Four (New Zealand TV channel)

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Four

Country	New Zealand
Broadcast area	national metropolitan
Programming
Picture format	16:9 (576i, SDTV)
Timeshift service	Four + 1 (2014 - 2016) (terrestrial only)
Ownership
Owner	TVWorks (1997 Original) MediaWorks New Zealand (2011 relaunch)
Sister channels	Animal Planet Bravo Cartoon Network CNN Discovery Discovery Turbo Eden HGTV ID Living Rush TLC
History
Launched	Original (as TV4) 29 June 1997 (1997-06-29) Relaunch (as FOUR) 6 February 2011 (2011-02-06)
Closed	Original (as TV4) 3 October 2003 (2003-10-03) Final (as FOUR) 2 July 2016 (2016-07-02)
Replaced by	C4 (3 October 2003) Bravo (2 July 2016)
Former names	TV4 (1997 - 2003)
Links
Website	www.four.co.nz
Availability
Terrestrial
DVB 64-QAM on band IV

Four (stylised as FOUR; formerly TV4) was the second New Zealand television channel owned and operated by MediaWorks New Zealand, broadcast via the state-owned Kordia transmission network. The channel launched on 29 June 1997 as TV4 and was replaced by C4 on 3 October 2003. It was relaunched on 6 February 2011 as a separate channel from C4.

On 2 July 2016, Mediaworks closed Four and replaced it with Bravo as part of a deal with NBC Universal.^[1]

In general, the channel's target audience was 18- to 49-year-olds and could be broader in its appeal, with programming which attracted a wider, and more mature audience. During early mornings and late afternoons the channel screened a range of children's programming such as Sesame Street and in the evenings screened shows aimed at the mainstream audience. Overnight and late mornings – early afternoons the channel screened Infomercials and Auto TV (Car Commercials). Four broadcast mostly American programming, with the exception of Sticky TV, Four Live, and Smash, which were in-house produced Auckland-hosted youth shows, and the Pukana youth show, which was produced from a Maori language government fund. Pukana also airs on one of the two government funded Maori language channels.