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Auckland – May 12, 2026: Hayu – the direct-to-consumer reality subscription video-ondemand (SVOD) service from NBCUniversal – today announced an evolved product proposition and expanded content offering, introducing blockbuster movies, iconic TV series and exclusive premium scripted series to its…

Promising rebates of up to 40% on an infamously expensive art form, tax incentives for film and television production — now offered by nearly four dozen countries — have been instrumental in luring the industry from its traditional capital in…

Hispanic upstart Canela Media has launched Zully, a new app for microdramas in both Spanish and English. While Canela is smaller than legacy players TelevisaUnivision and Telemundo, it has a different business model. Without linear TV networks or expensive line…

Created to nurture emerging Māori writers, Ngā Puna brings together six first-time television writers — each delivering a standalone 45-minute drama. Executive produced by Don Selwyn and made by He Taonga Films, the anthology spans genres from tangi grief and…

Spada is proud to announce Jennifer Onyeiwu as the recipient of the 2026 Vincent Burke Scholarship.  This year’s Vincent Burke Scholarship drew an exceptionally strong pool of applicants, with fifteen emerging producers in contention. However, Jennifer distinguished herself through the…

The Broadcasting Standards Authority has ruled that TVNZ breached broadcasting standards in its reporting of comments by President Trump in an item on the arrest of the man suspected of shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The Authority has upheld three…

The Government has agreed to progress with disestablishing the Broadcasting Standards Authority and investigate self-regulation options, Media and Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “New Zealand’s media landscape has changed dramatically, but our regulatory settings have not kept up. “The BSA…