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The Enemy Within and Pax Assadi's 5 Star Stories
Film and TV reviewer Lara Strongman looks at new Lightbox series The Enemy Within, a psychological thriller with a strong female lead character and RNZ-produced Pax Assadi's 5 Star Stories. Audio
The best TV new to streaming this week
Science Fiction and Fantasy dominate the latest streaming TV releases with Netflix, in particular, piling the options especially high, reports Dan Slevin. Video
The best movies new to streaming this week
A big selection of classics from the Australian New Wave of the 70s and 80s is Dan Slevin’s highlight of this week’s new-to-streaming feature films. Video
Screening rights: Underdog makes the big league
The telco Spark has scored English football rights that were part of the package at Sky TV for years. Mediawatch looks at how the English Premier League has become a political football in the…
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Mark Mitchinson: High Road heads to Lightbox
It's been called the best series on the internet you've never heard of. High Road is written by former Chills bassist Justin Harwood and actor Mark Mitchinson, who stars as a washed-up British rock… Audio
Sky rejigs its offerings - but what next?
Sky TV’s slashing of its prices was an inevitable response to cheaper digital entertainment options on the market. Can it keep and create customers in the online era when exclusive rights to the All…
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Streaming services need better classifications - Censor's office
The Chief Censor's Office is calling for clearer classification of content featuring sexual violence on streaming services such as Lightbox and Netflix.
"Parents don't really know"
Deputy Chief Censor Jared Mullen on a new report highlighting the need for clearer classification on content featuring sexual violence on streaming services like Lightbox and Netflix. Audio
Tech news: Streaming services and CIA hacks consumer devices?
New figures show how New Zealanders are taking to streaming video on demand services; and the privacy implications of the CIA potentially hacking consumer devices to gather intelligence. Audio
This Way Up for 30 April 2016, Part 2
Drone buyer's guide; tech news: chatbots, PledgeMe, and Spark's Lightbox offer; and science: new contraceptives and genes that make you look older. Audio
Lightbox Head of Content and Programming - Maria Mahony
It's generally accepted that we're in the middle of a golden age of television - particularly television drama. While feature films - particularly in America - are leaning to the conservative and… Audio
Companies coughing up for content: The Spinoff
An in-depth look at rugby's deep roots in New Zealand appeared in the media here this past week. It came from one of the UK's major media titles and its writer rightly won praise for it. But most… Audio
Life after Global Mode for streaming fans
As a global internet access service shuts down after legal action by media companies, the company behind it says it is business as usual.
Tech: Netflix NZ
Peter Griffin looks at Netflix's launch of a local service. How does it stack up against the US version and the other streaming-video-on-demand services on the market? Audio
Tech: GST on digital products
Technology correspondent Peter Griffin on the government's plans to impose GST on digital goods and services, Also Facebook launches a new payment service, and the end is nigh for Microsoft's Internet… Audio
Lightbox squares off with Netflix over not paying tax
New TV rivals Lightbox and Netflix are squaring off over who pays GST. Audio
TV with Haydn Green
Spark (nee Telecom) has launched Lightbox an on-demand streaming TV service online, soon Sky TV will be doing the same. Both are in competition with internet giant Netflix. How NZers can access… Audio