John Campbell and his team have been trying every trick in the book to try to escape TV3's death row.

Media studies lecturer Peter Thompson says a finite pot of advertising revenue has made it less attractive to produce local content.

Whatever happens in the John Campbell saga, one thing's for sure. The man will turn up suited up and looking good.

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.

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.

An Al-Jazeera news presenter who got his break in journalism at 3 News has come out in support of his old colleague John Campbell.

There has been much hyperbole in the reaction to a review by broadcaster MediaWorks of its evening current affairs show Campbell Live.

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?

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.

Free-to-air television starts marketing an upgraded "Freeview Plus" service this month, playing catch-up with the way people view programming.

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.