NZ On Air will decide on Wednesday whether to fund a new 5:30pm soap opera which TV3 hopes will help boost ratings for 3News, writes John Drinnan.

Freeview's launch of its new Freeview Plus product today marks a fork in the road for free TV, says John Drinnan.

TV3 has upped the ante in the battle for the news ratings.

Major changes are expected for flagship shows on Radio NZ National after the latest survey showed no improvement, writes John Drinnan.

The future of TV3 news and current affairs rests on the success of the new current affairs show called Story, writes John Drinnan.

Duncan Garner says his new 7pm show with Heather du Plessis-Allan will include fun and laughter - but viewers can rely on them to ask tough questions.

TV programme maker Kiel McNaughton is directing Shortland Street on TV2 and Find Me a Maori Bride on Maori TV. He talks to Jennifer Dann.

Broadcasters have won the 'global mode' world streaming battle - ISPs say they'll stop offering the service from September.

The brazen actions of Call Plus - promoting its Global Mode method of accessing foreign television, ultimately killed the service, says media writer John Drinnan.

A senior TVNZ staff member has apologised to Louise Nicholas after the broadcaster inadvertently aired an ad for condoms during a telemovie about her life.

Boycotting TV3 is big news. But what if there's no one around to report it? Karl Puschmann asks the hard questions.

Spark was this week given a lesson - if one were needed - that it is dangerous to mix with a toxic brand like the Whale Oil website, writes John Drinnan.

Viewers have reacted angrily to news that a New Zealand version of Come Dine With Me will premiere next Monday night in the spot vacated by Campbell Live.

Art Green's undies were to blame for viewers missing out on the first real kiss on The Bachelor NZ.

Alan Perrott talks to TV’s most eccentric star, David Farrier, about abandoning convention, the abrupt ending of his medical studies and being ‘post-modern gay’.

TV identity opens up on being rude, the art of calculated embarrassment and why she has knickers in her handbag.

Maori TV’s star broadcaster Mihingarangi Forbes quit yesterday after complaining of management interference in the Native Affairs current affairs show.

Labour Party folk were stunned when journalist Paddy Gower embarked on a radio tirade, saying the party was "rotten to the core", writes John Drinnan.

Campbell Live's final broadcast last night received the show's highest ratings ever. It was watched by 484,000 viewers live and a further 48,000 on TV3 + 1.

Campbell Live’s final broadcast last night received the show’s highest ratings ever, with more than half a million viewers tuning in.

Powerful telepath Steve Braunias reveals the hidden thoughts of prominent New Zealanders as Campbell Live beamed out across the nation one final time.

It has been a spluttering start for the Paul Henry show and alarm bells should be ringing at MediaWorks, writes John Drinnan.

TV3 management keeps chopping and changing its direction and if I was silly enough to be a TV3 shareholder, I'd be concerned, writes Myles Thomas.

Media writer John Drinnan says the last executive survivor at

Reality television show Road Cops has been confirmed as the interim replacement for embattled current affairs show Campbell Live.

Film-makers face an average 20 per cent hike in Auckland Council fees if they want thundering surf scenes like those in The Piano.

MediaWorks has confirmed that Campbell Live will end this Friday, and will be replaced by episodes of Road Cops, according to TV3's online TV Guide.

News of Campbell Live's axing was met with widespread condemnation but what are we, the viewing public, losing? Sarah Baker looks at the issues.

He played hard. He played smart. And, by many accounts, he was funnier than the other guy.

The Herald won a number of Canon Media Awards tonight for its achievements in reporting, digital media, design and photography.