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Seven Network
Logo used since 1 January 2000, modified in 2003
TypeFree-to-air television network
CountryAustralia
Broadcast areaSydney,Melbourne,Brisbane,Adelaide,Perth,Regional Queensland,Northern NSW & Gold Coast,Southern NSW & ACT,Regional Victoria,Mildura,Western Australia
AffiliatesSouthern Cross Seven(Tasmania/Darwin/Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill/Central Australia)
WIN Television(Eastern SA/Griffith)
Headquarters8 Central Avenue
Eveleigh,New South Wales
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format1080iHDTV[a]
(downscaled to576ifor theSDTVfeed)
Ownership
OwnerSeven West Media
Sister channels7HD
7two
7mate
7Bravo
7flix
Racing
TVSN
History
Launched4 November 1956;67 years ago(1956-11-04)
ReplacedPrime7
GWN7
Former namesAustralian Television Network(1963–1970, 1987–1991)
Network 7 (1970–1984)
Links
Website7plus.au
Availability
Terrestrial
ATNSydney
(DVB-T64-QAM)		1312 @ 6 (177.5 MHz)[1]
HSVMelbourne
(DVB-T64-QAM)		1328 @ 6 (177.5 MHz)
BTQBrisbane/Gold Coast
(DVB-T64-QAM)		1344 @ 6 (177.5 MHz)
SASAdelaide
(DVB-T64-QAM)		1360 @ 6 (177.5 MHz)
TVWPerth/Mandurah
(DVB-T64-QAM)		1376 @ 6 (177.5 MHz)
Freeview Seven owned (virtual)7/71/6/61
Freeview7HD(virtual)70
Freeview Seven affiliates (virtual)6/60/61
Streaming media
7plus (Only in Australia)

TheSeven Network(commonly known asChannel Sevenor simplySeven) is a major Australian commercialfree-to-airtelevision network.It is owned bySeven West Media Limited,[2]and is one of the five mainfree-to-air televisionnetworks in Australia. The network's headquarters are located inSydney.

As of 2014, it is the second-largest network in the country in terms of population reach. The Seven Network shows various nonfiction shows—such as news broadcasts (Seven News) and sports programming—as well as fiction shows.[3]In 2011, the network won all 40 out of 40 weeks of the ratings season for total viewers,[4]being the first to achieve this since the introduction of theOzTAMratings system in 2001.[5]

As of 2023, the Seven Network is the highest-rated television network nationally, in Australia, ahead of theNine Network,ABC TV,Network 10andSBS.[6]

Headquarters

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Seven's administration headquarters are inEveleigh,Sydney, completed in 2003.[7]National news and current affairs programming are based between flagship stationATN-7in Sydney andHSV-7in Melbourne. In 2009, Seven moved its Sydney-based production operations fromEppingto a purpose-built high-definition television production facility at theAustralian Technology ParkinEveleigh.[8]

History

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Origins

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The present Seven Network began as a group of independent stations inSydney,Melbourne,Brisbane,AdelaideandPerth.[9][10]HSV-7Melbourne, licensed toThe Herald and Weekly Times Ltd(owners of two local papers at the time,The HeraldandThe Sun), was launched on 4 November 1956, the first television station in the country to use theVHF7 frequency.[10]ATN-7Sydney, licensed to Amalgamated Television Services, a subsidiary ofFairfax,was launched on 2 December 1956, signing on as Sydney's third television station.[10][11]The two stations did not immediately share resources, and instead formed content-sharing partnerships with theirVHF9 counterparts by 1957:ATN-7partnered with Melbourne'sGTV-9,whileHSV-7paired up with Sydney'sTCN-9.[10][11]TVW-7Perth, licensed to TVW Limited, a subsidiary ofWest Australian Newspapers,publisher ofThe West Australian,began broadcasting almost two years later, on 16 October 1959, as the city's first television station.[10]BTQ-7Brisbane followed on 1 November 1959, signing on as Brisbane's second television station.[10][11]ADS-7Adelaide was launched on 24 October 1959 as the final capital city VHF7 station.[12]The station later swapped frequencies withSAS-10on 27 December 1987 asADS-10andSAS-7.[12]

HSV-7 began its relationship with the Victorian Football League (now theAustralian Football League) in April 1957, when the station broadcast the first liveAustralian rules footballmatch. Throughout this time, the stations operated independently of each other, with schedules made up of various simple, and relatively inexpensive, programs, such asPick a Boxand spinoffs of popular radio shows.[10]In the early 1960s, coaxial cable links, formed initially between Sydney and Melbourne, allowed the sharing of programmes and simultaneous broadcasts of live shows.[11]

In 1960,Frank Packer,the owner of Sydney'sTCN-9,bought a controlling share of Melbourne'sGTV-9,in the process creating the country's first television network[11](unofficially called "theNational Nine Network") and dissolving theATN-7/GTV-9and theHSV-7/TCN-9partnerships. Left without their original partners,ATN-7andHSV-7joined to form theAustralian Television Networkin 1963.[12]The new grouping was soon joined by other capital-city channel 7 stations, ADS-7 Adelaide and BTQ-7 Brisbane. The new network began to produce and screen higher-budget programs to attract viewers, most notablyHomicide,a series which would continue for another 12 years to become the nation's longest running drama series.[12]However, it was not until 1970, after the network adopted theNetwork 7name, that a national network logo was adopted, albeit still with independently owned and operated stations with local advertising campaigns.[13]

Colour televisionwas introduced across the network in 1975, when a new colour logo was adopted.Rupert Murdochmade an unsuccessful bid for theHerald and Weekly Times,owners ofHSV-7,in 1979, later going on to gain control of rivalATV-10.Fairfax, however, successfully bought a 14.9% share of the company later in the same year.[11]

1980s

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The 1980s saw the introduction of stereo sound, as well as a number of successful shows, most notablyA Country Practicein 1981, andSons and Daughters,which began in 1982.[14]Wheel of Fortunebegan its 25-year run in July 1981, produced fromADS-7's studios inAdelaide.The1980 Summer Olympicsin Moscow were shown live on the network the year before.[14]Neighboursbegan on Seven in 1985, but low ratings in Sydney led to the cancellation of the new series at the end of the year, which later moved toNetwork Tenand went on to achieve international success.[14]

Perth based businessmanRobert Holmes à Court,through his business the Bell Group, boughtTVW-7 from its original owners,West Australian Newspapersin 1982.[11]It was in 1984 that the network proceeded to drop the "Network 7" branding.The Herald and Weekly Times,owner ofHSV-7 andADS-7, was sold toRupert Murdochin December 1986 for an estimatedA$1.8 billion.[11]Murdoch's company,News Limited,sold offHSV-7toFairfaxsoon afterwards, for $320 million.[11]Fairfaxwent on to axe a number of locally produced shows in favour of networked content from its Sydney counterpart,ATN-7 (also owned byFairfaxat the time).[14]

Cross-media ownership laws introduced in 1987 forcedFairfaxto choose between its print and television operations – it chose the former, and later sold off its stations toQintexLtd., owned by businessmanChristopher Skase.[14]Qintex had previously bought, and subsequently sold off, stations in Brisbane and regional Queensland before taking control of the network.[11]It was also in 1987 that the network returned to the "Australian Television Network" branding. The next year, another new logo was introduced along with evening soapHome and Awayand a relaunchedSeven National News,now known asSeven News.The network became truly national in 1988 when Skase boughtTVW-7for $130 million.[14]In 1991, the network changed its name once again to theSeven Network,though it had been unofficially using that name for some time before then.

Despite the network's successes, a failed $1.5 billion bid forMGM Studiosin the same year sentQintexinto receivership.[11]Christopher Skase fled Australia in 1990 to escape extradition.[14]The business' assets were bundled together by receivers and made into a new company, theSeven Network Limited,in 1991.[11]

1990s

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Real Life,a national current-affairs programme hosted byStan Grant,similar in format to theNine Network'sA Current Affair,was launched in 1992 but was later replaced by the more successfulToday Tonight.[15]

The network was listed on the stock exchange in 1993, soon after the entry ofsubscription televisionproviderAustralis.One of Seven's most popular series,A Country Practice,ended in 1993 after 1058 episodes. 1993 saw the introduction ofBlue Heelers,which after a number of timeslot changes, was moved in 1998 to Wednesdays. This was to make room for a new series, medical dramaAll Saints.Both dramas rated quite highly, and along with new lifestyle showsBetter Homes and GardensandThe Great Outdoors,resulted in a stronger ratings position for the network.[16]

In 1995,Sunshine Television,a Seven Network affiliate in regional Queensland, was purchased by the network's parent company,Seven Network Limited.Sunshine Television's regional stations effectively became a part of the Seven Network, identical in appearance and programming to the rest of the business' stations.Australian GladiatorsSeries 1 and Series 2 in 1995-1996 filmed in Brisbane, and Series 3 filmed in Sydney[17]proved popular.Seven Queenslandwon the annual audience ratings for the first time in 1998.[18]

Between 1995 and April 2001,Alan JacksonofNylexwas the non-executive director of Seven, after being asked by Stokes to lead the company.[19][20]

A successful $1.3 billion bid forUnited Artistswas made in conjunction withKirk Kerkorianin 1996; the network sold its stake two years later for $US389 million. Seven took control ofAustralia Television,theAustralian Broadcasting Corporation's Asian satellite channel, in 1997. TheAustralian Broadcasting Corporationstill maintained a share in the network, and continued to produce news and current affairs programming for it.[21]

2000s

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8 Central Avenue,Eveleigh;the Seven Network's current headquarters inSydney
The network's centralised digital playout facility,Broadcast Centre Melbourne,located in the city'sDocklandsprecinct.

During the late 1990s and early 2000s, a state-of-the-arthigh definitionnational broadcast facility was constructed inDocklands, Melbourne,replacing the previous facility inEpping, Sydney.This new facility would also houseHSV-7'sMelbourneoffices and studios.

The year 2000 saw former Nine executiveDavid Leckieappointed as head of television operations, re-launching the network with an updated logo, and a new advertising campaign timed expressly for the network's coverage of the2000 Summer Olympicsin Sydney. The opening ceremony was one of the highest-ever rating television programmes in the country, with 6.5 million viewers, contributing to the network winning the ratings year for the first time in twenty-two years.[22]

Digital televisionwas introduced to most of the network's coverage area on 1 January 2001. This was soon followed by the gradual introduction of wide screen and high definition programming.[23]

In January 2006, the Seven Network,Pacific Magazinesand online portalYahoo!Australia and New Zealand combined in a joint venture to formYahoo!7,representing all three companies' online assets.[24]

7HDwas officially announced on 15 September 2007, with theSeven Media Groupannouncing their intention to start ahigh definitionmultichannel, that was initially expected to launch in December 2007.[25]However, 7HD became the first free-to-air commercial television channel introduced to metropolitan areas since 1988, when it launched prior on 15 October 2007, with25th Hourbeing the first programme broadcast at 10:30 pm.[26]

On 14 February 2008, theSeven Media GroupandFoxtelofficially signed an agreement allowing Seven's digital signal to be transmitted viaFoxtel's cable and satellite services. Seven became available on Foxtel in early 2009.[27]

On 25 September 2009, Seven announced its new digital channel,7two,which officially launched on 1 November 2009.[28]

2010s

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On 18 January 2010, Seven launched the online catch-up TV website calledPLUS7;.[29]

On 25 September 2010, in conjunction with the 2010 AFL Grand Final, Seven launched its second multi-digital channel7mate.

In January 2011, the big red 7 logos were expanded toGWN7andPrime7's rebranding respectively.[30]The news bulletins were renamed asGWN7 NewsandPrime7 News.[30]GWNandPrimerelaunched on 16 January 2011 at 6:00 pm,[30]digital channels are branded as7twoand7mate.

Seven announced its intention to expand into digital datacasting known as4ME,a digital channel owned by thePrime Media Group,in December 2011 on channel 64 inPrime7and regional areas and channel 74 in other areas.[31]

In September 2011, Seven broadcast a report featuring journalist Tim Noonan and writer and adventurer Paul Raffaele visiting Brazil'sSuruwahatribe and describing them as child murderers, "Stone Age" relics, and "one of the worst human rights violators in the world".[32]Survival International,the global movement for tribal people's rights, sent a complaint to Seven outlining the many errors and distortions in the report. After the channel refused to correct the inaccuracies in the program, Survival filed a complaint at theAustralian Communications and Media Authority,who opened a formal investigation.[33]In September 2012, the network was found guilty by the press regulator of serious violations of the broadcasting code. The ACMA ruled that the Channel was guilty of breaking its racism clause – having "provoked or perpetuated intense dislike, serious contempt or severe ridicule against the Suruwaha people on the grounds of... national or ethnic origin... race [or] religion". It also ruled that the Channel was guilty of broadcasting inaccurate material.[34]Seven sought judicial review, but in June 2014 the Federal Court upheld the ruling.[35]

In October 2012, Seven began cost cutting shedding a number of behind the scenes technical positions and reducing theirSNGtransponder link capacity onOptus D1from three (at 12.661,12.671&12.681 GHz) to two (at 12.644&12.653 GHz) which are used byATNSydney for Sunrise and national news location uplinks as well as for other local station location uplinks.

In November 2012, Seven changed its on-air theme. This included a new look for programme advisory ratings, programme listings and programme advertisements and promos.

As of 10 December 2013, Seven no longer broadcasts on analogue TV and is now only available through digital TV or digital set-top box.

On 26 June 2015,Racingbegan broadcasting on channel 78 as a joint venture betweenSeven West MediaandRacing Victoriafollowing a blackout of Victorian horse racing bySky Racing.Initially broadcasting an interim live feed from the Racing website, the channel was officially launched on 29 August 2015.[36]

In January 2016, Seven changed its on-air theme. This included a new look for program listings, program advertisements and promos.

On 7 February 2016, during the ad-break ofMolly,after months of speculation, Seven officially announced their new channel as7flixon channel 76.[37]7flix was launched at 6am on 28 February 2016.[38]

7HD returned as a high definition simulcast on channel 70 on 10 May 2016. Initially, the Melbourne and Adelaide markets received 7HD as a HD simulcast of Seven's primary channel, while the Sydney, Brisbane and Perth markets received 7HD as a HD simulcast of 7mate; this was to allowAustralian Football League(AFL) matches to be broadcast in HD in those markets.[39][40]Sydney, Brisbane and Perth temporarily received 7HD as a simulcast of the primary channel for the duration of the2016 Summer Olympicsbefore the change was made permanent during and after the2017 Australian Opentennis.[41][42]Up until 16 January 2020, breakaway programming was used to show further AFL matches and Australian cricket matches in HD.[43]

In June 2017, following the acquisition ofYahoo!byVerizon Communications,Seven announced plans to launch a wholly owned standalone service to replacePLUS7.In September 2017, Seven announced the new service would be known as7plusand would launch in November 2017. As of September 2017, Seven's live streaming service, now named7Live,is no longer accessible from within thePLUS7and theYahoo7portal.

Seven announced7food network,a new digital channel, which launched on Channel 74 on 1 December 2018. The announcement with Discovery network followsSBS FoodNetwork losing its deal with Discovery-ownedScripps Network.[44]The channel ceased broadcast on 28 December 2019, just over a year since it launched, though Seven continues to utilise theFood Networkbranding elsewhere[45]

2020s

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See also:Big Brother (Australian TV series),7plus,Prime7,andGWN7

In June 2020,Big Brother Australiamade a return on the Seven Network with a rebooted program. Hosted bySonia Kruger,[46]the series was pre-recorded and not live as in previous series, with the new version of Big Brother described like a "Survivor in a warehouse", with producers opting to film at a warehouse in Sydney. The exact location is North Head Sanctuary, also known as The Barracks.[47]On the night Big Brother premiered, Seven also changed their on air theme.

On 19 June 2020, it was announced thatThe Daily Editionhad been cancelled by the Seven Network after 7 years with hosts Sally Obermeder and Ryan Phelan leaving the network. The final episode aired on 26 June 2020.[48]

In July 2020, the Seven Network unveiled new logos, for its multichannels, beginning with7matethen7twoand7flixrespectively. The change in logos also included their on demand platform7plusnow stylised as ″7+″ as part of a major branding overhaul of its multi channel stations.

In March 2021, it was announced that the Seven Network would move out of Martin Place toEveleighby the end of 2022 after almost two decades.[49]

On 1 November 2021,Seven West Mediaannounced that it would acquire all the shares and subsidiaries ofPrime Media Group.This was Seven West Media's second attempt at purchasing Prime, after its previous attempt in 2019 was thwarted byAustralian Community MediaBoss Antony Catalano and rivalWIN CorporationownerBruce Gordon,who cited Seven's debt problems at the time and its poor ratings performance as their reason for their refusal. This development would mark an end to the Prime branding after 33 years in favour of Seven Network's branding, and would see all news bulletins carry the Seven News brand. Prior to this,Prime7(and sisterGWN7in regional and remote Western Australia) was the only network not to fully use its metro affiliate branding despite carrying Seven branded promos, since WIN Television (except for WIN News) and Southern Cross Austereo use fullNineandTennetwork branding on their stations. It was also announced that Seven would look to expand its investment in local news following the merger.[50]Majority of Prime's shareholders voted in favour of the deal on 23 December, with the sale completed on 31 December.[51][52]

Commencing June 2022, Seven moved to a national brand in time for the2022 Commonwealth Gamesacross all of its regions. Introduced to regional audiences on 6 June 2022, viewers in those markets began to see the Prime7 and GWN7 logos transition into the national Seven branding.[53]

Seven announced in October 2022 it would launch a new free-to-air channel,7Bravoon 15 January 2023, on LCN 75 in metropolitan areas and LCN 65 in regional areas. As a resultishop TVmoved from LCN 65 to LCN 67 in the former Prime7 areas. 7Bravo shows reality shows andtrue crime.The launch is a partnership between Seven Network andNBCUniversalInternational Networks & Direct-to-Consumer.[54]

On 30 November 2022, various channel changes on the Seven Network happened to accommodate for the new 7Bravo channel, including a 7mate SD (Channel 73) switch-off. On the same day, 7Bravo on channel 75 appeared on the Seven multiplex, and ishop TV moving to channel 67 placeholder in Seven regional areas.[55]

In June 2023, 7NEWS moved their operations fromMartin Placeto their new purpose-built studios inEveleigh.In July 2023, Sunrise hosted its first broadcast at its new studios. The first edition went to air live at 5.30am on 24 July 2023, with hostsNatalie BarrandMatt Shirvington,newsreaderEdwina Bartholomewand sports presenterMark Beretta,followed byThe Morning Show'sLarry EmdurandKylie Gillies.[56]For the first time in more than 40 years, the whole Seven Sydney operation, including all staff, were under one roof. The new space offers space five times larger than the previous Martin Place location, with permanent sets for all programs.[57]

In July–August 2023 when the2023 FIFA Women's World Cupwas hosted by Australia and New Zealand, there was some controversy worldwide aboutbroadcasting rights to it,[58]when broadcasters' offers were very low, and FIFA's handling of the rights was also criticised.[59][60]The Seven Network won the rights to broadcast 15 of the matches.[61]These included four round of 16 games, two quarter-finals, the semi-finals, and the final, along with all of theMatildasgames. The pay channelOptus Sporthas rights for every game in the tournament. This raised public criticism, with many arguing that the entire tournament should be free-to-air, as was the2022 (men's) World CupinQatar,onSBS Television.[62]

In September 2023, a female Queensland contestant in an upcoming Seven Network reality show was charged with multiple counts of indecent treatment of children aged under 16, multiple counts of rape, sexual assault, torture and assaults over a 15-year period. Her partner was also charged with a number of assaults. Seven refused to confirm whether it will cancel or alter the program.[63][64]

On 22 January 2024,TVSNand Seven West Media signed a new broadcast deal, which means the channel will be on Seven from 1 July 2024, shifting from10andWIN Television.TVSN will be on channel 77 in metropolitan areas and regional Queensland, channel 67 in other regional areas and on7plusnationally.[65][66]

On 14 April 2024, the network was under-fired for misidentification of Jewish student named Ben Cohen as the perpetrator of2024 Bondi Junction stabbings[67][68]

Additional programs

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Always Greener,launched in 2001, received two million viewers in its Sunday timeslot, however, it was axed after its second season due to declining audience numbers.[69]

In 2004, Seven launched the internationally well-known game showDeal or No Dealhosted byAndrew O'Keefe,to the 5.30 pm weekday timeslot as a lead-in to the networks' struggling flagship news bulletin replacing the network's long-running and ever-popularWheel Of Fortuneas the show moves to 5pm weekdays, and later in the yearDancing with the Stars,based on the BBC'sStrictly Come Dancing,was also launched. The following year, a number of new programmes premiered, from the United States networkABC,includingDesperate HousewivesandLost.At the same time, Seven's news and public affairs ratings began to increase in viewers, withToday Tonightbeginning to challenge rivalA Current Affair,with the new format ofSunriseleading to increased competition with its rival, theNine Network'sToday.Seven's eveningnews bulletinsalso started to take the lead with successes in most cities.[70]

The network launched a number of new series in 2006, includingHeroes,Prison Break,Dancing with the Starsspin-offIt Takes Two,How I Met Your Mother,andMy Name Is Earl,and saw long-running seriesBlue Heelersending its 13th season run after declining ratings since late 2003. Despite the ongoing success of these programmes, Seven still finished second behind theNine Networkfor the fifth time in six years,[71]primarily due to Nine's coverage of the2006 Commonwealth Gamesin Melbourne, but the year after, defeated Nine by a significant margin, winning 38 weeks compared to Nine's 2, to become the number one network in Australia.[72]

In 2008, Seven launched new local dramaPacked to the Rafterswhich became the year's top rating show with an average of 1.938 million viewers.[73]

In 2009, a new weekly public affairs showSunday Nightlaunched in the Sunday 6:30 position to a shaky start but by the end of the year was easily winning its slot and rating up to 250,000 more than rivalNine Network's long-running60 Minutes.[74]

In 2010, Seven launched new AFL- and NRL-based entertainment shows in an effort to take on Nine'sThe AFL Footy ShowandThe NRL Footy Showand provide a bargaining chip in negotiations for AFL and NRL broadcast rights. The AFL-based series was calledThe Bounce,hosted byPeter Helliar,[75]however, was pulled from the air after just five episodes.[76]An NRL-based series calledThe Matty Johns Show,hosted by formerFooty Showhost Matthew Johns,[77]lasted one season.

In 2011, Seven putPacked to the Rafterson hiatus and put new Melbourne dramaWinners and Losersin its place, the show won the highest ratings for the night.

In 2013, the Seven Network launched its fifth new dramaA Place to Call Home,it also achieved high ratings.

In September 2015, the network beganThe Chase Australiawhich is a spinoff of the UK series,The Chase,with ChasersAnne Hegerty(from the UK series), Brydon Coverdale (winner of $307,000 onMillion Dollar Minute), Matt Parkinson and Issa Schultz, In 2016,Mark Labbettmade his debut as one of the Chasers, joining fellow UK Chaser, Anne Hegerty and in 2018,Shaun Wallacemade his debut as its sixth chaser, joining fellow UK chasers Anne Hegerty and Mark Labbett. Seven also launched800 WordsstarringErik Thomsonto high ratings, making it the highest rating drama of 2015.

In June 2020,Big Brother Australiamade a return on the Seven Network with a rebooted pre-recorded program. It was also announced in 2020, that Seven had acquired the reality seriesThe Voice Australiain 2021 as well as a reboot ofAustralian Idol.[78]

Seven confirmed in December 2020 it had commissioned a return to a new "all stars" event version ofDancing With The Stars.[79]

TheAustralian Idolreboot would return to the screens of Seven in 2023.

Programming

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Further information:List of programs broadcast by Seven Network

New programs introduced in 2005 led to a ratings increase, following a relatively poor 2004.[80]

From 2010, the Seven Network began to implement the tactic of creating a five to 20-minute delay in the scheduled start time of non-live programming after 7:30 pm in an attempt to minimise viewer channel surfing between prime-time shows. This is done by increasing the duration of the commercial breaks and then decreasing them once the prime-time period is over. This tactic not only disrupts viewer recordings of the shows, but has a dramatic effect on their regional affiliates such as Prime and Southern Cross who must adapt their inserted commercials breaks as the live play-out from Seven's Melbourne facility occurs which can cause either both the regionalstation identificationand the Seven identification being displayed with a possible black screen between them or the start of a program being missed entirely by the regional break overlapping.

Local programs

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Australian programming shown on the network includes dramasRFDS,soapHome and Away,lifestyle shows;Better Homes and Gardens,gameshows;The Chase Australia,entertainment;The Front Bar,reality;Australia's Got Talent,Big Brother Australia,Australian Idol,My Kitchen Rules,The Farmer Wants a Wife,SAS Australia,The Voice Australia,Dancing with the Stars: All Stars,factuals;The Force,Border Security,Highway Patrol,Crime Investigation Australia,Beach Cops,Surveillance OzandGold Coast Medical.

Foreign programs

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Most American programs that air on Seven and its digital multichannels are sourced from Seven's deals withDisney Platform Distribution/20th Century StudiosandDisney Television Studios/20th Television(long running, also shared withDisney+,Now elapsed),Universal Studios, Inc./NBCUniversal Global Distribution,DreamWorks Animation,StudioCanal,Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group/Sony Pictures Television,Warner Bros. International Television Distribution/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc(long running since 2015, now elapsed) andIcon Films.

In late 2016, Seven created a new acquired programming deal with Warner Bros, granting the network programming rights which it currently shares with Nine.

On 15 January 2023, Seven created a new acquired programming deal with NBCUniversal, granting the network programming rights which it currently shares with Nine.

Shared overseas programs

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Sharing programs is currently a new rule for all the networks after a long absence which have their own programs from the 1990s to 2014. All the networks can now share the programs again with each network of television and films, including splitting up the different seasons of the same television series or franchise. Also some television brands can split the different seasons of the same television series by airing them on both networks.

Shared American programming that airs on Seven andNineand their digital multichannels are sourced from Seven and Nine's deals withDisney Platform Distribution/20th Century Studios(Now elapsed),20th Television,Warner Bros. International Television Distribution/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc,DreamWorks(now elapsed) andDreamWorks Animation(Selected Films only),NBCUniversal Global Distribution(now elapsed),StudioCanalandSony Pictures Television.

Shared American programming that airs on Seven and10and their digital multichannels are sourced from Seven and 10's deals withDreamWorks/DreamWorks Animation(Paramount distributed films only),Warner Bros. International Television Distribution/Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc(now elapsed).

Shared American programming that airs on Seven andABCand their digital multichannels are sourced from Seven and ABC's deals withNBCUniversal Global Distribution,StudioCanalandSony Pictures Television.

Former programs

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The network formerly broadcast catalogue movie and television titles fromMetro-Goldwyn-Mayerproduced in the 1990s prior to 2011,Disneyfrom 1980s to 2023,Miramaxfrom 2007 to 2012,DreamWorksfrom 2007 to 2015,Illuminationfrom 2012 to 2016, andParamountfrom the 1990s to 2022. Warner Bros. from 1990-2004, then 2016-2024 Disney, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, DreamWorks and Illumination now belong to the Nine Network while Paramount and Miramax also now belong to Network 10. Nine revived Disney, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, DreamWorks and Illumination broadcast rights and 10 revived Paramount and Miramax broadcast rights.

On 7two, in the early 2010s, they aired classic and silver-screen movies from theSony Pictures(Columbia&TriStar) catalog, but all of those films moved back to ABC and Nine respectively.

In 2018 it was reported that Seven had formed an agreement with20th Century Foxto air selected Fox programming.[81]

Previously, the network had output deals withSony Pictures TelevisionandNBCUniversal,however changed its deals with both in mid-2013. Seven renegotiated its NBCUniversal deal to continue rights to air existing popularNBCco-produced programs includingDownton AbbeyandMrs Brown's Boys,as well asNBC Newscontent. Commiserate with the American network's own slump, Seven has not found huge success with an NBC primetime series since 2007. With Sony, Seven has signed a three-year minimum quota deal, where by Seven will agree to purchase a set number of Sony produced US primetime series and selected films each year.[82]

News and current affairs

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Seven News SydneyandSunrisereporter Jessica Ridley reporting outside theAustralian Broadcasting Corporation's Ultimo studios in Sydney.
Further information:Seven News

The Seven Network's news service is calledSeven News(formerlyAustralian Television News (ATVN)andSeven National News). After trailing for many decades toNine News(previouslyNational Nine News) and10 News First(previouslyTen Eyewitness News,Ten News at Five,Ten Evening NewsandTen News: First at Five) in most markets, Seven rebounded effective from February 2005 onwards, and claimed to be Australia's number one television news and current affairs service.[70]Seven NewsproducesSunrise,The Morning Show,Weekend Sunrise,Seven Morning News,Seven Afternoon News,Seven News(the flagship locally produced 6 pm bulletins) andThe Latest: Seven News.During the early hours of 4 am to 6 am, Seven rebroadcasts some of American television networkNBC's news and current affairs programming, includingTodayandMeet the Press.Since 1988, Seven also adopted NBC News' main theme,The Mission,as the theme for Seven's news programming.

Exclusive contracts withNBC News,ITNandTV3 (New Zealand)for international news coverage.[citation needed]

In recent years, under the guidance of former long-timeNine Newschief Peter Meakin, Seven's news and current affairs division has produced more locally focused content, which has been lifting ratings for key markets such as Sydney andMelbourne.[70]Since February 2005, the ratings ofDeal or No Deal,Seven NewsandToday Tonighthave gradually increased.Seven Newswas the highest-rating news service nationally in both the 2005 and 2006 ratings seasons.[72][80]A key aspect of Seven's recent ratings dominance in news and current affairs has been attributed toDeal or No Deal's (and, since late 2015,The Chase Australia) top rating audience, which providesSeven Newswith a large lead-in audience.[83]Between 2007 and 2010 inclusive,Seven Newscompleted a clean sweep across the five capital cities in terms of being the most watched 6 pm news bulletin. On 5 July 2008, Channel Seven introduced a watermark on news and current affairs programmes.

Sport

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Further information:Seven Sport
Telecast to 6.5 million Australians via the Seven Network – TheSydney 2000 Summer Olympics.

Seven is a major purchaser of Australian sports broadcasting rights. Seven's most popular recurring sporting events include theOlympic Games,Commonwealth Games,Big Bash League,Women's Big Bash League,Australian Test Cricket,World Rally Championship,Australian Rally Championship,Australian Off Road Championship,AFL Premiership Season,theAustralian PGA Championshipgolf, theAustralian Open Golf,the Australian Open Tennis until Seven lost the rights in 2018,Bledisloe CupRugby,Mount Buller World Aerials,theSydney to Hobart Yacht Race,theTri-Nations Rugby,andhorse racingevents including theMelbourne CupCarnival until Seven lost the rights in 2018, and Queensland's annualMagic Millionsrace day.[84]

The network had the exclusive coverage of the2000 Sydney Olympics,which attracted a TV audience of over 6.5 million Australians for the opening and closing ceremonies. The broadcast also ran on the short-livedC7 Sportsubscription channel.

On 25 January 2001,Network Ten,Nine Network,and pay TV provider Foxtel won the rights from Seven to televise AFL games from 2002 to 2006. This ended Seven's famous 45-year run as the exclusive AFL football broadcaster. On 5 January 2006 theAustralian Football Leagueaccepted a bid from Seven andTento broadcastAFLgames from 2007 to 2011 at a cost ofA$780 million. Since 2011, Seven has been the exclusive free-to-air broadcaster of theAFL Premiership Seasonto at least 2031.[85]

Seven had exclusive Australian free-to-air, pay television,onlineandmobile telephonybroadcast rights to the2008 Summer Olympicsin Beijing. The live telecast of the XXIX Olympiad was shared by both the Seven Network andSBS Television.Seven broadcast the opening and closing ceremonies and mainstream sports including swimming, athletics, rowing, cycling and gymnastics. In stark contrast,SBS TVprovided complementary coverage focused on long-form events such as soccer, road cycling, volleyball, and table tennis.[86]

From 2016, Seven became the home of theSummer Olympic Games,Winter Olympic Gamesand theSummer Paralympic Games.The Network secured the Australian broadcast rights to the Olympic Games.[87]In October 2020, it was named as the Australian broadcast service for the2022 Winter Olympicsin Beijing.[88]

In 2016, the Seven Network won the broadcasting rights deal to be the main broadcaster of the2017 Rugby League World Cupin Australia, beating the other regular rugby league broadcasting channels of Fox League and the Nine Network to secure the deal.[89]

The Seven Network also screened the2018 Commonwealth Gameson the Gold Coast in April 2018,[90]and the2022 Commonwealth Gamesfrom Birmingham.[91]

In 2018, the Seven Network, in conjunction withFoxtel,acquired free-to-air broadcasting rights to cricket in Australia. This ended Nine's famous 45-year run as the exclusive cricket broadcaster and Ten's five-year run as the exclusive Big Bash League broadcaster. The network will televise all men's international tests matches, 43Big Bash LeagueMatches, all women's Internationals (T20Is, ODIs and Tests) and 23Women's Big Bash LeagueMatches. The six-year deal starts in 2018/19 and runs until 2023/24.[92]In 2023, Seven announced that it reached an agreement with Cricket Australia to extend its media rights from the 2024-25 season to the 2030-31 season. The new, seven-year agreement between Seven and Cricket Australia includes two Ashes Tests Series as well as two Indian tours of Australia. In addition, Cricket Australia will revamp the BBL to create a shorter tournament that will run for five to six weeks to screen on the Seven network.[93]

In 2020, Seven regained the TV rights to the Supercars Championship, sharing the rights with Foxtel in a deal worth $200 million for 5 years (2021–2025). The new deal has Seven Sport show seven rounds of the Supercars Championship live and showing highlights of the rounds it is not able to televise[94]

Availability

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Seven is a standard definition channel through digital TV. There was a1080ihigh definition version until it was replaced by the youth orientated7matechannel, before this change on 18 March 2007, test simulcasts for1080icommenced in theSydneyandMelbournemarkets,AdelaideandPerthfollowed on 24 June 2007, withBrisbanefollowing on 25 June 2007, andregional Queenslandon 26 June 2007. Prior to this, the Seven Network provided a576penhanced-definitionservice.

Seven's core programming is fibre fed out ofHSVMelbourne to its sister stations and regional affiliates withATNSydney providing national news and current affairs programming. The receiving stations and affiliates then insert their own localised news and advertising, which is then broadcast in metropolitan areas and regional areas of Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Western Australia through owned-and-operated stations:ATNSydney,HSVMelbourne,BTQBrisbane,SASAdelaide andTVWPerth; as well as its owned regional stations:CBNSouthern NSW,AMVregional Victoria, NSW and SA border areas,PTVMildura,NENnorthern NSW,Seven Regional WAregional Western Australia andSeven Queenslandregional Queensland. Seven Network programming is also carried into other areas of regional Australia by third-party affiliates likeSouthern Cross TelevisionownedSeven Regionalin South Australia, Tasmania, Darwin and remote areas of central and eastern Australia; andWIN TelevisioninSouth Australiaand theMurrumbridgee Irrigation Areaof New South Wales.

On 1 April 2008,ATNSydney began broadcasting a digital signal to Foxtel andAustar's satellite and cable subscribers.

Current

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7HD

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7HD logo

The 7HD multichannel was launched in October 2007 until 25 September 2010 and later revived on 10 May 2016. The revival version initially broadcast split services: identical main channel programming for Melbourne and Adelaide & continuous programming from7matefor other metropolitan cities, but in1080iMPEG-4HDviaFreeview.The split was implemented to allow broadcast of AFL matches in HD. By 16 December 2016, it quietly shifted to the main channel programming on a long-term basis for Sydney, Brisbane and Perth.

7plus

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Main article:7plus
7plus logo (2020–present)

7plusis avideo on demandand catch up TV service wholly owned and run by the Seven Network. It launched on 27 November 2017 as a replacement forPLUS7,a catch-up TV service jointly owned by Seven Network andYahoo!which closed on 31 March 2018.[95]It offers on demand episodes of television series and a live streaming service providing live access to Seven,7two,7mate,7flix,7BravoandRacing.[96]

Following the acquisition ofYahoo!byVerizon Communicationsin June 2017, Seven announced plans to launch a wholly owned standalone service to replace PLUS7 within the following six months.[97][98]In September 2017, Seven announced the new service would be known as 7plus and would launch in November 2017.[99]

The service is available in HD, and there are plans to addChromecastandApple Airplaysupport at a later date.[95]

AFL Premiership SeasonandCricketmatches are not accessible through the 7plus live streaming service due to thedigital broadcast rightsbeing owned byTelstra MediaandKayo Sportsrespectively.Border Security Internationalrepeats play on the channel's live stream in the event's place until the match is over and then returns to normal programming.[citation needed]

On 23 July 2020, 7plus introduced a new logo styled as7+.

Past

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PLUS7

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PLUS7 logo (2010–2017)

PLUS7was acatch up TVservice run by the Seven Network through itsYahoo7joint venture withYahoo!.[100]The service became available on 18 January 2010. Following the introduction of 7plus, PLUS7 was shut down, becoming unavailable on most platforms from 12 December 2017, and on remaining devices on 31 March 2018.[95]

Some titles were exclusively available in Australia on PLUS7, includingOther SpaceandSin City Saints,as well as the British version ofMy Kitchen Rules,which were not broadcast on the Seven Network.[96][101]In 2014, PLUS7 became the first commercial television catch-up service to provide optionalclosed captioningon most of its programming.[102]

PLUS7 was available across several platforms including iOS mobile operating systems (e.g. iPhone, iPad & iPod Touch),[103]Apple TV,[104]Xbox 360,Xbox One,[105]PlayStation 3,PlayStation 4,[106][107]Windows 10,Sonyinternet-enabled TVs & Blu-ray players, LG internet-enabled TVs, Samsung internet-enabled TVs & Blu-ray players, Panasonic internet-enabled TVs, Hisense internet-enabled TVs, Humax set top boxes, Windows Mobile 7, 8, 8.1 and 10 and Samsung devices running Android OS 4.0+ and above.

7food network

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Main article:7food network

7food networkwas a short-lived Australian free-to-air television channel owned by the Seven Network which launched on 1 December 2018.[108]The channel marked the start of Seven's new deal withDiscovery, Inc.,immediately after the end ofSBS's previous deal with Discovery which saw the creation ofSBS Food(formerly SBS Food Network) in 2015. The channel featured shows about food and cooking from around the world. The channel ceased broadcasting on 28 December 2019 after garnering lower than expected ratings, and replaced by a HD simulcast of7matefrom 16 January 2020.[45]

Logo and identity history

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Seven's colour variant logos used from 1 January 2000 to 13 September 2003

The network's first logo produced and used across the metropolitan stations in the early 1970s featured the numeral seven inside a ring (similar to theCircle 7 logoused mostly by theAmerican Broadcasting Companyfor itsowned-and-operated stationswhichATN-7used from 1968 to 1969). However, in some states from as early back as 1967 the "Seven eye" appeared and continued right through to 1975. Colour television was introduced across the network and the country on 1 March 1975, along with a new logo incorporating a bright ring of the colours of the visual light spectrum. This logo was used nationally until 23 January 1989, when the recently renamed Seven Network introduced a new red logo with the circle modified to incorporate the "7" (similar to the logo then used byWJLA-TVin Washington). The new logo was rolled out along with evening soapHome and Awayand a relaunchedSeven Nightly News(later to becomeSeven News).[14]

The current ribbon logo was launched to coincide with the new millennium celebration on 1 January 2000 and the2000 Summer Olympicsheld in Sydney. The ribbon logo was used between 2000 and 2003 in five colour variants: red, orange, yellow, green and blue, to symbolisepassion,involving,fun,lifeandenergyrespectively and represents the five stations of the network. The logo was simplified in 2003, effectively becoming simply two angled trapezoids, losing its gradient, shadows and colour-coded usages to become solid red but first it was used in solid white as an on-screen bug from 2000. In 2012, the Seven logo was slightly modified with the shape of it remaining the same, the upper right corner was lighter red than the remaining logo. On 1 February 2016, it reverted to red trapezoids.

  • ATN-7: 1968 – 5 October 1969
    ATN-7: 1968 – 5 October 1969
  • ATN-7: 5 October 1969 – 28 February 1975 HSV-7: 5 October 1969 – 28 February 1975 BTQ-7 ADS-7: 5 October 1969 – July 1976
    ATN-7: 5 October 1969 – 28 February 1975
    HSV-7: 5 October 1969 – 28 February 1975
    BTQ-7
    ADS-7: 5 October 1969 – July 1976
  • ATN-7: 1 March 1975 – 23 January 1989, HSV-7: 1 March 1975 – 23 January 1989 ADS-7: July 1976 – 26 December 1987 BTQ-7: July 1976 – 23 January 1989 TVW-7: October 1977 – 23 January 1989 SAS-7: 27 December 1987 – 23 January 1989
    ATN-7: 1 March 1975 – 23 January 1989,
    HSV-7: 1 March 1975 – 23 January 1989
    ADS-7: July 1976 – 26 December 1987
    BTQ-7: July 1976 – 23 January 1989
    TVW-7: October 1977 – 23 January 1989
    SAS-7: 27 December 1987 – 23 January 1989
  • 23 January 1989 – 31 December 1999
    23 January 1989 – 31 December 1999
  • 1 January 2000 – 13 September 2003
    1 January 2000 – 13 September 2003
  • 13 September 2003 – present
    13 September 2003 – present

Slogans

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The Seven Network's TV ad campaigns tended to followNBC(mostly due to Seven's semi-close ties with the American network)[citation needed],but at times also used some imaging from fellow US networksABCandFOX.

Each state has from time to time had their own specific slogans, but the following were the network's national identities:

  • 1959:You're in Tune When You're Tuned to Seven
  • 1969 – February 1975:The Seven Revolution
  • 1974:Looking Better Than Ever!
  • 1975–1976:Seven Colors Your World
  • 1976–1979:The Color Machine(a.k.a.Seven Colors Your World/Who Colors Your World?)
  • 1979–1980:You're on Seven
  • 1981–1982:Channel 7, All The Best
  • 1983:Channel 7, Watch Us Now
  • 1984:Be There
  • 1985–1988:Let's All Be There
  • 1986–1987:Say Hello
  • 1988:Let's Celebrate '88
  • 1988:Australian Television Network
  • 1 January 1989 – Summer 1989/90:Only the Best on 7
  • 1990–1995:Seven
  • 1990:In The Mood
  • 1991:Yeah!
  • 1992:Good Vibrations
  • 1993–1994:It Has to Be... Seven
  • 1995:Handmade Television
  • February 1995 – June 1996:Discover It All on Seven
  • June 1996 – April 1999:Everyone's Home on Seven
  • 1 May 1999 – 14 September 2003:The One to Watch
  • 2001:The Australian Television Network
  • 6 July – 31 August 2003:See Things Differently
  • 14 September – November 2003:Lucky Number Seven
  • 2004:7NOW
  • 26 December 2004 – 16 January 2011:Gottaloveit
  • 16 January 2011 – November 2012:One Place
  • November 2012 – December 2019:Gottaloveit
  • 2020–2022:Better Together
  • 2023:That's Massive

Awards

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Due to Seven's coverage of the2008 Summer Olympics,theInternational Olympic Committeeawarded Seven the 'Golden Rings' award for "Best Olympic Programme". The award is given for the best overall Olympic coverage.[109]

At the 2018 Sport Australia media awards, Seven won the "Best coverage of a sporting event" award for the coverage of the2018 Commonwealth GamesinGold Coast.[110]

The Seven Network's ground-breaking coverage of the Tokyo2020 Summer Olympic Gamessaw them win three awards (gold, silver and bronze) at theInternational Olympic Committee's coveted Golden Rings Awards.[111]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Available on7HD,7two,7mateand7Bravo.

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