The Commerce Commission has warned Sky TV that its contracts with telcos were likely to have previously harmed competition.

Advertising identity David Walden could be excused a sense of payback if Grant Dalton and Emirates Team NZ take the America's Cup off Sir Russell Coutts and Oracle.

Sky Network Television has delivered another solid profit in its financial results for the year to June 30, but there are warnings that the golden weather may not last.

Sky TV's announcement that it will screen delayed coverage of English Premier League soccer matches has been labelled a "cynical play" by rival Coliseum Sports Media.

Sky Sport has copped angry feedback from viewers annoyed over two screening errors during the All Blacks versus France test on Saturday night.

Sky Sport has apologised for an ad which played midway through the first half of last night's rugby test between the All Blacks and France.

The loss of English Premier League soccer to online broadcaster Coliseum Sports Media may signal the end of Sky's virtual monopoly of quality sports content.

Rumour has it that the Commission will quietly ask Sky to reconsider its apparently restrictive contracts with ISPs on a mutually agreeable basis, writes Chris Barton.

Sky Television is refusing to spell out the uptake for Igloo, its pay television joint venture with Television New Zealand.

Nostalgia channel Jones! starts soon in a move by Sky Television to discourage subscribers from opting out of the basic package.

Manu "The Beast" Vatuvei proved to be a big hit with a group of youngsters at Robertson Road School, in Mangere.

He's lived long, and he's certainly looking prosperous.

I hear two hedge funds - Texas Pacific Group (TPG) and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) - looked at taking over Rupert Murdoch's 43 per cent stake in Sky Television, but talks failed over the price.

Sky TV negotiators were this morning still in talks for rights with the NRL body - on the eve of the 2013 league season kickoff.

Rupert Murdoch is planning to create a national cable sports network in the United States to compete with ESPN.

Investors have flocked to buy News Corp's 44 per cent stake in Sky Network Television in what a broking source said was the biggest block trade on the NZX in a decade.

Shares in Sky TV will resume trading on the NZX this morning, after the company said News Corp had successfully sold its 43.6pc stake in the company.

Rupert Murdoch's sell-down of his 43.6 per cent share of Sky TV leaves local management with greater influence over the pay television operator.