KFTN was established in November 2000 as a registered charitable trust.
This trust acts as the foundation for the vision of 'family safe' broadcasting, and as the major asset holder.
tvCentral is wholly owned by the Trust, as is AlphaMedia Productions Ltd.
The assets & vision of TV Rotorua are held by the Rotorua Television Trust.
Directorship is common between all the divisions and activities of the group of companies.
| January - 2002 |
Family Television Waikato launch |
2003 |
AlphaMedia Productions Ltd. formed |
2005 |
Geyser Television Ltd. purchased |
2005 |
AlphaMedia Concepts formed |
| 22 July - 2006 |
FamilyTV Rotorua launch |
15 June - 2007 |
Geyser Television re-launched as iTV Live |
17 September - 2007 |
FamilyTV Rotorua re-launched as TV Rotorua |
15 November - 2007 |
FamilyTV Waikato.BOP relaunched as tvCentral |
21 May - 2008 |
AlphaMedia Concepts joins with Utilis to form digiCreative Ltd. |
April - 2008 |
tvCentral launches on Freeview|HD (Ch 30) |
July - 2009 |
Launch of Info-Rotorua.com |
August - 2009 |
TV Rotorua located on the 2nd Floor of the TV Rotorua Centre, Eruera St, Rotorua |
September - 2009 |
Launch of Central News, tvCentral |
September - 2009 |
Launch of City News, TV Rotorua |
October - 2010 |
Launch of programme, Destination Central |
December - 2010 |
Opening of Hamilton sales office for tvCentral |
July - 2011 |
Opening of Tauranga sales office for tvCentral |
August - 2011 |
TV Rotorua & iTV Live join Freeview HD (Ch 31 & 32) |
