Eden (New Zealand TV channel)

Eden (stylised as eden and formerly known as Choice TV) is a privately owned, national free-to-air television channel in New Zealand and has been on air since 2012. The channel features programmes on topics such as: lifestyle, news, travel, reality, movies, entertainment, comedy, game shows and drama.

The channel and its sister network HGTV New Zealand were acquired by Discovery, Inc. (subsequently Warner Bros. Discovery) in 2019. On 21 March 2022, Choice TV was rebranded as Eden. Also, on 21 March 2022 Eden+1 was launched.[1] In late July 2025, Sky Network Television acquired Eden and Warner Bros Discovery's New Zealand free-to-air assets, taking effect on 1 August 2025.[2][3]

History

Independent era, 2012–2014

Choice TV was launched on 28 April 2012, at 5 p.m. It was created and co-founded by Alex Breingan, Julia Baylis, Laurie Clarke and Vincent Burke.[4] It is broadcast nationally on the Freeview digital TV network Channel 12 and on Sky Channel 13.

Vodafone also carried the channel for their IPTV subscribers. According to the Nielsen ratings, the channel's four-week cumulative audience is about 1.8 million people since January 2014 - New Zealand's population being 4.8 million.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11]

The January 2013 season began with exclusive content including ITV Granada's Jonathan Ross Show and Sony Pictures Television's made-for-TV movie series Jesse Stone, starring Tom Selleck. During March 2013, Sony Pictures Television aired the short-lived ABC sitcom Mr. Sunshine and the daytime drama Days of Our Lives, which had been discontinued by TVNZ two years earlier when its contract with Sony Pictures expired. Days of Our Lives picks up from the 2011 season (season 47), 1 1/2 seasons behind the then-current United States' NBC season. TVNZ had previously been more than five years behind the United States's programming. From April to August 2013, reruns of the Sony Pictures Television 1996 drama Early Edition aired weekdays and was then replaced by the ITV Granada show Wild at Heart. The show Being Erica, distributed by BBC Worldwide and produced by CBC, began airing on Saturday, 10 August 2013. From September 2013, Choice TV started playing the second season of the Australian TV comedy Twenty Something.

Days of Our Lives went on a summer hiatus until 10 February 2014, just before the end of season 47. The last few episodes aired on Friday, 20 December 2013 and Sunday, 22 December 2013. On 25 April 2014, Choice TV announced that they would suspend their decision to order more seasons of Days of Our Lives. Being Erica's second season premiered on 23 January 2014 in the daytime weekday slot while Days of Our Lives was off-air. Vexed's second season premiered in late March 2014 for New Zealand viewers. Choice TV also began playing Better Man in late May 2014.

launch date	As Choice TV April 28, 2012 Relaunch as eden March 21, 2022
timeshift service	Eden+1
former names	Choice TV
country	New Zealand
language	English
headquarters	Auckland, New Zealand
picture format	1080i HDTV (downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
owner	Blue Ant Media (2014–2019) Discovery, Inc. (2019–2022) Warner Bros. Discovery (2022–2025) Sky Network Television (2025–present)
parent	Sky Free
sister channels	Bravo HGTV Rush Sky Open Three
website	Official site
terr chan 1	DVB 64-QAM on band V

Eden (New Zealand TV channel)

History

Independent era, 2012–2014

Blue Ant Media, 2014–2019

Warner Bros. Discovery, 2019–2025

Content

Programming

Eden +1

External links

References

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