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Every Sky Television customer will soon be paying more for the network's services - even if they do not use services cited as a reason for the increase.

The Commerce Commission was unlikely to oppose the joint venture proposal between Sky Network Television and TVNZ to establish the Sky Lite pay television station Igloo, Forsyth Barr broker Suzanne Kinnaird said yesterday.

The Commerce Commission's investigation into new pay TV platform Igloo was a good start but it did not go far enough, Labour Party broadcasting and communications spokeswoman Clare Curran said yesterday.

Sky Television has announced its SoHo subscribers will be able to watch the first episode of the second season of Game Of Thrones on iSKY from April 3.

What came first, the chicken or the egg? The same sort of question could be levelled at professional sport in this, or any, country.

The perception cricket is basking in an Indian summer while other codes are battling a global economic storm is just that - perception.

Sky Television likes to distance itself from the accusation it tells sports organisations where and when games should be played.

Sky Network Television and Television New Zealand had picked an ideal time to launch a low-cost pay TV service as the move was both strategic and defensive, Forsyth Barr broker Peter Young said yesterday.

A man who proposed to his girlfriend with a "Marry Me" sign during a Rugby World Cup match has landed the official cup broadcaster in a spot of bother with the IRB.

Sky Television subscribers will soon be able to watch programmes on their computers at the same time they are shown on TV, the company says.