Sky TV doesn't have an attractive future as a "pure" pay-TV operator, independent adviser Grant Samuel says.

COMMENT: Sky shareholders must be jubilant with the proposed merger with Vodafone.

Shares in Sky TV soared as investors backed the pay-television company's plans to merge with Vodafone.

The planned merger of Vodafone NZ and Sky TV would create a media and telco group ready to make more content available on more devices.

What does the proposed Vodafone NZ - Sky TV merger mean ?

There has been speculation for several months that Vodafone was looking to sell its New Zealand operations, with Sky TV tipped as a possible option.

Sky TV chief executive John Fellet has downplayed speculation of a Sky TV and Vodafone NZ merger, saying the telco is "too big" for his company.

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.

Angry and frustrated customers have lamented a new update as slow, causing the picture to lag, and say it has a small, difficult-to-read font.

John Drinnan predicts 2016 will be an even bigger year for corporates as they adjust to the new ways in which people consume media.

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....