Media Coverage
Netball receives wide media coverage in New Zealand. Regular television coverage of netball games in New Zealand began in the 1960s, and in the 1980s netball was included in the 'big four' sports – along with rugby union, rugby league and cricket – that received increased coverage from Television New Zealand, as well as being exempt from paying for broadcast time, and even receiving a minimal 'rights fee'.
Domestic matches in the ANZ Championship are televised live on SKY Sports, which also televised the National Bank Cup; delayed coverage is broadcasted by both SKY Sports and Television New Zealand. International matches involving the Silver Ferns are televised on TVNZ Channel ONE (free-to-air) and SKY Sports (pay TV). Radio Network provides live commentary on ANZ Championship matches.
The final of the 1999 Netball World Championships between New Zealand and Australia was, at the time, the highest rating programme ever for then-televiser TV2. Another trans-Tasman Silver Ferns match in 2008 attracted a higher television audience than for the deciding rugby union match of the Bledisloe Cup earlier that year.
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