Seven Network

The Seven Network is an Australian television channel in most Australian capital cities. Its parent company and namesake has, in recent years, grown into a diversified media company. Seven's main shareholder is Kerry Stokes.

Diversified Media Assets

While originally focusing on running a television network, Seven has recently diversified into a range of other media areas over the past decade. Below are some of the businesses it has run, or is involved with:

• It was a former stakeholder in the Optus Vision consortium.
• It is a partner in Kirk Kerkorian's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
• It owns a large stake in the Telstra Dome stadium in Melbourne.
• It was a former partner in America Online's Australian AOL|7 internet joint venture, now owned by Primus Telecom.
• It owns a magazine publishing business, Pacific Publications, which publishes the Australian versions of the following magazines:
  • New Idea
  • Family Circle
  • That's Life
  • Monument
  • Golf Leisure and Lifestyle
  • Home Beautiful
  • Your Garden
  • K-Zone
  • Total Girl
  • Girlfriend
  • TV Hits
• It ran the (now defunct) http://i7.com.au portal; its websites can now be accessed from http://seven.com.au
• It was a partner in Sports Vision, a company that ran the now defunct Sports Australia channel. When Sports Australia folded, Seven took over running C7 Sports.

Television Network

While Seven has in recent years diversified into a range of other media businesses, its primary business is still owning television stations, and the Seven Television Network. In most states, the network usually rates #2 overall (competing with the Ten Network), with the #1 ratings position usually going to Nine.

Seven Network Owned

Callsigns for Seven Network stations in the capital cities:

• ATN-7, Sydney
• HSV-7, Melbourne
• BTQ-7, Brisbane
• SAS-7, Adelaide
• TVW-7, Perth

Seven Network programming is also carried by the following affiliate stations:

Seven Network owned:

• 7 Queensland - Queensland regional aggregated market

Southern Cross Broadcasting owned

• TDN-34, Darwin (ID's as 7 Darwin)
• 7 Central - remote central Australia (via satellite)
• Southern Cross - Tasmania (non-exclusive)
• Central GTS/BKN - Spencer Gulf, South Australia and Broken Hill, New South Wales (non-exclusive)

Prime Television owned

• Prime Television - Victoria, Northern New South Wales and Southern New South Wales regional aggregated markets; Mildura, Victoria region
• Golden West Network - Western Australia (broadcast in all major towns, also available via satellite)

WIN Television owned

• Prime Television - Griffith, New South Wales region (WIN owns both commercial broadcasters in Griffith - one carries their own programming, the other is a feed from Prime Television)

External Link

• Official Website