New Zealand: pay-TV and streaming video forecast 2024–2030

11 June 2025 | Research

Martin Scott

Forecast report | PPTX and PDF (4 slides) | Global Pay-TV and Video Metrics and Forecasts


"Sky in New Zealand continues to commit to satellite as a broadcast technology, unlike satellite players in many other countries."

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The traditional pay-TV market in New Zealand is now a monopoly; Sky is the only provider following the closure of One NZ’s IPTV service, which was itself primarily a reseller of Sky’s services. Sky continues to commit to satellite as a broadcast technology because it faces little competitive pressure to migrate to IP-based services.

This report provides detailed 5-year forecasts for the adoption of pay-TV and streaming video services in New Zealand. It includes data on key metrics, describes key market developments and analyses operators’ strategies.

Geographical coverage and key metrics

Geographical coverage

 

Key metrics

Country modelled:

  • New Zealand

Companies discussed in this report

  • Amazon
  • Disney+
  • Netflix
  • One NZ
  • Sky
  • Spark

 

  • Revenue generating units (RGUs)
  • Retail revenue (spend)
  • Average retail revenue per RGU (ARPU)

Pay TV is split by the following access technologies:

  • cable (CATV)
  • pay digital terrestrial TV (DTT)
  • satellite (DTH)
  • operator streaming video
  • third-party 

Streaming video is split as follows:

  • RGU and households
  • retail revenue
    • operator direct-to-consumer (D2C)
    • third-party via operator sales channels
    • third-party D2C
  • ad tier or full-price tier

The analysis in this report is based on a snapshot of the data available at the time of publication. As DataHub is continuously updated with the latest information, click below to access the newest data associated with this report (access to the pre-loaded results is available to logged-in subscribers only).

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Author

Martin Scott

Research Director