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Sky TV became the big beast of pay TV by keeping a stranglehold on exclusive live rights to the country's most popular sports for paying subscribers. This week it suddenly announced top rugby, netball… Audio

Anger about rules and referees ruining rugby matches ran for days in the media after last weekend's Rugby World Cup final. Players, pundits and even current national coaches have said the game is… Audio

The Women's World Cup 2023 attracted record crowds in the stands and on TV - both here and in Australia. It also delivered drama and off-pitch stories that livened up standard sports coverage. But… Video, Audio

The Kiwi contingent at the The Commonwealth Games headed home from Birmingham this week with a record number of medals. Patriots in the press were pumped up, but did we really punch above our weight… Audio

Andrew Holden traverses the recent ratings and musical chairs in Radio, RNZ launches its youth radio channel, Tahi, and Sky TV has reported stellar results, prompting analysts to say the company is… Audio

A core part of your business is screening the world’s sport to customers keen enough to pay for it. Then Covid stops almost all of it stone dead. What do you do? Mediawatch asks a Sky exec how they… Video, Audio

SKY TV is warning it may cost more to watch sport on its platforms, because of a more expensive rugby rights deal.

But the company is promising subscription fees won't change this financial year.

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The Herald recently lifted the lid on  divisions over a deal that’s allowed Sky TV to screen school-age sports since late last year. Critics claim it commodifies kids’ sports - and one high-profile… Audio

Critics of televised school sport want to see greater scrutiny applied to how it's run, amid concerns the professionalisation of sport at a younger age will increase the pressure on teenage players. Audio

The uproar over televising school sport, and the complicated mix of players clashing over who owns it.  Audio

Our Fourth Estate is "collapsing" according to Winston Peters. This week he set out what he wants as the coalition government ponders a new policy for the media - due to be unveiled any day now. But… Audio

The media community with all the uncertainty and speculation on its future got a surprise this morning when it was announced that Sky and TVNZ would team up for the Tokyo Olympic Games next year. Audio