Company boss John Fellet unimpressed after the failure of Sky's online streaming service for almost all of today's NBA decider involving Kiwi Steven Adams.

Sky TV bosses say Television New Zealand is grabbing too much of its exclusive sports footage to use on news bulletins and websites.

Analysts estimate the pay-TV company could have $400 million of surplus funds.

Fight fans are squaring up for a showdown with Sky TV and boxing promoters Duco over illegal streaming of Joseph Parker's big weekend win.

New Zealand shares rose as Sky Network Television gained on perceptions it may be closer to fair value.

Sky Network Television is to raise the price of its basic subscription package and its sports package despite a fall in the number of subscribers, Fairfax reported.

A social media campaign linked to the new season of Game of Thrones has flooded Twitter with spam from thousands of 'bots'.

Shares in Sky Network TV fell back to Earth yesterday after the company said its subscriber numbers were expected to fall further this financial year.

Sky TV says it expects subscriber numbers to keep falling this year as it blames diminishing impact of post Rugby World Cup churn.

Sky Television have the rights for the next four Olympic Games locked up after inking a long-term deal.

Why did a row involving Mihingarangi Forbes and Annabelle Lee challenging Willie Jackson wind up before a Crown entity, asks John Drinnan.

MediaWorks is taking initiatives to improve its on-demand offering on 3Now.

Rising costs of securing content have pushed Sky TV half-year profits down 5.8 per cent.

Sky Television still doesn't know why the technology behind its app failed, preventing thousands of customers from watching three big sporting events yesterday.

Sky Go customers are complaining of being unable to use the app to stream channels during three big sporting events.

On Monday this week, Netflix sent out a press release across Australasia, announcing a whole bunch of good news.

Chinese news and programmes in Japanese and Korean languages will not be broadcast on Sky TV from March.

Kingfish, the NZX-listed investment company managed by Fisher Funds Management, has sold its stake in SkyTV because of concerns about the increased cost of delivering new services and the arrival of....

Sky Sport has launched a bid to snatch exclusive NZ rights to screen live English Premier League football from Coliseum Sports Media.

New software will allow customers to download programmes from its collection of shows and watch at any time - but there have been glitches.

What is the future of television? Will TV have a similar dramatic downturn in revenue as the newspaper, music and book retailing sectors?

Shares have taken a battering and Kiwis are embracing streaming services.

Sky TV is under threat as it faces the end of its monopoly on pay television and has raised the prospect of viewers switching off when the Rugby World Cup ends.

More than $200 million was wiped off Sky TV's market value after the company said annual profit would fall by up to 11 per cent as the business grapples with rising costs and online competition from streaming services such as Netflix.

NZ shares rose as a weakening Kiwi dollar and demand for dividends boosted equities.

Profits tipped to fall by as much as 11pc in the 2016 financial year as the company battles to retain customers against the rise of on-demand streaming.

Sport, movie fans to benefit as Sky combats its cheaper online rivals, writes John Drinnan. The upgrade will be made by downloading apps, or using new set-top boxes where necessary.