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.

Changes to font size, darkness and colour contrast will come into effect tomorrow.

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

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....

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.

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

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.

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.

Sky TV's emerged from its first year of viable pay TV competition with only a few scratches.

Sky TV says profits are up 6.4 per cent, despite a small fall in subscriber numbers.

The screening rights to Auckland schoolboy rugby will be opened up next season to other media companies, giving them the chance to take on broadcasting giant Sky.