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.

Producers of The Block NZ have sent letters to residents of an Auckland suburb informing of “building and filming activity in your area”.

Spark chief executive Simon Moutter has taken a swipe at new competitor Netflix, saying the TV streaming company is taking advantage of GST loopholes.

Lawyers representing a company which funded the animated comedy series Bro'Town and the IRD have reached a confidential out-of-court settlement.

Are you ready to join the cult of Netflix? Chris Schulz meets the men selling the television streaming service to New Zealand.

Jeremy Clarkson and producer Oisin Tymon are believed to have now given their evidence to the BBC's inquiry into the Top Gear fracas.

How about this for a conundrum. There is a TV show I really want to watch, but I'm not going to.

"There is evidence - albeit not fully conclusive - that exposure to violence in the media contributes to violent behaviour in children and adolescents."

Netflix is expected to launch in the next few days bringing NZ more directly into the corporate world of global pay television.

Some sections of society seem to have done an Alice in Wonderland down the rabbit hole this week. One minute, they were in Aotearoa 2015; the next, they were back in 1980s New Zild.

Freeview says the new digital service will provide "vastly improved" navigation. Details will be announced closer to the launch, possibly in July.

Sky Television will launch its new internet TV service Neon tomorrow after delays caused by technical glitches.

Sky TV is powerless to change on-screen graphics which a media commentator says are "ugly, visual garbage" and will get between viewers and Cricket World Cup action.

He witnessed a suicide. He saw gangs at the Ritz Carlton. Or did he? NBC newsman Brian Williams' Katrina reporting is broken down and analysed.

NBC News anchor Brian Williams conceded yesterday that a story he had told repeatedly about being under fire while covering the invasion of Iraq in 2003 was false.

The arrival of global entertainment giant Net­flix in New Zealand next month is sparking an unprecedented battle for TV eyeballs.

Sky Television is making top rugby and motorsport events available to nonsubscribers online.

Sky TV's drone camera has been grounded until the Cricket World Cup following an incident in Dunedin.

Film and television incentives have lifted the screen production industry out of the doldrums, prompting the Auckland Council to back new studios in West Auckland.