The author of the original, ill-fated TVNZ charter, which mandated public service programming at the state broadcaster, says the idea is doomed to failure if it exists alongside commercial imperatives.
Yesterday, RNZ reported that a deal to merge TVNZ and RNZ into a mega-broadcaster containing a
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