Type Subsidiary Area served New Zealand Website lightbox.co.nz Founded 2014 | Industry Electronic commerce Products Internet streaming Headquarters Auckland Parent organization Spark New Zealand | |
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Lightbox is a New Zealand subscription video on demand (SVOD) service offering a selection of television shows over a range of devices. The service is owned by Spark New Zealand, a New Zealand-wide communications service provider. Kym Niblock is the managing director of Lightbox.
The streaming-only subscription is NZ$12.99 in high-definition, where available.
Lightbox has also partnered with Coliseum Sports Media to deliver a subscription-based sports streaming service called Lightbox Sport. Lightbox Sport will include golf, English Premier League football and French Top 14 rugby.
In New Zealand Lightbox faces competition from SVOD services Quickflix, Netflix and Neon.
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In June 2014, Spark announced Lightbox (then called ShowmeTV), allowing New Zealanders to stream TV shows, including Mad Men, Better Call Saul and Vikings. It was launched in August 2014.
Lightbox is available via their website on Windows 7, Windows 8 and OS X computers, and on a number of other devices including iOS, Android (version 4.2 and above), Apple TV using AirPlay, selected Samsung Smart TVs, and PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 consoles. In March 2015 they announced they will launch support for the Google Chromecast.