TEN-10
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TEN is the callsign of Network Ten
's flagship
Sydney
television station. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited (UTSL), and began transmission on 5 April 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic.
(Nine) and ATN
(Seven) who had dominated viewing habits in Sydney for eight years. The turning point came in 1972 with the premiere of the raunchy soap opera series Number 96
which immediately lifted TEN's overall profile and helped raise the ailing network to #1 position by 1973.
TEN launched Australia's first metropolitan nightly one hour news bulletin in 1975, while NBN-3
in Newcastle was first to air a one-hour news service in Australia in 1972. In 1978, Katrina Lee became only the third female TV newsreader on Australian TV - the first being Melody Illiffe on QTQ-9. The current anchors for the 5pm Sydney news on weeknights are Bill Woods
and Sandra Sully
.
TEN performed strongly in the 1980s, highlighted by the broadcast of the 1984 Los Angeles
Olympic Games, top rated game show Perfect Match
, Eyewitness News
and early high ratings for acquired serial Neighbours
starting in 1986. However a decline set in from 1987, when the station, along with ATV-10
in Melbourne
, was bought by Frank Lowy
's Westfield Group
. In 1989, falling ratings and revenue prompted a major relaunch by American TV executive Bob Shanks. The station (and entire network) were rebranded as 10 TV Australia in 1989, however this did little to help Ten's fortunes with the network soon going into receivership. The network began to be turned around in 1991 under the control of Gary Rice, and was relaunced with a new logo and brand, The Entertainment Network. This logo continues to this day. In 1992, Westpac Bank
bought Ten out of receivership and later sold the network to a consortium headed by Canadian group CanWest. In 1994, The network was managed in receivership and it was in this period that it sold its North Ryde studios and moved to the city in at a warehouse in Ultimo. TEN-10 began a slow and steady recovery, to the point where now, as the flagship station in the network, TEN-10 is the most profitable of the three Sydney commercial stations.
since 1997. These studios feature a large open plan newsroom and news-set where all Ten's national and local Sydney news bulletins are produced. This facility is also the network's head office and broadcasts the network signal to other cities. When TEN-10 opened in 1965, it operated from newly built studio facilities at North Ryde, these were sold in the 1990s when the network underwent financial turmoil. The North Ryde complex, which was used by Global Television in recent years, was demolished in September 2007. Following the move from North Ryde in 1990, TEN relocated to a small warehouse in Ultimo
, followed by their final move to the new studios in Pyrmont in May 1997. All non-news productions such as Australian Idol
are outsourced to third party studios, such as Fox Studios.
. The Sydney edition of Ten News at Five is presented by Bill Woods
& Sandra Sully
with sport presenter Brad McEwan
, weather presenter Tim Bailey
and traffic reporter Vic Lorusso.
The 5pm bulletin was presented for almost eleven years by Ron Wilson
and Jessica Rowe
, between 1996 and 2005, when Rowe moved to present the Nine Network
's Today
. She was replaced by the network's US correspondent Deborah Knight
from 2006. Wilson anchored the nightly Sydney news until January 2009 when he became a presenter of the national Early News. Knight was replaced by Sully in October 2011 following the axing of the network's long-running late night news program.
Fill-in presenters include Kathryn Robinson
, Natarsha Belling
, & Matt Doran (News), Rob Canning
, Adam Hawse & Victoria Murphy (Sport), Magdalena Roze (Weather).
Specialist Reporters
Sport Reporters
Network Ten
Network Ten , is one of Australia's three major commercial television networks. Owned-and-operated stations can be found in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth, while affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country...
's flagship
Flagship
A flagship is a vessel used by the commanding officer of a group of naval ships, reflecting the custom of its commander, characteristically a flag officer, flying a distinguishing flag...
Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
television station. It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited (UTSL), and began transmission on 5 April 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic.
History
TEN often lagged in the ratings behind the more established commercial channels TCNTCN
TCN stands for:* Take Care Now, a private company providing out-of-hours medical cover in England* TanenbaumCHAT North Campus, a private Hebrew high school in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada* TCN-9, a Sydney television station...
(Nine) and ATN
ATN
-Medicine:*Acute tubular necrosis, a medical condition involving the death of tubular cells that form the tubule that transports urine to the ureters*Asymmetric tonic neck reflex*Atypical trigeminal neuralgia-Television:...
(Seven) who had dominated viewing habits in Sydney for eight years. The turning point came in 1972 with the premiere of the raunchy soap opera series Number 96
Number 96 (TV series)
Number 96 was a popular Australian soap opera set in a Sydney apartment block. Don Cash and Bill Harmon produced the series for Network Ten, which requested a Coronation Street-type serial, and specifically one that explored adult subjects...
which immediately lifted TEN's overall profile and helped raise the ailing network to #1 position by 1973.
TEN launched Australia's first metropolitan nightly one hour news bulletin in 1975, while NBN-3
NBN Television
NBN Television is a television station based in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The station was inaugurated on 4 March 1962 as the first regional commercial television station in New South Wales, and has since expanded to 39 transmitters throughout the northern half of New South Wales and...
in Newcastle was first to air a one-hour news service in Australia in 1972. In 1978, Katrina Lee became only the third female TV newsreader on Australian TV - the first being Melody Illiffe on QTQ-9. The current anchors for the 5pm Sydney news on weeknights are Bill Woods
Bill Woods
William "Bill" Woods is an Australian television broadcaster.Woods is currently the presenter of Network Ten's Ten News at Five in Sydney, alongside Sandra Sully.-Early Career:...
and Sandra Sully
Sandra Sully
Sandra Sully may refer to:*Sandra Sully , Australian television presenter*Sandra Sully...
.
TEN performed strongly in the 1980s, highlighted by the broadcast of the 1984 Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...
Olympic Games, top rated game show Perfect Match
Perfect Match (Australian game show)
Perfect Match is an Australian dating game show based on the format of The Dating Game. Perfect Match was produced by the Reg Grundy Organisation.It originally aired on Network Ten for 30 minutes most weekdays from 5:30pm between 1984 and 1989...
, Eyewitness News
Eyewitness News
Eyewitness News is a style of news broadcasting used by local television stations in different markets across the United States. It refers to a particular style of television newscast with an emphasis on visual elements and action video...
and early high ratings for acquired serial Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
starting in 1986. However a decline set in from 1987, when the station, along with ATV-10
ATV-10
ATV is a television station in Melbourne, Australia, part of Network Ten - one of the three major Australian commercial television networks.-History:...
in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
, was bought by Frank Lowy
Frank Lowy
Frank Lowy, AC is an Australian-Israeli businessman. He is a co-founder of the Westfield Group, operator of over 100 shopping centres in Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Great Britain...
's Westfield Group
The Westfield Group
The Westfield Group is an Australian shopping centre group undertaking ownership, development, design, construction, funds/asset management, property management, leasing and marketing activities...
. In 1989, falling ratings and revenue prompted a major relaunch by American TV executive Bob Shanks. The station (and entire network) were rebranded as 10 TV Australia in 1989, however this did little to help Ten's fortunes with the network soon going into receivership. The network began to be turned around in 1991 under the control of Gary Rice, and was relaunced with a new logo and brand, The Entertainment Network. This logo continues to this day. In 1992, Westpac Bank
Westpac
Westpac , is a multinational financial services, one of the Australian "big four" banks and the second-largest bank in New Zealand....
bought Ten out of receivership and later sold the network to a consortium headed by Canadian group CanWest. In 1994, The network was managed in receivership and it was in this period that it sold its North Ryde studios and moved to the city in at a warehouse in Ultimo. TEN-10 began a slow and steady recovery, to the point where now, as the flagship station in the network, TEN-10 is the most profitable of the three Sydney commercial stations.
Studio facilities
TEN-10's broadcast facilities have been in the inner city suburb of PyrmontPyrmont, 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 area of the City of Sydney...
since 1997. These studios feature a large open plan newsroom and news-set where all Ten's national and local Sydney news bulletins are produced. This facility is also the network's head office and broadcasts the network signal to other cities. When TEN-10 opened in 1965, it operated from newly built studio facilities at North Ryde, these were sold in the 1990s when the network underwent financial turmoil. The North Ryde complex, which was used by Global Television in recent years, was demolished in September 2007. Following the move from North Ryde in 1990, TEN relocated to a small warehouse in Ultimo
Ultimo, New South Wales
Ultimo is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ultimo is located 2 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney....
, followed by their final move to the new studios in Pyrmont in May 1997. All non-news productions such as Australian Idol
Australian Idol
Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
are outsourced to third party studios, such as Fox Studios.
- North RydeRyde, New South WalesRyde is a suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ryde is located 13 km north-west of the Sydney central business district and 8 km east of Parramatta. Ryde is the administrative centre of the local government area of the City of Ryde and part of the Northern Suburbs area...
(1965-March 1991) - UltimoUltimo, New South WalesUltimo is an inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Ultimo is located 2 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Sydney....
(March 1991-May 1997) - PyrmontPyrmont, New South WalesPyrmont 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 area of the City of Sydney...
(May 1997-present)
Station slogans
- Apr. 5, 1965: Turn To Ten Tonight
- 1965: Turn To Ten
- 1970: Make Love, Not Revolution
- 1973-75: MacArthur Park
- 1977-78: I Like It!
- 1979: Come Up, Come Up to TEN
- 1980-83: Star Station Ten
- 1983-84: You're Home When You're Home on Ten
- 1985-88: 10 out of 10 Australia!
- 1994: That's Sydney!
Off-site
- MasterChef AustraliaMasterchef AustraliaMasterChef Australia is a Logie award winning Australian competitive cooking game show based on the original British MasterChef. It is produced by FremantleMedia Australia and screens on Network Ten. Restaurateur and chef Gary Mehigan, chef George Calombaris and food critic Matt Preston serve as...
(2009-) - The Biggest Loser (2006-)
- Good News WeekGood News WeekGood News Week is an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that initially aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and resumed on 11 February 2008 to 9 May 2011. The show aired first on ABC TV before it was bought by Network Ten in 1999...
(2008-) - Ready Steady CookReady Steady Cook (Australian TV series)Ready Steady Cook is a twice Logie Award-nominated Australian cookery competition show that airs on the Ten Network. It is based on the original Ready Steady Cook series broadcast by the BBC. The format is owned by Endemol....
(2005-)
- Bondi RescueBondi RescueBondi Rescue is an Australian factual television program which is broadcast on Channel Ten. The programme, which has aired for six seasons, follows the daily lives of the lifeguards who patrol Bondi Beach....
(2006-) - Bondi VetBondi VetBondi Vet is an Australian factual television series. It follows the lives of Dr Chris Brown at a commercial veterinary clinic in the Sydney suburb of Bondi Junction , and animal specialist Dr Lisa Chimes...
(2009-) - Can of Worms (TV program)Can of Worms (TV program)Can of Worms is an Australian television program, broadcast on Network Ten. It is hosted by Ian "Dicko" Dickson and Meshel Laurie, it first screened on 4 July 2011....
(2011-)
Past productions
- Australian IdolAustralian IdolAustralian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on July 2003 and ended its run in November 2009. As part of the Idol franchise, Australian Idol originated from the reality program Pop Idol, which was created by British entertainment executive...
(2003-2009) - 6.30 with George Negus6.30 with George Negus6.30 with George Negus is an Australian television current affairs program broadcast on Network Ten. It airs at 6:30pm from Monday to Friday and is presented by George Negus and Hugh Riminton or Hamish Macdonald from the TEN studios in Pyrmont, Sydney.It premiered at 6pm on 24 January 2011...
(2011) - Sports TonightSports TonightSports Tonight was an Australian sports information program broadcast on Network Ten . The program was broadcast on Weeknights at 10.30 pm; at 11.00pm , Fridays at 12.00am , and on Sunday from 7:30pm AEDT Sports Tonight was an Australian sports information program broadcast on Network Ten (and on...
(1993-2011) - Video HitsVideo HitsVideo Hits may be the name of a television series devoted to music videos:* Video Hits * Video Hits...
(1987-2011) - Perfect MatchPerfect MatchPerfect Match may refer to:*Perfect Match , a game show where married couples tried to answer their spouse's questions to win money*Perfect Match *Perfect Match...
(1984-1989)
- So You Think You Can Dance AustraliaSo You Think You Can Dance AustraliaSo You Think You Can Dance Australia was an Australian version of the American reality dance-off series So You Think You Can Dance. The show is hosted by Natalie Bassingthwaighte, with Jason Coleman, Matt Lee and Bonnie Lythgoe acting as the judges....
(2008-2009) - Good Morning AustraliaGood Morning AustraliaGood Morning Australia from Network Ten was the name of two different programs. This article is for Bert Newton's morning program, not to be confused with the breakfast news program of the same name....
(1981-1992) - BreakersBreakers (TV series)Breakers is an Australian television series made by the Network Ten between 1998 and 1999. It was shown in Ireland on TV3 and City Channel. It was also screened on BBC1 in the United Kingdom and TV4 in New Zealand.-Premise:...
(1998) - E StreetE StreetE Street is an Australian television soap opera created by Forrest Redlich and produced by the Ten Network from 1989 to 1993.Whereas Neighbours is set in a middle-class suburb, Home and Away in a seaside town, and Richmond Hill a semi-rural ordinary community, E Street was set in a tough inner-city...
(1989-1993) - RecruitsRecruits (TV series)Recruits is an Australian factual television program that premiered on Channel Ten on 4 May 2009. A second season began on 29 July 2010.-Overview:...
News and Current Affairs
TEN-10 produces a 90-minute local news program on weeknights from its studios at PyrmontPyrmont, 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 area of the City of Sydney...
. The Sydney edition of Ten News at Five is presented by Bill Woods
Bill Woods
William "Bill" Woods is an Australian television broadcaster.Woods is currently the presenter of Network Ten's Ten News at Five in Sydney, alongside Sandra Sully.-Early Career:...
& Sandra Sully
Sandra Sully
Sandra Sully may refer to:*Sandra Sully , Australian television presenter*Sandra Sully...
with sport presenter Brad McEwan
Brad McEwan
Brad McEwan is an Australian television personality and sports journalist.McEwan is currently sports presenter on Sydney's Ten News at Five and probably best known for his hosting duties on Network Ten's Sports Tonight....
, weather presenter Tim Bailey
Tim Bailey
Tim Bailey is an Australian television presenter and is seen nightly across the Ten Network in New South Wales as weatherman.Bailey started his career as a journalist in his hometown of Hobart with the Hobart Mercury, following in the footsteps of two generations of his family.In Hobart he was a...
and traffic reporter Vic Lorusso.
The 5pm bulletin was presented for almost eleven years by Ron Wilson
Ron Wilson (newsreader)
Ron Wilson is a news presenter with Network Ten. an Australian television network.WIlson is currently the presenter of Ten Early News and also Ten Morning News on Monday & Tuesday...
and Jessica Rowe
Jessica Rowe
Jessica Rowe is an Australian television news presenter. Rowe attended Sydney Girls High School in Sydney, and completed a Communications degree at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst. During her studies she was a broadcaster with on-campus community radio station 2MCE-FM...
, between 1996 and 2005, when Rowe moved to present the Nine Network
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...
's Today
Today (Australian TV program)
Today and Weekend Today are Australian breakfast television programmes, the show is often referred to as The Today Show. The show has been broadcast live by the Nine Network each morning since 1982...
. She was replaced by the network's US correspondent Deborah Knight
Deborah Knight
Deborah Knight, is an Australian journalist and news presenter.Knight is currently news presenter on Weekend Today and Monday & Friday news presenter on Today.-Career:...
from 2006. Wilson anchored the nightly Sydney news until January 2009 when he became a presenter of the national Early News. Knight was replaced by Sully in October 2011 following the axing of the network's long-running late night news program.
Fill-in presenters include Kathryn Robinson
Kathryn Robinson
Kathryn Robinson is an Australian journalist with Australia's Network Ten.Robinson is currently the Finance presenter on Ten Early News and a regular fill in presenter for Sydney's Ten News at Five, Ten Morning News and Ten News at Five: Weekend...
, Natarsha Belling
Natarsha Belling
Natarsha Belling is an Australian news presenter on Network Ten.Belling is currently presenter of Ten Morning News and Ten News at Five: Weekend with Matt Doran.-Career:...
, & Matt Doran (News), Rob Canning
Rob Canning
Rob Canning is a journalist and presenter of Network Ten's Sports Tonight, he has been with the program since 2000. He previously presented the show on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays and when Brad McEwan is away until the cancellation of the program in September 2011...
, Adam Hawse & Victoria Murphy (Sport), Magdalena Roze (Weather).
Newscast
- Meet the PressMeet the Press (Australian TV program)Meet the Press, a presentation of Ten News, is an Australian Sunday morning talk show based on the national political agenda. Hosted by Network Ten's Parliament House Bureau Chief and Political Editor Paul Bongiorno, the program has firmly established itself as an agenda-setting forum that attracts...
(1992 -) - BreakfastBreakfast (TV program)Breakfast is an upcoming Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Network Ten.Originally will air on 16 January 2011 but It is due to launch in March 2012 at 6am to 9am....
(2012 -) - Ten Early NewsTen NewsTen News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
(Monday - Friday 6:00am – 7:00am) - Ten Morning NewsTen NewsTen News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
(Monday - Friday 9:00am – 10:00am) - Ten News at Five: SydneyTen NewsTen News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
(Monday - Friday 5:00pm – 6:30pm) - Ten News at Five: WeekendTen NewsTen News is the national news service of Network Ten in Australia. The majority of its news bulletins are presented from the TEN-10 studios in Pyrmont...
(Saturday & Sunday 5:00pm - 6:30pm)
Main anchors
- Sandra SullySandra SullySandra Sully may refer to:*Sandra Sully , Australian television presenter*Sandra Sully...
(2011-present)
- Bill WoodsBill WoodsWilliam "Bill" Woods is an Australian television broadcaster.Woods is currently the presenter of Network Ten's Ten News at Five in Sydney, alongside Sandra Sully.-Early Career:...
(2009-present)
Reporters
General Reporters- Eddy Meyer
- Lachlan Kennedy
- Melinda Nucifora
- Ashlea Brown
- Jacqueline Maddock
- Antoinette Lattouf
- Adam Raskall
- Jessica Turner
- Frank Coletta
- Emily Rice
- Danielle Isdale
- Gabrielle Boyle
- John Hill
- Ali Donaldson
- Andrew Denney
- Natasha Exelby
- Mazoe Ford
- Leonie Mellor
- Amber Muir
- Chris O'Keefe
Specialist Reporters
- Matt Doran (Crime)
- Josh Murphy (State Politics)
- Angela Bishop (Entertainment)
- Sheryl Taylor (Health)
- Daniel Sutton (United States)
- Brett Mason (Europe)
- Ellie Southwood (Court)
- Jess Pellicione (Police)
Sport Reporters
- Victoria Murphy
- Scott Mackinnon
- Rob Canning
- Adam Hawse
- Leanne West
- Liam Cox
- Andrew Brown
- Paul Cochrane
- Adam Thompson
- Matt Suleau