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<i>Media</i>: Losing the plot over Jackson's Hobbit
Sir Peter Jackson is being cast as Gandalf in a row about payment for actors...
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Henry keeps quiet on court visit
For TV's most outspoken host, Paul Henry was unusually quiet as he left the Auckland District Court this week.
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Telstra's T-Box joins crowded video market
TelstraClear is confident T-Box will sell better than Telecom-backed TiVo currently being sold with heavy discounts amid slow uptake.
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<i>Project Auckland:</i> Carving out a niche as country's screen capital
"Auckwood" does not quite have the panache of Bollywood or Wellywood - but Auckland producers are happy to let the region speak for itself.
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Fair Go's Kevin Milne leaving TVNZ
TVNZ has announced Fair Go stalwart Kevin Milne is leaving the broadcaster after the the show's season ends later this year.
![Turning off sexy images on TV](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Turning off sexy images on TV
Television's watchdog will tomorrow slam the broadcast of explicit content in a show watched by children.
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Film and Television Craft Awards - Live Results
Live results from the Auckland Town Hall, as the Qantas Film and Television Craft Awards are presented.
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Digital TV switchover by 2013 - Govt
New Zealand's analogue television service will be switched off progressively nationwide between September 2012 and late 2013, the Government said today.
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<i>Media</i>: Long wait for breakfast a bold move
Sean Plunket's replacement is a long time coming.
![TV Eye: Quake coverage off the Richter](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
TV Eye: Quake coverage off the Richter
I write this by candlelight. Well not really. But days after the Canterbury earthquake I'm still shaking.
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<i>Media</i>: Sex creeps into early prime time TV
A respected children's media expert is lamenting that kids have been sacrificed to sleaze under NZ's TV standards system.
![TVNZ workers lose credit card perks](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
TVNZ workers lose credit card perks
TVNZ workers' days of splurging on company plastic have ended, as the state broadcaster cuts up hundreds of credit cards to avoid "misleading" publicity, with nearly all staff affected.
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Top Models go under 'knife'
Digitally altered photos of NZ's Next Top Model entrants have been slammed as an "appalling" attempt to make the models appear thinner than they are.
![Veitch on the way back](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Veitch on the way back
Tony Veitch appears set to return as a full-time radio host, two years after a domestic incident which left him shame-faced and unemployed.
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Broadcaster stands by its man
TV3 has put out a press release denying the broadcaster is questioning the future of current affairs show Campbell Live.
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<i>Media</i>: TV3 checking pulse of Campbell Live
TV3 owner MediaWorks is questioning if the nightly Campbell Live is sustainable on its present ratings.