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MediaWorks has saved the best news ’til last: a day after announcing when Newshub Live would launch, it’s finally confirmed all news and current affairs will be in HD from February 1. This is an overdue first for broadcasting in this country, where all news services, from free-to-air to pay, have languished in SD for far […]

Ahead of its Newshub Live launch on February 1, TV3 is overhauling its late-afternoon line-up to try to boost viewership of its flagship news bulletin. The X Factor Australia will take over the weeknight 5.00 hour from the first Monday in February, pushing back American Ninja to 4.00 and Entertainment Tonight to 3.30. The change coincides with TV2 about to refresh its evening line-up, with re-runs of Friends poised […]

TV3 is soon to make headlines as the first NZ network to broadcast its news service in HD. This has yet to be officially confirmed but it could be as early as next month, with the launch of Paul Henry’s multi-platform breakfast show. It will be broadcast from a purpose-built hybrid radio/television studio at MediaWorks’ […]

Hot off the press release machine are details of MediaWorks’ hot list of shows for 2014. Notable for their complete absence are Twentieth Century Fox staples like Homeland, The Simpsons, Bones and Family Guy, because MediaWorks is still renegotiating its output deal with the Hollywood heavyweight. And there are still no plans to upgrade Four […]