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.
Broadcasters are appealing to the High Court in an attempt to stop tightening of controls for sexual content on television.
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.
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.
After speaking to Kiwi social media star Jess Quinn about the new hyper-realistic filters on TikTok, Lloyd revealed her "real face". Video / Three
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.
A reality fashion show that launches the careers of models is making room for transgender hopefuls to get a start in the industry.
A surge in advertising revenue and MySky subscribers has pushed Sky TV half year profits up 19 per cent.
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.
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.
The Government and Sky Television are both dismissing the need for regulation of video content.
New hosts Anna Burns-Francis and Chris Chang make their debut on the Breakfast couch. Video / TVNZ
Two of the best Maori broadcasters in NZ are at odds over how best to preserve the Maori language.
The Business Herald's media writer takes a look at the year just gone and what's coming up in 2011.