All New Zealand television networks are toning down their shouting commercials in response to viewer complaints, with TVNZ adopting the new standards from Sunday.

Television New Zealand reportedly faced "internal opposition" in its newsroom over proposals to offer Paul Henry a role fronting the replacement to Close Up.

Enthusiasm for Paul Henry to liven up current affairs output conjures memories of John Hawkesby fiasco, writes John Drinnan.

Debt-for-equity deal along lines that is keeping Channel 9 on air in Oz is looking more likely for MediaWorks in NZ, writes John Drinnan.

TVNZ is considering killing its flagship current affairs show Sunday next year, having shortened it this year to make room for New Zealand's Got Talent, writes John Drinnan.

John Drinnan's media column looks at Paul Henry's chances of a TVNZ close up, and the fallout from a Kiwi newsman's 'Gotcha' tape of Alan Jones.

He's not expecting a payout like John Hawkesby's $6.5m deal, but Mark Sainsbury is confident he will be looked after by TVNZ.

An outsider tuning in to the Valerie Adams medal ceremony could be excused for thinking Adams came from the small Pacific nation of "ANZ Bank".

This year's Emmy Awards sees a few newcomers - and Betty White - vying against regular nominees in American television's annual prizegiving, writes Russell Baillie.

John Drinnan asks why are taxpayers set to fund a second overseas format talent show while public broadcasting collapses around our ears?