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Vodafone and SKY TV don’t just like cricket, we love it. And now we’re delivering the Black Caps to your 3G mobile.

From March 15, Vodafone 3G customers will be able to watch the Black Caps take on the best the cricketing world has to offer on Vodafone and SKY’s exclusive Cricket channel running until the final on April 30.

“The nation will no longer come to a standstill to watch the game. Instead everyone will be glued to their mobile as the Black Caps win the final,” says Stephen Smith, Vodafone General Manager of Media and Entertainment.

The SKY Cricket highlights channel will consist of:

•Daily updated cricket highlights from the West Indies

•2 x 52 minutes highlight shows, updated at 1230pm once live play has finished in the West Indies

•Highlights of all 53 games from the West Indies

Best of all, the SKY Cricket highlights channel will be included in the existing package of SKY Mobile TV channels, available for just $2.50 a week, so you can catch all the action without paying any more. SKY Sports News will continue to run cricket news and action in conjunction with the new channel.

Customers who sign up before the end of March will also receive the first three weeks of service free. The cricket channel will run for the duration of the competition.

NICKS HOLIDAY HOOPLA WITH STREETS PADDLE POP!

All your favourite Nick shows are going head to head in Nick’s awesome Holiday Hoopla! brought to you by Streets Paddle Pop. Each day features a showdown of episodes between two great Nick shows. Watch as sweet singing Addie goes up against smooth rapping Romeo, Ned takes on Zoey in school know-how, magic wishing Timmy trying to outwit brainy Jimmy. Screening weekdays from Tuesday 12th April – 20th April
from 9am – 4pm.

COMPETITIONS! COMPETITIONS! COMPETITIONS!

We’ve got two ace competitions this April! First up is the Streets Paddle Pop Holiday Hints competition! Send us your best school holiday activities, hints, tips or ideas for your chance to win one of 9 digital cameras!
Plus, your chance to win a special elephant encounter at Auckland Zoo! Simply watch Nick’s Animals & You, bought to you by McDonalds Pasta Zoo, from 29th March and answer the animal questions set.

Check out www.nicknz.co.nz for more details on both of these competitions.

PICME CALLING ALL TODDLERS!

The PICME animation series is a preschool show designed both to entertain and to teach pre-school kids. This lovely five-minute show sees the “star of the day” embark on fun adventures with all their favourite animal friends.

The stories feature a real child as the main character, who interacts with a variety of animal friends. Would your child like to be the ‘PICME Star for the Day’ on Nick Jr when it launches in May? Then go to www.nicknz.co.nz for more details!

GENIE IN THE HOUSE BRAND NEW SHOW!

When Sophie and Emma moved into their new house they expected a quiet, boring life, but it was just the opposite. Searching in the attic, they found an old lamp, and after rubbing it with a piece of cloth; they received the surprise of their lives. In a shower of sparks, Adil, a teenage genie, appeared! For the girls, it was the best thing that had ever happened: a genie at their beck and call, ready to grant their craziest wishes! Tune in to TEENick to catch all the adventures of Adil and the girls in Genie in the House from Saturday 7th April @ 4pm and screening every Saturday and Sunday @ 4pm and 8pm.

NICKELODEONS KIDS CHOICE AWARDS 2007!

Catch the NZ TV Premiere on Saturday 28th April @ 1pm and 9pm and Sunday 29th April @ 5pm. Kids will rule and stars will rejoice with them. See the worlds of film, music, sports and television, in a star-studded, 20th anniversary milestone show. This year will be the biggest, loudest, messiest spectacle in the show’s history and Justin Timberlake is the superstar leading the fun as host!

The 2007 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards is proudly brought to you by Munchables.

ANZAC DAY AVATAR MARATHON!

To celebrate the launch of brand new Avatar episodes, Nick’s running
an Avatar marathon on ANZAC day.
From 9am – 6pm 25th April, watch right from the very first episode where we discover that Aang, a young Avatar is the only person who can stop the powerful Fire Nation and bring the world back into balance. And then, at 6pm, we round off the marathon with two BRAND NEW EPISODES!

Tune in to see how Aang fulfils his destiny.

Friday, March 30th at 11:15pm
Partners In Crime

Golden Globe-winner Rutger Hauer stars as Gene Reardon, a detective working in a small town who is put on the case when a major kidnapping erupts. The FBI is brought in and Reardon finds himself working under a top federal agent, Wallis Longsworth (Paulina Porizkova), his ex-wife! The plot thickens as evidence begins to mysteriously point to Reardon and the kidnapping turns into a murder. Longsworth must team up with Reardon to help him prove his innocence and track down the real culprit.

Directed by Jennifer Warren.

Sunday, March 25th at 11:25pm
Purely Belter

A British film about two teenagers (Chris Beattie and Greg McLane) trying to get money by any means necessary, in order to get season tickets for home games played by the FA Premier League football team Newcastle United.

Written and directed by Mark Herman.

Saturday, March 24th at 11:20pm
With Friends Like These

Four small-time two-bit character actors, all close friends, are competing for the same important part in the next Martin Scorsese mob film. A warm and affectionate look at the plight of working actors.

Starring: Adam Arkin, David Strathairn, Elle Macpherson, Jon Tenney and Amy Madigan. Directed by Philip Frank Messina.