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Network Ten, or Channel Ten, 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 three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated station
Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the television network with which it is associated....
s can be found in Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
, Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
, Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, Adelaide
Adelaide

Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
 and Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country. Ten consistently rates third amongst all channels in 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 five largest cities, behind the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 and Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
.

the introduction of TV in 1956 up until 1965 there were only two commercial television network
Television network

A television network is a distribution wiktionary:Network for television content whereby a central operation provides television program for many television stations....
s in 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....
, the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
 and the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
, but in the early 1960s, the federal government began canvassing the idea of licencing a third commercial television station
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
 in each city.






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Network Ten, or Channel Ten, 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 three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated station
Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the television network with which it is associated....
s can be found in Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
, Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
, Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, Adelaide
Adelaide

Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
 and Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country. Ten consistently rates third amongst all channels in 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 five largest cities, behind the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 and Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
.

History


Origins

From the introduction of TV in 1956 up until 1965 there were only two commercial television network
Television network

A television network is a distribution wiktionary:Network for television content whereby a central operation provides television program for many television stations....
s in 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....
, the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
 and the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
, but in the early 1960s, the federal government began canvassing the idea of licencing a third commercial television station
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
 in each city. This decision was seen by some as a way for the government to defuse growing public dissatisfaction with the dominance of imported overseas programming and the paucity of local content.

Structurally, the 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....
n television industry was closely modelled on the two-tiered system that had been in place in Australian radio
List of Australian radio stations

List of Australian radio stations. A list of radio stations that Broadcasting in Australia.The first digit of the callsign represents the state or territory: 1 - ACT, 2 - NSW & ACT, 3 - VIC, 4 - QLD, 5 - SA, 6 - WA, 7 - TAS, 8 - NT....
 since the late 1930s. One tier consisted of a network of publicly-funded television stations run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as the ABC, is Australia's national Public broadcasting.With a budget of Australian dollar840 million annually, the corporation provides television, radio, online and mobile services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, as well as overseas through the Australia Net...
, which was funded by government budget allocation and (until 1972) by fees from television viewer licences. The second tier consisted of the commercial networks and independent stations owned by private operators, whose income came from selling advertising time.

Founded in 1965, the new television network
Television network

A television network is a distribution wiktionary:Network for television content whereby a central operation provides television program for many television stations....
 was initially dubbed the "Independent Television System" or ITS, but in 1970 adopted the title The 0-10 Network which reflected the names of the first two stations in the group. In the early 1990s, Ten also referred to itself by the backronym
Backronym

A backronym is a reverse Acronym and initialism, a phrase constructed after the fact to make an existing word or words into an acronym.Backronyms may be invented with serious or humorous intent, or may be a type of false or folk etymology....
 "The Entertainment Network" in network promotions.

ATV-0 in Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
 opened on August 1, 1964, and was owned by the Ansett
Ansett Australia

A member of the Ansett Transport Industries Ltd group, Ansett Australia Pty Ltd, or Ansett as it was commonly known, was a major Australian airline group, flying domestically within Australia and to destinations in Asia at its height in 1996....
 transport and media group, which at the time owned 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 two internal airlines. TEN-10 in Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
, which opened on April 5, 1965, was originally owned by United Telecasters Sydney Ltd (UTSL).

1970s

Over the next few years more stations opened in other capitals and regional centres, and gradually these new stations affiliated with the 0-10 Network. But the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 and the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
 were already well entrenched, and for its first five years the 0-10 Network led a hand-to-mouth existence. By the beginning of the 1970s the network was in a precarious financial position and there were predictions that it would fail.

The network's salvation came thanks to the adult soap opera
Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
 serial Number 96
Number 96 (TV series)

Number 96 was a revolutionary Australian soap opera set in a Sydney apartment block. Don Cash and Bill Harmon produced the series for Network Ten, which requested a Coronation Street-type serial, and specifically one that explored adult subjects....
, which premiered in March, 1972. The series broke new ground for 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....
n television and captured the imagination of viewers like few programs before or since. For the next three years it was consistently 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 top-rating television program and, not surprisingly, its huge popularity attracted advertisers to Ten en masse, with the result that its revenue exploded from just $1 million in 1971 to more than $10 million in 1972.
N96 05
However, the pattern of ratings dominance was already set, and since the mid-1960s there has been little deviation from the prevalent rankings, with the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
 typically in first place, the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 second, Network Ten third and ABC TV
ABC Television

ABC Television is a service of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation launched in 1956. As a public broadcaster, the ABC provides two main channels within Australia as well a partially advertising-funded satellite channel overseas....
 a distant fourth.

The gradual evolution of Network Ten into its current form has its origins in the ongoing attempts by media mogul Rupert Murdoch
Rupert Murdoch

Keith Rupert Murdoch, Order of Australia, Order of St. Gregory the Great , usually known as Rupert Murdoch, is an Australian-born International Mass media business magnate....
 to acquire a prized commercial television licence in 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 largest capital city market, Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
. This began when Murdoch's News Ltd
News Corporation

News Corporation , , ) is one of the world's largest Media conglomerate conglomerates. The company's Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Founder is Rupert Murdoch and the President and Chief Operating Officer is Peter Chernin....
 purchased the 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....
 station WIN Television
WIN Television

WIN Television is an Australian Australian television broadcasting owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia....
 in the early 1960s, around the same time he bought Festival Records
Festival Records (Australia)

Festival Mushroom Records was an Australian music recording and publishing company which was founded in Sydney in 1952 and operated until 2005....
. In 1977, frustrated by regulatory blocks that prevented him from expanding into the Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
 market, Murdoch sold WIN Television
WIN Television

WIN Television is an Australian Australian television broadcasting owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia....
 and purchased a 46% share in Ten Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
.

In 1979, Murdoch made an unsuccessful takeover bid for the Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
-based Herald and Weekly Times
The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd

The Herald and Weekly Times Limited is a newspaper publishing company based in Melbourne, Australia. It is owned and operated by Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation....
 media group. Although the bid failed, he gained a 50% stake in Ansett
Ansett Australia

A member of the Ansett Transport Industries Ltd group, Ansett Australia Pty Ltd, or Ansett as it was commonly known, was a major Australian airline group, flying domestically within Australia and to destinations in Asia at its height in 1996....
, which thus gave him control of Channel 0 in Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
. When Murdoch became a American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 citizen in 1985 so that he could expand his media empire in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, 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 media ownership laws obliged him to dispose of the flagship television station
Television station

A television station is a type of broadcast station that Broadcastings both sound and video to television receiver s in a particular area. Traditionally, TV stations made their broadcasts by sending specially-encoded radio signals over the air, called terrestrial television....
s, which were sold to Northern Star
Northern Star (New South Wales newspaper)

The Northern Star is a newspaper in northern New South Wales established on 13 May 1876.In 2004, the Northern Star upgraded their press units to be able to produce 3.2 million pages an hour....
, an offshoot of the Westfield Group conglomerate controlled by property tycoon Frank Lowy
Frank Lowy

Frank Lowy, Order of Australia is an Australian-Israeli businessman and the richest person in Australia. He is known for his co-founding and continuing involvement with The Westfield Group, a retail giant that owns dozens of shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Great Britain....
.

1980s

On January 20, 1980, the 0-10 Network became known as Network Ten to reflect ATV-0's transition to ATV-10 - although the Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
 station continued to broadcast as TVQ
TVQ

TVQ may refer to:* TVQ-10, a television station in Brisbane, Australia* TVQ_Kyushu_Broadcasting, a television station in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan...
-0 until September 10, 1988. On December 27, 1987, Adelaide
Adelaide

Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
's SAS-10 gave ADS-7 the affiliation rights of Network Ten, and became known as ADS-10.

Northern Star
Northern Star (New South Wales newspaper)

The Northern Star is a newspaper in northern New South Wales established on 13 May 1876.In 2004, the Northern Star upgraded their press units to be able to produce 3.2 million pages an hour....
 was badly hit by the stock market
Stock market

A stock market, or equity market, is a private or public Market system for the trade of Corporation stock and Derivative s of company stock at an agreed price; these are security listed on a stock exchange as well as those only traded privately....
 crash of 1987, having overcapitalised on the Network Ten acquisition, and in 1989 Westfield sold Network Ten to a consortium led by Charles Curran and former television journalist Steve Cosser.

1988 finally saw the launch of NEW-10 in Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
 after the introduction of satellite facilities made it economical for the network to broadcast to Western Australia.

In 1989, Ten's ratings were in decline, so on July 23, 1989, recently recruited network boss Bob Shanks relaunched Network Ten as 10 TV
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 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....
 and introduced several new programs, including four new prime time
Prime time

Prime time or primetime is the block of television program during the middle of the evening.The term prime time is often defined in terms of a fixed time period, for example, from 8:00 p.m....
 game show
Game show

A game show is a type of television program in which members of the public or celebrity, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving problems for money and/or prizes....
s. However, by the end of 1989 the ratings had failed to improve and most of the new programs were cancelled.

1990s

In 1990, both Network Ten and the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 filed for receivership. In 1992, the network's flagship stations were sold to the Canadian-based CanWest media group, which currently holds a 56% stake in the network. Ten also has an affiliate broadcasting agreement with 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....
, which owns numerous regional stations in New South Wales
New South Wales

New South Wales is Australia's oldest and most populous States and territories of Australia, located in the south-east of the country, north of Victoria and south of Queensland....
, Victoria
Victoria (Australia)

File:Map Victoria Aboriginal tribes .jpgVictoria is a States and territories of Australia located in the southeastern corner of Australia. It is the smallest mainland state in area but the most Population density and urbanised....
, Queensland
Queensland

Queensland is a States and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west and New South Wales to the south....
 and Tasmania
Tasmania

Tasmania is an Australian island and States and territories of Australia of the same name. It is located south of the eastern side of the continent, being separated from it by Bass Strait....
.

Network Ten was nearly folded into the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 in the early 1990s, but due to the lobbying power of billionaire Kerry Packer
Kerry Packer

Kerry Francis Bullmore Packer, Order of Australia , son of Frank Packer, was an Australian publishing, media and the tycoon who owned the Nine Network....
, owner of the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
, this was successfully resisted.

2000s

Network Ten enjoyed its best year since the 1970s in 2004, at one stage threatening to overtake Channel Seven
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 as the second-runner to the long-leading Channel Nine
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
. However ratings for Network Ten have been average, always finishing 3rd in every ratings year since 2000.

In 2005, it was revealed that CanWest was in discussions with newspaper publisher John Fairfax Holdings about a possible sale of the network, after the federal government had indicated it may consider relaxing 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 media cross-ownership laws. Previously, newspaper owners could not own television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 stations in the same city. Fairfax owned the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 until the mid 1980s, and has been looking for a way back into television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 for a long time.

On August 21, 2005, the network celebrated its 40th birthday with a two-hour highlights package called Ten: Seriously 40 hosted by Bert Newton
Bert Newton

Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire, , is a multiple Gold Logie winning Australian television, radio, film, Stage performer and author....
 and Rove McManus
Rove McManus

Rove McManus is a multi Gold Logie Award for Most Popular Personality on Australian Television winning Australian media personality. He is host of variety show Rove and owner of the production company Roving Enterprises....
.

As of 2006, Ten is the official broadcaster of the Sydney New Year's Eve Fireworks
Sydney Harbour New Year's Eve Fireworks

The Sydney Harbour New Year's Eve Fireworks are held every New Year's Eve, over Port Jackson, centering at the Sydney Harbour Bridge. The event is officially known as Sydney New Year's Eve....
.

Along with the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
, Network Ten paid AUD$
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....
780 million for the rights to the Australian Football League
Australian Football League

The 'Australian Football League' is the professional Australian national competition in the sport of Australian Rules Football.The league comprises sixteen teams which play 22 home and away rounds between late March and late August or early September....
. Some media commentators, however, believe the figure may have been overpriced given the fact that both Seven
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 and Ten struggled to onsell games to Pay TV provider Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
. Ten eventually brokered a deal that saw Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
 gain the rights to 4 live games each round, as well as replay rights for all games, shown on their Fox Sports One
Fox Sports (Australia)

Fox Sports is an Australian group of sports channels. They are owned by the Premier Media Group, which is in turn owned by News Corporation, and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited....
 channel. Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
 will pay an estimated $50 million a year for these rights.

On August 7, 2007, Network Ten and Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
 officially signed a new agreement allowing Ten's digital signal to be transmitted via Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
’s cable and satellite services. Prior to this, Network Ten was only transmitted via cable on Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
 in an analogue format and Austar
Austar

About Austar Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Subscription Television but it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones....
 in Std Digital via Mystar. Similarly in October 2007, Network Ten and Optus
Optus Television

Optus Television is the cable television division of Australia telecommunications company Optus....
 announced that Ten's digital signal would be available on its cable network from December 1, 2007.

On September 14, 2007, Network Ten officially announced Ten HD
Ten HD

Ten HD was an Australian free-to-air television channel that launched on December 16, 2007. The channel Was available to High-definition television Digital terrestrial television in Australia viewers through owned-and-operated stations in TEN , ATV , TVQ, ADS , and NEW ....
, the first new commercial television channel in metropolitan areas 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....
 since 1988. On December 16, 2007, Ten HD
Ten HD

Ten HD was an Australian free-to-air television channel that launched on December 16, 2007. The channel Was available to High-definition television Digital terrestrial television in Australia viewers through owned-and-operated stations in TEN , ATV , TVQ, ADS , and NEW ....
 was officially launched with the HD
High-definition television

High-definition television is a digital television broadcasting system with higher than traditional television systems . HDTV is digitally broadcast; the earliest implementations used analog broadcasting, but today digital television signals are used, requiring less Bandwidth due to digital video compression....
 movie, Black Hawk Down.

On October 8, 2008, Network Ten was infracted for using subliminal advertising (its use by broadcasters being illegal in Australia) during the 2007 Aria Awards, but the media authority did not penalise the broadcaster.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) found Network Ten guilty of breaching the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice during the broadcast of the 2007 ARIA Music Awards on October 28.

Programming

On November 17, 2006, Network Ten revealed its 2007 program line-up. It was announced that all of Ten's 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....
n and overseas franchises would return. Network Ten has commenced a new program supply agreement with 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation , also known as 20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures, or simply Fox, is one of the six Worldwide major film studios....
, and its music records based on Sony BMG only, which was previously held by the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
. Ten has also commenced a new program supply agreement with the CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation

CBS Corporation is an United States media conglomerate focused on broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States....
, which includes its news
CBS News

CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports....
 division, which had been aligned with the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
 for many decades. Ten's chief executive officer, Grant Blackley, and chief programming officer, David Mott, launched Ten's 2007
2007 in television

The year 2007 in television involves some significant events.Below is a list of television-related events in 2007....
 lineup at Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
's State Theatre.

Ten's current 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....
n programming lineup consists of television shows including: 9am with David and Kim
9am with David and Kim

9am with David and Kim is an Australian morning show which premiered on Monday 30 January 2006 on Network Ten. It airs live from 9am - 11am weekday mornings, and is hosted by former National Nine News presenter Kim Watkins and former Getaway reporter David Reyne....
, Australian Idol
Australian Idol

}|-||}Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on 27 July 2003. Part of the Idol series, it originated from the reality program Pop Idol created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller....
, The Biggest Loser, Neighbours
Neighbours

Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which first aired in March 1985. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough....
, Rove.

Network Ten relies heavily on its CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
 and FOX
Fox

A fox is an animal belonging to any one of about 27 species of small to medium-sized Canidae, characterized by possessing a long, narrow snout, and a bushy tail, or brush....
 output deals. The Simpsons
The Simpsons

The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
 has been a staple of the network for almost two decades, with repeat episodes screening at 6pm Monday-Saturday. Other overseas programming on Ten includes; Futurama
Futurama

Futurama is an Animated cartoon United States Situation comedy created by Matt Groening, and developed by Groening and David X. Cohen for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
, House
House (TV series)

House, also known as House, M.D., is an American medical drama that debuted on the Fox Broadcasting Company network on November 16, 2004....
, Jericho
Jericho (TV series)

Jericho is an United States serial drama that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States....
, the Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman

The Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night television talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated....
, Law & Order
Law & Order

Law & Order is an United States police procedural and legal drama Television program created by Dick Wolf. It has been broadcast on NBC since its debut on September 13, 1990....
, Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent

Law & Order: Criminal Intent is an United States television program set in New York City. Criminal Intent premiered on September 30 2001....
, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit is an American drama television program about the Special Victims Unit in a fictional version of the 16th Precinct of the New York City Police Department....
, Medium
Medium (TV series)

Medium is an American supernatural and dramatic television series which premiered on NBC on January 3, 2005. The series is about Allison DuBois who acts as a research medium for the Phoenix, Arizona, district attorney's office....
, NCIS
NCIS (TV series)

NCIS , aka Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service or NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service, is an American police procedural television series revolving around a fictional team of special agents from the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, which conducts criminal investigations involving the United Stat...
, NUMB3RS
NUMB3RS

NUMB3RS is an American television show produced by brothers Ridley Scott and Tony Scott. It follows Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Don Eppes and his mathematics genius brother, Charlie Eppes , who helps Don solve crimes for the FBI....
, Supernatural
Supernatural (TV series)

Supernatural is an American drama-Horror fiction television series starring Jared Padalecki as Sam Winchester and Jensen Ackles as Dean Winchester, brothers who hunt demons and other figures of the paranormal....
, The Office, Back To You
Back to You

Back to You is an United States situation comedy series created and executive produced by Christopher Lloyd and Steven Levitan. The series was directed by James Burrows, and stars Primetime Emmy Award-winners Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton as squabbling anchors of a news program....
, Women's Murder Club
Women's Murder Club

Women's Murder Club is an United States police procedural and legal drama, which ran on American Broadcasting Company from October 12, 2007, to May 13, 2008....
, Kid Nation
Kid Nation

Kid Nation was an Emmy-nominated American reality television show hosted by Jonathan Karsh that premiered on the CBS network on September 19, 2007 created by Endemol USA and aired on Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m....
, Journeyman
Journeyman (TV series)

Journeyman is a 2007 United States science fiction television drama created by Kevin Falls for 20th Century Fox Television which aired on the NBC television network....
, Cane
Cane (TV series)

Cane is an United States television drama created by Cynthia Cidre, who also served as executive producer alongside Jonathan Prince, Jimmy Iovine and Polly Anthony....
, Rules of Engagement
Rules of Engagement (TV series)

Rules of Engagement is a sitcom that debuted on CBS on February 5, 2007, as a midseason replacement, immediately following Two and a Half Men, in the time slot that was occupied by The New Adventures of Old Christine ....
, Californication
Californication (TV series)

Californication is a Showtime TV series production created by Tom Kapinos, starring David Duchovny as Hank Moody: a troubled novelist whose move to California and his writer's block complicate the relationships with his ex-girlfriend Karen and daughter Becca ....
, Dexter
Dexter (TV series)

Dexter is an American television drama series that airs on American pay TV Showtime. It is based on the novel Darkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff Lindsay and adapted for television by Emmy Award-winning screenwriter James Manos, Jr., who wrote the pilot episode....
, One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill (TV series)

One Tree Hill is a Teen drama which takes place in a small fictional North Carolina town. It was created by Mark Schwahn and premiered on September 23, 2003 on The WB Television Network....
, 90210
90210

90210 may refer to* Beverly Hills, California, zip code 90210* Beverly Hills Post Office* Peltola, Oulu, Finland, zip code 90210* Beverly Hills, 90210, an American television series that ran from 1990-2000...
, The Bold and the Beautiful
The Bold and the Beautiful

The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera. Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers around the Forrester family and their Haute couture business Forrester Creations....
, The Oprah Winfrey Show
The Oprah Winfrey Show

The Oprah Winfrey Show is a United States Television syndication talk show, hosted and produced by its namesake Oprah Winfrey, and is the highest-rated talk show in American television history....
, Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil (TV series)

'Dr. Phil' is an United States talk show hosted by Phil McGraw. After McGraw's success with his segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr....
 and Judge Judy
Judge Judy

Judge Judy is an United States reality-based court show, featuring former family court judge, Judith Sheindlin, arbitration over small claims court cases....
.

Ten airs a new 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....
n soap opera
Soap opera

A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
, Out of the Blue
Out of the Blue (2008 TV series)

Out of the Blue is an Australian serial drama commissioned by the BBC, produced by Australia's Southern Star Entertainment. It began screening on BBC One on weekday afternoons on 28 April 2008....
.

Network Ten Has also announced plans to show many shows from the 2008 - 2009 US Season. Shows include , The Cleveland Show
The Cleveland Show

The Cleveland Show is an upcoming American list of animated television series created by Seth MacFarlane, as a spin-off from Family Guy, also created by Seth MacFarlane....
, The Ex List, Harper's Island, Life On Mars
Life on Mars

Scientists have long speculated about the possibility of life on Mars owing to the planet's proximity and similarity to Earth. Although fictional Martians have been a recurring feature of popular entertainment, it remains an open question whether life currently exists on Mars, or has existed there in the past....
, Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Star Wars: The Clone Wars is a video game developed by Pandemic Studios and published by LucasArts. It is about the Dark Reaper project during Clone Wars , but also takes place at the Battle of Geonosis....
, Worst Week
Worst Week

Worst Week is a 2008 in television United States TV series based on the United Kingdom Situation comedy The Worst Week of My Life. The show initially was adapted for American audiences by Fox network under the title Worst Week of My Life, but a series failed to materialize after the Television pilot was filmed....
 plus the new UK series Merlin
Merlin

Merlin is best known as the Magician featured in the Arthurian legend. The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, and is based on an amalgamation of previous historical and legendary figures....
.

Entertainment

Network Ten purchases various programs from The United States, including Dr. Phil and Oprah. Both Australian and produced by Fremantle Media, Big Brother
Big Brother

Big Brother may refer to:* Big Brother , a character from George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four** Authoritarian personality, any omnipresent figure representing oppressive control...
, Australian Idol
Australian Idol

}|-||}Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on 27 July 2003. Part of the Idol series, it originated from the reality program Pop Idol created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller....
 were initially strong performers on Network Ten, but has recently suffered a ratings loss, despite a desperate attempt by Network
Television network

A television network is a distribution wiktionary:Network for television content whereby a central operation provides television program for many television stations....
 Executives
Senior management

Senior management is generally a team of individuals at the highest level of organizational management who have the day-to-day responsibilities of managing a corporation....
 to revive the Show.

News & Current Affairs

Network Ten's news service is called Ten News
Ten News

Ten News is the news service of Network Ten in Australia. Its one hour flagship local metropolitan bulletin is shown at 5.00pm weeknights, alongside national early, morning, weekend and late editions presented from TEN-10....
. It produces the following bulletins/programs; Ten's Early News
Ten News

Ten News is the news service of Network Ten in Australia. Its one hour flagship local metropolitan bulletin is shown at 5.00pm weeknights, alongside national early, morning, weekend and late editions presented from TEN-10....
, Ten's Morning News
Ten News

Ten News is the news service of Network Ten in Australia. Its one hour flagship local metropolitan bulletin is shown at 5.00pm weeknights, alongside national early, morning, weekend and late editions presented from TEN-10....
, Ten News
Ten News

Ten News is the news service of Network Ten in Australia. Its one hour flagship local metropolitan bulletin is shown at 5.00pm weeknights, alongside national early, morning, weekend and late editions presented from TEN-10....
, Ten's Late News, Sports Tonight
Sports Tonight

Sports Tonight is a sports information program shown on Network Ten in Australia. The program is broadcast on Monday-Thursday at 10.30pm , Friday at 12.00am and Saturday and Sunday at 5.30pm....
, and Meet The Press
Meet the Press (Australian TV program)

Meet the Press is an Australian Sunday morning talk shows#Australia based on the national political agenda, a presentation of Ten News. It airs at on Network Ten....
. In November 2006, Network Ten struck a deal with CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
, reportably worth AUS
Australian dollar

The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Islandss of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu....
 $6 Million a year. This allows Network Ten the rights to air all CBS News
CBS News

CBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. Its current president is Sean McManus who is also head of CBS Sports....
 footage, as well as access to its 60 Minutes
60 Minutes

or 60 Minutes 60 Minutes is an United States investigative television newsmagazine on United States television, which has run on CBS News since 1968....
, Dr. Phil
Dr. Phil (TV series)

'Dr. Phil' is an United States talk show hosted by Phil McGraw. After McGraw's success with his segments on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr....
, Late Show with David Letterman
Late Show with David Letterman

The Late Show with David Letterman is an American late-night television talk show hosted by David Letterman on CBS. The show debuted on August 30, 1993, and is produced by Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants Incorporated....
 and 48 Hours
48 Hours (TV series)

48 Hours is a Television documentary and news program broadcast on the CBS television network since January 19, 1988. The program originally presented documentaries of various events related to a particular subject occurring within a 48-hour period....
 programs. This deal occurred after CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
's talks with the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
 broke down, with Nine
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
 refusing to pay AUS
Australian dollar

The Australian dollar is the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including Christmas Island, Cocos Islands, and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Islandss of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu....
 $8 Million a year to continue its 40-year deal with CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
. Ten in turn struck a cheaper deal, and has onsold CBS
CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is an American radio network and television network. The name is derived from the initials of Columbia Broadcasting System, its former legal name....
's 60 Minutes
60 Minutes

or 60 Minutes 60 Minutes is an United States investigative television newsmagazine on United States television, which has run on CBS News since 1968....
 stories to Nine
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
.

Sport

In 2002, Ten acquired partial broadcast rights for Saturday afternoon and Saturday night games in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League

The 'Australian Football League' is the professional Australian national competition in the sport of Australian Rules Football.The league comprises sixteen teams which play 22 home and away rounds between late March and late August or early September....
, the elite Australian rules football
Australian rules football

Australian football, or simply known as football, footy, Aussie rules or as AFL, is a team sport played between two teams of 18 players with a football in the shape of a prolate spheroid....
 competition, displacing the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 which had held the rights for more than 40 years. The deal also assigned the exclusive rights for finals broadcasting to Network Ten. Ten subsequently placed a successful bid to jointly broadcast the game from 2007 to 2011, jointly with Seven. Ten has continued to broadcast the Saturday component of the competition. However, unlike the previous deal Ten will not hold the exclusive rights to the finals series. Instead, the networks will share the broadcasting of the finals series and will alternate the broadcast (year on year) of the grand final. In years when Ten does not televise the Grand Final (2008 and 2010), it will show the Brownlow Medal
Brownlow Medal

The Chas Brownlow Trophy ? better known as the Brownlow Medal , is awarded to the "best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League during the regular season as determined by votes cast by the officiating umpires after each game....
 presentation. Network Ten broadcast the AFL
Australian Football League

The 'Australian Football League' is the professional Australian national competition in the sport of Australian Rules Football.The league comprises sixteen teams which play 22 home and away rounds between late March and late August or early September....
 and the Rugby World Cup 2007 in the 1080i
1080i

1080i is the shorthand name of a format of high-definition video modes. 1080 denotes the number of horizontal scan lines - also known as vertical resolution - and the letter i stands for interlaced....
 High Definition
High-definition television

High-definition television is a digital television broadcasting system with higher than traditional television systems . HDTV is digitally broadcast; the earliest implementations used analog broadcasting, but today digital television signals are used, requiring less Bandwidth due to digital video compression....
 format. As of 2008, AFL matches have been shown in prime time in all capital cities except Sydney, which receives the telecast usually after 10:30pm unless the Sydney Swans
Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans are an Australian Football League club based in Sydney, New South Wales.The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney Swans....
 are playing. Previously, all AFL matches were replayed into the Brisbane
TVQ

TVQ may refer to:* TVQ-10, a television station in Brisbane, Australia* TVQ_Kyushu_Broadcasting, a television station in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan...
 and Sydney markets, usually after 10:30pm unless the Brisbane Lions
Brisbane Lions

Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club is an Australian Football League club based in Brisbane, Queensland. They are the most successful AFL team this century, having won three consecutive Grand Finals, and appeared in a fourth....
 or Sydney Swans
Sydney Swans

The Sydney Swans are an Australian Football League club based in Sydney, New South Wales.The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney Swans....
 were playing. In 2007, all of the finals Network Ten were assigned to were shown live into both markets although neither the Lions or Swans were participating, thus putting it head to head with the NRL
National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top Sports league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL competition is contested by 16 teams, 15 based in Australia and one based in New Zealand, and is the Southern Hemisphere's elite rugby league championship....
 finals which were aired on the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
. Before 2005, all finals were delayed into both markets unless their teams were playing.

Ten used to air the National Rugby League
National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top Sports league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL competition is contested by 16 teams, 15 based in Australia and one based in New Zealand, and is the Southern Hemisphere's elite rugby league championship....
 (NRL
National Rugby League

The National Rugby League is the top Sports league of professional rugby league football clubs in Australasia. The NRL competition is contested by 16 teams, 15 based in Australia and one based in New Zealand, and is the Southern Hemisphere's elite rugby league championship....
) (then New South Wales Rugby League
New South Wales Rugby League

The New South Wales Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League....
 (NSWRL
New South Wales Rugby League

The New South Wales Rugby League is the governing body for the sport of rugby league in New South Wales and is a member of the Australian Rugby League....
)) in the 1980s and early 1990s, but the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
 took over the rights.

Network Ten also used to air the National Basketball League
National Basketball League (Australia)

The National Basketball League is Australia's top-level professional basketball competition.The league commenced in 1979 NBL Season, playing a winter season and did so until the completion of the 20th season in 1998 NBL Season....
 (NBL)
National Basketball League (Australia)

The National Basketball League is Australia's top-level professional basketball competition.The league commenced in 1979 NBL Season, playing a winter season and did so until the completion of the 20th season in 1998 NBL Season....
 during the mid-90s, but after delegating games to extremely late night time slots the network eventually ended its broadcasting. Fox Sports
Fox Sports (Australia)

Fox Sports is an Australian group of sports channels. They are owned by the Premier Media Group, which is in turn owned by News Corporation, and Publishing and Broadcasting Limited....
 is currently the major broadcaster for the NBL
National Basketball League (Australia)

The National Basketball League is Australia's top-level professional basketball competition.The league commenced in 1979 NBL Season, playing a winter season and did so until the completion of the 20th season in 1998 NBL Season....
 and the Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
 runs a weekly highlight package (the only free-to-air broadcast of the league). Despite no longer broadcasting the NBL
National Basketball League (Australia)

The National Basketball League is Australia's top-level professional basketball competition.The league commenced in 1979 NBL Season, playing a winter season and did so until the completion of the 20th season in 1998 NBL Season....
, Network Ten remains a sponsor and "Official Television Partner" of the Perth Wildcats
Perth Wildcats

The Perth Wildcats are an Australia basketball team competing in the National Basketball League . The Wildcats are the only team in the league representing the state of Western Australia and are based in the state capital, Perth, Western Australia....
.

Network Ten used to air WWF RAW and WWF Superstars
WWF Superstars of Wrestling

WWF Superstars was a professional wrestling program that debuted on September 6, 1986 and was aired until 2001. Superstars, as it would later be known, was the flagship of the World Wrestling Entertainment 's Broadcast syndication programming from its inception until being eclipsed by WWE Raw in 1993....
 on Monday and Saturday nights between 1995 and 2000, but this ended when Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
 bought the rights to air the shows.

In 2003 Network Ten started broadcasting the Formula One World Championship. In 2007 they also started showing coverage of the qualification on tape delay early on Sunday mornings in most states. In 2008, Ten introduced live coverage of race day on its HD channel, Ten HD
Ten HD

Ten HD was an Australian free-to-air television channel that launched on December 16, 2007. The channel Was available to High-definition television Digital terrestrial television in Australia viewers through owned-and-operated stations in TEN , ATV , TVQ, ADS , and NEW ....
. All races from the French Grand Prix onwards have been shown live on HD. As a result, standard definition coverage has enjoyed less focus and now airs at a later time. Network Ten holds the rights to Formula One until the end of 2010.

Network Ten broadcasts major sporting events including; the Formula 1, AFL Premiership Season and Finals
Australian Football League

The 'Australian Football League' is the professional Australian national competition in the sport of Australian Rules Football.The league comprises sixteen teams which play 22 home and away rounds between late March and late August or early September....
 (In conjunction with the Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
 and Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
), Moto GP World Championship, NASCAR (TEN HD
Ten HD

Ten HD was an Australian free-to-air television channel that launched on December 16, 2007. The channel Was available to High-definition television Digital terrestrial television in Australia viewers through owned-and-operated stations in TEN , ATV , TVQ, ADS , and NEW ....
 from 2008), and the Red Bull Air Race World Series
Red Bull Air Race World Series

The Red Bull Air Race World Series, established in 2003 and created by Red Bull, is an international series of Air racing in which competitors have to navigate a challenging obstacle course in the sky in the fastest time....
. Ten also holds the rights to the 2007 Rugby World Cup
2007 Rugby World Cup

The 2007 Rugby World Cup was the sixth Rugby World Cup, a Anniversary#Latin-derived numerical names international rugby union world championship inaugurated in 1987 Rugby World Cup....
 and the US Masters
The Masters Tournament

The Masters Tournament, also known as The Masters, or The U.S. Masters outside of the United States, is one of four Men's major golf championships in men's Professional golf tours....
 golf tournament.

As well as this, Network Ten, in joint partnership with subscription television provider Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
, has broadcast rights for the 2010 Commonwealth Games
2010 Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games are scheduled to be held in New Delhi, India between 3 October and 14 October 2010. With a population of over 15 million, Delhi is one of the largest cities in the world....
. Network Ten bought the broadcast rights to the Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League

The Indian Premier League , is a Twenty20 cricket competition created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and chaired by the Chairman & Commissioner IPL, BCCI Vice President Lalit Modi....
 (IPL
Indian Premier League

The Indian Premier League , is a Twenty20 cricket competition created by the Board of Control for Cricket in India and chaired by the Chairman & Commissioner IPL, BCCI Vice President Lalit Modi....
) Cricket, which started on April 18 2008. The network will broadcast the event annually for the next 5 years although there is some doubt that the 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....
n contracted national players will be available for the tournament.

Availability

Network Ten is simulcast in analogue
Analog television

Analog television encodes television picture and sound information and transmits it as an analog signal: one in which the message conveyed by the broadcast Signal is a function of deliberate variations in the amplitude and/or frequency of the signal....
, standard definition
Standard-definition television

Standard-definition television refers to television systems that have a resolution that meets standards but not considered either Enhanced-definition television or High-definition television....
 and 1080i
1080i

1080i is the shorthand name of a format of high-definition video modes. 1080 denotes the number of horizontal scan lines - also known as vertical resolution - and the letter i stands for interlaced....
 high definition
High-definition television

High-definition television is a digital television broadcasting system with higher than traditional television systems . HDTV is digitally broadcast; the earliest implementations used analog broadcasting, but today digital television signals are used, requiring less Bandwidth due to digital video compression....
. Ten is broadcast in metropolitan areas via Network Ten owned-and-operated station
Owned-and-operated station

In the broadcasting industry , an owned-and-operated station usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the television network with which it is associated....
s, these include TEN Sydney
Sydney

Sydney is the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 4.34 million . It is the List of Australian capital cities of New South Wales, and was the site of the first British Empire colony in Australia....
, ATV Melbourne
Melbourne

Melbourne is the more common name for the geographic region and Census in Australia of the Greater Melbourne metropolitan area. It is the second List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, with a population of approximately 3.8 million and serves as the List of Australian capital cities of Victoria ....
, TVQ
TVQ

TVQ may refer to:* TVQ-10, a television station in Brisbane, Australia* TVQ_Kyushu_Broadcasting, a television station in Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan...
 Brisbane
Brisbane

Brisbane is the state List of Australian capital cities of Queensland and its most populous city. It is also the List of cities in Australia by population in Australia, behind southern rivals Sydney and Melbourne....
, ADS Adelaide
Adelaide

Adelaide is the List of Australian capital cities and most populous city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of South Australia, and is the fifth-largest city in Australia, with a population of more than 1.1 million....
, and NEW Perth
Perth, Western Australia

Perth is the List of Australian capital cities and largest city of the Australian States and territories of Australia of Western Australia. With a population of 1,554,769 , Perth ranks fourth amongst the nation's cities, with a growth rate consistently above the national average....
. Channel Ten programming is also carried into other areas of regional 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....
 by various affiliate networks and stations including 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....
, 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....
, Tasmanian Digital Television, Mildura Digital Television, Darwin Digital Television
DTD (TV station)

Darwin Digital Television is a new digital television Television broadcasting in Australia in Darwin, Northern Territory, Northern Territory. It is jointly owned by the PBL Media owner of NTD and the Macquarie Media Group owner of Southern Cross Television....
 and WIN Television
WIN Television

WIN Television is an Australian Australian television broadcasting owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia....
. In addition to this, Network Ten is retransmitted via Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
, Optus
Optus Television

Optus Television is the cable television division of Australia telecommunications company Optus....
 and Austar Digital
Austar

About Austar Austar is an Australian telecommunications company. Its main business activity is Subscription Television but it is also involved with internet access and mobile phones....
 cable and satellite pay television services.

Controversy

Network Ten was criticised by conservative groups and Liberal backbenchers in 2005 for its reality television series Big Brother. Ten was criticised for selecting particularly promiscuous housemates for the 2005 season of the show
Big Brother (Australia series 5)

Big Brother Australia 2005 was the fifth series of Big Brother Australia, and was aired on Network Ten in Australia, and TV2 in New Zealand with a four-week delay....
 in an attempt to boost ratings. There were three main objections, all broadcast on its Big Brother Uncut
Big Brother (Australia)

Big Brother Australia was the Australian version of the international Big Brother reality television series.Big Brother Australia was produced by Endemol Southern Star, and shown on Network Ten, Australia....
 show. One was footage of a housemate with his fly open whilst giving a massage to a female housemate. Another was where a housemate wrote a fetish song about "skidmarks". There was also a "cumulative" rating where various elements of a particular episode together pushed it above the 'MA15+' rating (the highest rating allowed on TV in Australia). There were calls for TV to be rated by an independent body rather than in-house, but the proposal was scrapped after the controversy died down.

For the 2006 series Ten appointed two censors to review the show instead of one. Federal Minister for Communications Senator Helen Coonan
Helen Coonan

Helen Lloyd Coonan , Australian politician, has been a Liberal Party of Australia member of the Australian Senate since July 1996, representing New South Wales....
 is reported to say she would be keeping a "close watch on the show's 2006 series". This controversy resulted in Big Brother Uncut being renamed Big Brother: Adults Only
Big Brother (Australia)

Big Brother Australia was the Australian version of the international Big Brother reality television series.Big Brother Australia was produced by Endemol Southern Star, and shown on Network Ten, Australia....
 for the 2006 season of Big Brother Australia
Big Brother (Australia series 6)

Big Brother Australia 2006 was the sixth series of Big Brother Australia, and was aired on Network Ten in Australia. The series began on April 22 2006 and finished on July 31 2006; a duration of 101 days....
. In two separate findings, the Australian Communications and Media Authority
Australian Communications and Media Authority

Australian Communications and Media Authority is an Government of Australia agency whose main roles are to regulate broadcasting, radiocommunications and telecommunications, and to represent Australian interests in international communications matters....
 determined Network Ten breached clause 2.4 of the Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice
Australian Commercial Television Code of Practice

The Australian Commercial Television Industry Code of Practice is a self-regulatory code adopted by free-to-air broadcasters in Australia. The Code can be found ....
. These two breaches were in relation to the broadcast of Big Brother Uncut on May 30, June 13 and July 4 2005. The Broadcasting material was not classified according to the Television Classification Guidelines.

Despite toning down Big Brother: Adults Only significantly in comparison to 2005, the series continued to attract controversy
Big Brother (Australia series 6)

Big Brother Australia 2006 was the sixth series of Big Brother Australia, and was aired on Network Ten in Australia. The series began on April 22 2006 and finished on July 31 2006; a duration of 101 days....
. After Big Brother: Adults Only was abruptly cancelled several weeks early, a subsequent incident of alleged sexual assault in the house saw the removal of two housemates and a huge public outcry calling for the series to be cancelled entirely. This incident generated significant publicity for the show, even prompted the Prime Minister of Australia to call Network Ten to "do a bit of self-regulation and get this stupid program off the air.".

Just prior to the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Network Ten broadcast 911: In Plane Site
911: In Plane Site

911: In Plane Site: Director?s Cut is a 2006 Documentary film that advocates a number of 9/11 conspiracy theories. Photographs and video footage from that day are presented as evidence that the public was not given all of the facts surrounding the worst terrorist attack in The United States of America's history....
, a documentary that examined conspiracy theories about the terrorist attacks. Federal Labor
Australian Labor Party

The Australian Labor Party is an List of political parties in Australia.Known as the Australian Labor Party#Etymology for short, the party is the current governing party of Australia, since the Australian federal election, 2007....
 politician Michael Danby
Michael Danby

Michael David Danby is an Australian politician and has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since October 1998, representing the Division of Melbourne Ports, Victoria ....
 demanded that the programming director of the station be sacked.

Network Ten were highly criticised for their broadcast of the 2006 New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve is on , the final day of the Gregorian calendar year, and the day before New Year's Day.New Year's Eve is a separate observance from the observance of New Year's Day....
 celebrations, mostly for the sexual innuendo witnessed between high-profile musician John Foreman and Matthew Newton
Matthew Newton

Matthew Joseph Newton is an Australian stage and screen actor. Born in Melbourne, Victoria, he is the son of Australian television personalities, Bert Newton and Patti Newton, and brother to Lauren Newton ....
, who is TV legend Bert's son
Bert Newton

Albert Watson "Bert" Newton, Order of Australia, Order of the British Empire, , is a multiple Gold Logie winning Australian television, radio, film, Stage performer and author....
. Many other complaints were received, particularly in regards to the use of explicit language and crude humour (including a "pashing
French Kiss

French Kiss is a 1995 United States romantic comedy film set primarily in France. The film was greeted less than enthusiastically by film critics but the moviegoing public made it a major financial success....
 contest"). This was the first year Ten broadcast the celebrations and fireworks, with Nine Network
Nine Network

The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia based in Willoughby, New South Wales, a suburb on the North Shore of Sydney....
 previously broadcasting the event since 1995.

Talkback radio programs were inundated with callers venting their anger, and Seven Network
Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australia Television broadcasting in Australia owned by the Seven Media Group. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the Very high frequency frequency were established in Sydney and Melbourne....
's Today Tonight
Today Tonight

Today Tonight is an Australian tabloid current affairs program, produced by the Seven Network and shown weeknightly at in direct competition with rival Nine Network program A Current Affair....
 broadcast a story lampooning Ten's coverage on the January 2, 2007 episode.

Network Ten has recently been exposed by the ABC's Media Watch programme as having used subliminal advertising during the 2007 Aria Music Awards broadcast. This practice is outlawed in Australia.

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