Charlie Sheen has sold his profit participation rights to comedy series Two and a Half Men for nearly $US27 million ($NZ40 million).

Rising costs of securing content have pushed Sky TV half-year profits down 5.8 per cent.

The Internet giant is getting interested in building next-gen cable boxes.

Watch out Netflix - notorious illegal download site Pirate Bay is moving into streaming.

Revamped TV3 news is rating well - even if it isn't yet living up to its multi-media billing, writes John Drinnan.

The world's most outrageous and cattiest celebrity reality TV show is set for a Kiwi reboot.

Chinese news and programmes in Japanese and Korean languages will not be broadcast on Sky TV from March.

TVNZ will trial a binge-watching strategy normally used by pay-for-view broadcasters in a bid to hook viewers into new drama Doctor Foster.

Netflix founder and chief executive Reed Hastings is creating a $100 million foundation for education.

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.

Leading New Zealand fashion designer says Television New Zealand's new casual dress code is the wrong cut for the image-driven industry.

TVNZ has asked its female reporters to look less glamorous and men have been told to be more blokey under 2016's new dress code.

The mainstream battle for pay TV subscribers will likely heat up during the New Year.

The night before Christmas, not much was stirring except for the curious issue of 17,084,000 MediaWorks shares to its enigmatic owner.

North American box-office sales crossed the $11 billion mark, industry researcher Rentrak Corp said Tuesday in a statement.

As more viewers opt to pay less for TV - or cut the cord altogether - Disney's heaping of stunningly pricey sports-TV contracts looks riskier every year.

We're looking back at our columnists most popular pieces from 2015. Today, boycotting TV3 is big news, writes Karl Puschmann.

Ratings panic led to most brutal 12 months in channels' history.

TV boss will have to decide if it is worth making another attempt to get taxpayer funding for NZ version of Home and Away.

TVNZ revealed two data security breaches over the past year, one including distribution of "commercially sensitive data" to external media agencies.

Over the years, John Barnett and Dave Gibson have fought to get funding for their respective film and TV dramas.

Chilling in front of the TV will take on a whole new meaning on Christmas Eve.

"Season four of The Block may be the best yet," I told her. "People say it's like watching paint dry but on last night's show you could watch concrete dry.

The four homes from the first season of The Block NZ will be bulldozed to make way for almost 100 high-rise apartments.

Traditional media are adapting as they strive to hold on to their share of advertising dollars with digital and video markets continuing to rise.

Carolyn Taylor was spending up to $8000 a year on clothes and it was hurting more than her bank balance. No more, she decided.

Teena Harris likes to have a movie night with her family once a week, so they can enjoy watching TV together for a change.

Charlie Sheen has led a charmed life. Until now.

Google and other digital ad spaces argue that one of TV's biggest selling points, its vast and undiscriminating sway, is also its fatal weakness.