The first attempt at bringing a television service to Niue emerged in 1986, when John Bliss from the U.S. state of Nevada obtained permission from the government to install a cable network fed to each village from a terrestrial antenna located in the capital, Alofi.
The service was provided by Bliss Cablevision, which over the course of three years had extended its coverage across the island.
[1] When the underground cable near Lakepa was near completion, the company was discontinued and its assets were taken over by the government, who with assistance from Television New Zealand, replaced it with a terrestrial service.
[2] Presently BCN is responsible for a digital multiplex network of several relayed channels alongside the local service.
Discovery) were added in October 2019[3] In its early years, TV Niue received its programming from TVNZ's Pacific Service, who supplied the station with videotapes on a weekly basis.