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Digital TV switchover by 2013 - Govt

New Zealand's analogue television service will be switched off progressively nationwide between September 2012 and late 2013, the Government said today.

<i>Media</i>: Long wait for breakfast a bold move

Sean Plunket's replacement is a long time coming.

<i>Mark Irving:</i> National stereotypes looking tired

Are cultural stereotypes tired and irrelevant?

<i>Media</i>: Sex creeps into early prime time TV

A respected children's media expert is lamenting that kids have been sacrificed to sleaze under NZ's TV standards system.

APN to publish New Idea, That's Life

<i>Mark Irving: </i> What branding can really do

Often the advertising for products such as beer, bottled water and milk is the only point of difference because the products are so similar.

TVNZ boosts profit after cost cutting

<i>Media</i>: TV3 checking pulse of Campbell Live

TV3 owner MediaWorks is questioning if the nightly <i>Campbell Live</i> is sustainable on its present ratings.

Sky to try internet TV again this year

<i>Media</i>: Big media firms making moves

Six big media firms are making moves as the industry shifts towards digital and recovers from the recession.

Publisher sues UBS for oil research plagiarism

Investment bank UBS plagiarised oil and gas research for use in its own investment reports, says a New York publisher.

Distributors say TiVo getting better reception

Publishers do battle with retail giant

<i>Media</i>: Sharing shop one option to save costs

Mediaworks wants to put TV and radio news operations under one roof.

<i>Mark Irving:</i> When advertising goes wrong, it goes very wrong.

Mark Irving, advertising company director on the times advertising goes wrong.

Audio maker snaps up ailing Newsweek

Mitchell to keep hand on the helm after merger

Prison Works: Conrad Black becomes a liberal

Like many other conservatives who end up behind bars, former newspaper publisher Conrad Black has become a convert to the cause of prison reform.