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Macquarie Media Group, or MMG, is one of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
's major media companies. On July 3, 2007 Southern Cross Broadcasting
Southern Cross Broadcasting

Southern Cross Broadcasting Limited was a diversified Australian Mass media company , that owned and operated a variety of media businesses, primarily radio and television....
 recommended Macquarie Media Group's offer of AU$
Aud

Aud might refer to*Australian dollar *American University in Dubai *Doctor of Audiology *Au?r, the son of N?tt and Naglfari in Norse mythology....
1.35 billion, for a takeover of the corporation. Under the deal, Macquarie Media Group will then on sell the metropolitan radio stations to Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media

Fairfax Media Limited, is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The group's operations include newspapers, magazines, radios and digital media operating in Australia and New Zealand....
. On November 5, 2007, the company officially acquired Southern Cross Broadcasting
Southern Cross Broadcasting

Southern Cross Broadcasting Limited was a diversified Australian Mass media company , that owned and operated a variety of media businesses, primarily radio and television....
's assets.








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Macquarie Media Group, or MMG, is one of Australia
Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the southern hemisphere comprising the Australia of the world's smallest continent, the major island of Tasmania, and numerous list of islands of Australia in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Oceans....
's major media companies. On July 3, 2007 Southern Cross Broadcasting
Southern Cross Broadcasting

Southern Cross Broadcasting Limited was a diversified Australian Mass media company , that owned and operated a variety of media businesses, primarily radio and television....
 recommended Macquarie Media Group's offer of AU$
Aud

Aud might refer to*Australian dollar *American University in Dubai *Doctor of Audiology *Au?r, the son of N?tt and Naglfari in Norse mythology....
1.35 billion, for a takeover of the corporation. Under the deal, Macquarie Media Group will then on sell the metropolitan radio stations to Fairfax Media
Fairfax Media

Fairfax Media Limited, is one of Australia's largest diversified media companies. The group's operations include newspapers, magazines, radios and digital media operating in Australia and New Zealand....
. On November 5, 2007, the company officially acquired Southern Cross Broadcasting
Southern Cross Broadcasting

Southern Cross Broadcasting Limited was a diversified Australian Mass media company , that owned and operated a variety of media businesses, primarily radio and television....
's assets.

Assets

  • Macquarie Southern Cross Media
  • Taiwan Broadband Communications (60%)
  • American Consolidated Media
  • Southern Cross Ten
    Southern Cross Ten

    Southern Cross Ten is an Australian television channel broadcast by the Macquarie Media Group in Queensland, New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria and South Australia....
    • CTC
      CTC (TV station)

      CTC is a television station in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. The station was the tenth to begin transmission in regional Australia, and the 26th station in Australia as a whole....
       - Australian Capital Territory/Southern NSW (Canberra
      Canberra

      Canberra is the List of Australian capital cities of Australia. With a population of over 340,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth largest Australian city overall....
      , Wollongong
      Wollongong, New South Wales

      Wollongong is a seaside city located in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia. It lies on the narrow coastal strip between the Illawarra Escarpment and the Pacific Ocean, 82 kilometres south of Sydney....
      , Wagga Wagga
      Wagga Wagga, New South Wales

      Wagga Wagga is a city in New South Wales, Australia. Straddling the Murrumbidgee River, Wagga with an urban population of 46,735 people, is the state's largest inland city and the country's fifth largest inland city, as well as an important agricultural, military, and transport hub of Australia....
      , South Coast
      South Coast, New South Wales

      The South Coast refers to the narrow coastal belt from Sydney in the north to the border with Victoria, Australia in the south in the south-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia....
      )
    • GLV/BCV - Victoria (Bendigo
      Bendigo, Victoria

      Bendigo is a regional city in central Victoria, Australia, located in the City of Greater Bendigo. The Greater Bendigo municipality is home to around 100,000 while the city has a steadily growing urban population of about 80,000 people which places it as the fourth largest regional centre in Victoria after Ballarat, Victoria, Geelong, Victo...
      , Ballarat, Gippsland
      Gippsland

      Gippsland is a large rural region in Victoria , Australia. It begins immediately east of the suburbs of Melbourne and stretches to the New South Wales border, lying between the Great Dividing Range to the north and Bass Strait to the south....
      , Albury-Wodonga
      Albury-Wodonga

      Albury-Wodonga is the broad settlement incorporating the twin List of cities in Australia of Albury, New South Wales and Wodonga, Victoria, which are separated geographically by the Murray River and politically by a state border: Albury on the north of the river is part of New South Wales while Wodonga on the south bank is in Victoria ....
      )
    • NRN
      NRN

      NRN is a television station originating in Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia as part of the Southern Cross Ten network. The station was formally a partnership between NRN-11 Coffs Harbour and RTN-8 Lismore, New South Wales ....
       - Northern NSW/South East QLD (Newcastle
      Newcastle, New South Wales

      The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas of Australia....
      , Central Coast
      Central Coast, New South Wales

      The Central Coast is an urban region in the Australian state of New South Wales, located on the coast north of Sydney and south of Lake Macquarie ....
      , North Coast
      North Coast, New South Wales

      The North Coast refers to the region adjoining the Pacific Ocean in the north-eastern part of the State of New South Wales, Australia.The North Coast region is traversed by the Pacific Highway and the North Coast railway line, New South Wales which links Sydney to Brisbane in Queensland....
      , Gold Coast
      Gold Coast, Queensland

      The Gold Coast is a city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the South East Queensland corner of Queensland, Australia. It is the second most populous city in the state and the List of cities in Australia by population in the country....
      )
    • TNQ
      TNQ

      TNQ is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving the regional areas of Queensland. The station is Owned-and-operated station by Southern Cross Ten....
       - Queensland (Toowoomba
      Toowoomba, Queensland

      Toowoomba is a city in South East Queensland Queensland, Australia. It is located west of Queensland's capital city, Brisbane. With an urban population of 95,265, Toowoomba is one of Australia's largest provincial cities....
      , Mackay
      Mackay, Queensland

      Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River . Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....
      , Rockhampton
      Rockhampton, Queensland

      Rockhampton is a regional city and Local Government Areas of Australia located in Queensland, Australia. Rockhampton is the largest urban centre in Central Queensland with the 2006 census recording the Rockhampton Statistical Subdivision population to be 74,530 people....
      , Townsville
      Townsville, Queensland

      Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Australia, in the state of Queensland. Adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland....
      , Cairns
      Cairns, Queensland

      Cairns is a regional city in Far North Queensland, Australia. The area upon which the city has been built is known in the local Yidiny language as Gimuy....
      )
    • SGS/SCN - South Australia (Spencer Gulf
      Spencer Gulf

      The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight....
       region of South Australia
      South Australia

      South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
       and Broken Hill, New South Wales
      Broken Hill, New South Wales

      Broken Hill is an isolated mining city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia. The world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton, has roots in the town....
      )
  • Southern Cross Television
    Southern Cross Television

    Southern Cross Television, or Southern Cross, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia available in Tasmania, Darwin, Northern Territory, Regional South Australia, and Central Australia....
    • TNT - Tasmania (Hobart
      Hobart

      Hobart is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian island state of Tasmania. Founded in 1803 as a penal colony, Hobart is Australia's second oldest capital city after Sydney....
       and Launceston
      Launceston, Tasmania

      Launceston is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia, with a population of 99,675, located at the juncture of the North Esk River, South Esk River, and Tamar River, Tasmania rivers....
      )
    • TND
      TND

      TND can mean multiple things:* Tomorrow Never Dies, James Bond 007 movie* Tunisian dinar, the ISO 4217 code for the currency of Tunisia* Traditional Neighborhood Development , a form of development associated with New Urbanism...
       - Northern Territory (Darwin
      Darwin, Northern Territory

      Darwin is the List of Australian capital cities of the Northern Territory, Australia. Situated on the Timor Sea, Darwin has a population of 120,900, making it by far the largest and most populated city in the sparsely peopled Northern Territory, but the least populous of all Australia's capital cities....
      )
    • GTS/BKN - South Australia (Spencer Gulf
      Spencer Gulf

      The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight....
       region of South Australia
      South Australia

      South Australia is a States and territories of Australia of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories....
       and Broken Hill, New South Wales
      Broken Hill, New South Wales

      Broken Hill is an isolated mining city and Local Government Areas of Australia in the far west of outback New South Wales, Australia. The world's largest mining company, BHP Billiton, has roots in the town....
      )
    • QQQ
      QQQ

      QQQ is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:* QQQ, an Australian television station broadcasting in remote eastern and central areas of Australia...
       - Central Australia (Remote Eastern and Central Australia)
  • Tasmanian Digital Television
    Tasmanian Digital Television

    Tasmanian Digital Television is a digital television Television broadcasting in Australia in Tasmania, Australia. It is jointly owned by the WIN Corporation and Macquarie Media Group, and largely managed by WIN Television....
     (50% share with WIN Corporation
    WIN Corporation

    WIN Corporation is an Australian based media corporation, that owns the WIN Television network, NWS, and STW in Australia....
    )
  • Darwin Digital Television (50% share with PBL Media
    PBL Media

    PBL Media is a joint venture between Consolidated Media Holdings and CVC Capital Partners.Originally ownership of the joint venture was 50/50, however in June 2007, PBL announced that it would sell a further 25% to CVC for $AUD 515 million....
    )


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