Seven Network
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- This article is about the Australian television network. For the channel it operates, see Channel Seven.
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| Type | Broadcast television network |
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| Country | Australia |
| Availability | Metropolitan and Regional Australia |
| Founded | 1963 as Australian Television Network |
| Owner | Seven Media Group |
| Launch date | 1956 as HSV-7 & ATN-7 1963 as Australian Television Network |
| Callsigns | ATN-7 Sydney HSV-7 Melbourne BTQ-7 Brisbane SAS-7 Adelaide TVW-7 Perth STQ-7 Regional Queensland |
| Website | http://www.seven.com.au/ |
The Seven Network is an Australian television network. It has the distinction of owning stations with a combined population coverage greater than any other free to air network in Australia. Its parent company and namesake has, in recent years, grown into a diversified media company.
The network's studio headquarters are in a converted warehouse at Jones Bay Wharf in Pyrmont, Sydney. Its news headquarters is in Martin Place, Sydney and its major production facility is at Epping in Sydney's northern suburbs. In 2009, Seven will move their production facilities from Epping to a purpose built site at the Australian Technology Park in Redfern. The broadcast signal for the network arises from the digital broadcast centre in the Melbourne Docklands.
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[edit] History
The network originated as an alliance of stations owned and operated by Fairfax (in Sydney) and The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd (in Melbourne).
The Melbourne station was sold to Fairfax following Rupert Murdoch's takeover of H&WT; Fairfax in turn relinquished ownership of the Sydney and Melbourne flagships through the disastrous privatisation by Warwick Fairfax Jr.
The buyer was the Qintex group, controlled by colourful entrepreneur Christopher Skase, a former Australian Financial Review journalist who had leveraged ownership of a small mining company to acquire specialist retail assets (e.g. the upmarket jeweller Hardy Bros) and then move into property development, notably the three Mirage resorts in Queensland and Hawaii.
Qintex had a station in Brisbane, which was sold in order to acquire the Sydney, Melbourne & Brisbane stations. After that, it purchased the stations in Adelaide & Perth.
Qintex collapsed ingloriously after an unsuccessful takeover of MGM/UA, the Hollywood studio that has been recurrently bought and sold by Kirk Kerkorian.
The network was convicted for broadcasting an inflammatory story on its Today Tonight and Sunrise programs which breached the law by identifying a minor engaged in legal proceedings.[1] It was placed on a two-year good behaviour bond and ordered to donate $50,000 to charities for homeless people. Seven indicated it would appeal the conviction.[1]
On November 20, 2006, Seven announced that its media businesses would be placed in a new entity, Seven Media Group, 50% of which would be acquired by KKR for AU$4 billion. The new entity holds its television (Seven Network) and print (Pacific Magazines) assets, as well as Seven's 50% share of Yahoo!7. The publicly-traded parent company, Seven Network Limited, will retain the other 50%, as well as various real estate and other interests.
[edit] Free-to-air channels
- The Network's primary channel, broadcasting mainstream comedy, drama, news, films, sport, and reality television programmes. Channel Seven is the home of Seven News, currently shown during Sunrise and at 10.30, 4.30 and 6.00 during the week. Channel Seven has seen a ratings growth over the past two years and is currently challenging Channel Nine to be the highest rating network. The channel is available free-to-air, via satellite and via cable, in analogue, standard-definition and high-definition.
- An electronic program guide channel provided by the Seven Network. The channel is currently only available in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth. The electronic program guide is only available via free-to-air digital television.
[edit] Stations
[edit] Callsigns
Callsigns for Seven Network stations in the capital cities:
- ATN-7, Sydney
- HSV-7, Melbourne
- BTQ-7, Brisbane
- SAS-7, Adelaide (originally SAS-10, transferred frequency and network affiliation to Seven in 1987)
- TVW-7, Perth
The Seven Network also owns Seven Queensland, which covers the Regional Queensland market. This market covers the east coast of the state, except for South East Queensland.
[edit] Affiliates
Seven Network programming is also carried by the following affiliate networks:
[edit] Southern Cross
- Southern Cross Central - Remote Central and Eastern Australia (exclusive)
- Southern Cross Television Tasmania (TNT-9) (non-exclusive)
- Southern Cross Television Darwin (TND-34) (non-exclusive)
- Southern Cross GTS/BKN - Port Pirie (GTS-4) and Broken Hill (BKN-7) (non-exclusive)
[edit] Prime
- Prime - Northern New South Wales
- Prime - Southern New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory
- Prime - Victoria
- GWN - Western Australia
[edit] WIN Television
- Prime - Griffith (WIN owns both commercial broadcasters in Griffith - one carries their own programming, the other is a feed from Prime Television)
[edit] Defunct channels
- C7 Sport was a pay-TV service in Australia, owned and run by Kerry Stokes' Seven Network. The service was carried on the Austar and Optus Vision pay-TV networks between 1995 and 2002, when it was removed in controversial circumstances.
[edit] Network Slogans
- 1970-Feb. 28, 1975: "The Seven Revolution" (borrowed from NBC's "The NBC Revolution")
- 1976-79: "The Color Machine" (a.k.a. Seven/Who Colors Your World)
- 1980: "21 Years of Television" (Perth/Brisbane/Adelaide only)
- 1981: "All The Best" (Sydney/Adelaide only) (borrowed from NBC's 1976-1978 slogan)
- Summer 1981/82: "Lucky Seven" (Sydney/Melbourne only)
- 1983: "Sail On" (Sydney/Perth only)
- 1984: "Be There" (Melbourne/Sydney only) (again, based on NBC's slogan that marked NBC's rise in the 80s)
- 1986: "Say Hello!" (Adelaide/Melbourne/Perth only) (also used by TasTV)
- 1988: "Let's Celebrate '88" (borrowed elements from "Come Home to NBC")
- 1989: "Only the Best on 7" (borrowed from NBC's "Come Home to the Best, Only on NBC")
- 1990: "The Place to Be" (once again, from NBC)
- 1991: "In the Mood" (based on "In the Mood" by Glenn Miller)
- Mid 1991: "Yeah!"
- 1992: "Good Vibrations" (based on the song by The Beach Boys)
- 1993: "Handmade Television"
- 1994: "It Has to Be Seven"
- 1995-96: "Discover It All"
- 1996 (Sept.): "40 Years of Television"
- June 1996-May 1999: "Everyone's Home"
- 1999-2003: "The One to Watch"
- 2003 (Sept-Nov): "Lucky Number Seven"
- Summer 2003/04: "Brand Spankin' New Summer"
- 2004 (Feb-Nov): "7 NOW!" (based on FOX's 2002 slogan "FOX NOW")
- Summer 2004/05: "7 Summer" (based on "Summer of Love" by Black Cabs)
- 2005-: "GOTTA LOVE IT" (based on "I Think I Love You" by David Cassidy)
- 2006 (Aug-Sept): "TV Turns 50"
[edit] Foreign Partnerships
[edit] External links
| Seven Network |
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Television Channels: Channel Seven Electronic Program Guides: Austext | Seven Guide Joint Venture Channels: Sky News Australia Defunct and Sold Channels: Australia Television | C7 Sport |
