Te Reo (English: the language) is a New Zealand TV station broadcasting programmes exclusively in the Māori language (te reo Māori) with no advertising or subtitles.
[1] The channel initially broadcast for three hours a day, seven days a week, during the prime time hours of 8:00pm to 11:00pm from Friday 28 March 2008 on Freeview Satellite.
[2] As of February 2023[update], the channel broadcasts, on average, from 11:30am to 11:00pm on weekdays and 4:30pm to 11:00pm on weekends.
[citation needed] The Te Reo channel swapped Freeview positions with Prime, on 1 March 2023, with Te Reo moving to channel 10, Prime's former position, and Prime moving to channel 15, Te Reo's former position.
[3] The channel is scheduled to close its operations on linear TV by March 2025, as part of a 'digital first' strategy imposed by the broadcaster.