Sky is yet to make clear if any live Olympic events at all will be screened on Prime but Mitchell said live coverage should be free-to-air. "Prime are screening the Rio Games from 11pm to 3pm daily but it is not clear how much of this will be live coverage. Live coverage of the Games is expected to be exclusively on Sky with the pay-TV network using its Prime free-to-air channel for delayed coverage. The party's determination to introduce a bill to Parliament comes as Sky remains in a stoush with New Zealand media companies over news reporting of the Games. Events such as the Olympics Games and Commonwealth Games are on the anti-siphoning list of major events that must be shown live and free-to-air in both Australia and the UK.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 05, 2016 23:48 UTC