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The Seven Network is an Australian
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....
 television network owned by the Seven Media Group
Seven Media Group

The Seven Media Group is a joint venture between the Seven Network Limited and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.. It began operations in December 2006 after shareholders of Seven Network Limited approved the transaction....
. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
 frequency were established 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....
 and 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 ....
. It is currently the largest network in the country in terms of population reach. Seven had historically been the second highest rating television network in Australia, trailing its traditional rival 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....
, but just ahead of 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....
.






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The Seven Network is an Australian
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....
 television network owned by the Seven Media Group
Seven Media Group

The Seven Media Group is a joint venture between the Seven Network Limited and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.. It began operations in December 2006 after shareholders of Seven Network Limited approved the transaction....
. It dates back to 2 December 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7
Very high frequency

VHF is the radio frequency range from 30 megahertz to 300 megahertz. Frequencies immediately below VHF are denoted High frequency , and the next higher frequencies are known as Ultra high frequency ....
 frequency were established 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....
 and 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 ....
. It is currently the largest network in the country in terms of population reach. Seven had historically been the second highest rating television network in Australia, trailing its traditional rival 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....
, but just ahead of 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....
. However, Seven's standing against Nine has improved in recent years, winning the ratings year in 2000, 2007 and 2008.

Seven's headquarters are based in a converted warehouse at Jones Bay Wharf in Pyrmont
Pyrmont, New South Wales

Pyrmont is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Pyrmont is located 2 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the Local Government Areas in Australia of the City of Sydney....
, Sydney. National news and current affairs programming is based at studios in Martin Place
Martin Place, Sydney

Martin Place is a pedestrian mall in the central business district of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Home to the Reserve Bank of Australia, the Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Macquarie Bank and other corporations, Martin Place is synonymous with corporate Australia....
, while the network's main production studios are located at Epping
Epping, New South Wales

Epping is a suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Epping is located 18 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the Local Government Areas in Australias of the City of Ryde, the City of Parramatta and Hornsby Shire and is considered to be part of the Northern Suburbs ....
 in Sydney's northern suburbs. In 2009, Seven will move its Epping-based operations to a purpose-built 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....
 television production
Production company

Production company refers to a company responsible for the development and physical production of performing arts, film, radio or a television program....
 facility at the Australian Technology Park
Australian Technology Park

The Australian Technology Park is a business and technology centre in Eveleigh, New South Wales, an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia....
 in Redfern
Redfern, New South Wales

Redfern is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Redfern is located 3 kilometres south of the Sydney central business district and is part of the Local Government Areas in Australia of the City of Sydney....
. The majority of content is broadcast out of the network's digital Broadcast Centre in the Melbourne Docklands
Melbourne Docklands

Melbourne Docklands is a suburb in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia, 2 km west from Melbourne's Melbourne city centre. Its Local Government Areas of Victoria is the City of Melbourne....
.

History


Origins

The Seven Network began as a group of independent stations 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....
. HSV-7 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 ....
, licensed to The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd
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....
 (owners of two local papers at the time, The Herald
The Herald (Melbourne)

The Herald was a broadsheet newspaper published in Melbourne, Australia from 1840 to 1990.The Port Phillip Herald was first published as a Weekly newspaper newspaper on 3 January 1840 from a weatherboard shack in Collins Street, Melbourne....
 and The Sun
The Sun News-Pictorial

The Sun News-Pictorial, commonly known as The Sun, was a morning daily tabloid newspaper in Melbourne, Australia established in 1922 and closed in 1990....
), was the first station in the country to use the VHF7 frequency. It launched on 4 November 1956, soon joined on 2 December by Amalgamated Television Services ATN
ATN

ATN may refer to:*Access Television Network*Action Performance Companies *Acute tubular necrosis*Aeronautical telecommunications network*Air Tahiti Nui...
-7 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....
. The two stations did not immediately begin sharing resources, and instead formed content-sharing partnerships with their VHF9 counterparts by 1957: ATN
ATN

ATN may refer to:*Access Television Network*Action Performance Companies *Acute tubular necrosis*Aeronautical telecommunications network*Air Tahiti Nui...
 partnered with Melbourne's GTV-9, while HSV paired up with Sydney's 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. HSV's relationship with the Victorian Football League
Victorian Football League

The Victorian Football League, formerly known as the Victorian Football Association is the premier league in Victoria. It is also known as the VFA/VFL, is the second-oldest Australian rules football league, formed in 1877, replacing the loose affiliation of clubs that had been the hallmark of the Australian Rules Football - Early...
 (forerunner 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....
) began in April 1957, when the station broadcast the first ever live 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....
 match.

TVW
TVW

TVW can mean:*TVW, a Seven Network owned station in Perth, Western Australia*TVW , a public affairs network in the state of Washington*the fake callsign of WISC-TV digital subchannel My Madison TV...
-7 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....
 began broadcasting almost two years later, on 16 October 1959, as the city's first commercial station. It was licensed to TVW Limited, a subsidiary of West Australian Newspapers
The West Australian

The West Australian is the only locally-edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia, and is owned by Australian Securities Exchange-listed West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd....
, publisher of The West Australian
The West Australian

The West Australian is the only locally-edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia, and is owned by Australian Securities Exchange-listed West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd....
. BTQ-7 followed on 1 November, signing on as 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....
's second commercial television station. Throughout this time, the stations operated independently of each other, with schedules made up of various simple, and relatively inexpensive, programmes, such as Pick a Box and spinoffs of popular radio shows. In the early 1960s, coaxial cable links, formed initially between 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....
 and 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 ....
, allowed the sharing of programmes and simultaneous broadcasts of live shows.

In 1960, Frank Packer
Frank Packer

Sir Douglas Frank Hewson Packer, Order of the British Empire , was an Australian media proprietor who controlled Australian Consolidated Press and the Nine network....
, the owner 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....
's 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, bought a controlling share of 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 ....
's GTV-9, in the process creating the country's first television network and dissolving the ATN-7/GTV-9 and HSV-7/TCN-9 partnerships. Left without their original partners, ATN and HSV joined together to form the Australian Television Network in 1963.

ADS-7 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....
 launched on 26 July 1965 as the final capital city VHF7 station. The station later swapped frequencies with SAS-10, however, with the latter becoming SAS-7.

The newly-formed network began to produce and screen higher-budget programming in order to attract greater numbers of viewers, most notably Homicide
Homicide (TV series)

Homicide was an Australian police procedural television series made by Crawford Productions for the Seven Network between 1964 and 1977.The series dealt with the homicide squad of the Victoria police force and episodes revolved around the various cases the detectives are called upon to investigate....
, a series which would continue for another 12 years to become the nation's longest running drama series. However, it was not until the 1970s that a national network began to appear, albeit still with independently owned and operated stations with localised advertising campaigns.

Colour television
History of television

The history of television is both complex and far-reaching, involving the work of many inventors and engineers in several countries over many decades....
 was introduced across the network in 1975, along with a new logo incorporating a bright ring of the colours of the visual light spectrum. 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....
 made an unsuccessful bid for the 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....
, owners of HSV-7, in 1979, later going on to gain control of rival ATV-10. Fairfax, however, successfully bought a 14.9% share of the company later in the same year.

1980s

This decade saw the introduction of stereo
Stereophonic sound

Stereophonic sound, commonly called stereo, is the reproduction of sound, using two or more independent Sound recording and reproduction channels, through a symmetrical configuration of loudspeakers, in such a way as to create a pleasant and natural impression of sound heard from various directions, as in natural hearing....
, as well as a number of successful shows, most notably A Country Practice
A Country Practice

A Country Practice was one of the longest-running Australian television drama series. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993....
 in 1981, and Sons and Daughters
Sons and Daughters (Australian TV series)

Sons and Daughters was a Logie Award winning Australian soap opera created by Reg Watson and produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation. It screened on the Seven Network in an early evening timeslot, running from December 1981 until 1987....
, which began in 1982. Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune (Australian game show)

Wheel of Fortune was an Australia television game show, produced by Reg Grundy Organisation. It aired on the Seven Network from 1981 to 2004 and 2006....
 began its twenty five year run in July, 1981, produced from ADS-7's studios 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 1980 Summer Olympics
1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Moscow in the Soviet Union....
 in Moscow
Moscow

Moscow is the capital and the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia of the Russian Federation. It is also the largest European cities and metropolitan areas, with the Moscow metropolitan area ranking among the largest urban areas in the world....
 were shown live on the network the year before. 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....
 began on Seven in 1985, but low ratings 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....
 led to the cancellation of the new series at the end of the year; the show later moved to rival 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....
 and went on to achieve international success.

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 businessman Robert Holmes à Court
Robert Holmes à Court

Michael Robert Hamilton Holmes ? Court was an entrepreneur who became Australia's first billionaire before dying suddenly of a myocardial infarction in 1990....
, through his business the Bell Group, bought TVW
TVW

TVW can mean:*TVW, a Seven Network owned station in Perth, Western Australia*TVW , a public affairs network in the state of Washington*the fake callsign of WISC-TV digital subchannel My Madison TV...
-7 from its original owners, West Australian Newspapers
The West Australian

The West Australian is the only locally-edited daily newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia, and is owned by Australian Securities Exchange-listed West Australian Newspapers Holdings Ltd....
 in 1982. The 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....
, owner of HSV-7 and ADS-7, was sold to 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....
 in December 1986 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....
1.8 billion. Murdoch's company, News Limited
News Limited

News Limited was the principal holding for the business interests of Rupert Murdoch until the formation of News Corporation in 1979. News Limited is now a subsidiary of that company....
, sold off HSV to Fairfax soon afterwards, for $320 million. Fairfax went on to axe a number of locally-produced shows in favour of networked content from its 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....
 counterpart, ATN
ATN

ATN may refer to:*Access Television Network*Action Performance Companies *Acute tubular necrosis*Aeronautical telecommunications network*Air Tahiti Nui...
-7 (also owned by Fairfax at the time).

Cross-media ownership laws introduced in 1987 forced Fairfax to choose between its print and television operations - it chose the former, and later sold off its stations to Qintex Ltd.
Qintex

Qintex Ltd. was an Australian company that came to prominence during the 1980s, until its collapse in 1989. Its main shareholder and Managing Director was Christopher Skase....
, owned by businessman Christopher Skase
Christopher Skase

Christopher Charles Skase was an Australian businessman who later became one of his country's most wanted fugitives, after his business empire crashed spectacularly and he fled to Majorca in Spain....
. Qintex had previously bought, and subsequently sold off, stations 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 regional 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....
 before taking control of the network. The next year, another new logo was introduced along with evening soap Home and Away
Home and Away

Home and Away is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. It premiered on 17 January 1988, and is now one of the longest-running series on Australian television and won 34 Logie Awards since 1988....
 and a relaunched Seven National News, now known as Seven News. The network expanded in 1988 when Skase bought out TVW
TVW

TVW can mean:*TVW, a Seven Network owned station in Perth, Western Australia*TVW , a public affairs network in the state of Washington*the fake callsign of WISC-TV digital subchannel My Madison TV...
 for $130 million.

Despite the network's successes, a failed $1.5 billion bid for MGM Studios in the same year sent Qintex into receivership. Christopher Skase fled Australia in 1990 in order to escape extradition. The business' assets were bundled together by receivers and made into a new company, the Seven Network Limited
Seven Network Limited

Seven Network Limited, or Seven, is a major Australian media company. It is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. In December 2006, company shareholders voted to support an arrangement to form a joint venture with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts named Seven Media Group....
, in 1991.

1990s

Real Life
Real Life (TV program)

Real Life was an Australian current affairs television program that aired on the Seven Network from 20 January 1992 to 1994.Its format was similar to other tabloid television current affairs shows airing at the time, these being A Current Affair and Derryn Hinch, which had recently been axed by the Seven Network and picked up b...
, a national current-affairs program hosted by Stan Grant, similar in format to 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....
's A Current Affair, was launched in 1992 but was later replaced by the more successful 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....
.

The network was listed on the stock exchange in 1993, soon after the entry of subscription television provider Australis. One of Seven's most popular series, A Country Practice
A Country Practice

A Country Practice was one of the longest-running Australian television drama series. It ran on the Seven Network for 1,058 episodes from 18 November 1981 to 22 November 1993....
, ended in 1993 after 1058 episodes. 1994 saw the introduction of Blue Heelers
Blue Heelers

Blue Heelers is a long-running Australian Police procedural series which depicted the lives of the police officers stationed at the fictional Mt....
, which after a number of timeslot changes, was moved in 1998 to Wednesdays. This was in order to make room for a new series, medical drama All Saints
All Saints (TV series)

All Saints: Medical Response Unit is a Logie Award-winning Australian medical drama which airs on the Seven Network. The programme debuted on February 24, 1998 as All Saints and has become one of Australia's highest-rating dramas....
. Both dramas rated quite highly, and along with new lifestyle shows Better Homes and Gardens and The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors is an Australian travel magazine television series broadcast on the Seven Network....
, resulted in a stronger ratings position for the network.

In 1995, Sunshine Television
STQ

STQ is the call sign of a regional television station in Queensland, Australia.It can also mean:*STQ, the IATA airport code for St. Marys Municipal Airport in Pennsylvania...
, a Seven Network affiliate in regional 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....
, was purchased by the network's parent company, Seven Network Limited
Seven Network Limited

Seven Network Limited, or Seven, is a major Australian media company. It is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. In December 2006, company shareholders voted to support an arrangement to form a joint venture with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts named Seven Media Group....
. Sunshine Television's regional stations effectively became a part of the Seven Network, identical in appearance and programming to the rest of the business' stations.

A successful $1.3 billion bid for United Artists
United Artists

United Artists Entertainment LLC is an United States film studio. The current United Artists was formed in November 2006 under a partnership between producer/actor Tom Cruise and his production partner, Paula Wagner, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., an MGM company....
 was made in conjunction with Kirk Kerkorian
Kirk Kerkorian

Kerkor "Kirk" Kerkorian is an Armenian-American billionaire, and president/chief executive officer of Tracinda Corporation, his private holding company based in Beverly Hills, California....
 in 1996; the network sold its stake two years later for $US
United States dollar

The United States dollar is the unit of currency of the United States and was defined by the Coinage Act of 1792 to be between 371 and 416 grains of silver ....
389 million. Seven took control of Australia Television
Australia Network

Australia Network, originally Australia Television and later ABC Asia Pacific, is a free-to-air International broadcasting satellite television service operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation....
, 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...
's Asian satellite channel, in 1997. The ABC still maintained a share in the network, and continued to produce news and current affairs programming for it.

2000s


The year 2000 saw the launch of a new logo in time for the network's coverage of the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 13 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
 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....
. The opening ceremony was one of the highest-ever rating television programmes in the country, with 6.5 million viewers, contributing to the network winning the ratings year for the first time in twenty-two years.

Digital television was introduced to most of the network's coverage area on 1 January 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.

Always Greener
Always Greener

Always Greener was an Australian television drama/comedy series that aired on the Seven Network which followed the fortunes of two families, one from the city and the other from the country, when they decide to switch homes and start a new direction in life for themselves....
, launched in 2001, received two million viewers in its Sunday timeslot, however, it was axed after its second season.

In the same year, former Nine executive David Leckie
David Leckie

David John Leckie is the Chief Executive Officer of the Seven Media Group.David Leckie was educated at Newington College and is an Economics graduate of Macquarie University....
 was appointed head of television operations, re-launching the network with an updated logo, new advertising campaign and a new slogan.

In 2004, Seven launched the international game show Deal or No Deal to the 5.30pm timeslot, and later in the year Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)

Dancing with the Stars is a Logie Award-winning Australian light entertainment television series based on the British show Strictly Come Dancing....
, based on the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing
Strictly Come Dancing

Strictly Come Dancing is a British television show, featuring celebrities with professional dance partners competing in Ballroom dance and Latin dancing dances....
. The following year, a number of new programs were launched, from the United States network ABC, including Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry....
 and Lost
Lost (TV series)

Lost is an American Serial television program. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial Oceanic Flight 815 flying between Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, United States crashes somewhere in the Oceania....
. At the same time, Seven's news and current affairs ratings began to increase in viewers, with 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....
 beginning to challenge rival A Current Affair, while the new format of Sunrise
Sunrise (TV program)

Sunrise and Weekend Sunrise are Australian breakfast television programs, broadcast on Channel Seven. On weekdays the program follows Seven News#Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am....
 led to increased competition 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....
's 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....
. Seven's evening news bulletins
Seven News

Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia. National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth, Western Australia....
 also started to take the lead with successes in most cities.

2006 saw the 50th anniversary of Seven. To celebrate, Seven aired a number of anniversary specials and reused some of its old promos.

In January 2006, the Seven Network, Pacific Magazines
Pacific Magazines

Pacific Magazines is a magazine publisher operating in Australia and New Zealand. The company is owned by Australia's Seven Media Group....
 and online portal Yahoo! Australia and New Zealand
Yahoo!

Yahoo! Inc. is an United States public company corporation with headquarters in Sunnyvale, California, , and provides Internet services worldwide....
 combined in a joint venture
Joint venture

A joint venture is an entity formed between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. The parties agree to create a new entity by both contributing Ownership equity, and they then share in the revenues, expenses, and control of the enterprise....
 to form Yahoo!7
Yahoo!7

Yahoo!7 is a 50-50 partnership between the Seven Network and Yahoo! Inc. in Australia.As part of the Yahoo! Inc. and the Seven Media Group, Yahoo!7 brings together the online assets of Yahoo! Inc....
, representing all three companies online assets.

The network launched a number of new shows in 2006, including Prison Break
Prison Break

Prison Break is an American serial drama Television program created by Paul Scheuring, which premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29, 2005....
, Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)

Dancing with the Stars is a Logie Award-winning Australian light entertainment television series based on the British show Strictly Come Dancing....
 spin-off It Takes Two
It Takes Two

It Takes Two can refer to the following:...
, How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother is an United States situation comedy that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005. The show was created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays....
, and My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl

My Name Is Earl is an United States situation comedy created by Gregory Thomas Garcia. It is produced by 20th Century Fox Television. In the United States of America it is broadcast on the NBC television network Thursdays at 8:00 PM Eastern time....
. The ongoing success of these programmes resulted in a narrow loss to 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 the year, primarily due to its coverage of the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games

The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria , Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, Sportsperson competing, and events being held....
 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 ....
.

In 2007, Seven Network's launched Morning TV with the Sunrise
Sunrise (TV program)

Sunrise and Weekend Sunrise are Australian breakfast television programs, broadcast on Channel Seven. On weekdays the program follows Seven News#Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am....
-spin off The Morning Show hosted by ex-Wheel Of Fortune host Larry Emdur
Larry Emdur

'Larry Emdur' is an Australian media personality, and the current co-host of Seven Network's The Morning Show with Kylie Gillies.He is perhaps best known to Australian audiences for his hosting duties on several game shows, including Cash Bonanza, The Main Event , the Australian version of Family Double Dare, The Price Is...
 & ex-Sportsworld
Sportsworld

For the American sports anthology series, see Sportsworld . See Sports World for the sporting goods retailer.Sportsworld was an Australia Sunday morning sports information program shown on Seven Network....
 presenter Kylie Gillies
Kylie Gillies

Kylie Gillies is a presenter for the Seven Network based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Gillies was born in Tamworth, New South Wales where she worked as a reporter, producer and newsreader for Prime Television....
 to major change Australian Morning television indefinitely. That year, launch a ‘7 in 07’ campaign, promoting new shows Brothers & Sisters, Heroes
Heroes (TV series)

Heroes is an American science fiction dramatic programming created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006. The series tells the stories of ordinary individuals from around the world who inexplicably develop Superpower , and their roles in preventing disasters, usually foreseen in images produced by precognitive painter...
, and The Rich List
The Rich List

The Rich List is a game show which has the following versions:The Rich List : The Australian version which currently airs on Channel Seven and is hosted by Andrew O'Keefe....
. The year also saw the launch of the Beautiful Sunday lineup consisting of Australia's Got Talent
Australia's Got Talent

Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show which premiered on February 18, 2007 on the Seven Network. The show is based on the Got Talent series format that originated with America's Got Talent and Britain's Got Talent....
, Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty is an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG and Peabody Award winning American television program comedy-drama series starring America Ferrera in the title role, along with Eric Mabius, Vanessa L....
, Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy

Grey?s Anatomy is an American primetime medical drama. It debuted on American Broadcasting Company as a mid-season replacement for Boston Legal on March 27, 2005, immediately following Desperate Housewives....
 and What About Brian
What About Brian

What About Brian was an United States dramatic television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams' company Bad Robot Productions....
.

Seven HD
Seven HD

Seven HD is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia, owned by the Seven Media Group, that launched on October 15, 2007. The channel is available to High-definition television Digital terrestrial television in Australia viewers in metropolitan areas and Regional Queensland through a number of owned-and-operated stations, as well as...
 was officially announced on 15 September 2007, with the Seven Media Group
Seven Media Group

The Seven Media Group is a joint venture between the Seven Network Limited and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.. It began operations in December 2006 after shareholders of Seven Network Limited approved the transaction....
 announcing 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, that was initially expected to launch in December 2007. However, Seven HD
Seven HD

Seven HD is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia, owned by the Seven Media Group, that launched on October 15, 2007. The channel is available to High-definition television Digital terrestrial television in Australia viewers in metropolitan areas and Regional Queensland through a number of owned-and-operated stations, as well as...
 became the first free to air commercial television
Commercial Television

Commercial Television was the third free-to-air broadcast television station in Hong Kong. It first went on air in 1975, and ceased transmissions in 1978....
 channel introduced to metropolitan areas since 1988, when it launched prior on 15 October 2007, with 25th Hour
25th Hour

25th Hour is a 2002 Spike Lee film based on David Benioff's novel The 25th Hour. The cast includes Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson, Brian Cox and Anna Paquin....
 being the first program broadcast at 10:30pm.

By the end of 2007, the Seven Network had proven itself to become the most watched network in the country dominating morning and prime time slots with a total 29.1% audience share across the 5 major cities and winning 38 weeks over Channel Nine's two weeks, stealing their traditional crown as the number one network.

On 14 February 2008, the Seven Media Group 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 an agreement allowing Seven'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. Seven will be available on Foxtel in Early 2009. Prior to this, Seven 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, however Seven is available on Austar's
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....
 satellite services now via the Mystar PVR.

Sevens ongoing success from 2007 led to another ratings win for 2008 with a 29.5% audience share across the 5 major cities and with 28 weekly wins over Nine's 11 weekly wins, with one tie between them.

Programming


New programmes introduced in 2005 led to a ratings increase, following a relatively poor 2004. A number of programmes introduced in 2006 continued on in 2007, in addition to many new entries - the bulk of which imported from US television networks.

Australian programming shown on the network includes medical drama All Saints
All Saints (TV series)

All Saints: Medical Response Unit is a Logie Award-winning Australian medical drama which airs on the Seven Network. The programme debuted on February 24, 1998 as All Saints and has become one of Australia's highest-rating dramas....
 , police drama City Homicide
City Homicide

City Homicide is an Australian television drama series that premiered on Seven Network on 27 August 2007. The series is set on the Homicide floor of a metropolitan police headquarters in Melbourne, Victoria ....
, lifestyle program Better Homes and Gardens, soap operas Home and Away
Home and Away

Home and Away is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. It premiered on 17 January 1988, and is now one of the longest-running series on Australian television and won 34 Logie Awards since 1988....
, comedy Kath & Kim
Kath & Kim

Kath & Kim is a Logie Award-winning character-driven Australian television comedy series, created by Jane Turner and Gina Riley. The series revolves around the family matters and relationships of the title characters, a dysfunctional mother and daughter....
, new comedy drama Packed to the Rafters
Packed to the Rafters

Packed to the Rafters is an Australian family-orientated comedy-drama television series, which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday August 26, 2008 at 8:30 pm....
, Deal or No Deal, Gladiators
Gladiators (Australian TV series)

Gladiators is an Australian television series which aired on the Seven Network from 1995 until 1997. It was based on the American Gladiators and Gladiators versions of the same name....
, Dancing with the Stars
Dancing with the Stars (Australian TV series)

Dancing with the Stars is a Logie Award-winning Australian light entertainment television series based on the British show Strictly Come Dancing....
, Medical Emergency
Medical emergency

A medical emergency is an injury or illness that is Acute and poses an immediate risk to a person's life or long term health. These emergencies may require assistance from another person, who should ideally be suitably qualified to do so, although some of these emergencies can be dealt with by the victim themselves....
, Hot Property
Hot Property (Australian TV series)

Hot Property is a Channel Seven show that has aired since 1999. The program is hosted by Michael Caton. The half hour show looks at problems Australians face when wanting to buy, build, renovate or rent homes....
, Australia's Got Talent
Australia's Got Talent

Australia's Got Talent is an Australian reality television show which premiered on February 18, 2007 on the Seven Network. The show is based on the Got Talent series format that originated with America's Got Talent and Britain's Got Talent....
, travel show The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors is an Australian travel magazine television series broadcast on the Seven Network....
, It Takes Two, The Zoo
The Zoo

The Zoo is a one-act comic opera, with music by Arthur Sullivan and a libretto by B. C. Stephenson, writing under the pen name of Bolton Rowe....
, RSPCA Animal Rescue
RSPCA Animal Rescue

RSPCA Animal Rescue is an Australian Reality television Television program#Seasons/Series screening on the Seven Network. The program follows RSPCA Australia inspectors rescue and protect Australian animals....
, Find My Family
Find My Family

Find My Family is an Australian television documentary film airing on the Seven Network, narrated by actor Jack Thompson .Find My Family reunites long-lost family members who have been separated for many reasons and circumstances....
, The Real Seachange
The Real Seachange

The Real Seachange is an Australian reality television series on the Seven Network, narrated by actor John Howard .The series follows families, couples and singles who leave the big cities behind in search of a better life....
, The Force
The Force

The Force may refer to:In television and film:*The Force , a 1994 American movie*The Force or Force, a fictional concept in Star Wars media...
, Crash Investigation Unit
Crash Investigation Unit

Crash Investigation Unit is an Australian factual television series on the Seven Network hosted by Damian Walshe-Howling. The series premiered on August 27, 2008....
, Border Security, SCU: Serious Crash Unit
SCU: Serious Crash Unit

SCU: Serious Crash Unit is a New Zealand documentary series, which airs on TV2 in New Zealand, and other networks around the world. The show is currently in production of a 4th series, due to be released early 2008, while an Australian version of SCU is premiering in 2008 under the title Crash Investigation Unit....
, Surf Patrol
Surf Patrol

Surf Patrol is an Australian reality television series that airs on the Seven Network. The series is produced by the Australian production company Cornerbox, the producers of Seven's other factual series The Force: Behind the Line and Border Security....
, Bush Doctors
Bush Doctors

Bush Doctors was a seven-part Australian reality television series centred around the lives of a medical team at a rural hospital in Dubbo, New South Wales....
 and Most Shocking
Most Shocking

Most Shocking is an United States reality television show produced by Nash Entertainment and truTV Original Productions. It generally features a video of criminal behavior, police pursuits, robberies, and shootouts....
. Children's programming includes It's Academic
It's Academic

For the Australian version, see It's Academic .It's Academic is a Television academic Quizbowl for high school students, currently airing on three NBC affiliates in Washington, D.C....
, The Wiggles specials
The Wiggles

The Wiggles are a children's music formed in Sydney, Australia in 1991. Their original members were Anthony Field, Murray Cook, Greg Page, Jeff Fatt and Phillip Wilcher....
, Go Go Stop
Go Go Stop

Go Go Stop is a televised children's quiz show, produced by the Australian Seven Network, and fronted by former The Big Arvo co-host Jesse Tobin....
, Playhouse Disney
Playhouse Disney

Playhouse Disney is the brand name for Disney Channel's preschool programs, often airing as its own channel outside the United States. The target age for this segment of the channel is from age 2 - 6....
 and Saturday Disney
Saturday Disney

Saturday Disney is a children's program shown on the Seven Network in Australia. It has been on air for over 19 years, with the first episode going to air on January 20, 1990....
, Toon Disney
Toon Disney

Toon Disney was a 24-hour United States cable television television channel owned by The Walt Disney Company that mostly aired children's animated television series....
, Jetix. New local productions for 2009 include Triple Zero Heroes
Triple Zero Heroes

Triple Zero Heroes is an Australian observational Documentary film series that airs on the Seven Network. It is an original production by FremantleMedia Australia....
, In The Bush with Malcolm Douglas , Gangs of Oz, previously airing on network ten Thank God You're Here
Thank God You're Here

Thank God You're Here is a Logie Award-winning Australian television improvisational comedy program created by Working Dog Productions, which premiered in Australia on Network Ten on 5 April 2006, and aired for three seasons with the final episode airing on 26 September 2007....
, 10 Years Younger in 10 Days, Beyond the Darklands, and Worlds Strictest Parents.

The network has established output deals with a number of American production studios, including NBC Universal
NBC Universal

NBC Universal, Inc. is a mass media and entertainment company formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electric's NBC with Vivendi part of the French Media Group, Vivendi Universal without Canal+ Group ....
, The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company

The Walt Disney Company is the largest media and entertainment corporation in the world. Founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt Disney and Roy O....
 and ABC Studios. Programming imported from the US currently includes 24
24 (TV series)

24 is an United States serial action drama television series. Broadcast by Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States and syndicated worldwide, the show first aired on November 6, 2001, with an initial 13 episodes ....
, The Amazing Race
The Amazing Race

The Amazing Race, sometimes referred to as TAR, is a reality television game show in which teams of two people , who have some form of a preexisting personal relationship, racing around the world in competition with other teams....
, Desperate Housewives
Desperate Housewives

Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama series, created by Marc Cherry, who also serves as show runner, and produced by ABC Studios and Marc Cherry....
, Grey's Anatomy
Grey's Anatomy

Grey?s Anatomy is an American primetime medical drama. It debuted on American Broadcasting Company as a mid-season replacement for Boston Legal on March 27, 2005, immediately following Desperate Housewives....
, Lost
Lost (TV series)

Lost is an American Serial television program. It follows the lives of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, after a commercial Oceanic Flight 815 flying between Sydney, Australia and Los Angeles, United States crashes somewhere in the Oceania....
, Prison Break
Prison Break

Prison Break is an American serial drama Television program created by Paul Scheuring, which premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on August 29, 2005....
, How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother is an United States situation comedy that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005. The show was created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays....
, Lipstick Jungle
Lipstick Jungle (TV series)

Lipstick Jungle is an American television program comedy-drama created by DeAnn Heline and Eileen Heisler for NBC Universal Television Studio....
, Private Practice
Private Practice

Private Practice is a medical drama television program created by Shonda Rhimes. A spin-off of Grey's Anatomy, the series chronicles the life of Addison Montgomery as she leaves Seattle in order to join a medical practice in Los Angeles....
, American Dad!
American Dad!

American Dad! is a satire United States list of animated television series produced by Underdog Productions and Fuzzy Door Productions for 20th Century Fox Television....
, My Name Is Earl
My Name Is Earl

My Name Is Earl is an United States situation comedy created by Gregory Thomas Garcia. It is produced by 20th Century Fox Television. In the United States of America it is broadcast on the NBC television network Thursdays at 8:00 PM Eastern time....
, Bones
Bones (TV series)

Bones is an United States Dramatic programming television series that premiered on the Fox Broadcasting Company on September 13, 2005. The show is based on forensics and police procedurals in which each episode focuses on an Federal Bureau of Investigation case file concerning the mystery behind human remains brought by FBI Special Agent...
, Ugly Betty
Ugly Betty

Ugly Betty is an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG and Peabody Award winning American television program comedy-drama series starring America Ferrera in the title role, along with Eric Mabius, Vanessa L....
, Brothers & Sisters, Boston Legal
Boston Legal

Boston Legal is an American legal drama-comedy created by David E. Kelley, which originally ran on American Broadcasting Company from October 3, 2004 to December 8, 2008....
, Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)

Scrubs is an Emmy Award and Peabody Award-winning American comedy-drama that premiered on October 2, 2001, on NBC. It was created by Bill Lawrence and is produced by ABC Studios ....
, Family Guy
Family Guy

Family Guy is an animated cartoon Television in the United States Situation comedy created by Seth MacFarlane that airs on Fox Broadcasting Company and regularly on other television networks in syndication....
, Heroes
Heroes (TV series)

Heroes is an American science fiction dramatic programming created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006. The series tells the stories of ordinary individuals from around the world who inexplicably develop Superpower , and their roles in preventing disasters, usually foreseen in images produced by precognitive painter...
, 30 Rock
30 Rock

30 Rock is an United States television comedy series created by Tina Fey that currently airs on NBC. The series takes place behind the scenes of a fictional Live television sketch comedy series depicted as airing on NBC; the name "30 Rock" refers to the GE Building where NBC Studios is located and which has the address "30 Rockefeller Pla...
, Dirty Sexy Money
Dirty Sexy Money

Dirty Sexy Money is an United States serial created by Craig Wright , which premiered on the American Broadcasting Company on September 26, 2007....
, Eli Stone
Eli Stone

Eli Stone is an United States television comedy-drama created by Greg Berlanti and Marc Guggenheim, who also serve as executive producers alongside Ken Olin who directed the television pilot, with Melissa Berman television producer....
, Samantha Who?
Samantha Who?

Samantha Who? is an Emmy Award-winning United States television sitcom which premiered on October 15, 2007 on American Broadcasting Company....
, and Kath & Kim (U.S. TV series)
Kath & Kim (U.S. TV series)

Kath & Kim is an United States version of the award-winning Australian television Kath & Kim of the same name. It will also air on E! Network in Canada; the premiere dates in other parts of the world are not yet announced....
. Upcoming international product to seven include Reaper
Reaper (TV series)

Reaper is an United States of America television comedy-drama created by Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas, who also serve as executive producers alongside Mark Gordon, Deborah Spera, and Tom Spezialy....
, October Road, (both held over from 2008) Knight Rider
Knight Rider (2008 TV series)

Knight Rider is a television series that follows the 1982 Knight Rider and the 2008 Knight Rider . The series stars Justin Bruening as Mike Traceur, the estranged son of Michael Knight ....
, Cupid
Cupid (2009 TV series)

Cupid is an upcoming television series, slated to premiere on American Broadcasting Company on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 at 10:02 PM North American Eastern Time Zone/9:02 PM North American Central Time Zone....
, Gary Unmarried
Gary Unmarried

Gary Unmarried is a sitcom created by Ed Yeager starring Jay Mohr, which premiered on CBS September 24, 2008. The show is about two very different people sharing custody of their kids while starting new relationships....
, Castle
Castle (TV series)

Castle is an United States comedy-drama television series starring Nathan Fillion and Stana Katic. The show, produced by ABC Studios, premiered on American Broadcasting Company on Monday, March 9, 2009, at 10:00PM Eastern/9:00PM Central....
, The Philanthropist
The Philanthropist (TV series)

The Philanthropist is an United States Action Dramatic programming set to premiere on NBC in 2009.External links* at NBC...
, Kings
Kings (U.S. TV series)

Kings is an upcoming dramatic programming airing on NBC and Citytv, based on the King David story....
, Momma's Boys
Momma's Boys

Momma's Boys is an United States reality television series on the NBC network, executive produced by Ryan Seacrest and Andrew Glassman , which centers on a group of mothers who must help choose the perfect woman for their complacent sons....
, In the Motherhood
In the Motherhood

In the Motherhood is a upcoming American television sitcom that will debut on American Broadcasting Company as a midseason entry on March 26, 2009....
, Legally Mad
Legally Mad

Legally Mad is an upcoming American television series. It takes place in a Chicago law firm....
, Russell Brand's Ponderland
Russell Brand's Ponderland

Russell Brand's Ponderland is a BAFTA comedy on the England television station Channel 4, presented by comedian and actor Russell Brand. The show consists largely of Brand giving a series of monologues in a stand-up comedy style, interspersed with old television and video footage....
 and the american version of the australian border security: Homeland Security USA
Homeland Security USA

Homeland Security USA portrays members of the United States Department of Homeland Security performing their their day-to-day duties. It is the United States version of the Australian reality show Border Security: Australia's Front Line....


As a major television event in 2009, Seven in association with HBO Films, Playtone, Dreamworks will air the highly anticipated Stephen Spielberg's The Pacific.
The Pacific (miniseries)

The Pacific is a World War II television drama mini-series, produced by HBO, which is currently in development. It may be similar, although unrelated, to Band of Brothers....
 A World War II television drama mini-series which was mostly filmed in Australia and has a reported budget of $250,000,000.

News and current affairs

Snm
The Seven Network's news service is called Seven News
Seven News

Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia. National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth, Western Australia....
. After trailing for many years to National Nine News
National Nine News

Nine News is the news service of the Australia Nine Network. Previously known as National Nine News, it has traditionally been the most popular service in the country, however in recent years, the Seven Network's Seven News has become the highest rating evening news service on a national basis....
, Seven rebounded effective from February 2005 onwards, and claimed to be Australia's number one in news and current affairs. Seven News produces the following news and current affairs programs: Sunrise
Sunrise (TV program)

Sunrise and Weekend Sunrise are Australian breakfast television programs, broadcast on Channel Seven. On weekdays the program follows Seven News#Seven Early News, and runs from 6am through to 9am....
, The Morning Show
The Morning Show (TV program)

The Morning Show is a high rating Australian morning talk show that premiered on the Seven Network on 18 June 2007. The show airs between 9am and 11.30am weekdays and follows its predecessor and spin-off breakfast news program, Sunrise , both closely interlinked....
, Weekend Sunrise, Seven Morning News, Seven 4.30 News
Seven News

Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia. National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth, Western Australia....
, Seven News
Seven News

Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia. National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth, Western Australia....
 (the flagship locally-produced 6pm bulletins), Seven's Late News Updates
Seven News

Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia. National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth, Western Australia....
, 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....
 and Sunday Night
Sunday Night (Australian TV program)

Sunday Night is an Australian news and current affairs program produced and broadcast by the Seven Network. The program airs on Sunday nights at 6:30pm, and is presented by former Nine News presenter Mike Munro and Seven News presenter Chris Bath....
. During the early hours of 4am to 6am, Seven rebroadcasts some of American television network NBC's news and current affairs programming, including Today, Weekend Today
Weekend Today

Weekend Today is the unofficial title of the weekend editions of Today , an United States morning news and talk show which airs daily on the NBC television network....
, Dateline NBC and Meet the Press
Meet the Press

Meet the Press is a weekly Television in the United States news/interview program produced by NBC. It is the List of longest running U.S. television series television show in worldwide broadcasting history, having made its television debut on November 6, 1947....
.

In recent years, under the guidance of former longtime National Nine News
National Nine News

Nine News is the news service of the Australia Nine Network. Previously known as National Nine News, it has traditionally been the most popular service in the country, however in recent years, the Seven Network's Seven News has become the highest rating evening news service on a national basis....
 chief Peter Meakin, Seven's news and current affairs have produced more locally-focussed content, which has been lifting ratings for key markets such as 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....
 and 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 ....
. Since February 2005, the ratings of Deal or No Deal, Seven News and Today Tonight have gradually increased. Seven News was the highest-rating news service nationally in both the 2005
List of Australian television ratings for 2005

The following is a list of METROPOLITAN Australian television ratings for the year 2005....
 and 2006 ratings seasons
List of Australian television ratings for 2006

The following is a list of METROPOLITAN Australian television ratings for the year 2006 ....
. A key aspect of Seven's recent ratings dominance in news and current affairs has been attributed to Deal or No Deals top rating audience, which provides Seven News with a large lead-in audience. In 2007
List of Australian television ratings for 2007

The following is a list of Australian television ratings for the year 2007....
 and 2008
List of Australian television ratings for 2008

The following is a list of Television ratings in Australia for the year 2008....
 Seven News completed a clean sweep across the five capital cities in terms of being the most watched 6pm news bulletin. On 5 July, 2008, Seven News finally launched a '7' watermark located on the Bottom Left. This will be shown on The Morning Show
The Morning Show (TV program)

The Morning Show is a high rating Australian morning talk show that premiered on the Seven Network on 18 June 2007. The show airs between 9am and 11.30am weekdays and follows its predecessor and spin-off breakfast news program, Sunrise , both closely interlinked....
, Seven News
Seven News

Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia. National bulletins are presented from Seven's high-definition studios in Martin Place, Sydney, while flagship 6pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth, Western Australia....
 & 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....
 only. The watermark was not allowed to be broadcast on Sunrise or neither Weekend Sunrise because of live coverages.

Sport

Sydney Olympic Stadium Track and Field
Seven is a major player in Australian sports broadcasting. The 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 13 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
 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....
 resulted in huge ratings for the network, with over 6.5 million Australians viewing the telecast of opening and closing ceremonies. The broadcast also ran on the short-lived C7 Sport
C7 Sport

C7 Sport was a pay-TV service in Australia, owned and run by Kerry Stokes' Seven Network. The service was carried on the Austar and Optus Vision pay-TV networks between 1995 and 2002, when it was removed in controversial circumstances....
 subscription channel.

After the 2001 season Seven ended its famous 45-year run as 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....
 football broadcaster when 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 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....
, along with 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....
, jointly won the television rights. On 5 January 2006 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....
 accepted a bid from Seven and 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....
 to broadcast 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....
 games from 2007 - 2011 at a cost of 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....
780 million.

Seven's most popular recurring sporting events include the Olympic Games
Olympic Games

The Olympic Games are an international multi-sport event established for both summer and winter sports. There have been two generations of the Olympic Games; the first were the Ancient Olympic Games held at Olympia, Greece, Greece....
, AFL Premiership Season
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 Australian Open Golf
Australian Open (golf)

The Australian Open is one of the principal annual golf tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia. The event was first played in 1904 and takes place toward the end of each year....
, the Australian Open Tennis
Australian Open

The Australian Open is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis tournaments held each year. The tournament is held each January at Melbourne Park....
, Bledisloe Cup Rugby
Bledisloe Cup

Rugby Union Bledisloe Cup is contested by Australia Australia national rugby union team and New Zealand All Blacks. It is named after Charles Bathurst, 1st Viscount Bledisloe, the former Governor-General of New Zealand who donated the trophy in 1931....
, Melbourne Cup Carnival
Melbourne Cup

The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major annual thoroughbred horse race. Billed as The race that stops a nation, it is a race for three-year-olds and over, over a distance of 3,200 metres....
, Mt Buller World Aerials
Mount Buller, Victoria

Mount Buller is a town in Victoria , Australia from Melbourne on the slopes of Mount Buller . Primarily a resort town, Mount Buller is popular with snowsports enthusiasts in winter due to its close location to Melbourne....
, the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race
Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race

The Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is hosted by the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, starting in Sydney, Australia on Boxing Day and finishing in Hobart....
, the Tri-Nations Rugby, V8 Supercars and the Champ Car World Series
Champ Car

Champ Car, was the name for a class and specification of automobiles used in American Championship Car Racing for many decades, primarily for use in the Indianapolis 500 auto race....
.

Seven had exclusive Australian 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....
, pay television, online and mobile telephony
Mobile phone

A mobile phone is a long-range, electronic device used for mobile voice or data communication over a network of specialized base stations known as cell sites....
 broadcast rights to the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008....
 in Beijing
Beijing

is a metropolis in northern China and the Capital of the People's Republic of China. It is one of the four municipality of China, which are equivalent to province in China's Political divisions of China....
. The live telecast of the XXIX Olympiad was shared by both the Seven Network and SBS Television
SBS Television

SBS Television is a service of the Australian Special Broadcasting Service, providing a nation-wide network of digital and analogue television services....
. Seven broadcast the opening and closing ceremonies and mainstream sport's including swimming
Swimming

Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through water, usually without artificial assistance. Swimming is an activity that can be both useful and recreational....
, athletics
Athletics (track and field)

Track and field athletics, commonly known as athletics or track and field, is a collection of sports events that involve running, throwing and jumping....
, rowing, cycling
Cycling

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....
 and gymnastics
Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility and coordination. Artistic Gymnastics is the best known and most popular of the gymnastics sports governed by the F?d?ration Internationale de Gymnastique ....
. In stark contrast, SBS TV
SBS TV

SBS TV, sometimes SBS, is a national public broadcasting Television broadcasting in Australia in Australia. Launched on 24 October 1980, it is the responsibility of Special Broadcasting Service's SBS Television, and is available nationally....
 provided complementary coverage focused on long-form events such as football
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
, road cycling
Road cycling

Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling. It takes place primarily on paved surfaces. It includes recreational, racing, and utility cycling....
, volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....
, and table tennis
Table tennis

Table tennis, also known as ping pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth with rackets ....
.

Seven's coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, People's Republic of China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008....
  was widely critised by viewers, with many angry at the networks contractual obligation to show 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....
 football over the Olympics. Viewers also complained that many team sports were delayed, with the absence of Roy and HG
Roy and HG

Roy & HG are a noted Australian comedy duo, with Greig Pickhaver taking the role of HG Nelson and John Doyle as "Rampaging" Roy Slaven....
 and the continual amount of advertisements during live events further angering viewers. Despite this, the International Olympic Committee
International Olympic Committee

The International Olympic Committee is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23, 1894....
 awarded Seven the 'Golden Rings' award for "Best Olympic Programme". The award is given for the best overall Olympic coverage.

On 13 October 2007, the International Olympic Committee announced that 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....
, 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 secured broadcasting 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

Seven 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....
. On 18 March 2007, test simulcasts for 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....
 commenced in 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....
 and 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 ....
 markets, 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....
 followed on 24 June 2007, with 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....
 following on 25 June 2007, and regional 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 26 June 2007. Prior to this, the Seven Network provided a 576p
576p

576p is the shorthand name for a video mode. The p stands for progressive scan, i.e. non-interlaced, the 576 for a vertical resolution of 576 lines, usually with a horizontal resolution of 720 or 704 pixels....
 enhanced-definition
Enhanced-definition television

Enhanced-definition television, extended-definition television, or EDTV is a Consumer Electronics Association marketing shorthand term for certain digital television formats and devices, used by the Consumer Electronics Association of the United States....
 service.

Seven is broadcast in metropolitan areas and regional 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....
 through a number of 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 ATN
ATN

ATN may refer to:*Access Television Network*Action Performance Companies *Acute tubular necrosis*Aeronautical telecommunications network*Air Tahiti Nui...
 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....
, HSV 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 ....
, BTQ 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....
, SAS 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....
, TVW
TVW

TVW can mean:*TVW, a Seven Network owned station in Perth, Western Australia*TVW , a public affairs network in the state of Washington*the fake callsign of WISC-TV digital subchannel My Madison TV...
 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....
 as well as STQ
STQ

STQ is the call sign of a regional television station in Queensland, Australia.It can also mean:*STQ, the IATA airport code for St. Marys Municipal Airport in Pennsylvania...
 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....
. Seven Network programming is also carried into other areas of regional Australia by locally-branded affiliate networks 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....
, Prime Television
Prime Television

Prime Television is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia owned by Prime Television Limited. Prime Television launched on 17 March 1962 as CBN in Orange, New South Wales and Dubbo, New South Wales, and has since expanded to cover regional New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory as a Seven Network affi...
, the Golden West Network
Golden West Network

The Golden West Network, often abbreviated to GWN, is an Australian Television broadcasting in Australia owned by Prime Television Limited that is based in Bunbury, Western Australia, Australia....
, 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 South Australia
SES/RTS

SES/RTS, part of the WIN Television network, is an Australian television station licensed to, and serving Mount Gambier and Riverland in South Australia....
.

On 1 April 2008, Seven (ATN
ATN

ATN may refer to:*Access Television Network*Action Performance Companies *Acute tubular necrosis*Aeronautical telecommunications network*Air Tahiti Nui...
-7) 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....
 began broadcasting digital signal to Foxtel
Foxtel

Foxtel is an Australian pay television company, formed through a joint venture between Telstra, News Corporation and Consolidated Media Holdings....
 (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....
) and Austar's
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....
 satellite and cable subscribers.

Logos

The Seven Network first used a shared logo produced and used across the metropolitan stations in 1970, featuring the numeral seven inside a ring. Colour television was introduced across the network in 1975, along with a new logo incorporating a bright ring of the colours of the visual light spectrum. This logo was used nationally until 1989, when a new red logo was introduced along with evening soap Home and Away
Home and Away

Home and Away is a Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera that has been produced in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. It premiered on 17 January 1988, and is now one of the longest-running series on Australian television and won 34 Logie Awards since 1988....
 and a relaunched Seven Nightly News (later to become Seven News).

Following a decade in use, 2000 saw the launch of a new ribbon logo in conjunction with the launch of the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics

The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 13 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia....
. The ribbon logo was used in conjunction with five other variants of differing colours, these included red, orange, yellow, green and blue, to symbolise passion, involving, fun, life and energy respectively. The logo was simplified in 2003, losing its gradient, shadows and colour-coded usages to become solid red.

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