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Back to square one for Cup bids
The debacle over the Rugby World Cup TV rights is back to square one, with NZ's major broadcasters now trying to work together on a bid the IRB may yet reject.
TVNZ mulls future of <i>Sensing Murder</i>
Fresh from controversy over its coverage of psychics in the Aisling Symes case, TVNZ is deciding whether to buy another series of Sensing Murder.
Key, Sharples broker Cup broadcasting deal
Maori TV, TVNZ and TV3 are still trying to hash out a deal for a single Maori TV led bid to be made for Rugby World Cup broadcasting rights.
Maori TV to lead single World Cup rights bid - Key
John Key says his Govt handled the rights issue poorly and Maori TV's bid deserves to be backed.
PM may intervene if World Cup bidding war breaks out
John Key says he's unaware of any iwi pledging cash to help Maori TV boost its Rugby World Cup TV rights bid.
<i>Audrey Young:</i> Gazumping Cup bid ends fairytale
The Beehive's decision to virtually order TVNZ to gazump Maori TV's Rugby World Cup bid has soured the Maori Party's relationship with National.
<i>Patrick Gower:</i> National guilty of hands in the ruck
Remember the utter shambles as the All Blacks bombed out of the last Rugby World Cup because they could not organise a simple drop-goal?
Maori TV hits back over Cup 'affront'
Maori TV will continue to fight for the rights to the Rugby World Cup, saying the Govt's backing of TVNZ's bid is an affront to Maori.
Govt scuppers Maori TV's bid for rugby rights
The Govt has scuppered Maori TV's bid for exclusive free-to-air rights to screen the Rugby World Cup by putting up enough money for TVNZ to outbid it.
Mad Men creator sacks real-life Peggy Olson
Kater Gordon, hired as a personal assistant to Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner, quickly rose to a position on the series' writing staff. Now she has been fired... and no one quite knows why.
TVNZ resubmits 'compelling bid' for rugby rights
TVNZ has resubmitted what the International Rugby Board calls a compelling bid for the free-to-air rights for the Rugby World Cup.
PM 'kneecaps' Maori rugby bid
Maori Television's bid for exclusive free-to-air rights to the Rugby World Cup has effectively been kneecapped by Prime Minister John Key.
Political pressure forces Maori TV to change bid
Maori TV was pressured into changing its bid for the exclusive free-to-air rights to the Rugby World Cup to allow rival channels to piggy-back and show the games.
The Unauthenticated Diaries of Pita Sharples
The Unauthenticated Diaries of Pita Sharples on the occasion of backing Maori TV's Rugby World Cup bid.
<i>Media:</i> TVNZ role in toddler case unsettling
TVNZ introduced Sensing Murder medium Deb Webber to the family of Aisling Symes just two days after the little girl had gone missing.