{"id":23158,"date":"2017-02-27T06:30:13","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T06:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=23158"},"modified":"2017-02-27T06:31:15","modified_gmt":"2017-02-27T06:31:15","slug":"new-zealands-spark-partners-with-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/new-zealands-spark-partners-with-netflix.html","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand&#8217;s\u00a0Spark partners with Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:22px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">New Zealand&#39;s&nbsp;Spark partners with Netflix<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">New Zealand&#39;s&nbsp;Spark partners with Netflix:- New Zealand telecommunications company Spark said on Monday it was partnering with U.S. video streaming giant Netflix in an arrangement that was the first of its kind.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Spark&#39;s broadband customers would receive a year of Netflix&#39;s standard plan at no extra cost, the first time the video service had been bundled with broadband in New Zealand, Spark said in a statement to the stock exchange.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The deal comes at a time when New Zealand telecommunications providers are shifting towards becoming media providers.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The arrangement with Netflix &quot;is also consistent with our shift towards becoming a digital services provider, rather than just a traditional telco,&quot; said Simon Moutter, Spark&#39;s chief executive.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">On Thursday New Zealand&#39;s competition regulator ruled against pay-TV provider Sky Television&#39;s purchase of Vodafone&#39;s New Zealand unit.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-size:18px;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Spark had vociferously opposed the deal, gaining a temporary stay in a New Zealand court if the regulator had ruled in favor of the transaction, arguing that it would create a monopoly on premium sport content.<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:8px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;\"><span style=\"font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Source:-&nbsp;http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-spark-netflix-newzealand-idUSKBN1650UF<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/new-zealands-spark-partners-with-netflix.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Zealand&#39;s&nbsp;Spark partners with Netflix New Zealand&#39;s&nbsp;Spark partners with Netflix:- New Zealand telecommunications company Spark said on Monday it was partnering with U.S. video streaming giant Netflix in an arrangement that was the first of its kind. 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