10is an Australiantelevision networkdistributed bySouthern Cross Austereo(SCA) in theSpencer GulfandBroken Hill.SCA's network is the primary affiliate ofNetwork 10in these regional areas.
Country | Australia |
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Broadcast area | Broken HillandSpencer Gulf |
Affiliates | Network 10 |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 576i(SDTV)16:9 1080i(HDTV)16:9 |
Ownership | |
Owner | Southern Cross Austereo |
Sister channels | |
History | |
Launched | 9 December 1961 |
Former names |
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Links | |
Website | southerncrossaustereo |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview SC10 owned (virtual) | 5/51 |
Freeview SC10 HD (virtual) | 50 |
History
editOrigins
editSouthern Cross began as a small network of three stations in regional Victoria. TheSouthern Cross TV8network comprisedGLV-10Gippsland,BCV-8Bendigo,andSTV-8Mildura.[1]
GLV was the firstregional television stationin the country, launched on 9 December 1961.[1]BCV-8 launched in the same year, on 23 December, while STV followed four years later, on 27 November 1965.[1]GLV-10 became GLV-8 in 1980, whenMelbournecommercial stationATV-0moved frequencies to become ATV-10[1]The network began life in 1982 asSouthern Cross TV8,but later changed its name in 1989 to theSouthern Cross Network.[1]Soon after this, STV-8 left the network after it was bought by businessmanAlan Bond,and eventually sold on toENT Limited(owners ofVic TVandTas TV).[1][2]
1992–2016: 10 affiliation
editRegional Victoria was aggregated in 1992.[3]VIC Television,based inSheppartonandBallarataffiliated with the Nine Network, whilePrime Television,based inAlbury-Wodongabecame an affiliate of theSeven Network.[3]Southern Cross, therefore, took on an affiliation withNetwork Ten.[1]Soon after, it changed its name and logo toSCN,directly emulating the look of its metropolitan counterpart. Local news was axed six months later, while the name and logo changed once again toTen Victoriaalong with new namesTen Capital,Ten Northern NSW&Ten Queenslandas they carried and introduced the Network Ten logo into their brand.[1]
Canberra-based stationCapital Televisionwas purchased by Southern Cross' owner,Southern Cross Broadcasting,in 1994.[4][5]It was soon integrated into the network, taking on the nameTen Capitalsoon after.[4][6]
Southern Cross Broadcasting acquired Telecasters Australia in 2001.[7]As a result,Ten QueenslandandTen Northern NSWbecame a part of the Southern Cross Ten network, while Telecasters' other assets –Seven DarwinandSeven Central– were later integrated into the Southern Cross network.[7][8]Local news bulletins in Canberra and parts of Queensland were axed on 22 November 2001 – one of a number of moves taken by Southern Cross and competitorPrime Televisionthat resulted in an investigation by theAustralian Broadcasting Authorityinto the adequacy of regional news.[9]
The network expanded into theSpencer GulfandBroken Hillareas on 31 December 2003[10]under asupplementary licensegranted toSouthern Cross GTS/BKNby the ABA.[11]
Southern Cross Ten moved away from generic Network Ten branding – in use since the early 1990s for most areas – with a new logo, similar to that of parent company Southern Cross Broadcasting in 2005.[citation needed]
Three-minute local news updates were introduced in 2004, following recommendations put into place following the ABA's report.[9]The brief bulletins, produced out of the network's Canberra production centre, are made for the network's seventeen license areas.[9][citation needed]
Southern Cross Ten began broadcastingMyTalk,a datacast channel owned bySouthern Cross Broadcastingon 13 April 2007 on LCN 55.
It was anticipated that the network would be acquired by theMacquarie Media Group,following aA$1.35 billion takeover recommendation made to shareholders by Southern Cross Broadcasting on 3 July 2007,[12]and on 5 November 2007, this purchase was completed.[13]
Southern Cross Ten ceased to broadcastMyTalkon 25 February 2008, after the Macquarie acquisition.
Southern Cross Ten began broadcasting Ten's digital channel,One HD(now 10 Bold) on 2 July 2009 on LCN 50.[14]
Southern Cross Ten began broadcasting Ten's digital channel,Eleven(now 10 Peach) on 11 January 2011 on LCN 55.[15][16]
Southern Cross Ten began broadcasting Ten's datacast channel,TVSNin December 2012 on LCN 54.
Southern Cross Ten began broadcasting its own datacast channel,Aspire TVon 21 May 2013 on LCN 56.
2016–2021: Affiliation with Nine Entertainment
editOn 29 April 2016, Southern Cross Austereo announced that it had signed a five-year affiliation deal withNine Entertainment Co.,owner of the Nine Network, for almost $500 million, taking the place ofWIN Televisionas the primary regional Nine affiliate. On 1 July 2016, Southern Cross switched its primary affiliation from Network Ten to the Nine Network and Nine's metropolitan branding was introduced across Southern Cross' television assets in Queensland, Southern NSW and Victoria,[17]joining its existing Nine affiliate station in Spencer Gulf, SA and Broken Hill, NSW. Southern Cross' Northern NSW station,NRN,was not part of the deal as the Nine-ownedNBN Televisionalready operated in the region.[18][17]
Upon the affiliation change, the channel listing for Southern Cross' Nine-affiliated stations was reshuffled with Nine on channels 5 and 51,9HDon channel 50,9Gemon channel 52 in standard definition,9Go!on channel 53, 9Life on channel 54 and Aspire TV on channel 56.[19]GDS/BDNSpencer Gulf/Broken Hill remained unchanged with Nine on channel 8, 9Gem on channel 80 and 9Go! on channel 88. As a result TVSN stopped broadcasting and was replaced with aTo Be Advisedslide until being replaced withYesshopon 1 August 2016.
Due to the need to import and install the required equipment, Southern Cross originally stated that it would not immediately offer Nine's digital services9HDand9Lifeupon the transition; the broadcaster stated that they planned to begin transmitting them by mid-August—a delay which would have caused the third match of the2016 State of Origin serieson 13 July to not be transmitted in high definition in the affected regions—which includes parts of the New South Wales and Queensland regions who play the series.[20]However, on 24 June 2016, Southern Cross announced that it had been "working tirelessly to get HD to air as quickly as possible", and 9HD became available from launch day on channel 50.[21]The same approach also prompted 9Life to return early on 17 July 2016.[22][23]
Southern Cross announced on 25 July 2016 that it would broadcast the New Zealand-based home shopping channelYesshopas adatacastservice. The channel became available on 1 August 2016 in Queensland, Southern NSW, ACT and Victoria on LCN 55.[24]However, Yesshop's owner (Yes Retail) made the decision to cease trading on 29 September 2016 citing lack of funds to pay wages and the company's current losses of approximately 20 million dollars.[25]Employees were terminated the same day, and the channels were removed on Freeview later that day.[26]
Following months of negotiations, Southern Cross finalised an agreement on 28 March 2017 to sell their Ten-affiliated Northern NSW station, NRN, to WIN Television for a total of $55 million,[27][28][29]with the sale taking effect on 31 May 2017.[30][31]Due to operational logistics, WIN did not commence broadcasting their identity to the NRN market until 1 September 2017. This sale relieved Southern Cross of their only sole Ten-affiliated station, with their remaining Ten affiliate,SGS/SCNoperating in the Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill region where Southern Cross holds monopoly ownership of all three network affiliates.
On 17 July 2017, Southern Cross launched American religious channel SonLife Broadcasting Network (SBN), owned byevangelistJimmy Swaggart,as a datacast service. The channel is broadcast in regional Queensland, Southern NSW & ACT, and regional Victoria on channel 55 via Southern Cross' Nine-affiliated stations, and in Tasmania on channel 64, Spencer Gulf SA & Broken Hill NSW on channel 54, and Darwin on channel 74 via Southern Cross' Seven affiliate remaining stations.[32][33]
2021–2024: Return to 10 affiliation
editOn 12 March 2021, Nine announced that it would return toWIN Televisionas its regional affiliate in most markets beginning on 1 July 2021, in a deal that would last at least seven years.[34][35]This has ended SCA's five-year agreement with theNine Network.On 25 June 2021, SCA and Network 10 announced a two-year affiliation deal in regional Queensland, Southern NSW and regional Victoria, which introduced10 Shakeinto regional areas for the very first time and it broadcasts on Channel 54,[36]as well asSky News Regionalwhich launched on 1 August 2021 and it broadcasts on Channel 56.[37]On this network,Aspire TVceased to broadcast on 31 July 2021, to accommodateSky News Regional.
The affiliation deal between SCA and Network 10 was extended to 31 December 2023, on 27 June 2023.[38]
SCA began broadcasting 10's datacast channel,Geckoon 1 July 2023 on LCN 57.
2024–present: Sale of stations to 10
editOn 17 December 2024, Southern Cross Austereo announced they are selling their regional television licenses in Regional QLD, Southern NSW/ACT and Regional VIC over toNetwork 10,effectively bringing the 3-aggregated markets' respective 10 affiliates into 100%Paramount Networks UK & Australiaownership. The sale is expected to be completed by the end of February 2025.[39]It is expected that SCA will continue to supply local advertising[40]and news updates to the three regional areas' respective Network 10O&Ostations for the first 5 years, after which it is expected that these stations will be turned into repeaters of TEN-10 Sydney, ATV-10 Melbourne and TVQ-10 Brisbane respectively.
Programming
editSouthern Cross's programming schedule is almost identical to that of its metropolitan counterpart, Network 10, with some differences.
The channel previously broadcastState Focusat 12pm Sunday from February 2004[41]until January 2009, a magazine program featuring interviews from people across the regions where the channel broadcasts. It was presented by Guy Sweeting in Southern NSW and in Canberra, Mike Frame in regional Queensland, and Judi Hogan in regional Victoria and Amy Bainbridge in Northern NSW.[42][additional citation(s) needed]The channel also broadcastsinfomercials,which until 2009, were shown in place ofJudge Judyduring the day and are in place of some other programs overnight. As well as this, locally produced programming such asHook, Line and Sinker,Country Matters,The Hit List TV,Landed Music,The Benchwarmers Oz MadeandThe Hit Rater.comwere also shown on the channel in the past.
News and current affairs
editSouthern Cross news updates (2004–2017)
editPrior to 2017, short local news updates were aired throughout the day for each of the seventeen licence areas served throughout regional Queensland, New South Wales, the ACT and Victoria. These updates were broadcast throughout the network's daytime and primetime programming, hourly and lasting from one to three minutes, branded variously asSouthern Cross News,Southern Cross Ten News,Southern Cross Ten Local News(2014–16) andLocal News Headlines(2016–17). The updates were produced from Southern Cross Austereo's studio in Canberra and made use of news content from local radio stations owned by SCA in each market. Local sports and weather reports also aired on a sporadic basis. Short updates were also aired throughout the day and evening alongside updates from10 News First,or from 2016,Nine News.The bulletins are researched, produced and presented by a single journalist.
Prior to the formation of the Southern Cross Ten network, theCanberraandNorth Queenslandstations broadcast one-hour nightly localised news bulletins. However, both were axed in late 2001 due to cost-cutting measures.
Regional programming was reintroduced in March 2011 with the launch ofWeeknights,a 30-minute regional news magazine program broadcast in Shepparton and theGoulburn Valley,only to be axed in May 2015.[43]
Nine News Regional (2017–2021)
editAs part of the new affiliation deal between the Nine Network and Southern Cross in 2016, theLocal News Headlineswere phased out on their now-Nine affiliated stations and were replaced by full one-hour localNine Newsbulletins produced by Nine.[44]In August 2016, the director of Nine's news & current affairs division, Darren Wick announced that Queensland news director Mike Dalton had been appointed to head the new Nine News Regional division to initiate Nine and Southern Cross Austereo's new regional news service in 2017.[45]
Southern Cross' Nine-affiliated stations that received the bulletins wereTNQQueensland,CTCSouthern New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, andGLV/BCVVictoria.[44]The bulletins were produced by Nine News, presented from Nine's existing studio facilities in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne respectively.[46][47]
The bulletins' formats were similar in style to the Nine-ownedNBN Newsbulletin in northern New South Wales, as a composite of international, national and local news.[48]On 17 March 2020, production on the composite bulletins were suspended indefinitely, due to theCOVID-19 pandemic,with reporters deployed to the metropolitan bulletins in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.[49]
10 News First local updates, Sky News agreement (2021–present)
editFollowing the switch back to Network 10 affiliation on 1 July 2021, Southern Cross returned to producing local news updates after a five-year absence. The updates carry the10 News Firstbranding and are produced out of the networksLaunceston(QLD updates) andHobart(Southern NSW and VIC updates) studios. The Southern NSW and Canberra updates are presented by Will Boddy, the Regional Queensland updates are presented by Stacey Eldridge, and the Regional Victoria updates are presented by Kasey Wilkins. The updates, which typically don't include any correspondingnews footageorsoundbites,are researched, produced and presented by a single journalist. Fill-in presenters include Sarah Bennallack, Madeline Kerr and Zeke Gaffney.
In May 2021, SCA reached a content agreement withSky News Australia,under which it would distribute the new free-to-airSky News Regionalbeginning 1 August 2021. The service is ade factoreplacement for the Sky News on WIN service that it previously distributed.[37][50][51]
Availability
editSouthern Cross is available instandard definitionandhigh definitiondigitalformat. In all areas, an additional1080ihigh definitionsimulcast is also available[citation needed].The network is available primarily throughfree-to-airterrestrialtransmitters,withsubscriptioncablealso provided byTransACTandNeighbourhood Cablein the Australian Capital Territory andBallarat,respectively.[52][53]
Southern Cross Austereo operates the following stations which broadcast Network 10 programming:
- GLV and BCVin regionalVictoria
- CTCin southernNew South Wales
- TNQin regionalQueensland
- SGSin theSpencer GulfofSouth Australia
- SCNinBroken Hill
Logos
editSouthern Cross's first networked logo produced and used across its regional stations was in 2002, featuring the wordSouthern Crossbelow Network Ten's logo.[4]This logo was used across the network until 2005, when a new logo was introduced featuring a blue and yellow star with the wordTenadded besideSouthern Cross.This logo was used between 2005 and 2016, and was launched concurrently with similarly designed logos on Southern Cross' Seven-affiliated stations and across Southern Cross Broadcasting's other assets.[4]
Once Southern Cross switched affiliation to Nine on 1 July 2016, the channel switched to using full time Nine branding.[17]
Following the reversal of the 2016 regional affiliation switch on 1 July 2021, the channel switched to using full time 10 branding.
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