For the year ended 30 June, Television advertising revenue was $613 million, compared to $583 million for the previous 12 months. That translates into annual growth of 5.1% and is a strong indicator of the confidence advertisers place on the medium as the economic recovery begins to take hold…

Drama doesn’t come any hotter than Prime’s latest acquisition – the new 10-part international thriller Torchwood: Miracle Day will soon debut on the free-to-air channel…

Due to concerns about the scheduled date and time of Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud, TV3 has announced changes to the August schedules that also affect the launches of new series Rocked the Nation 3 – 100 NZ Sporting Moments and The Borgias.

By Philip Wakefield Relations between NZ On Air and TV3 will be tested today when executives meet to debate the scheduling of Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud. As reported yesterday, NZOA is perturbed that TV3 has programmed the Screentime NZ production opposite South Pacific Pictures’ Nothing Trivial on TV One and wants [...]

NZ On Air wants TV3 to reschedule Underbelly NZ: Land of the Long Green Cloud (pictured) so it doesn’t air opposite another NZ drama series it funds, Nothing Trivial. Underbelly NZ will air 8.30pm Wednesdays from August 10, in the middle of Nothing Trivial’s 13-week run…

Filming is underway for a new TV3 documentary series that takes viewers behind the scenes of one of the biggest hospitality precincts being developed in Auckland ahead of Rugby World Cup 2011. Produced by Jill Graham of Razor Films (Inside NZ: 24 Hours – Police), the series follows award-winning chef and restaurateur Sean Connolly and a team that includes architects and builders, chefs and suppliers, as they work to have new signature restaurant The Grill open for business in SkyCity's Federal Street area in late August…

Two episodes of Criminal Minds, the TV One drama about an FBI unit that hunts serial killers, should have been shown in a later timeslot, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found…

The Screen Directors Guild of New Zealand has argued vigorously that the charter and a dedicated public broadcasting channel provides a crucial home for content unique to New Zealand and not tagged to the commerical dollar, while creating a new archive of stories that are essential to building our identity…

Warner Bros. International Television Distribution (WBITD) and TVNZ, New Zealand's leading television and digital media company, have signed a multi-year output deal giving the commercial broadcaster the free television rights to a huge slate of feature films, scripted and unscripted television series, animation, mini-series, television movies and more.

The deal was announced by Jeff Latch, Head of TV ONE and TV2 at TVNZ, and Jeffrey R. Schlesinger, President, Warner Bros. International Television…

More than ever before, New Zealanders love watching films, playing video games, and making use of the growing variety of other forms of entertainment media. The aim of the Office of Film and Literature Classification is to minimise access to content which may be harmful to the New Zealand public – our children and young people in particular. This is why age-restricted classification labels can be seen on films and video games in retail outlets, cinemas, libraries and living rooms around the country…

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21 June 2011
 
Maori Television today announced two key appointments to its Executive team.  Veteran television broadcaster Carol Hirschfeld (Ngāti Porou) will be promoted to the newly created position of General Manager Production and former TVNZ Deputy Chief Executive Stephen Smith to the newly created position of General Manager Digital…

TV3 viewers can look forward to a second season of South Pacific Pictures’ hit drama series The Almighty Johnsons.  Funding for a series two has received the green light from NZ On Air…

Is there a future for public television in New Zealand?  Is public television a luxury New Zealand can’t afford? Or is it a crucial ingredient to a healthy and prosperous democracy?  A public forum at Wellington’s Victoria University this Wednesday will seek to provide some answers to those questions, and map out a future for public television…

MediaWorks has announced that television CEO Jason Paris has resigned his position….

Television New Zealand took insufficient action following Paul Henry’s repeated ridiculing of Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit’s name, the Broadcasting Standards Authority has found…

The final dates for New Zealand television going digital were announced Friday by Broadcasting Minister Jonathan Coleman.

Confirming the timetable for the biggest change to television broadcasting since the introduction of colour gives certainty to viewers who are yet to go digital, says Dr Coleman…