Tag: Nine Network

Nine, Tabcorp in new Melbourne Cup deal

The Victoria Racing Club (VRC), Tabcorp and Nine Entertainment have announced a new media deal for coverage of the Melbourne Cup Carnival from 2024 to 2029. The new deal sees Nine broadcast the Melbourne Cup for the first time since Ten first secured exclusive coverage rights from 1978. Ten held rights until 2001 and again …

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On This Day — 30 January

30 January 1958: Graham Kennedy (and Panda Lisner posing as the “mystery bride”) (In Melbourne Tonight) 30 January 1963: Bobby Limb (The Mobil-Limb Show) 30 January 1971: Belinda Taubman (Sound Of Music) 30 January 1993: Kym Wilson (A Country Practice) 30 January 2010: Rebecca Breeds and Lincoln Lewis (Home And Away) 30 January 1984: Network …

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Seven wins 2023

The Seven Network has for the third year in a row claimed the top ratings position, claiming victory for the ratings year for 2023 (OzTAM, 5 cities, 6pm-12mn). For the weeks 7 to 48 — covering the period from 12 February to 2 December, and excluding the weeks around Easter — the Seven Network claimed …

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On This Day — 5 September

5 September 1970: Bob Dyer and Dolly Dyer (Pick A Box) 5 September 1981: Megan Williams (The Sullivans) 5 September 1992: Elle Macpherson 5 September 1998: Tasma Walton and William McInnes (Blue Heelers) 5 September 2009: Rebecca Gibney (Packed To The Rafters) 5 September 1959: Adelaide’s first TV station, NWS9, is officially opened. — TV …

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On This Day — 16 August

16 August 1975: Denise Drysdale (The Ernie Sigley Show) 16 August 1980: Peter Adams and Joanna Lockwood (Cop Shop) 16 August 1980: Lionel Williams (It’s A Woman’s World) 16 August 1997: Nicola Charles (Neighbours) 16 August 2008: Mark Priestley and Jolene Anderson (All Saints) 16 August 1959: Brisbane becomes the first Australian city outside of …

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1973: Which channel would go?

The question around the ongoing viability of three commercial networks has been raised, on and off, for many years. It was a question asked right back to when the federal government first permitted a third commercial network in the early 1960s — and in 1973 the industry itself was almost willing to sacrifice some of …

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Obituary: Gary Fenton

Gary Fenton, a former senior executive at the Seven and Nine networks, has died. He was a programming director at HSV7, Melbourne as far back as 1976. In 1988, when still in the programming role, he told The Herald newspaper: “It’s treading a fine line trying to come up with a schedule, and programs within …

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Seven wins 2022

The Seven Network has for the second year in a row claimed the top ratings position from arch rival Nine, claiming victory for the ratings year for 2022 (OzTAM, 5 cities, 6pm-12mn). Meanwhile, in figures provided by Nine late last week just before the completion of the ratings season on Saturday, Network Ten failed to …

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Ratings 2021: The final scorecard

OzTAM, the official ratings ‘umpire’, has released its final reports for the calendar year 2021. The reports include consolidated audience figures for the Top 20 programs, Top 20 multi-channel programs, the most time-shifted programs and where each free-to-air network and channel ended the year. Plus there are rankings for the Top 20 Subscription TV programs …

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Seven wins 2021

The Seven Network has re-claimed the top ratings position from arch rival Nine, claiming victory for the ratings year for 2021 (OzTAM, 5 cities, 6pm-12mn). It is Seven’s first overall win since 2019. Meanwhile, Network Ten scraped in to reclaim third spot from ABC. For the weeks 7 to 48 — covering the period from …

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