New Zealand warming to Freeview quicker than expected

Freeview HD only went live in New Zealand three months ago, but already upwards of 7,500 installations have been logged. Even more impressive is the overall quantity of Freeview receivers sold (123,903), with 25,000 of those being moved this quarter. Freeview bigwig Steve Browning proclaimed that he "didn't think it would be quite this fast," but plans are already in place to produce a Freeview PVR for the adoring public. As expected, Browning and company are fully expecting adoption to increase further when the Olympics kick off, though he wasn't so bold as make a prediction about exact numbers. Here's to hoping that an astronomical amount of Kiwis take the high-def dive.

[markntravis Posted Jul 17th 2008 6:51PM]

I don't get it. 123,903 receivers have been sold but only 7,500 have been installed?

[PSNID SnapAttack Posted Jul 17th 2008 9:57PM]

Freeview comes in two flavours here in NZ, Freeview (satellite) and Freeview|HD (terrestrial). In total (Sat+Ter) 123,000+ receivers have been sold, with 7,500+ being Freeview|HD boxes.

[markntravis Posted Jul 18th 2008 2:01PM]

TV sets don't have tuners built in?