55-456: Reef Doctors is an Australian television drama series that premiered on Network Ten on 9 June 2013. The show revolves around Dr. Sam Stewart, the leader of a team of doctors serving the remote Hope Island Clinic. They look after residents of a small island community and neighbouring islands on the Great Barrier Reef , as well as holidaymakers and thrillseekers who visit the area. Sam is
110-513: A datacast service on LCN 14, on 24 September 2012. In late 2012, Ten reported a loss of $ 12.9m as it battled poor advertising markets and failed to hold larger audience numbers. They made positions at the station redundant and said that production may become centralised. Ten launched Spree TV , an Australian free-to-air datacasting television channel mainly carrying paid programming and home shopping , on 17 September 2013, on LCN 15, with Brand Developers. Analogue broadcasts ceased in
165-578: A 33% share in the multichannel Eleven and was Ten's largest creditor) had entered into a binding agreement to purchase the company for $ 123 million. CBS refinanced Ten's existing debt including guarantor fees to billionaire shareholders James Packer, Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon, and existing loans from the Commonwealth Bank. Shareholders in Ten Network Holdings lost their investment. Gordon and Murdoch had also placed their own joint bid for
220-485: A bidding partnership with Foxtel. In July 2015, Paul Anderson was announced as the new chief executive officer. A high-definition simulcast of 10 was revived on 2 March 2016. As a result, One , now known as 10 Bold, began broadcasting in standard definition only. On 29 April 2016, the Nine Network pulled its regional affiliation with WIN Television over a lawsuit involving its catch-up service 9Now , and announced
275-539: A company registered in the Netherlands. Following the CBS acquisition, the network became a division of CBS Studios International. Ten moved to commission more Australian content. The additional programs were financed by the savings from the dissolution of Ten's output agreement with 21st Century Fox. CBS also moved to re-establish an in-house advertising sales department for 2019, bringing to an end Ten's four-year period with
330-598: A few programs are made in-house by TEN. Sport and Weather is still presented from the Adelaide studios in Eastwood. The Friday bulletin, presented by Tiffany Warne, is also presented from Adelaide. Merged with the Sydney bulletin, with opt-outs for local news, sport and weather. Ceased on 30 August 2024. Sport was still presented from Perth. The Thursday and Friday bulletins were presented from Melbourne. TEN-10 produces
385-501: A local news program on weeknights from its studios at Pyrmont . 10 News First Sydney is presented by Sandra Sully on weekdays and Chris Bath on weekends with sport presenters Matt Burke (Monday-Friday) and Scott Mackinnon (Saturday and Sunday), weather presenters Josh Holt (weekdays) and Amanda Jason (weekends) 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
440-484: A new affiliation agreement with Southern Cross Austereo , Ten's then-primary regional affiliate. Ten subsequently negotiated a five-year affiliation deal with WIN; the new affiliations took effect on 1 July, with WIN becoming the carrier of Network Ten programming in regional Queensland, Northern NSW, Southern NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, Western Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and
495-466: A new digital channel, Eleven , on 11 January 2011. The channel is aimed at a "distinctly youthful" audience between the ages of 13 and 29. Neighbours and The Simpsons were high-profile programs migrating from Ten to the new channel. The channel was a joint venture with CBS Studios International , which owned a 33% stake. On 8 May 2011, Ten relaunched its sports-based channel One , with general entertainment programming aimed at males taking over
550-458: A result, the show was subsequently moved to Ten's digital channel Eleven from 29 June 2013. Network 10 Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network , Channel 10 or simply 10 ) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings , a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global 's UK & Australia division. As one of five national free-to-air networks, 10's owned-and-operated stations can be found in
605-506: A single mother with an unusual interest in venom, hoping to extract the hidden secrets that may have the power to cure fatal diseases. Reef Doctors is the first non-children's show Jonathan M Shiff has produced. As well as starring in the series, Lisa McCune is a co-producer. Filming commenced on 28 November 2011 in Queensland , around the Great Barrier Reef , and finished in April 2012. The series
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#1733105353066660-749: The National Television Network (now the Nine Network) , the Australian Television Network (now the Seven Network) , and the public ABC National Television Service (now ABC TV ). In the early 1960s, the Australian Government began canvassing the idea of licensing a third commercial television station in each capital city. This decision was seen by some as a way for the government to defuse growing public dissatisfaction with
715-586: The Nine Network . Sully became sole anchor after Woods' departure on 30 November 2012, following the network's decision not to renew his contract. Fill-in presenters include Scott Mackinnon (Sport) and Amanda Duval or Amanda Hart (Weather). As of September 2020, TEN-10 also oversees studio production of the Brisbane edition of 10 News First . The Brisbane and Sydney bulletins are presented by Sandra Sully, combining local opt-outs for news, sport and weather with some shared content. For three years, TEN-10 also produced
770-593: The Wollongong station WIN-4 in the early 1960s, around the same time he bought Festival Records . In 1977, frustrated by regulatory blocks that prevented him from expanding into the Sydney market, Murdoch sold WIN and purchased a 46% share in Ten Sydney. In 1979, Murdoch made an unsuccessful takeover bid for the Melbourne-based The Herald and Weekly Times media group, which originally owned HSV-7. Although
825-546: 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 1991, TEN relocated to a small warehouse in Ultimo , and then to new studios in nearby Pyrmont in May 1997. Most series are produced on location or at external studios by external companies, but
880-766: The Canadian-based Canwest media group, which held a controlling stake in the network until 2009. Also in 1992, the network commenced a strategy of targeting younger audiences. The Adelaide and Perth stations were re-acquired by the network in 1995. With the network having financially recovered, Ten Network Holdings floated on the Australian Stock Exchange in 1998. At this time, Ten had affiliate broadcasting agreements with Southern Cross Broadcasting in southern New South Wales, regional Victoria and Tasmania, and with Telecasters Australia in northern New South Wales and regional Queensland. In 2001, Ten opened
935-588: The Foxtel-affiliated Multi Channel Network (MCN). One reason CBS acquired Ten was to assist the company to launch its CBS All Access streaming service in the Australian market. The service launched in December 2018 and was branded 10 All Access in the local market. On 31 October 2018, the network unveiled a new logo, replacing the "ten" wordmark used since 1991 with a stylised circle 10, and
990-545: The Gold Coast. WIN owner and Ten's largest shareholder Bruce Gordon positioned himself to increase his ownership stake in Ten, subject to changes to media ownership laws being passed. Following Ten Network Holdings reporting a $ 232 million half year loss, billionaire shareholders Lachlan Murdoch , Bruce Gordon and James Packer withdrew support for $ 250 million guaranteed loan that would help keep Ten out of receivership. This loan
1045-529: 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 and was replaced by Bill Woods . Knight was replaced by Sully in October 2011 following the axing of the network's long-running late night news program, as a result with Knight's decision to move to
1100-581: The Pyrmont premises also houses office facilities for Network 10 sister channels MTV and Nick . TEN's broadcast facilities have been in the inner city suburb of Pyrmont 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
1155-666: The United Kingdom, Channel 5 (which was owned by Viacom) as part of ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia (now Paramount Networks UK & Australia ) division in January 2020. The following month, it was announced that the former Viacom channels in Australia would be brought under the Network 10 sales department, moving away from Foxtel Media (formerly MCN) in April. Network 10 also began to co-commission new programmes with Channel 5, including
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#17331053530661210-657: The United States with the Fox network, Australia's media ownership laws obliged him to dispose of the flagship television stations, which were sold to The Northern Star , an offshoot of the Westfield Group conglomerate controlled by property tycoon Frank Lowy . However, Westfield was badly hit by the stock market crash of 1987, and in 1989 sold Network Ten to a consortium led by Charles Curran and former television journalist Steve Cosser. The network became fully national in 1988 with
1265-510: The bid failed, he gained a 50% stake in Ansett , which thus gave him control of channel 0 in Melbourne. In 1979, 0-10 first aired the soap opera Prisoner , which was a huge rating success. On 20 January 1980, the 0-10 Network became known as Network Ten to reflect ATV moving from channel 0 to channel 10 – although the Brisbane station continued to broadcast as TVQ -0 until 10 September 1988 when
1320-435: The company, which was not endorsed by the administrators. At a meeting held on 12 September, Ten's creditors overwhelmingly voted in support of CBS' bid, citing concerns over Murdoch's previous management of Ten and talk of mass job cuts in the news department under Murdoch/Gordon ownership. The CBS acquisition was completed on 16 November 2017, when the shares of Ten Network Holdings were transferred to CBS Network Ten BV ,
1375-539: The dominance of imported overseas programming and the paucity of local content. The first of these third licences was granted to United Telecasters (a consortium of Amalgamated Wireless , Colonial Sugar Refining Company , Email , Bank of New South Wales and the NRMA ) on 4 April 1963. Structurally, the Australian television industry was closely modelled on the two-tiered system that had been in place in Australian radio since
1430-483: The doors to the Big Brother Australia house and, with it, reality television. The opening night of Big Brother became the most-watched program of the night. Big Brother became synonymous with the network in the 2000s, with the series lasting 8 season. Even after iterations on rival networks, Big Brother is set to return to 10 in 2025. The trend was then followed by the launching of the Australian version of
1485-552: The drama miniseries Lie With Me and documentary series The Royals Revealed . TEN (TV station) TEN is Network 10 's flagship station in Sydney . 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 . It also serves as the Australian headquarters of Paramount . Ten commenced broadcasting on 5 April 1965 after United Telecasters
1540-403: The first being Melody Iliffe on QTQ-9 . The current anchor for the 10 News First 5pm Sydney news bulletin on weeknights is Sandra Sully . TEN commenced digital television transmission on 1 January 2001, broadcasting on VHF Channel 11 while maintaining analogue transmission on VHF Channel 10. The analogue signal for TEN was shut off at 9.00am AEDST , Tuesday, 3 December 2013. Since 2021,
1595-542: The late 1930s. One tier consisted of a network of publicly funded television stations run by the ABC, which was funded by government budget allocation and (until 1972) by fees from television viewer licences. The second tier consisted of the commercial networks and independent stations owned by private operators, whose income came from selling advertising time. The network was launched as ATV-0 in Melbourne opened on 1 August 1964 and
1650-575: The launch of NEW-10 in Perth after the introduction of satellite facilities made it economical for the network to broadcast to Western Australia. Northern Star officially took hold of TVQ-10 later in the year because of swapping frequencies with neighbouring DDQ-0 in Toowoomba and rebranded CTC Canberra under the network banner in time for aggregation. In 1989, Ten's ratings were in decline, so on 23 July 1989, recently recruited network boss Bob Shanks relaunched
1705-427: The network celebrated its 40th birthday with a two-hour highlights package called Ten: Seriously 40 , which was hosted by Bert Newton and Rove McManus . On 27 October 2005, Network Ten announced that its long-running morning talk-variety program Good Morning Australia would be cancelled at the end of the year after a fourteen-year run. This ended host Bert Newtons 14-year association with Network Ten; although he
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1760-479: The network is now referred to in the text as Network 10 . The new brand is used across all of Network 10's platforms and services, and was intended to reflect the broadcaster's positioning as an "adventurous alternative" with a "sense of fun". 10 also relaunched its multi channels Eleven and One as 10 Peach and 10 Boss , with Boss focusing on dramatic programming and targeting an older adult audience, and Peach continuing to be targeted towards young adults. 10 Boss
1815-429: The network, re-branding it as 10 TV Australia , and introducing several new programs, including four new prime time game shows. However, by the end of 1989, the ratings failed to improve and most of the new programs were cancelled, except for its Eyewitness News bulletins, Neighbours and E Street (debuting in late 1988). Meanwhile, Northern Star Holdings were having financial and regulatory problems. The company
1870-485: The premiere of the raunchy soap opera series Number 96 which immediately lifted TEN's overall profile and helped raise the ailing network to No. 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 –
1925-475: The prevalent rankings, with the Nine Network typically in the first place, the Seven Network second, 0-10 third and ABC TV fourth. The gradual evolution of Network Ten into its current form has its origins in the ongoing attempts by media mogul Rupert Murdoch to acquire a prized commercial television licence in Australia's largest capital city market, Sydney. This began when Murdoch's News Limited purchased
1980-559: The reality singing competition format Idols called Australian Idol in 2003. Australian Idol was a hit for several years, lasting until 2009. In 2004, Network Ten enjoyed its best year since the 1970s , winning two rating weeks (out of 40) and finishing second nationally only behind the Nine Network and well ahead of the Seven Network . This was a departure from previous years; it has typically placed third behind Nine and Seven in most other rating years since 2000. In 2005, Canwest
2035-476: The regions on 10 December 2013. On 1 August 2014, the network celebrated its 50th anniversary. A television special related to the anniversary called 50 Years Young aired on 3 August 2014, after being rescheduled from 8 August by the network. On 15 June 2015, Foxtel (co-owned by News Corp ) bought 15% shares in Ten Network Holdings, pending approval from the ACCC. Prior to the acquisition, Discovery backed out from
2090-593: The schedule. It is aimed at a similar audience to 7mate . In 2012, Ten unsuccessfully launched many new programs. This led to Ten's ratings dropping to fourth place behind ABC TV for over thirty straight nights. The poor performance resulted in Chief Programming Officer David Mott's resignation. In September 2012, Ten made a partnership with TVSN , which meant the TVSN channel became available on Ten's free-to-air multiplex to metropolitan viewers as
2145-439: The state capital cities of Sydney , Melbourne , Brisbane , Adelaide and Perth while affiliates extend the network to regional areas of the country. As of 2023, Network 10 is usually the fourth-rated television network and primary channel in Australia, behind the Seven Network , Nine Network and ABC TV and ahead of SBS . From the introduction of TV in 1956 until 1965, there were three television networks in Australia,
2200-568: The station changed to TVQ-10. In 1987 Adelaide's Network Ten affiliate (SAS-10) and Seven Network affiliate (ADS-7) successfully negotiated to exchange affiliation rights and channel frequencies due to ownership problems. On 27 December 1987, the exchange came into effect and ADS-7, owned by the same owners as the main Network Ten stations, became ADS-10 with SAS-10 converting to SAS-7, operated by TVW -7 in Perth. When Murdoch became an American citizen in 1985 so that he could expand his media empire in
2255-547: The station, and in tribute to this event, the 0-10 Network adopted the First in Colour slogan in 1974, within months before the 1 March 1975 transition to colour broadcasting. For its first five years, the 0-10 Network led a hand-to-mouth existence. By the beginning of the 1970s the network was in a precarious financial position and there were predictions that it would fail. In 1971, the 0-10 Network first aired Young Talent Time , which
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2310-480: The title The 0-10 Network , which reflected the channels used by the first two stations launched in the group, ATV and TEN. Melbourne's ATV was the first station of the network to stage colour broadcasts in 1967, the broadcast was that of the horse races in Pakenham, Victoria , which was seen by network and RCA executives and invited members of the media and press. This would be the first of many test colour telecasts for
2365-467: Was a huge rating success, and ran for 17 years. However, the network's true financial reprise came about due to the fact that the controversial adult soap opera serial Number 96 premiered in March 1972 on the night that "Australian TV lost its virginity". The series broke new ground for Australian television and captured the imagination of viewers like few programs before or since. For the next three years it
2420-501: Was completed on 27 October 1989, effectively splitting Northern Star's Network Ten in half. In September 1990, Northern Star went into receivership and on 13 January 1991 at 8:30pm, the network was re-branded back to Network Ten with the first version of its famous ten watermark logo. The network was placed into liquidation by the National Rugby League in May 1991. In 1992, the network's flagship stations were sold to
2475-409: Was consistently Australia's top-rating television program and, not surprisingly, its huge popularity attracted advertisers to Ten en masse , with the result that its revenue increased significantly from $ 1 million in 1971 to more than $ 10 million in 1972. However, the pattern of rating dominance was already set, and for most of the next five decades from the mid-1960s, there was little deviation from
2530-492: Was due to be broadcast from September 2012, but was pushed back to June 2013. The series received mixed reviews upon its long-overdue premiere. The first episode finally aired on 9 June 2013 at 6:30pm, attracting low ratings of just 357,000 for Network Ten. These low figures caused Ten to move the show into a different time-slot, on Fridays at 9:30pm, but even that proved to be too much to ask, because it then failed to attract reasonable viewing figures in its changed time-slot. As
2585-561: Was forced to change its name to 10 Bold on 10 December 2018 due to trademark conflicts with Fairfax Media . On 4 December 2019, CBS Corporation completed a re-merger with fellow media conglomerate Viacom as ViacomCBS ; the two companies had previously separated in 2005 . ViacomCBS subsequently began to integrate the companies' operations in Australia; in a reorganisation of the ViacomCBS Networks International division, Network 10 would join its new sister network in
2640-509: Was granted a Sydney commercial broadcasting licence. Shareholders in United Telecasters included Amalgamated Wireless , Colonial Sugar Refining and Email with 14% each, Bank of New South Wales with 7.5% and the NRMA with 2.5%. TEN often lagged in the ratings behind the more established commercial channels TCN (Nine) and ATN (Seven) who had dominated viewing habits in Sydney for eight years. The turning point came in 1972 with
2695-423: Was in discussions with newspaper publisher John Fairfax Holdings about a possible sale of the network, after the federal government indicated it may consider relaxing Australia's media cross-ownership laws. Previously, newspaper owners could not own television stations in the same city. Fairfax owned the Seven Network until 1988 and had been looking for a way back into television for a long time. On 21 August 2005,
2750-510: Was intended to replace an existing guaranteed $ 200 million loan that was due to expire in December. On 13 June, Ten asked the Australian Securities Exchange that their stock be placed in a 48-hour trading halt while it assessed its options concerning receivership. It went into voluntary administration the following day. On 28 August 2017, Ten's administrators announced that the U.S. media company CBS Corporation (which had
2805-516: Was offered ongoing employment with the network, he announced that he would be returning to the Nine Network. 9am with David & Kim replaced GMA as Ten's national morning program from 2006 to 2009. From 2006 to 2008, Ten was the official broadcaster of Sydney New Year's Eve . The rights returned to the Nine Network from 2009. On 7 August 2007, Network Ten and Foxtel signed a new agreement allowing Ten's digital signal to be transmitted via Foxtel's cable and satellite services. Prior to this, Ten
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#17331053530662860-500: Was only transmitted via cable on Foxtel in an analogue format and Austar in standard definition digital via Mystar. Similarly in October 2007, Network Ten and Optus announced that Ten's digital signal would be available on its cable network from 1 December 2007. On 16 December 2007, Ten HD was officially launched as a breakaway channel, becoming the first new commercial television channel in metropolitan areas of Australia since 1988. Ten HD ceased broadcasting on 25 March 2009 when it
2915-693: Was owned by the Ansett Transport Industries , which at the time owned one of Australia's two domestic airlines. TEN-10 in Sydney, which opened on 5 April 1965, was originally owned by United Telecasters, which also in July that year opened TVQ -0 in Brisbane . Also opened later that month was SAS-10 , serving the city of Adelaide . The new television network was initially dubbed the Independent Television System or ITS, but in 1970 adopted
2970-649: Was replaced by what was a sports-only high-definition channel, One HD . On 24 September 2009, Canwest announced that it was selling its 50.1% stake in Ten Network Holdings for $ 680 million, to pay down its significant debt. In late 2009, Canwest filed for creditor bankruptcy protection , due to CA$ 4 billion mounting debt across radio, television broadcasting and publishing assets in several countries. On 20 October 2010, four years after he sold his shares in PBL Media to private equity firm CVC Asia Pacific , James Packer purchased 16 per cent of Ten. Network Ten launched
3025-688: Was subject to an inquiry by the Australian Broadcasting Tribunal in relation to media ownership rules and had run into financial difficulties following the 1987 stock market crash two years earlier. On 1 September 1989, Northern Star Holdings announced a major restructuring to pay off debts and help restore profitability. The proposals included selling off the network's three smaller stations ( ADS in Adelaide, NEW in Perth and CTC in Canberra) to Charles Curran's Capital Television Group . The sale
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