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The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an 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 network based in Willoughby
Willoughby, New South Wales

Willoughby is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Willoughby is located 8 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the Local Government Areas in Australia of the City of Willoughby....
, a suburb on the North Shore
North Shore (Sydney)

The North Shore is an informal term used to describe a primarily residential area of northern metropolitan Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia....
 of 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....
. One of three major free-to-air
Free-to-air

Free-to-air television and radio broadcasts are sent Encryption and may be received via any suitable receiver:Free-to-view is, generally, available without subscription but is digitally encrypted and may be restricted geographically....
 commercial networks 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....
, its retired slogan the long-running "Still The One" refers to the network's past ratings success, being the most popular television station on a national basis since the introduction of television 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....
. Nationally, the network has consistently proven itself the most watched television network, defeated only three times by its main rival, 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 2000, 2007 and 2008).

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TCN

TCN stands for:* Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto North Campus, a private Hebrew high school in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Ontario, Canada* TCN-9, a Sydney television station...
-9, the first regularly transmitting television station 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....
, launched on 16 September 1956.






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The Nine Network, or Channel Nine, is an 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 network based in Willoughby
Willoughby, New South Wales

Willoughby is a suburb on the lower North Shore of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Willoughby is located 8 kilometres north of the Sydney central business district, in the Local Government Areas in Australia of the City of Willoughby....
, a suburb on the North Shore
North Shore (Sydney)

The North Shore is an informal term used to describe a primarily residential area of northern metropolitan Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia....
 of 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....
. One of three major free-to-air
Free-to-air

Free-to-air television and radio broadcasts are sent Encryption and may be received via any suitable receiver:Free-to-view is, generally, available without subscription but is digitally encrypted and may be restricted geographically....
 commercial networks 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....
, its retired slogan the long-running "Still The One" refers to the network's past ratings success, being the most popular television station on a national basis since the introduction of television 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....
. Nationally, the network has consistently proven itself the most watched television network, defeated only three times by its main rival, 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 2000, 2007 and 2008).

History


Origins

TCN
TCN

TCN stands for:* Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto North Campus, a private Hebrew high school in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Ontario, Canada* TCN-9, a Sydney television station...
-9, the first regularly transmitting television station 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....
, launched on 16 September 1956. John Godson introduced the station and Bruce Gyngell
Bruce Gyngell

Bruce Gyngell , born in Melbourne, Victoria was a leading Australian television executive. He was the head of many television networks in Australia, including the Nine Network, the Seven Network during the 1970s and also as deputy chairman of the ATV Network in the United Kingdom....
 presented the first programme, This Is Television and in doing so becoming the first person to appear on 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. Later that year, GTV-9 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 ....
 began testing transmissions to telecast the 1956 Summer Olympics
1956 Summer Olympics

The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne, Australia, in 1956, with the exception of the Equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics, which could not be held in Australia due to quarantine regulations....
 later forming the National Television Network alongside QTQ-9 in 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....
 and NWS
NWS

NWS is the Nine Network television station in Adelaide, South Australia.NWS may also refer to:*N.W.S/ N.W is a collective of MC's, rappers and producers from the North West of England...
-9 in 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....
, the basis of the current Nine Network.

In the late 1980s, STW
STW

STW may refer to:*Stop the War Coalition, an anti-war group in the United Kingdom*STW-9, a television station in Perth, Australia*Super Tourenwagen Cup, the German Supertouring car championship ...
-9 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....
 became a Nine Network 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....
 when Bond Media purchased the network. However, in 1989, Bond Media sold the 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....
-based station to Sunraysia Television
Sunraysia Television

Sunraysia Television is the publicly-listed parent company of Swan Television and Radio Broadcasters, former owners of STW-9 . Sunraysia TV is majority owned by Eva Presser, who owns around 55% of the company....
 for AU$
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....
95 million, due to the Federal cross-media ownership laws, which restricted the level of national reach for media owners.

2000s

Digital television was introduced to all of the network's 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 on New Year's Day 2001 - this was soon followed by the gradual introduction of widescreen
Widescreen

A widescreen image is a film, computer or television image with a wider and shorter aspect ratio than the standard Academy frame developed during the classical Hollywood cinema era....
 and 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....
 programming.

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....
 station NTD-8 was integrated into the network on New Year's Day 2003. Following the rebrand to Nine Darwin, the station decreased Network Ten
Network Ten

Network Ten, or Channel Ten, is one of Australia's three major commercial Television broadcasting in Australia. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, Western Australia, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country....
 programming from their line-up.

On 30 January 2006, the network and its affiliate stations relaunched to coincide with Nine's 50th year of broadcasting. The decision to relaunch was made by interim CEO Sam Chisholm and late PBL Deputy Chairman 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....
 early in 2005. The new logo designed by Bruce Dunlop Associates lacked Nine's distinctive Nine dots, which had been an 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 icon since 1970. Nine News, A Current Affair, Today
Today (Australian TV program)

Today, often referred to as The Today Show, is an Australian news program. The show is broadcast live by the Nine Network on weekday and Sunday mornings....
, Nightline, Wide World of Sports, and Sunday also received new designs. The rebranding lasted less than two years - as on 14 January 2008, the Nine Network went back to using the dots on all television, website, watermark and other materials.

On 18 October 2006 James Packer
James Packer

James Douglas Packer is an Australian businessman and currently Australia's seventh richest man.Packer is the son of the late billionaire media mogul Kerry Packer and grandson of Frank Packer....
 sold 50% of the network's parent company 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....
 to CVC Asia-Pacific
CVC Capital Partners

CVC Capital Partners is one of the top 5 largest private equity firms in the world with approximately US$46 billion in funds focused on management buyouts....
, in a deal valued $
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....
4.6 billion.

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....
 later purchased regional network NBN Television
NBN Television

For Philippine TV Network. see National Broadcasting NetworkNBN Television is a television station based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia....
, on 1 May 2007 for an estimated $
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....
250 million.

A further 25% of 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....
 was sold to CVC on 1 June 2007 for $
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....
515 million, effectively forgoing control of the day-to-day operations of the network.

On 27 September 2007, 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....
 announced their intention to start a 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....
 multichannel, Nine HD
Nine HD

Nine HD is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia, owned by PBL Media, that launched on March 17, 2008. The channel is available to High-definition television Digital terrestrial television in Australia viewers in metropolitan areas through a number of owned-and-operated station and affiliate stations....
 It was announced on 10 March 2008 that the channel will be launched on 17 March 2008.

Programming

The Nine Network broadcasts a range of programming from 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 sources, which include 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...
 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....
 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....
. Nine'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; Australia's Funniest Home Video Show
Australia's Funniest Home Video Show

Australia's Funniest Home Videos is an Australian television show on the Nine Network that presents home movies sent in by viewers.The show is similar in content to You've Been Framed and America's Funniest Home Videos, which was also created by Vin Di Bona ....
, Getaway
Getaway

Getaway is Australia's longest-running and most popular holiday and travel television programme. Debuting on 14 May 1992, it is currently broadcast on the Nine Network and W....
, Sea Patrol
Sea Patrol (TV series)

Sea Patrol is an Australian television drama, set onboard a fictional Royal Australian Navy Armidale class patrol boat, the Her Majesty's Australian Ship Hammersley....
, Missing Persons Unit
Missing Persons Unit

Missing Person's Unit is an Australian television Documentary film series hosted by journalist Mike Munro and broadcast on the Nine Network in Australia....
, Mornings with Kerri-Anne
Mornings with Kerri-Anne

Mornings with Kerri-Anne is a Nine Network Australian morning television program, hosted by Kerri-Anne Kennerley.The program debuted on 28 October 2002 on the Nine Network to compete against Network Ten's Good Morning Australia with Bert Newton....
, The Footy Show
The Footy Show

The Footy Show can refer to one of the following television shows:*The AFL Footy Show, a sports programme based on the Australian Football League...
, What's Good For You
What's Good For You

What's Good For You is a Logie Award-winning Australian health and lifestyle television program that airs on Nine Network. It investigates myths and fables concerning health and well being....
, Underbelly
Underbelly (series)

The Underbelly series consists of two 13-part Australian television crime-drama mini-series' originally broadcast on Nine Network. The two series are based on true events; the Melbourne gangland killings and the Griffith drug trade....
, Domestic Blitz
Domestic Blitz

Domestic Blitz is an Australian lifestyle and Do it yourself television series that debuted on the Nine Network on May 18, 2008, in the same former Sunday night 6:30 - 7:30pm time slot occupied by Backyard Blitz, which the show's format is based on....
, RPA
RPA

RPA may refer to:*Random Phase Approximation, an approximation used in physics*A Registered Physician assistant*RNase protection assay*Recursive partitioning...
, Amazing Medical Stories
Amazing Medical Stories

Amazing Medical Stories is a syndicated medical show that airs on a number of networks around the world. It is follows people with extreme medical conditions through their diagnosis and treatment....
, 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....
 and 20 to 1
20 to 1

20 to 1 is an Australian television series, hosted by Bert Newton that counts down Australian pop culture's most defining moments. Previously the show had been hosted by Charles Tingwell and narrated by David Reyne....
.

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...
 programming on Nine includes; The Mentalist
The Mentalist

The Mentalist is an American police drama television series which debuted on September 23, 2008 on CBS....
, Two and a Half Men
Two and a Half Men

Two and a Half Men is an Emmy Award- and Golden Globe Award-nominated United States television Situation comedy, which premiered on CBS on Monday, September 22, 2003 at 9:30 p.m., North American Eastern Time Zone/Pacific Time Zone....
, Cold Case
Cold Case

Cold Case is an United States police procedural television series revolving around a fictionalized Philadelphia Police Department division in Pennsylvania that specializes in investigating cold cases....
, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is an American Police procedural television series. CSI premiered on CBS on October 6, 2000. The ninth season began airing on October 9, 2008 and currently airs in the United States of America on Thursdays at 9:00 p.m....
, CSI: Miami
CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami is a Spin-off of the CBS network series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The series is an American crime drama television series that trails the investigations of a team of Miami-Dade forensic scientists as they unveil the circumstances behind mysterious and unusual deaths and other crimes....
, CSI: New York
CSI: NY

CSI: NY is an United States police procedural television series, which premiered on September 22, 2004. The series was the second Spinoff , indirectly, from the popular CBS show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and directly from CSI: Miami, during an episode of which several of the CSI: NY characters made their first appearan...
, Survivor
Survivor (U.S. TV series)

Survivor is an United States version of the Survivor reality television game show based on the Sweden television series Expedition Robinson originally created in 1992 by Charlie Parsons, and first broadcast in May 2000....
, Without a Trace
Without a Trace

Without a Trace is an United States television program set in New York City. The show is about a fictitious full-time Federal Bureau of Investigation missing persons unit....
, The Ellen DeGeneres Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show

The Ellen DeGeneres Show is an Emmy Award-winning television syndication television talk show hosted by comedienne Ellen DeGeneres and distributed by Warner Bros....
, Days Of Our Lives
Days of our Lives

Days of our Lives is an United States soap opera, which has aired nearly every weekday since November 8, 1965 on the NBC network in the United States, and has since been syndicated to many countries around the world....
, Entertainment Tonight
Entertainment Tonight

Entertainment Tonight is a daily television entertainment news show that is Television syndication by CBS Television Distribution throughout the United States, Canada and in many countries around the world....
 and WWE Afterburn
WWE Afterburn

WWE Afterburn is a World Wrestling Entertainment syndicated television show which recaps events taking place on WWE Friday Night SmackDown Along with WWE Bottom Line it replaced the WWE's previous syndicated highlight show Superstars....
.

In an attempt to attract advertisers, as they are more interested in programmes for younger audiences, new programming will be targeted towards the younger generation in 2008.

News & Current Affairs


The Nine Network's news service is called Nine News (previously National Nine News). For decades it was the top rating news service nationally for Australians
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....
. However, 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....
 has overtaken them in recent years.

Nine News produces several news bulletins and programs including; Today
Today (Australian TV program)

Today, often referred to as The Today Show, is an Australian news program. The show is broadcast live by the Nine Network on weekday and Sunday mornings....
, Today on Sunday, Nine News (Early Morning, A.M, P.M and Evening editions). As well as this, the news service also assists in production of; A Current Affair, and 60 Minutes. During the early hours of weekdays and Sunday mornings, Nine rebroadcasts 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...
 television network ABC's news and current affairs program Good Morning America
Good Morning America

Good Morning America is an Daytime Emmy Awards breakfast television talk show that is broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network, debuting on November 3, 1975....
. For a number of years Nine News used the slogan "Who's Who of News". But in recent years they have used slogans like "The Best News", "That's What I Want!", "Stand By Me" and currently they are using the slogan "Change Back".

Sport

Channel Nine broadcasts all sporting events under the Wide World of Sports brand. The flagship sports of the brand are 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....
, English Super League, Cricket
Cricket

Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games team sport that originated in southern England. The earliest definite reference is dated 1598, and it is now played in more than 100 countries....
 and formerly 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....
 until Nine lost the rights in 2006. 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....
 games are broadcast in prime time 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....
 and 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....
 on Friday nights, however are usually screened after midnight (or not at all) in 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....
, 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....
, Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
 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....
.

Nine's other popular recurring sporting events include the Rugby League State of Origin
Rugby League State of Origin

The State of Origin is an annual best-of-three series of rugby league football matches between the Queensland Maroons, representing the state of Queensland, and the New South Wales Rugby League team, representing the state of New South Wales....
, Telstra Swimming Championships, British Open
The Open Championship

The Open Championship, or simply The Open , is the oldest of the four men's major golf championships in men's golf. It is the only major held outside the USA and is administered by the R&A, which is the governing body of golf outside the USA and Mexico....
, US Golf Open
U.S. Open (golf)

The United States Open Championship, commonly known as the U.S. Open, is the annual Open Golf Tournaments of the United States. It is the second of the four men's major golf championships in golf and is on the official schedule of both the PGA Tour and the PGA European Tour....
, US Tennis Open, Wimbledon
The Championships, Wimbledon

The Championships, Wimbledon, or simply Wimbledon, is the oldest tennis tournament in the world and is widely considered the most prestigious....
, Commonwealth Bank Series Cricket, and Test cricket
Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations....
. As well as this, the Nine Network, 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 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, will be held February 12-28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the resort town of Whistler, British Columbia nearby....
 and the 2012 Summer Olympics
2012 Summer Olympics

The 2012 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXX Olympiad, are due to be celebrated in London in the United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012....
.

Availability

The Nine Network 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....
. Nine is broadcast in metropolitan areas via Nine Network 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, including TCN
TCN

TCN stands for:* Community Hebrew Academy of Toronto North Campus, a private Hebrew high school in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Ontario, Canada* TCN-9, a Sydney television station...
 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....
, GTV 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 ....
, QTQ 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....
 and NTD 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....
, and by affiliate Channel Nine stations NWS
NWS

NWS is the Nine Network television station in Adelaide, South Australia.NWS may also refer to:*N.W.S/ N.W is a collective of MC's, rappers and producers from the North West of England...
 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 STW
STW

STW may refer to:*Stop the War Coalition, an anti-war group in the United Kingdom*STW-9, a television station in Perth, Australia*Super Tourenwagen Cup, the German Supertouring car championship ...
 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....
. Nine Network programming is also carried into 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 affiliate networks 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....
, NBN Television
NBN Television

For Philippine TV Network. see National Broadcasting NetworkNBN Television is a television station based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia....
, and Imparja Television
Imparja Television

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. Nine is also broadcast via satellite and cable on Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
 and on 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....
 on the cable pay TV service in Darwin.

Logos

The Nine Network first used a shared logo produced and used across the metropolitan stations in 1970, featuring the numeral nine beside nine dots. The first set of identities was a "Dots TV" set. This logo has remained in use on the network, in differing forms across the decades, with various exceptions. In 1980, the nine dots were removed from the logo. This lasted eight years until 1988, when Bond Media purchased the network and reinstated the nine dots, with STW
STW

STW may refer to:*Stop the War Coalition, an anti-war group in the United Kingdom*STW-9, a television station in Perth, Australia*Super Tourenwagen Cup, the German Supertouring car championship ...
 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....
 becoming a Nine Network 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....
. In 1998, the dots were changed to spheres. Three-dimensions were added to the numeral nine in 2002, coinciding with a revamp of the network's on-air identity.

In 2006, the network and its affiliates relaunched their logos to coincide with Nine's fiftieth year of broadcasting. The new logo designed by Bruce Dunlop Associates saw the removal of the nine dots, with a non-solid blue coloured square added to behind the numeral nine. In 2007 this was modified to become a solid blue colour and also a cube, not the 2006 2D square. The rebranding of Nine also saw Nine News, A Current Affair, Today
Today (Australian TV program)

Today, often referred to as The Today Show, is an Australian news program. The show is broadcast live by the Nine Network on weekday and Sunday mornings....
, Nightline and the Wide World of Sports receive new designs. However, in 2007, the Nine Network reintroduced the nine dots, visible when the logo animated. In addition to this in 2008, the nine dots were reinstated into the static logo and modified from spheres to discs.

See also

  • Nine HD
    Nine HD

    Nine HD is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia, owned by PBL Media, that launched on March 17, 2008. The channel is available to High-definition television Digital terrestrial television in Australia viewers in metropolitan areas through a number of owned-and-operated station and affiliate stations....


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