Weather Channel (New Zealand)

Weather Channel

Type	Satellite network (Weather/meteorology)
Country	New Zealand
Availability	National;
Owner	SKY Network Television Limited
Launch date	2001 (2001)
Dissolved	January 28, 2015 (2015-01-28)
SKY TV	Channel 098 (SD)
Official website	sky.co.nz/weather

Weather Channel was a 24-hour interactive channel with updated New Zealand weather information operated by MetService which was broadcast on channel 098 on SKY TV. The service provided in-depth region-specific information ^[1] for 27 New Zealand cities updated every few minutes, isobaric charts, weather radars, ^[2] marine reports and live satellite maps. ^[3]

The channel was announced by Sky as early as April 2001, with the implementation of its Open TV interactive service by May. ^[4] At launch, the channel had a sponsorship agreement with AMI, which had done so for its analogue counterpart for two years. ^[5]

References

1. There's lots more on the box!, The New Zealand Herald, 19 February 2002
2. The Weather Channel
3. Sky TV gets on top of its digital bugs, The New Zealand Herald, 28 December 2001
4. Big players need to get interactive on TV front, The New Zealand Herald, 25 April 2001
5. Interactive weather on Sky, The New Zealand Herald, 5 December 2001