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Axe falls on last public service channel
Locally made shows will have to vie for money through NZ On Air pool.
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TVNZ cuts 'Good Morning' jobs
TVNZ's Good Morning show will cease filming at its Lower Hutt studios from the end of this year.
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<i>Nick Smith</i>: Tough times down in television trenches
There's little charity for MediaWorks' debt-laden owners.
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Media: Battle over sleaze on screen heats up
Broadcasters are appealing to the High Court in an attempt to stop tightening of controls for sexual content on television.
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No govt loan to media company - Joyce
Struggling media company MediaWorks is up-to-date with its broadcasting licence payments and has not received a bail-out loan from the Government, Communications Minister Steven Joyce says.
![Your $43m lifeline to TV3 owner](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Your $43m lifeline to TV3 owner
The Government has thrown a lifeline to ailing private media company MediaWorks, which owns TV3, Four, and about half New Zealand's commercial radio stations.
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Media: Broadcasters strive to avoid ad clashes
Television bosses were in complex talks with advertisers yesterday to bring commercials back into their news schedules.
![Breakfast war far from over](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Breakfast war far from over
Ten months after the demise of Sunrise, MediaWorks boss Jason Paris has raised the prospect of a new dawn for TV3's morning news show.
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TV show happily gender neutral
A reality fashion show that launches the careers of models is making room for transgender hopefuls to get a start in the industry.
![MySky keeps profits soaring at Sky TV](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
MySky keeps profits soaring at Sky TV
A surge in advertising revenue and MySky subscribers has pushed Sky TV half year profits up 19 per cent.
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Top chef ticks Kiwi cuisine
NZ cuisine has well and truly shrugged off its meat-and-three-veg past: that's the verdict from Gordon Ramsay's right-hand man.
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Tim Balme: taking the lead
From zombie killer to Norse god, Tim Balme has had a busy career, on both sides of the television camera. He tells Rebecca Barry about juggling these roles.
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Chef billboard cooks up a storm
MediaWorks is under fire for a series of "sexualised" adverts - one of which features the words "backstabbing sl**".
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US grabs show TVNZ ditched
ABC network plans primetime treatment for its version of This Is Not My Life.