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The Online Media Standards Authority will deal with complaints surrounding the online news and current affairs content of mainstream broadcasters (File)

Online media regulatory body launched

The newly established Online Media Standards Authority (OMSA) will come into effect from July 1.

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A security guard walks outside the Al Jazeera building in Baghdad (Reuters)

Iraq suspends nine television channels

Iraqi authorities have suspended the operating licenses of Al-Jazeera and nine Iraqi TV channels after accusing them of escalating sectarian tension.

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 More than 10,000 TVs have been taken to drop-off points around the South Island in the lead up to the switch to digital this weekend (File)

Thousands recycle old TVs

Thousands of South Islanders have taken advantage of a government initiative to recycle old TVs, as the area prepares for analogue TV to be switched off this weekend.

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Latest figures show almost 47,000 homes still haven't made the move (file)

South Island's last week of analogue TV video

Time is running out for viewers in the South Island, with just seven days left until television goes digital there.

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More and more people are ditching traditional TV for the net

'Zero TV' generation on the rise

Some people have had it with TV. They've had enough of the 100-plus channel universe.

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A worker dismantles an old television

Nationwide TV recycling begins video

The Government's launched a national initiative to encourage the recycling of unwanted televisions in the South Island.

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Sky says opening the industry could cause problems retaining top All Blacks (Photosport)

NZ sport fans being 'ripped off' – Labour

Labour’s broadcasting spokeswoman Clare Curran says regulation is needed to rectify New Zealanders' lack of free-to-air sport.

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The Curry Bunch

The cultural impact of US sitcoms video

US sitcoms, some of them hideously out of date, have been a schedule filler pretty much since TV began in this country.

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New media regulator proposed video

The Law Commission has recommended that news and current affairs be regulated by a single new authority.

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Children should only watch only 1-2 hours of TV a day, researchers say (file)

Study links crime to children's TV habits

Kids who watch a lot of television are more likely to have a criminal conviction, an Otago University study has found.

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The Mondo Spider (Photo: JacobMetcalf on Flickr)

Wacky gadgets on show at CES

The International CES show is a forum for gadget makers to take big - and bizarre - chances.

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Skott Ahn, chief technology officer of LG Electronics (Reuters)

LG kicks off CES with 'ultra-HD' TV

LG unveiled a 55-inch TV that sports "ultrahigh-definition" resolution with more than 8 million pixels.

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LG Electronics' OLED television (Reuters)

'Ultra HDTV' on its way

TV makers will be doing their best to convince you that HDTVs are old hat, and should make room for "Ultra HDTV".

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End is nigh for Teletext

Teletext will disappear from New Zealand's screens next year.

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TVNZ building in Auckland

Stifled report didn't save TVNZ7

TVNZ and the Govt have been accused of keeping the increasing popularity and awareness of TVNZ7 under wraps.

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The shrieking lady from the Big Save Furniture adverts has a hate page on Facebook with more than 14,000 likes

Networks turn down the adverts

The earmuffs can come off during television commercials after the networks decided to tone down the noise.

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The revolution has not yet been YouTubed (Reuters)

YouTube channels not yet must-see TV

When Google funded some 100 new channels on YouTube, many expected a transformation in television.

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All of NZ will be digital by the end of next year

89 percent have digital TV - poll

Nearly nine in 10 households now have digital TV, a new poll shows.

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Nine Network boss David Gyngell (AAP)

Australia's Nine Network on the brink

The Nine Network is facing the prospect of financial collapse, with its lenders owed more than AU$3.2 billion.

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Old television sets contain such toxic substances as lead, mercury and phosphorous (file pic)

TV recycling to be subsidised

A national scheme to encourage electronic recycling aims to divert old toxic television sets from landfill sites.

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