Editorial: It may be no coincidence that Rupert Murdoch's News Corp put its Sky Television stake on sale yesterday just as the Government was preparing to float shares in Mighty River Power.

Rupert Murdoch's selling out of Sky Television comes at to the end of a long golden period for the business, writes John Drinnan.

News Corp has confirmed it is selling out of New Zealand's Sky TV, netting $815m for its nearly 44 per cent stake in the country's dominant pay TV operator.

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is understood to be selling out of New Zealand's Sky Television, and shares are expected to go on a trading halt this morning.

For the second year in a row more non-subscribers had a "strong" interest in taking up Sky.

Sky Network Television has reported a 9 per cent gain in first-half profit as subscribers migrated to its My Sky premium service and spent more.

Sky television received dozens of complaints from viewers demanding refunds, angry that the fight finished two rounds earlier than expected.

Sky's cricket commentators have been told they must be nice to the Black Caps and are not to regurgitate their off-field dramas.

Foreign Minister Murray McCully appoints political lobbyist, and old friend, to board of Antarctic New Zealand.

Peter Jackson is said to be enthusiastic about monitoring off-set conditions for animals used in film productions, writes John Drinnan.

Rugby fans are still in danger of missing out on seeing the All Blacks play Italy next weekend, which would be the first time in years an ABs match hasn't been screened live.

An outsider tuning in to the Valerie Adams medal ceremony could be excused for thinking Adams came from the small Pacific nation of "ANZ Bank".

Former Kiwi Paralympic athletes have slammed the television coverage of the London Games as the "worst it has ever been".