Nine Network

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The Nine Network is an Australian television network, available in major markets across Australia. Nine's wide range of news, sport and entertainment programming has led to consistently strong viewing figures for many years.

Their slogan "Still the One" refers to their long lasting popularity, being the most popular television station since the introduction of television in Australia. In the last two decades, the Nine Network has only been beaten in the annual television ratings once (by the Seven Network in 2000). [link]

The network's headquarters is in Willoughby, a suburb in the northern suburbs of Sydney. From here the network signal is broadcast to other network stations and regional affiliates. All nationally-broadcast news programs emanate from studios there.

Assets

Nine owns many stations in Australia and they also own shares in stations outside of Australia:

• Nine formerly owned a 50% interest in Prime Television in New Zealand, but sold this in 2006 to Sky Network Television
• Nine also formerly owned a stake in EMTV, Papua New Guinea's main television station.
• Publishing and Broadcasting Limited owns a controlling share of Crown Casino in Melbourne and Burswood Casino in Perth.
• It runs PBL Enterprises:
• * Foxtel (25% stake)
• * Sydney Superdome
• * Sky News Australia (33% stake)
• * NineMSN (50% stake)
• * Seek (25% stake)
• * Ticketek
• * Premier Media Group (50% stake)
• * Hoyts (50% stake)
• Publishing and Broadcasting Limited owns Australian Consolidated Press, a publishing company that publishes top selling magazines such as:
• * Australian Women's Weekly
• * Dolly
• * Burke's Backyard
• * Disney Adventures
• * The Bulletin
• * Ralph
• * Wheels
• * People
• * For a full list of Australian Consolidated Press magazines see List of Australian Consolidated Press Magazines

On Air

Re-Branding

On January 30 2006, the Nine Network and its affiliate stations relaunched to co-incide with Nine's 50th year of broadcasting. [link]

The decision to relaunch was made by interim CEO Sam Chisholm and late PBL Deputy Chairman Kerry Packer early in 2005. Rumours of a new logo surfaced after a damaging newspaper advertisement featuring the "Nine dots" from the Seven Network went unresponded by Nine.

The new logo designed by Bruce Dunlop Associates lacks Nine's distinctive Nine dots, which had been an Australian television icon since 1974. The rebranding of Nine also sees National Nine News, A Current Affair, Today, Nightline and the Wide World of Sports receive fresh, new looks.

On 28 January 2006, television history website [aus.tv.history] displayed an image what it claimed to be the new Nine Network logo, which was, true to form, a number nine in a box without the dots. The nine is in the same font as the now previous "9" logo.

Entertainment

Channel Nine is Australia's highest rating television network. In 2005 Seven had a ratings resurgence on the back of US hits Lost and Desperate Housewives, scaring Channel Nine and even winning consecutive weeks before a strong return to form from Nine as the year progressed. Channel Nine relies heavily on overseas programming (mostly from the American CBS network), including:

• Without a Trace
• Cold Case
• ''Close to Home
• ER
• Survivor
• ''The Apprentice
• Super Nanny
• Late Show with David Letterman
• The Young and the Restless

Channel Nine also broadcasts some Australian-made programming such as:

• Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (GTV-9)
• Temptation (GTV-9)
• Celebrity Overhaul (TCN-9)
• McLeod's Daughters (Southern Cross)
• Getaway (TCN-9)
• Australia's Funniest Home Video Show (TCN-9)
• Backyard Blitz (TCN-9)
• Comedy Inc. The Late Shift (parts)
• The Footy Show (GTV-9/TCN-9)
• ''Bert's Family Feud (GTV-9)
• 20 to 1 (GTV-9)
• ''What's Good For You?(TCN-9)
• ''Missing Persons Unit
• Burgo's Catchphrase (TCN-9)
• A Current Affair (TCN-9)
• Mornings with Kerri-Anne (TCN-9)
• Skating on Thin Ice (TCN-9)
• Starstruck (GTV-9)

''For full list of Nine's television programs see:

• List of Nine Network programs''

Sport

News

The Nine Network's news service is called National Nine News and is generally conservative^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]} in its reporting. National Nine News has historically been Australia's highest-rating, though not necessarily the most-comprehensive, news service. National Nine News produces the following bulletins/programs:

• Today
• National Nine News: Morning Edition
• National Nine News: Afternoon Edition
• National Nine News
• Nightline

National Nine News also assist in production of:

• 60 Minutes
• Sunday

Callsigns

Callsigns for Nine Network stations in the capital cities:

• TCN-9, Sydney
• GTV-9, Melbourne
• QTQ-9, Brisbane
• NTD-8, Darwin

Affiliates

Nine Network programming is also carried by the following affiliate networks:

• NWS-9 - Adelaide

• STW-9 - Perth

• WIN - Griffith
• WIN - Southern New South Wales
• WIN - Victoria
• WIN - Queensland
• WIN - Tasmania
• WIN - Mount Gambier & Riverland
• WIN - Western Australia (non-exclusive)

• NBN - Northern New South Wales

• Imparja - Satellite, Alice Springs & Mount Isa (Non-Exclusive) (including remote South Australia, Northern Territory)

Future

The passing of Kerry Packer has further fueled speculation that PBL may sell their stake in the Nine Network and instead focus on their lucrative gambling ventures. Current PBL Chairman James Packer is said to be less interested in the media interests of PBL than his father.

On 13 February 2006, the host of Who Wants To Be a Millionaire and the AFL Footy Show, Eddie McGuire, started his 3 year position as CEO of the Nine Network.

Slogans

• "Still the One"
• "Local, Yeah we're local"
• "Nine's Wide world of sports"

See also

Further reading

External links

• [Nine Network Site]
• [idents.tv] - Australian TV idents (including the Nine Network)
• [Aus TV History]

Australian free-to-air television networks
Metropolitan:	ABC - Seven Network - Nine Network - Network TEN - SBS
Regional:	ABC - Prime (GWN) - Southern Cross - NBN - WIN (WA) - Southern Cross Ten - SBS

 

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