Lightbox news stories

Sky plans to merge Lightbox with its own streaming platform Neon, creating what it calls a ‘supercharged’ service for New Zealanders.

Lightbox says its offering is more competitive against global content providers than ever before – and it’s all thanks to data analytics.

"We’ve decided to move to the Brightcove platform, which will give us the capability to expand and develop Lightbox."

“Mind Lab Kids is all about fun, discovery, collaboration and confidence building...”

More than a million Kiwis are now subscribed to Netflix, while Lightbox has been revealed as the faster growing Subscription Video On Demand provider.

“Long gone are the days when New Zealanders had no choice in the way they watched TV and video."

"We don’t think anyone else offers more value to customers." Spark will give up to 60% more mobile data to its pay monthly cutsomers

Bigpipe's new app allows customers to view what’s happening on their network and decide what kind of traffic gets priority over their connection.

Lightbox users will now be able to stream content on Panasonic Smart TVs and via Google’s Chromecast.

From Netflix to Neon, New Zealanders have more video streaming services to choose from than ever before.

Apple and Android smartphones and additional Android tablets join Lightbox line-up, Chromecast and more Smart TVs to follow.

Global Mode developer BNSL is calling for a declaratory judgement in the global mode fracas, but says it will defend any action.

Consumer NZ slams proposed action to block global mode, calling it a huge blow to consumers and protectionism of old content distribution models

It’s the most talked about letter around. We take a peek at exactly what Sky, TVNZ, Lightbox and MediaWorks are claiming – and what they’re demanding.

Unlimited Internet has become the first New Zealand ISP to bow to pressure from broadcasters over ISPs providing access to geo-blocked content.

In response to what they believe is a breach of copyright, Lightbox, MediaWorks, SKY and TVNZ intend to take action against ISPs promoting Global Mode

"Efforts to undermine competition like this aren't innovation: they are just trying to reduce our choices," says InternetNZ chief executive.

Calling in lawyers to fix a legal and technological issue compounded by mismanagement won’t work.

Spark's online television service Lightbox has responded to tomorrow's arrival of newcomer Netflix by dropping its monthly pricing.

Netflix has officially launched in New Zealand today, accompanied by a number of free trial offerings to lure viewers into subscribing to the service.

“To all intents and purposes they are a local operation but constructing their affairs to avoid paying tax here.”

Spark New Zealand has announced that Matt Crockett, its Chief Turnaround Officer, will be leaving the company in the middle of this year.

With Netflix heading to our shores next month, there are hopes it will bring the end of online piracy.

Netflix’s website and streaming service was briefly interrupted yesterday, sending its users into a panic.