|
45 |
662 to 670 |
666.000 |
|
|
|
46 |
670 to 678 |
674.000 |
|
|
|
47 |
678 to 686 |
682.000 |
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48 |
686 to 694 |
690.000 |