Arovision: NZ's little battler in the digital streaming wars

This week King Loser, an independent Aotearoa New Zealand documentary won the Taite Music Prize for music journalism. Directors Cushla Dillon and Andrew Moore’s real life tragicomic chronicle of King Loser, a beloved cult rock and roll band trying to make a comeback, is a thing of excellence.  But where do you go to see it? Netflix, Neon, Disney? Think again. TVNZ Plus? Not even. The good news is King Loser does have one streaming provider following its small cinema premiere at last year’s International Film Festival. Arovision is a local independent streaming platform borne from a legendary video and DVD service. Incredibly, it’s still running after 35 years and the Aro Video Store is one of only seven DVD and video stores RNZ can determine remaining nationally.