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'Lifting the Lightbox lid: a look inside Telecom's new digital venture'. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. 'NZ Profile: Lightbox general manager Hema Patel'. Archived from the original on 14 June 2020. ^ a b c 'Neon – A new look, 100% New Zealand owned and a new offer for kiwis'.

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Lightbox's content included the New Zealand animated comedy series Bro'Town and the Hulu webseries The Handmaid's Tale.

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Lightbox was 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, Android TV, Chromecast selected Samsung Smart TVs, and PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 consoles. The revamped Neon platform incorporates content and several features from Lightbox including the ability to download films and shows onto devices, rent movies, and create user profiles. On 7 July, Sky formally merged Neon and Lightbox, with the former Lightbox app being revamped as Neon. Existing Spark customers can receive a NZ$9.95 discount. The merged service retained the Neon brand but continued using Lightbox's interface and features and includes content drawn from both Neon and the old Lightbox. In mid-June 2020, Sky announced that Lightbox would be merged into Neon on 7 July 2020. As part of the agreement, Sky met the operational costs of merging the two streaming services. Spark also partnered with Sky to make the service available to Spark customers through the telecommunication company's entertainment offers during the first half of 2020. Sky planned to merge Lightbox into its own online streaming service Neon on 7 July 2020. In mid-December 2019, it was announced that Spark would be selling the Lightbox streaming service to the satellite television company Sky Television. By contrast, 59% subscribed to TVNZ OnDemand, 56% to Netflix, 29% to Sky, and 7% to Neon. In October 2019, a Horizon Research survey of more than 1,000 New Zealanders found that 18% of those surveyed subscribed to Lightbox. īy March 2015, Lightbox faced competition from SVOD services Quickflix, Netflix and Neon. Lightbox Sport included golf, English Premier League football and French Top 14 rugby.

In January 2015, Lightbox partnered with Coliseum Sports Media to deliver a subscription-based sports streaming service called Lightbox Sport. In June 2014, Spark announced Lightbox (then called ShowmeTV), which allowed New Zealanders to stream TV shows, including Mad Men, Better Call Saul and Vikings.

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