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.

TVNZ'S WWII epic The Pacific suffered disappointing ratings after failing to live up to the mega-hype, say media analysts.

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.

Hell Pizza has denied being offensive for the sake of it - despite having New Zealand's most complained about adverts.

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