Colin Peacock

England won it fair and square and it's only a game - but our media found much more to say about last weekend's semi final to fill out acres of space in the papers and hours of airtime.  Audio

Earlier this year American sporting journalism website The Athletic made the ambitious move of buying up football writers across the UK and Europe. It's a bit of a head scratcher. In a period where… Audio

The big blaze in Auckland broke out right on TVNZ's doorstep and it pulled out all the stops to get compelling coverage on the air - even after evacuating its own newsroom on Wednesday. But news shows… Audio

MediaWorks' move to cut off its TV arm has swung the spotlight onto the government's plans for broadcasting. Politicians sent out distinctly mixed messages this past week ranging from staged… Audio

You paid for a TV programme about how modern New Zealand was built - and you have to pay again to see the earlier episodes behind a paywall.  Meanwhile, Parliament TV is screening stuff from the… Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about the first Jacinda-ography off the presses - and while pundits and Paul Henry write off TV provides compelling coverage… Audio

Mediawatch's weekly catch-up with Lately. Colin Peacock talks to Karyn Hay about a delicately disrespected political biography in the UK - and while pundits and Paul Henry write off free-to-air TV, it… Video, Audio

Sky and NZ Rugby sprang a surprise this week making a unique deal for TV rights with no bids from any other broadcaster. It's raised questions about conflicts of interest - and compromises in… Video, Audio

Nearly 30 years after New Zealand's first private TV company was launched, its money-losing TV arm is up for sale. Karyn asks Midweek Mediawatch's Colin Peacock what this latest announcement really… Audio

Broadcasting company MediaWorks intends to sell off its television operations, putting TV channels Three, ThreeLife, the joint-venture Bravo and news service Newshub in limbo - and hundreds of jobs… Audio

MediaWorks has announced it intends to sell its TV operation, including TV3. Earlier this week, it announced it was cancelling or heavily scaling back some of Three's biggest shows. MediaWorks… Audio

Broadcaster MediaWorks is cutting key local TV comedies. Mediawatch says it’s a further sign of the company’s deepening problems and wider troubles in free-to-air television. And it is also a headache… Audio

The nature of Sky TV’s new deal to secure premier rugby rights shows how far the under-pressure broadcaster was prepared to go to hold on to a key asset and it keeps online rivals at bay for now, says…

A typhoon over Tokyo scrapped Rugby World Cup games this weekend – while the scrap over who will screen our favourite sports here in the future intensified.

Korean-American journalist Jean Lee had one of the trickiest jobs in world journalism - running the first international news bureau in North Korea. Since then this former news blackspot has become… Video, Audio