UEFA EURO 2024 FREE ON TVNZ

This is brilliant!
I just noticed that TVNZ have every game in the Euros from Germany live and on demand on their various platforms like TVNZ One, Duke Channel and TVNZ+
Schedule here:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/sport/football
Germany v Scotland 
Sat. 15 June 6.50 am 

"Road to the Euros" 12 episode series building up to the Euros on TVNZ+
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/search?q=road%20to%20euro%202024
24 minutes each episode covering all the qualified teams. 

This is bloody awesome 

Yay TVNZ. Replacing great content with.... great content!

Confirmed as screening live on TVNZ Duke Channel:
Opening Ceremony + Germany v Scotland
Sat. 15 June 6.40 am
Serbia v England
Mon. 17 June 6:50am
(plus three other matches live on TVNZ Duke Channel in June. See full broadcast schedule in my next post.)
And streaming live and later on demand on TVNZ+ here:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/sport/football
All other matches will screen live on TVNZ+
There's some great content just added on TVNZ+ in the last week.
You can watch the official film of each Euro tournament since the first in 1960.
(Mostly 52 minute shows)
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/search?q=official
Plus a  four episode "UEFA Archives" series here:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/search?q=euro%20archive%20series
And a "Classic Match Highlights" series of 18 great matches:
https://www.tvnz.co.nz/search?q=euro%20

Full TVNZ Euro 2024 June Broadcast Schedule:
https://helptvnz.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/32177759879065-Sport-schedule-June-2024#Football
July schedule will follow at later date.
Five Euro matches live on TVNZ Duke channel in June.
(check your Freeview or Sky onscreen guide in case more are added)               
The rest streaming live on TVNZ+
FULL BROADCAST SCHEDULE:
(matches live on Duke Channel with *)
Sport | Date/Time | Channel
* UEFA EURO 2024 - Germany v Scotland – Matchday 1 | June 15, 6:40am – 9am | TVNZ+ & DUKE
UEFA EURO 2024 - Hungary v Switzerland – Matchday 1 | June 16, 12:50am – 3am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Spain v Croatia – Matchday 1 | June 16, 3:50am – 6:00am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Italy v Albania – Matchday 1 | June 16, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Poland v Netherlands – Matchday 1 | June 17, 12:50am – 3am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Slovenia v Denmark – Matchday 1 | June 17, 3:50am – 6:00am | TVNZ+
*UEFA EURO 2024 - Serbia v England – Matchday 1 | June 17, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+ & DUKE
UEFA EURO 2024 - Romania v Ukraine – Matchday 1 | June 18, 12:50am – 3am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Belgium v Slovakia – Matchday 1 | June 18, 3:50am – 6:00am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Austria v France – Matchday 1 | June 18, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Turkey v Georgia – Matchday 1 | June 19, 3:50am – 6:00am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Portugal v Czechia – Matchday 1 | June 19, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Croatia v Albania – Matchday 2 | June 20, 12:50am – 3am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Germany v Hungary – Matchday 2 | June 20, 3:50am – 6:00am | TVNZ+
*UEFA EURO 2024 - Scotland v Switzerland – Matchday 2 | June 20, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+ & DUKE
UEFA EURO 2024 - Slovenia v Serbia – Matchday 2 | June 21, 12:50am – 3am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Denmark v England – Matchday 2 | June 21, 3:50am – 6:00am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Spain v Italy – Matchday 2 | June 21, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Slovakia v Ukraine – Matchday 2 | June 22, 12:50am – 3am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Poland v Austria – Matchday 2 | June 22, 3:50am – 6:00am | TVNZ+
*UEFA EURO 2024 - Netherlands v France – Matchday 2 | June 22, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+ & DUKE
UEFA EURO 2024 - Georgia v Czechia – Matchday 2 | June 23, 12:50am – 3am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Turkey v Portugal – Matchday 2 | June 23, 3:50am – 6:00am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Belgium v Romania – Matchday 2 | June 23, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Switzerland v Germany – Matchday 3 | June 24, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Scotland v Hungary – Matchday 3 | June 24, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Albania v Spain – Matchday 3 | June 25, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Croatia v Italy – Matchday 3 | June 25, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - France v Poland – Matchday 3 | June 26, 3:50am – 6:00am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Netherlands v Austria – Matchday 3 | June 26, 3:50am – 6:00am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Denmark v Serbia – Matchday 3 | June 26, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+
*UEFA EURO 2024 - England v Slovenia – Matchday 3 | June 26, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+ & DUKE
UEFA EURO 2024 - Slovakia v Romania – Matchday 3 | June 27, 3:50am – 6:00am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Ukraine v Belgium – Matchday 3 | June 27, 3:50am – 6:00am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Georgia v Portugal – Matchday 3 | June 27, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Czechia v Turkey – Matchday 3 | June 27, 6:50am – 9am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Round of 16 - TBA | June 30, 3:50am – 6:00am | TVNZ+
UEFA EURO 2024 - Round of 16 - TBA | June 30, 3:50am – 6:00am | TVNZ+

TVNZ have better programs on their on demand channels than they do on their broadcast channels. Not just the football but decent programmes.

UEFA TV is a free official website where you can see video highlights of pre-tournament friendlies etc. Will be a good place for highlights during the tournament too. Easy to sign up.
https://www.uefa.tv/competition/EURO2024
LOL England losing at home to Iceland in their send-off match!
UEFA website here for news on the teams and tournament, squad lists etc.
https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/

Hopefully the on demand replays are available fairly quickly after games finish - have asked TVNZ but not got an answer yet. ie, can I watch a 3am game (that finishes around 5am) at say 6am before work, or will it not be available for hours which often happens with Sky? 
I try and watch almost all the games but tend to prefer to get up early enough to watch a game and a half before work (then another half at lunch time, and if a third game a bit later after work). Can't operate on no sleep these days especially when it's every day.

ajc28

Hopefully the on demand replays are available fairly quickly after games finish - have asked TVNZ but not got an answer yet. ie, can I watch a 3am game (that finishes around 5am) at say 6am before work, or will it not be available for hours which often happens with Sky? 
I try and watch almost all the games but tend to prefer to get up early enough to watch a game and a half before work (then another half at lunch time, and if a third game a bit later after work). Can't operate on no sleep these days especially when it's every day.

At least with sky (or at least sky sport now, don’t think it works with the box unless you record) you can just go to the guide and watch anything from the last 24 hours. 

Not sure if that’s an option with TVNZ on demand

I have the Sky Pod so you can watch anything from the guide going back 3 days which is great. 
Hoping the on demand replays on TVNZ will be available quickly.

Just got a reply from TVNZ that the replays will be available "immediately" so that's awesome. Will test it for the opening game tomorrow - probably keen to get up at more like 9 than 7 after a pretty tough week.
One thing I'd like (and this is for all streaming providers) is the ability to hide the duration of an on demand stream but that's probably a difficult thing to implement. For knockout games it can be a giveaway as to whether it went to extra time/penalties, or for tennis it can tell you whether there's another set etc

They could set them all at the exact same time (e.g 4 hours) and just fill empty time at the end of the game with "this stream has ended" or a similar message.

Is that practical? I don't know, i don't work in television.

That's a good idea but would probably use up unnecessary bandwidth.

This could get ugly fast for Scotland!

Germany very look good!

2 nil down in the first 20 is not good for Scotland.  I'm ready for the fight back

Christie is having a shocker for Scotland. 
Very lucky not to give away a pen there. 

Possibly the worst half Scotland could have asked for

kwlap

Possibly the worst half Scotland could have asked for

Hard to play the next 45 with 10 against this german juggernaut!

No post match anything on TVNZ+

Does anyone know of Sky shows interviews and a bit of content after matches? Considering signing up if they do

Scotland are pish.

Either Scotland are trash or the Germans were very good today. They will be tough to beat on home soil playing like they did today.

Musiala looks like a game changer.

InsulinMachine

No post match anything on TVNZ+

Does anyone know of Sky shows interviews and a bit of content after matches? Considering signing up if they do

Watched on demand and thought it was odd there was no half time or post match content.  Wondered if there live but the on demand stream ended immediately at full time. Sky would usually show the studio analysis.

ajc28

InsulinMachine

No post match anything on TVNZ+

Does anyone know of Sky shows interviews and a bit of content after matches? Considering signing up if they do

Watched on demand and thought it was odd there was no half time or post match content.  Wondered if there live but the on demand stream ended immediately at full time. Sky would usually show the studio analysis.

 Live there was no half time chats - I am still stoked to get free coverage of the Euro's

theprof

Either Scotland are trash or the Germans were very good today. They will be tough to beat on home soil playing like they did today.

Germany were decent but Scotland didn't have a single shot on goal. They were woeful. I thought they'd be a lot better given they topped a qualifying group with Spain in it but this morning was tragic.

The effect of increasing to 24 teams is that there are a few teams not really at the level so there will be more one sided non contest games. Although Scotland did come 2nd and qualify automatically in fairness but probably wouldn't have won a playoff against another 2nd place team under the previous system.

Good start for Spain. Croatia well past their best now you would feel.

Italy did enough after gifting Albania a goal inside 30 seconds. Don't see them being much use later on in the tournament.

A new Spanish generation 

Germany, Spain and Italy all got off to a good start but it's too early to tell their real quality. Spain probably the most impressive so far but Croatia didn't do much. Will be a great tournament I reckon

Cue affectionate proud head rub from dad/granddad.

“Say again lad, I didn’t quite catch that” pic.twitter.com/B0MPEse2HP

— Andrew Gourdie (@AndrewGourdie) June 14, 2024

Anyone else tried watching the highlights on TVNZ on demand? Bit weird that there's no commentary and scores displayed.

AMac

Anyone else tried watching the highlights on TVNZ on demand? Bit weird that there's no commentary and scores displayed.

lol, apart from that they are good!

AMac

Anyone else tried watching the highlights on TVNZ on demand? Bit weird that there's no commentary and scores displayed.

I got that in Japan on my coverage here. Detracts from the atmosphere a bit. So often in the big moments what gets remembered is the commentary! It’s a focal point.

TV in general, news shows, game shows, magazine shows etc in Japan often have the concept further with several people watching along with you in a little corner of the screen helping you to react. Apparently stops a lot of anxiety. 

AMac

Anyone else tried watching the highlights on TVNZ on demand? Bit weird that there's no commentary and scores displayed.

Definitely not as good. They've got a matchday highlights show which is better but there seems to be a big delay in it being available. Only matchday 1 there at the moment, and matchday 3 about to kick off. 

I don’t follow the English team, can someone explain why is Alexander-Arnold is in midfield? Seems very odd when he’s a better rb than Walker and looks lost in the middle compared to Rice and Bellingham. He also seems lost when it comes to taking up positions or looking for space in the middle.

I think it was his interception that set Walker away on goal?

Deeper attacking passes? How did Klopp use him? 

I’d like to see Kane getting a few more touches here.

martinb

I think it was his interception that set Walker away on goal?

Deeper attacking passes? How did Klopp use him? 

I’d like to see Kane getting a few more touches here.

 I am suprised how little Kane is inolved in the buildup/ game at all!

Decent first half from England. Deservedly ahead.

Saka, Rice, Walker and Bellingham all having good games so far. Bellingham really is a world class footballer.

Need to put the game to bed early second half.