Sacked TVNZ broadcaster Paul Henry is set to go on a million dollar-plus spending spree.

TV3 is taking the BSA to court over a complaint from Social Development Minister Paula Bennett, about a report claiming she offered a beneficiary money to drop a privacy case.

This speech was delivered at the 2010 SPADA conference, on Friday November 12th.

Paul Henry says TVNZ encouraged him to be provocative - but then treated him unreasonably when his on-air comments sparked a public backlash.

'Ill-conceived' comments by Paul Henry on Asian drivers were not sufficiently objectionable for a complaint to be upheld, the BSA has ruled.

TVNZ is considering five formal complaints against Paul Holmes covering the Hobbit dispute on TV One show Q&A on Labour weekend.

The Hobbit deal is not the first where New Zealand taxpayers have shelled out extra money to keep a Hollywood studio happy.

TVNZ dished out an average of almost $50,000 each to 44 staff whose contracts were "terminated" in the past financial year.

Sir Peter Jackson and his business interests seem to have won the media battle over The Hobbit.

Mediaworks' says its rebranded 'Four' channel will be pure entertainment while TV3 is to focus on viewers aged 25-54.

Mediaworks has this morning announced major changes to both its TV3 and C4 television channels.