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Media: Fair Go deal diminishes brand

A deal between a market researcher and Fair Go is bad for the consumer watchdog TV programme.

Hobbit flies off with precious talent

Janet McAllister: Last rites for buried treasure

Editorial: Broadcasting watchdog gets it wrong

CTV to return to air tonight

Christchurch's CTV will be back on air tonight for the first time since February's earthquake.

Complaints run hot after Sunday shows dumped

Media: New men at top signal RNZ shake-up

The Government has appointed the political raconteur and public relations man...

Henry's exit raising questions

Just who was responsible for Paul Henry's departure from TVNZ is still the subject of debate.

TVNZ must pay Bain witness after 'unfair' doco

The Broadcasting Standards Authority has ordered TVNZ to pay $1,500 to a defence witness in the Bain trial whose evidence was questioned in a television documentary.

TVNZ boss backs TiVo despite big losses

TVNZ's answer to Sky's digital recorder has wiped a big chunk of the broadcaster's profits....

<i>Nick Smith</i>: Tough times down in television trenches

There's little charity for MediaWorks' debt-laden owners.

Media: Battle over sleaze on screen heats up

Broadcasters are appealing to the High Court in an attempt to stop tightening of controls for sexual content on television.

Breakfast TV battleground

Television takes a U turn

New face of TV focuses on the interactive generation.

No govt loan to media company - Joyce

Struggling media company MediaWorks is up-to-date with its broadcasting licence payments and has not received a bail-out loan from the Government, Communications Minister Steven Joyce says.

Your $43m lifeline to TV3 owner

The Government has thrown a lifeline to ailing private media company MediaWorks, which owns TV3, Four, and about half New Zealand's commercial radio stations.