65-693: Tripping Over is a British/Australian six-part drama series. Its first episode aired on Network Ten in Australia on 25 October 2006, and in the United Kingdom on Five on 30 October 2006. In the UK Tripping Over is repeated on Five Life . The show is about three friends in London and two friends in Sydney ; neither group knows each other but their parents do. They both take flights to each other's countries, and
130-513: 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
195-578: 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
260-485: 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
325-539: 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
390-587: A glass studio at Melbourne's Federation Square . The show was later axed in May 2014 due to cost-cutting measures. Locally produced programs by or with ATV-10 Melbourne. 2020s 2010s 2000s 1990s 1980s 1970s 1960s 10 News First is presented from ATV-10 's Como Centre studios in South Yarra by Jennifer Keyte with sports presenter Stephen Quartermain (Monday - Thursday) and Caty Price (Friday) and weather presenter Jayde Cotic. ATV-0's first news presenter
455-578: A national bulletin from Sydney. However, localised editions of Ten Weekend News were reintroduced on Saturdays during the AFL season and presented by George Donikian , followed by a localised edition of Sports Tonight for Victoria. Permanent weekend bulletins were reintroduced in January 2011 (alongside a short-lived 6:30 pm bulletin on weeknights) but discontinued ten months later. From September 2020 to February 2023, ATV-10 also oversaw studio production of
520-484: 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
585-466: 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
650-494: A one night stop-over in Bangkok. Whether it was destined or just a stuff up, what happens there binds them together and profoundly alter the direction of their lives. The series follows the group, both together and separately as they travel to each other's countries or return home some to reinvent themselves, others to find themselves. Woven through their stories are the lives of an older, but not necessarily wiser generation—still living
715-619: A preview program hosted by Barry McQueen and Nancy Cato followed by a variety program, This Is It! . Reception difficulties (existing sets had to be retuned by a repairman) in parts of the city resulted in the station's virtually permanent third position in the Melbourne television ratings . In 1964, under Reg Ansett, ATV-0 opened their studios in Nunawading, which was at the time the first purpose-built commercial television station in Melbourne. It
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#1733105353090780-418: 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 the state capital cities of Sydney , Melbourne , Brisbane , Adelaide and Perth while affiliates extend
845-642: 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
910-523: 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 was owned by the Ansett Transport Industries , which at
975-766: 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
1040-588: 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
1105-545: 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
1170-521: The Network Ten, hosted by Bert Newton . The program was re-titled Good Morning Australia in 1993. GMA stayed on air until December 2005 and the following month was replaced by 9am with David & Kim hosted by Kim Watkins and David Reyne . The show had four years on air and in 2010 was replaced by The Circle hosted by Gorgi Coghlan , Yumi Stynes , Chrissie Swan and Denise Drysdale . In 2012, after 40 years of producing morning television,
1235-571: 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 the dominance of imported overseas programming and the paucity of local content. The first of these third licences
1300-578: The Ten Network made the decision to stop production on The Circle in favour of providing extra funds for its low-rating Breakfast program produced out of Sydney , and hosted by Paul Henry which was itself axed at the end of the year. In November 2013 the Network launched breakfast show Wake Up which was broadcast live from both Sydney and Melbourne and hosted by Natarsha Belling and James Mathison with News Updates presented by Nuala Hafner live from
1365-505: 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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#17331053530901430-657: 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
1495-509: 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
1560-542: The channel in 1981 with Charles Slade replacing her and was later replaced by Jo Pearson , who served till 1988, joined by Mal Walden in 1987 and by the next year by Tracey Curro . By the end of 1981, Murdoch had finally received approval for control of ATV-10. The 1986 transfer of Neighbours to the Ten Network (from the Seven Network ) proved to be a success. Aside from its use of suburban locations in Melbourne itself, ATV-10's Nunawading studios were used to produce
1625-435: 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 ,
1690-416: The dominant Nine Network . On 10 December 2013, at 9:00:01am ATV-10 became one of the last stations in Australia to switch off its analog TV signal being the last Network 10 station and 4th last in the whole country of Australia to convert to digital-only transmission, the switch was flicked by Bob Rosenthal a retired ATV-10 engineer who 33 years earlier was there to switch ATV-0 over to ATV-10. Months after
1755-483: 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
1820-426: The drama miniseries Lie With Me and documentary series The Royals Revealed . ATV (Australia) ATV is a television station in Melbourne , Australia , part of Network 10 – one of the three major Australian free-to-air commercial television networks. The station is owned by Paramount Networks UK & Australia . In April 1963, the licence to operate Melbourne's third commercial television station
1885-542: The early 1970s, and its take on the Eyewitness News format and brand in 1972, then presented by Geoff Raymond . The flagship weeknight bulletin was formerly presented by David Johnston , who was replaced by Mal Walden following his move to HSV-7 in 1996. Co-presenter Jennifer Hansen , who with Walden formed one of the longest-serving news duos in Australian television history, was replaced by Helen Kapalos in 2006. Walden became sole anchor in December 2012 following
1950-601: The fact that the Kerry Packer -owned Australian Consolidated Press had controlled the Nine Network channels in Melbourne and Sydney for many years. Due to problems in reception and falling ratings, and the desire to move TV stations out of the VHF band so as to enable FM radio in Australia, the station moved frequency and call-sign from ATV-0 to ATV-10, after getting the agreement of neighbouring Gippsland station GLV-10 to change its frequency to become GLV-8 . On 20 January 1980,
2015-575: 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
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2080-471: The mistakes of their own 20s. Only one thing is certain, whatever your age, everything looks different from 11,000 miles away. This article relating to a television programme from the UK is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a television show originating in Australia is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Network Ten Network 10 (commonly known as
2145-427: 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
2210-479: 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
2275-622: 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, the National Television Network (now the Nine Network) , the Australian Television Network (now
2340-405: The network's decision not to renew Kapalos' contract a month beforehand. In February 2018, Brad McEwan announced his resignation from Network Ten to pursue other career opportunities. He finished with the network on Friday 27 April 2018. Previous fill-in presenters included Brad McEwan and George Donikian . Regular weekend bulletins from Melbourne were axed in the early 1990s in favour of
2405-429: 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
2470-530: 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
2535-603: The program. On 7 September 1992, ATV-10 relocated from the station's famous Nunawading studios to the Como Centre in inner suburban South Yarra . The Nunawading complex is now operated by Fremantle Media, while the Como Centre studios in South Yarra are used for The Project as well as news, current affairs, entertainment and sport programs. In 2004, Network 10 finished second nationally, and in ATV-10's Melbourne region, only behind
2600-504: 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
2665-476: 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
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2730-434: The revamped ATV-10 was launched with a jingle campaign ( "You're on Top With Ten" ), Graham Kennedy 's introductory presentation and 10's Summer Sunday , a 3-hour live outside broadcast from Torquay Beach. Later in the evening, You're On Top With Ten with Kennedy provided a preview of upcoming shows on the new channel, followed by the movie-length pilot for new drama series Arcade . On 11 February 1980, Eyewitness News
2795-593: 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
2860-514: 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
2925-547: 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
2990-466: The switch the channel, together with the network, marked its golden jubilee anniversary. Local mid-morning programming from 1967 included Morning Magazine , Roundabout , The Roy Hampson Show , In Melbourne Today , Everyday (1979–1980) and Good Morning Melbourne (1981–1988) - the latter replaced by the Sydney-based Til Ten (1989–1991). In 1992, ATV-10 produced The Morning Show for
3055-567: 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
3120-480: 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
3185-455: The two groups meet at the stop-over in Bangkok , where a tragic event changes their lives. The series then follows the two groups of friends as they continue on their trips to each other's countries and back home. The programme focuses on the major life changes that occur during the mid-20s, and how choices made here can affect a person's life for many years to come. Five young people converge for
3250-467: 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
3315-416: Was also the studio where the first ever colour broadcast in Australia would be filmed, leading to its consideration for heritage status in 2018. ATV-0 had been experimenting with colour transmissions from 1967, when the station was the first to mount a colour outside broadcast in Australia, from the Pakenham races. Many other colour test transmissions occurred subsequently. Full-time colour transmission
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#17331053530903380-454: Was awarded to Austarama Television, owned by transport magnate Reginald Ansett . The new channel, ATV-0 (pronounced as the letter O , never the number zero ), began transmission on 1 August 1964 from a large modern studio complex, with state-of-the-art videotaping, and located in the then-outer eastern suburb of Nunawading , in the locality now known as Forest Hill , but referred to at the time as Burwood East . The new station opened with
3445-501: 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
3510-409: 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
3575-561: 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
3640-518: 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 the late 1930s. One tier consisted of a network of publicly funded television stations run by
3705-423: 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,
3770-510: 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
3835-485: Was introduced to ATV-0 in March 1975 in line with other stations around the country. Rupert Murdoch gained a controlling interest in Sydney television station TEN-10 in 1979 and had bought a controlling stake in transport company Ansett , owner of Austarama Television (licensee of ATV-0). That triggered a government inquiry into media ownership, the main concern being Murdoch having a controlling interest in television stations in Australia's two largest cities, ignoring
3900-406: Was its news director, Brian Wright, before Barry McQueen took over regular news presenting duties. The station's initial news format on weeknights was a 45-minute bulletin starting at 6:15 pm, aimed at competing with the 30-minute bulletins offered by rival stations GTV-9 and HSV-7 . The news format was changed a number of times, with the eventual adoption of the network's one-hour format in
3965-516: 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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#17331053530904030-550: 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
4095-506: Was relaunched with David Johnston and Jana Wendt as chief newsreaders. By May, Eyewitness News went back to its former one-hour duration, claiming that it was "First in Melbourne" due to its many innovations and historic moments and the fact that in the 1970s ATV was the first of the now "Network Ten" stations to adopt the Eyewitness News brand and the one-hour newscast (with the first 1-hour newscast debuting in November 1975). Wendt left
4160-649: 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
4225-688: 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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