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<i>Media</i>: Broadcasters eye last chance to stop Sky
The Government and Sky Television are both dismissing the need for regulation of video content.
<i>John Drinnan:</i> A to Z of a challenging year in the media
The Business Herald's media writer takes a look at the year just gone and what's coming up in 2011.
<i>Media</i>: Current affairs gone bad (again)
TVNZ is considering five formal complaints against Paul Holmes covering the Hobbit dispute on TV One show Q&A on Labour weekend.
<b>Media:</b> Did the Govt save <i>The Hobbit</i> - or lose a game of bluff?
The Hobbit deal is not the first where New Zealand taxpayers have shelled out extra money to keep a Hollywood studio happy.
<i>John Drinnan: </i>TVNZ looks for new Breakfast dream team
Paul Henry's hurried exit from Breakfast opens the door for more upheavals at TVNZ.
<b><i>Media:</i></b> TVNZ shares blame for fiasco
At the top level TVNZ is gradually forgetting how to run old-fashioned current affairs, writes Herald media commentator John Drinnan.
<i>Media:</i> Don't blame the monkey, blame the organ grinder
The real question is about Television New Zealand and its cynical use of racial comments to boost publicity and profits.
<i>Media</i>: Losing the plot over Jackson's Hobbit
Sir Peter Jackson is being cast as Gandalf in a row about payment for actors...
<i>Media</i>: Long wait for breakfast a bold move
Sean Plunket's replacement is a long time coming.
<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.
<i>Media</i>: TV3 checking pulse of Campbell Live
TV3 owner MediaWorks is questioning if the nightly Campbell Live is sustainable on its present ratings.
<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.
<i>Media</i>: Sharing shop one option to save costs
Mediaworks wants to put TV and radio news operations under one roof.
<i>Media</i>: Change of climate for key TV player
New Zealand's top broadcasting bureaucrat is tuning out of the sector to be Climate Change Ambassador.