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Shortland Street: takes a leaf from the Shane Warne playbook
As part of a marketing campaign for TV2’s popular local drama series Shortland Street, TVNZ and digital agency AIM Proximity…
NZ On Air: New Drama for TV One
NZ On Air has today announced funding for a major new drama series, intended for prime time on TV One,…
NZ On Air: Platinum Fund rewrites history
The three drama projects receiving money from the latest round of the Platinum Fund decisions all revisit actual events or…
Andrew Jack: appointed new chief censor
Minister of Internal Affairs Nathan Guy has announced the appointment of Dr Andrew Jack as Chief Censor. Dr Jack has…
Palace Films v ScreenHub: court costs awarded against distributor
Palace Films' long-running defamation case against ScreenHub passed another court date yesterday, with the New South Wales Supreme Court striking…
TV3: gets Christmas kicking from BSA
The Broadcasting Standards Authority gives MediaWorks a $4,000 slap for screening naughty clips from Outrageous Fortune during the 6pm news,…
ATF: counts the rewards of 2010 edition
The 11th edition of Asia Television Forum (ATF) was held from 8 to 10 December in Singapore. The region’s leading…
New Zealand Weekly Box Office to 15 December, 2010
After the Waterfall has gone from the list this week, while Insatiable Moon has a revival of box office fortune,…
Maya Hammarsal: wins Carson-Parker Embassy scriptwriting prize
A feature film script set in a German-occupied Jersey Island during World War Two, has won Maya Hammarsal the annual…
Festivals: another Kiwi short off to Utah
Three Kiwi shorts have so far been announced for early 2011 international festivals. Former Robber's Dog DA and camera op…