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From chopping block to death row
After a lift in ratings, broadcaster MediaWorks has extended the review of the Campbell Live indefinitely.
After a lift in ratings, broadcaster MediaWorks has extended the review of the Campbell Live indefinitely.
Critics of The Bachelor NZ achieved a small victory last night, with one contestant's step-mother describing the show's star Art Green as an "arse".
Current affairs producer Briar McCormack has resigned from TVNZ and is the third senior female manager to leave the newsroom in the past few months.
There’s a lot of anger about TV current affairs at the moment – sparked by the threats to Campbell Live. But there’s also humour, writes Bryce Edwards.
John Campbell and his team have been trying every trick in the book to try to escape TV3's death row.
People are jumping up and down about Campbell Live, saying that it's due to be axed, when all we're doing is a review, with a view to replacing it with a soap opera.
Lightbox, MediaWorks, SKY and TVNZ have announced they are going ahead with legal action against CallPlus over the company's Global Mode service.
John Drinnan on Fairfax Media's Herculean task in trying to rescue its huge photo archive from a legal quagmire.
There is an ideological dimension to this, writes Paul Thomas. If Campbell was studiously apolitical or unapologetically conservative, would he be getting the same level of support from the same people?
Kiwi film great Sir Peter Jackson was described as one of the "most controlling film makers" in the world.
Online rallying of Campbell Live fans shows the power of web campaigns as a democratic instrument, writes ActionStation national director Marianne Elliott.
Slingshot and Orcon subscribers with backdoor access to American pay TV services have survived a 5pm deadline and will keep their global mode services, for the time being.
New Zealand On Air says it was unaware that its funding of the new 3D Investigates programme would lead to TV3 cutting half an hour off 3News on Sunday nights.
Since it was announced that Campbell Live was under review, three petitions to save the show have gathered more than 95,000 signatures.
The Prime Minister may have been out of New Zealand - or possibly flat out with the demands of 24/7 forex trading - when New Zealand television news and current affairs was in its heyday.
How political is the potential axing of Campbell Live? Certainly politicos on Twitter have been outraged about the prospect, writes Bryce Edwards.
The new Aussie owners of Call Plus won't rule out continuing with its Global Mode service and says it is up to existing owners to deal with broadcasters' legal challenges.
In television it's often said you live or die by the ratings. But just who is watching what we're watching?
John Campbell has called in lawyer Linda Clark to fight his corner as MediaWorks confirms the company is looking for a homegrown soap to replace Campbell Live.
Does the demise of Campbell Live signal the end of serious current affairs on prime-time television? Geoff Cumming, Matt Nippert and Phil Taylor report.
A taxpayer handout for "investigative journalism" saved TV3's current affairs show 3rd Degree but left Campbell Live fighting for its life.
MediaWorks bosses have John Campbell in their sights but that may be more do to with their taste in TV, than with politics.
John Drinnan on the legal challenge to Global Mode services. Four media companies are threatening action to stop access.
On Thursday entertainment and television players Spark, MediaWorks, Sky and TVNZ fired a warning shot to Slingshot, Orcon and Bypass Network Services.