I think this is a very clever move on TVNZ's part. With TV3 to introduce TV3 plus1 - a one hour timeshift channel on Freeview on the 30th, this announcement steals their thunder and when the boxes come out it'll make the channel redundant. Which is good, because I think plus1 is a cop-out and TV3 really should provide some new content to meet their Freeview obligations.