Four games are to be livestreamed on a All Blacks TV channel.

New Zealand Rugby and Sky Television says they are partnering to livestream some of the All Blacks' matches on their northern hemisphere end of year tour.

Two of the All Blacks' games and two of the New Zealand Maori team's games will be livestreamed as pay-per-view events on AllBlacksTV.com and will be available to both international and New Zealand based fans, the two companies said on Friday.

The All Blacks games are the ones against the UK Barbarians and a France XV, while the NZ Maori ones are against Canada and the French Barbarians and will be be available to international and New Zealand-based fans.

The deal does not feature the All Blacks' three tests on the northern tour - against France, Scotland and Wales - which will all screen on Sky.

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New Zealand-based fans can purchase the livestream for $24.99 for each All Blacks match and $14.99 for each NZ Maori match.

The matches can be watched live or on-demand after the event.

Sky and Fan Pass subscribers will still be able to watch all these games, plus the tests on the All Blacks northern tour, through their normal subscription.



"The livestream is a significant opportunity for us to use the latest streaming technology to grow the All Blacks global fanbase." NZR chief executive Steve Tew said.

"There are over seven million allblacks.com and social media followers that live outside New Zealand so there is a real opening to engage these fans and grow our brand and following internationally by extending our broadcast options."

"With the broadcast environment rapidly evolving it's great to be partnering with Sky to try out new things."

Sky CEO John Fellet said it was great to work with NZR to grow the All Blacks fans and brand.



"Partners help each other to succeed. Sky has been the long-term broadcast partner of rugby in New Zealand and we are pleased to be providing our world class broadcast product on a livestreaming platform to get the All Blacks in front of their fans regardless of where they live."