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AFL Grand Final Watched By Over Four Million

Nigel Bowen September 29, 2025 No Comments

The 2025 AFL Grand Final attracted an average Total TV audience of 4.08 million, including about 1.05 million on 7plus, and reached a total of 6.1 million viewers, according to…

Seven West Media results point to FTA TV turnaround

Nigel Bowen August 13, 2025 No Comments

It’s been a brutal few decades for legacy media businesses, not least free-to-air TV channels. So when Seven West Media announced its results for the last financial year, nobody was…

Call For Albanese Government To Take Action Against Google, Amazon, Paramount+ Netflix Over Anti Siphoning Laws

David Richards September 19, 2022 No Comments

Senator Sarah Henderson Shadow Communications Minister has called for immediate action to be taken by the Albanese Labor Government, to fix a major anti-siphoning law loophole that allows Facebook, Amazon…

Nine and Seven Both Upgrade Earnings Guidance

Nathan Jolly May 4, 2022 No Comments

Seven West Media and Nine Entertainment have both used the Macquarie Conference in Sydney to upgrade their earnings guidance for the current financial year. Nine now expects its FY22 EBITDA…

“Always Room For More Sports” Says Seven As It Eyes NRL Deal

Nathan Jolly October 13, 2021 No Comments

“There’s always room for more sport,” Seven boss James Warburton said, as it announces a deal to broadcast the Commonwealth Games and makes moves to strike a joint deal with…

Former Channel 7 & 9 Boss David Leckie Has Died

Nathan Jolly July 20, 2021 No Comments

Former Channel 7 boss David Leckie has died, aged 70. Leckie passed away at his family’s property, Mulberry Farm after a long illness. “With immense sadness we advise the passing…

Broadcast Spectrum Buyback Proposal Would Hurt TV Networks

Nathan Jolly May 17, 2021 No Comments

Proposed reforms that would reduce the amount of radiofrequency spectrum used by Australian TV broadcasters would impact the ability to provide HD quality broadcasts and speciality channels, the free-to-air networks…

Channel 7 Moves To Tear Up $450m Cricket Deal

Jake Nelson September 11, 2020 No Comments

Channel 7 has moved to pull out of its broadcasting deal with Cricket Australia, leaving the future of Australian free-to-air cricket in the balance. The network, which scooped up the…

65% Of Aussies Rank TV Main News Source

Roma Christian October 18, 2018 No Comments

Latest numbers from Roy Morgan reveal over 13 million Australians (65.6%) consider TV their main source of news, with over 12.6 million (62.3%) citing free-to-air TV. Research claims 7.5 million…