Govt is sounding out tech companies about the big digital TV switchover.

South Africa may have a soaring crime rate, but justice is administered swiftly as well.

The largely damning public response to TVNZ's game show celebrating 50 years of New Zealand television has put a documentary series screening on Prime this Sunday in the spotlight.

Only in New Zealand would public television mark it's 50th birthday by throwing a party to celebrate its final capitulation to the dark side that is pay television.

An embarrassed TVNZ has been forced to apologise to viewers after it was duped into broadcasting a live-to-air interview with a fake pro-whaling lobbyist.

The state broadcaster has admitted it was duped by a prankster pretending to be a pro-whaling advocate.

Police have been asked to look into complaints against the producer behind hit TV shows Dream Home, Location Location Location and Sensing Murder.

When television arrived in New Zealand 50 years ago a consumer's main decision was whether to buy a console TV or one that had legs.

Jim Hopkins reflects on how television has shaped our very society over the past 50 years.

A trivia-style programme to commemorate 50 years of TVNZ has been panned by viewers - but the station says that ratings never lie.

TVNZ's 50th birthday bash was a rubbish celebration of local TV history full of meaningless montages of past presenters, writes Russell Baillie.

A leading Maori journalist is threatening to walk away from TVNZ if proposals to revamp the Maori-focused current affairs show Marae go ahead, insiders say.

Trailblazing film-maker Merata Mita collapsed and died yesterday while at Maori Television to discuss a documentary.

On June 1, 1960, AKTV-2 made its first scheduled black and white broadcast from its Shortland St studios.

There's some pretty dire stuff out there but every so often an ad comes along that's a true rib-tickler

A spate of films and TV shows are ditching male actors and casting women in roles originally written for men.