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Four 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, FOUR got replaced with Bravo.
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 exemption of Sticky TV and Smash which were in-house produced Auckland hosted youth shows and the Pukana youth show which is produced from a Maori language government fund. Pukana also airs on one of the two government funded Maori language channels.
Thomas & Friends premiered on 7 February 2011 starting from Thomas and the Rainbow. The eleventh and fourteenth through eighteenth series as well as the nineteenth series episodes, Who's Geoffrey?, A Cranky Christmas and Snow Place Like Home made their New Zealand premiere on this channel.
On 9 August 2016, Thomas & Friends moved to TVNZ 2.
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