Nine Network

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Nine Network
TypeBroadcast television network
Country
Australia Australia
AvailabilityCapital Cities
Founded1963 as National Television Network
29.2% Nationally
2005 Ratings Season
OwnerPublishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) - www.pbl.com.au
Key people
Eddie McGuire (CEO)
Launch date
1956 as HSV-7 & TCN-9
1963 as National Television Network
CallsignsTCN-9 (Sydney)
GTV-9 (Melbourne)
QTQ-9 (Brisbane)
NTD-8 (Darwin)
Official website
www.ninemsn.com.au

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). [1]

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:

On Air

Re-Branding

The former Nine Network Logo, used from 1975 to 2006

On January 30 2006, the Nine Network and its affiliate stations relaunched to co-incide with Nine's 50th year of broadcasting. [2]

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.


right|thumb|125px|The current Nine Network 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:

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

For full list of Nine's television programs see:

Sport

Main article: Nine's Wide World of Sport

News

Main article: National Nine News
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The Nine Network's news service is called National Nine News and is generally conservative[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:

National Nine News also assist in production of:

Callsigns

Callsigns for Nine Network stations in the capital cities:

Affiliates

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

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Southern Cross

Sunraysia Television

WIN Television

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NBN Television

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Imparja

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.

Station ID's

  • 1956-68: Model 9. (GTV-9)
  • 1969-70: Golden 9. (GTV-9)
  • 1970-72: True Grit. (GTV-9)
  • Summer 1970/71: Have a Happy Summer. (GTV-9)
  • 1972: Get the Channel 9 Feeling.
  • Moomba 1972: Get the Channel 9 Moomba Feeling.
  • 1973: This is the Place to Be. (borrowed from ABC)
  • Autumn 1974: Winter Warm-Up.
  • Winter 1974: Come Home to Us this Winter.
  • 1975: Living Color.
  • 1975: That's Entertainment '75.
  • 1975: The Best in Color. (STW-9)
  • Summer 1975/76: The Good Times.
  • 1976: The Nine Squares.
  • 1977: Let Us Be the One. (borrowed from ABC)
  • 1978: Still the One. (borrowed from ABC)
  • 1979: We're the One. (borrowed from ABC)
  • 1980's: We Do It For You. (TCN-9) (based on "Dancing Queen" by ABBA)
  • 1980: Still the One (Yellow).
  • 1981: Still the One (Blue 1).
  • 1981: First in Australia.
  • 1981: Montage.
  • Sept. 16, 1981: 25 Years of Television.
  • 1982: Still the One (Blue 2).
  • 1982: Personality.
  • 1983: Come on Along. (borrowed from ABC)
  • 1984-85: Still the One.
  • 1986-87: Fly Around.
  • 1986: Best in Melbourne. (GTV-9)
  • 1988-91: Skyline.
  • 1988: Still the One.
  • 1989: Shout!
  • 1990: Shout!
  • 1991: Let the Good Times Roll.
  • 1992-94: Tower.
  • 1992: That's the Way.
  • 1993: Still the One.
  • 1994: Still the One.
  • 1995-96: Generic.
  • 1995: I Am...
  • 1995: Still the One.
  • 1996: This is Australia (based on GANGgajang's song "Sounds of Then")
  • Sept. 1996: 40 Years of Television.
  • 1997-98: Fly Through.
  • 1997: Still the One.
  • 1998: Still the One.
  • 1999-2000: New Millennium Television.
  • 1999: Still the One.
  • 2001-02: Ninemsn.
  • 2001: Odyssey.
  • 2002-03: Fly Around.
  • 2002: Weapon of Choice (by Fatboy Slim).
  • 2003: Still the One.
  • 2004-Jan. 29, 2006: Still the One.
  • 2004: Still the One.
  • Sept. 25, 2005: 50 Years of Television.
  • Jan. 30, 2006-?: This is Channel Nine.
  • 2006: Still the One.
  • 2006 (Aug-Sept): 9 - 50 Years.

Slogans

  • "Do you see what 9 sees?"
  • "Still the One"
  • "Local, Yeah we're local"
  • "Nine's Wide world of sports"

See also

Further reading

  • Stone, Gerald (2000). Compulsive Viewing: the inside story of Packer's Nine Network. Ringwood, Victoria: Viking. ISBN 0-670-88690-4.


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