Sky Arena is a

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channel operated in

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by Sky Network Television. Until 2015 Sky Arena was also spin-off event promoter company jointly owned by Sky and VADR Media. Sky Arena screens events on such as

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and

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s. The David Tua vs Monte Barrett during August 2011 was the first Sky Arena event screened in

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high-definition. The biggest event in PPV New Zealand history was David Tua vs Shane Cameron. The event has the record with the most buys with 88,000 buys in New Zealand. The channel previously screened WWE pay-per-view events until January 2022, when Sky's pay-per-view rights agreement ended with WWE.

Current pay-per-views

* DAZN Boxing (rights shared with DAZN) * UFC (rights shared with Spark Sport)

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Television channels and stations established in 2011 Television stations in New Zealand English-language television stations in New Zealand {{NewZealand-tv-station-stub