Free-to-air live coverage of of the Olympic Games is back on the political agenda as Sky Television is making New Zealanders pay for the privilege.

The world's biggest fund manager has boosted its stake in Sky TV in a move a local analyst says is an example of the global forces

Ten people caught illegally live streaming Joseph Parker fight.

Sky TV says it's got a team that's "always watching" and will immediately cancel the subscription of anyone caught live streaming the fights.

The Commerce Commission is assessing whether a merger would let the companies engage in behaviour that forecloses rivals or renders them less able to compete.

Sky Television's $5 billion merger with Vodafone New Zealand, which got the green light from the pay TV operator's investors this

Sky TV shareholders have today overwhelmingly voted in favour of a proposed merger with Vodafone New Zealand.

The proposed merger of Sky Network TV and Vodafone New Zealand will be put to Sky shareholders at a special meeting in Auckland this

COMMENT: The Commerce Commission will have its hands full looking at the proposed merger between Sky TV and Vodafone NZ.

Broadcaster MediaWorks is in merger discussions with state broadcaster TVNZ, according to reports in Australian media.

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 Television says it's keeping its online streaming service despite high profile problems.

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.

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