A former head of TVNZ has warned the BBC not to copy NZ's TV funding system. The British Govt is looking at dropping the BBC TV licence which pays to make its programmes.

'I didn't feel that there was any desire to invest in women in senior primetime roles.' Broadcaster Rachel Smalley reveals why she really left TV3.

New Zealand's dominant pay-TV company, posted a 22pc gain in profit of $82.1m as subscribers switched to its My Sky service.

It is a truism of politics that a "partisan" is always a member of the opposite party.

Shane Taurima probably felt he was trying to make New Zealand a better place, even if he went about it the wrong way, as everyone seems to agree, writes Geoff Kemp.

TVNZ chief executive Kevin Kenrick says the state broadcaster gave Shane Taurima a journalism-or-politics ultimatum when he was reinstated at TVNZ.

David Cunliffe has probably done enough to avoid Labour suffering too much collateral damage from the Shane Taurima affair, writes John Armstrong.

The Shane Taurima fiasco will hasten calls for Maori TV to take over TVNZ's Maori and Pacific unit.

The battle lines are drawn in the race for 7pm current affairs viewers when rivals Seven Sharp and Campbell Live return tonight after the summer break.

Our two main networks go head-to-head at 7pm on weeknights as TV3's Campbell Live faces Seven Sharp's new line-up on TV One.

Journalist Patrick Gower's on-air "live stream" will only "add to the legend", says the man who brought him from print to broadcasting.

After deciding to air the Grammys seven hours late, TVNZ bowed to common sense. Nothing less was really going to suffice for such a momentous occasion for the local music industry.

What Mike night have said if he'd talked to us

MediaWorks TV has confirmed the return of shows including New Girl, The Simpsons and Glee - though it made no mention of Modern Family.

In the cut-throat world of competitive television, today's darling can be ditched tomorrow. TV3's John Campbell is the critics' favourite, the new crown prince of current affairs - but that's not enough.

Australia's Cordell Jigsaw Zapruder has got a toe-hold on New Zealand's reality TV, buying Greenstone TV for an undisclosed sum.

Murray Deaker, an undisputed giant of sports broadcasting, has blown the final whistle on his career of more than 20 years.

A $285 million deal to help debt-burdened television and radio owner MediaWorks has received state authority backing.

Acclaimed businessman Ian Taylor has given more details on why he resigned over the botched Maori TV chief executive appointment.