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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
A surge in advertising revenue and MySky subscribers has pushed Sky TV half year profits up 19 per cent.
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.
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.
Chef billboard cooks up a storm
MediaWorks is under fire for a series of "sexualised" adverts - one of which features the words "backstabbing sl**".
US grabs show TVNZ ditched
ABC network plans primetime treatment for its version of This Is Not My Life.
<i>Media</i>: Broadcasters eye last chance to stop Sky
The Government and Sky Television are both dismissing the need for regulation of video content.
Watch: Anna Burns-Francis and Chris Chang make their Breakfast debut
New hosts Anna Burns-Francis and Chris Chang make their debut on the Breakfast couch. Video / TVNZ
Broadcasters at odds over te reo
Two of the best Maori broadcasters in NZ are at odds over how best to preserve the Maori language.
<i>John Drinnan:</i> A to Z of a challenging year in the media
The Business Herald's media writer takes a look at the year just gone and what's coming up in 2011.
BSA dismisses <i>What Now</i> complaint
The authority has dismissed a complaint that a segment on the children's show was "loaded with innuendo".
Oprah Winfrey show is dead - long live Oprah
For 24 years and nearly 5000 shows it has been a gigantic part of America's TV landscape.
BSA rejects four complaints about Paul Henry comments
The authority's decision, released today, focused on statements made by Mr Henry on the TV One show 'Breakfast' between March and September.
TV man happy with plodder's pace in ironman
TVNZ newsreader Peter Williams will take on the Port of Tauranga half-ironman in January... and it's for a good cause.
TVNZ to launch youth-focused channel
TVNZ 6 will cease to exist from March 2011, to be replaced by a commercially-funded youth-focused channel, the broadcaster has announced.
Product placement hits Britain but junk food is out
Product placement will be hitting the UK for the first time at the end of February.
New <i>Breakfast</i> host diplomatic after Paul Henry's gaffe
Paul Henry's successor says defining a real New Zealander is complex - but believes you have to want to live here to qualify.