WIN Television
SDTV feed) | |
Ownership | |
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Owner | WIN Corporation |
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History | |
Launched | 18 March 1962 |
Links | |
Website | wintv |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview WIN owned (virtual) | 8/88 (5 in Northern NSW and Gold Coast) |
Freeview WIN HD (virtual) | 80 (50 in Northern NSW and Gold Coast) |
WIN Television is an
Regional services
Through its many television broadcast licences, WIN re-broadcasts metropolitan network content into regional Australian markets, as follows:
Licence area | Affiliation | Call sign |
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Northern New South Wales | Network 10 | NRN |
Southern New South Wales Australian Capital Territory |
Nine Network | WIN |
Griffith | Seven Network | MTN |
Nine Network | AMN | |
Network 10 | MDN[a] | |
Regional Queensland | Nine Network | RTQ |
Eastern South Australia | Seven Network | SES/RTS |
Nine Network | SDS/RDS | |
Network 10 | MGS/LRS | |
Tasmania | Nine Network | TVT |
Network 10 | TDT[b] | |
Mildura | Nine Network | STV |
Network 10 | MDV[c] | |
Regional Victoria | Nine Network | VTV |
Regional Western Australia | Nine Network | WOW |
Network 10 | GDW, SDW, VDW, WDW[d] |
- ^ Supplementary licence owned entirely by WIN
- ^ Supplementary licence jointly owned by WIN and Southern Cross Austereo
- ^ Supplementary licence jointly owned by WIN and Seven West Media
- ^ Supplementary licence jointly owned by WIN and Seven West Media
History
Early years in Wollongong
Television Wollongong Transmission Limited (TWT) was incorporated on 4 October 1955 by a group of local businessmen. Five years later, it was awarded a licence by the
1980–1999: aggregation and expansion
During this period, WIN expanded through the purchase of stations in
In 1990, WIN purchased Queensland station Star TV, with stations in Rockhampton (RTQ) and the Darling Downs (DDQ and SDQ), just weeks before aggregation was to occur in regional Queensland. The station had already been set to become a Network 10 affiliate under its previous owners; however, WIN's links with the Nine Network enabled it to clinch the Nine Network affiliation away from QTV, which was then forced to affiliate with third-placed Network Ten with just days to go.
WIN became regional Western Australia's second commercial television network on 26 March 1999 after winning the rights tender in 1997.[6] Prior to the launch of the new station, GWN held a commercial monopoly on the market. GWN became an affiliate of the Seven Network, while WIN took a combination of Nine Network and Network Ten programming. Despite Nine's traditional ratings dominance throughout most of the country, incumbent GWN has remained the market's most-watched station.[7] The second ratings survey of 2006 placed WIN Television with a 34.7% commercial audience share in prime-time, compared to the Golden West Network with 65.3%.[8]
Also in 1999, WIN purchased two stations in South Australia:
As well as the flagship weeknightly WIN News bulletin, WIN has been prolific in broadcasting relevant programmes for its audience. In the past, it produced current affairs programming, including the community affairs programme Roving Eye, and Sunday Review, a weekly review of international, national, and local stories.[10] It produced a mid-week rugby league wrap panel show in the mid-1990s, while in 1995, WIN Television Queensland produced its own rugby league coverage by televising games featuring the fledgeling North Queensland Cowboys in their maiden ARL Winfield Cup competition season.
2000–2016: Nine affiliation
WIN Television began to introduce
On 30 May 2007, WIN purchased NWS from Southern Cross Broadcasting for A$105 million. Similarly, STW Perth, owned by Sunraysia Television and affiliated with the Nine Network, was purchased on 8 June 2007 for A$163.1 million.[11]
Despite the station's ownership of Nine Perth, the regional WIN WA service continued to broadcast
A conflict between WIN and its long-time metropolitan partner, the Nine Network, arose in mid-2007, with
On 9 August 2009, WIN began transmission of the new digital channel
In June 2010, playout was moved from WIN's Wollongong headquarters to its new Media Hub facility in the south-west Sydney suburb of Ingleburn, co-owned with ABC Television.[18]
On 26 September 2010, WIN began transmission of the HD digital channel GEM on channel 80 in Southern NSW, Regional Victoria, Tasmania, and Regional Queensland.
On 1 May 2012, WIN began transmission of an SD digital infomercial channel, Gold, on channel 84.[19] The second infomercial channel, Gold2, began on 13 July 2013 as a five-hour timeshift of Gold.[20]
Following Nine's launch of
The network continued to produce its own local news service, WIN News, for most of its markets throughout its Nine affiliation, although requests for increased revenue by Nine repeatedly threatened the news division's viability. By 2016, only twelve bulletins were being produced and presented.[24]
2016–2021: 10 affiliation
After Nine launched its new online catch-up video on demand and live streaming service 9Now on 27 January 2016, WIN filed a lawsuit against Nine, claiming that live streaming into regional areas breached their exclusive affiliation agreement.[25][26] Justice Hammerschlag of the NSW Supreme Court dismissed the case on 28 April 2016, ruling that the definition of "broadcasting" in WIN's affiliation agreement with the Nine Network did not cover internet streaming "and that Nine is under no express or implied obligation not to do it".[27][28]
Shortly after WIN's legal defeat, Nine announced a new $500 million, five-year programme supply agreement with
Negotiations in January 2017 for WIN to acquire Northern New South Wales station
On 28 May 2018, WIN announced a new programme supply agreement with the
WIN converted TVSN to MPEG-4 SD on 30 August 2018, two days before the launch of
On 31 October 2018, at 6:30 p.m., during
On 29 March 2021, the WIN channel in the Illawarra region was converted to MPEG-4 HD as an experiment for other WIN areas.[54] On 14 May 2021, it was reverted to the MPEG-2 format in SD after viewers complained that they could no longer get the WIN channel on LCN 8.
2021–present: Return to Nine affiliation
On 12 March 2021, Nine announced it had secured a new programme supply agreement with its original partner, WIN Network, across regional Australia beginning 1 July 2021, in effect dumping Southern Cross Austereo, which was forced to return to relaying third-placed Ten content. The seven-year deal sees WIN pay around 50 percent of broadcast advertising revenue to Nine Entertainment Co., plus advertising time for Nine's properties on WIN's television and radio assets. WIN also integrated advertising sales services for Nine's O&O regional stations,
On 18 March 2022, WIN Television celebrated 60 years of broadcasting across Wollongong and the Illawarra.[56]
On 16 June 2022, WIN Television converted 9Gem and 9Go! to MPEG-4 SD in Tasmania via WIN's Tasmanian station TVT.
On 22 March 2023, WIN Television announced that they would be converting all of their remaining MPEG-2 channels to MPEG-4 later that same year. On 22 May 2023, 9Gem was converted into an MPEG-4 SD channel in most WIN areas, except Tasmania, Western Australia, and Northern NSW. On 19 June 2023, 9Go! was converted into an MPEG-4 SD channel in most WIN areas, except Tasmania, Western Australia, and Northern NSW. In most WIN areas, except Northern NSW and Western Australia, 9Gem was upgraded to an MPEG-4 HD channel on 27 July 2023.[57][58] In Northern NSW, WIN upgraded 10 Bold and 10 Peach from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 in November 2023, 10 Bold on 21 November 2023, and 10 Peach on 28 November 2023.[59] On 6 December 2023, 9Go! was converted into an MPEG-4 HD channel in most WIN areas, except Western Australia, and Northern NSW.
Programming
WIN Television carries the programming of all three commercial television stations in Australia. It is a sole affiliate of the Nine Network in all broadcast areas except for Northern NSW, but it is also an affiliate of the Seven Network in Griffith, New South Wales, and eastern South Australia and is an affiliate of Network 10 in Griffith, Northern New South Wales, and eastern South Australia. WIN Television has always produced regional programming, including the flagship local news service WIN News, that supplements programmes sourced from affiliates.
Since its inception, the network has produced and broadcast notable programmes, including Sportsview and Sportsworld, a review of international, national, and local sporting events.[10] From the first week of transmissions, the children's television series The Channel 4 Club was produced, with the children's television programme Stopwatch beginning in 1979.[10] The English-language educational programme You Say the Word began in 1971, catering to non-English-speaking immigrants. The long-running entertainment programme Variety Italian Style premiered in 1974, with Malcom Elliott initially hosting the short-lived Tonight Show in 1981 before being replaced by John Tingle a year later. To commemorate WIN Television's 21st year of broadcasting, a one-and-a-half-hour retrospective montage special was produced in 1983. WIN Television also co-produced the telemovie Last Chance in 1986 with a Canadian television production company.[10] Spanning close to a decade, the children's television series Goodsports was produced by WIN Television from 1991 to 2000.
WIN Television's current Australian programming productions consist of television shows including Fishing Australia and Alive and Cooking. On 17 May 2007, WIN Television announced a new midday programme called Susie; however, this was subsequently moved to a morning timeslot. It lasted until 2009.[15][17] WIN Television also broadcasts a range of exclusive overseas and domestically sourced programming, including The Ellen DeGeneres Show and Alive and Cooking; however, since 2021, WIN has broadcast a direct feed from Nine, excluding WIN News.
The only local programming broadcast by the WIN Network as of 2023[update] consists of half-hour local WIN News bulletins for its Nine stations in Regional Queensland, Southern New South Wales, Griffith, Regional Victoria, and Tasmania, as well as short news updates for its Ten station in northern New South Wales.
News and current affairs
WIN News is the network's local news service. Fourteen regional bulletins and news updates are presented from studios in Wollongong, with reporters and camera crews based in district newsrooms.[24] In most markets, WIN News may compete with Seven News or Nightly News.
WIN has produced independent news reports and bulletins since 1962 for its original Wollongong station. As well as the flagship nightly bulletin, WIN Television has in the past produced current affairs programming, including the community affairs programme Roving Eye, and Sunday Review, a weekly review of international, national, and local stories.[10]
WIN also broadcast WIN's All Australian News at 7 a.m. weekdays and weeknights at late nights, which featured highlights from news bulletins from its regional stations that ceased in June 2021 due to Nine's new affiliation agreement with WIN.
Sport
On most of the WIN Network's stations, it relays sports coverage broadcast from Nine's Wide World of Sports. On WIN's Northern New South Wales 10 station and other 10 stations in Griffith, Mildura, Regional WA, and Eastern SA owned by WIN and affiliated with 10, it relays sports coverage provided by 10 Sport. The Seven stations in Griffith, Mount Gambier, and the Riverland carry Seven Sport sports coverage.
Availability
WIN Television's transmissions are available from both free-to-air terrestrial transmitters in major regional centres and free-to-view satellite transmissions across regional and remote Western Australia on the Viewer Access Satellite Television service. WIN News bulletins are carried on the VAST service to allow viewers in remote areas of Central and Eastern Australia, as well as terrestrial reception blackspots, to obtain news local to their area.
WIN broadcasts to a geographically large portion of regional and remote Australia Western Australia.
WIN HD
WIN's high-definition channel, WIN HD, originally launched on 17 March 2008 as a sister to the Nine Network's rebranded high-definition simulcast,
On 10 February 2016, WIN announced that it would launch its own HD simulcast in the coming months in response to Nine Network relaunching 9HD as its second high-definition channel.[22] WIN HD re-launched on 1 March 2016.[23] Four WIN regions were excluded from the 1 March launch date, although in four regions the launch was delayed: Griffith, Mildura, Eastern South Australia (2 March due to technical issues), and Regional Western Australia (10 March).[62][63] On 1 July 2016, with WIN's new programme supply agreement, the channel's programme schedule changed in line with WIN.[34] The channel ceased on 30 June 2021 with WIN's new programme supply agreement with Nine. WIN now re-broadcasts Nine HD across its Nine stations and 10 HD across Northern New South Wales.
Logos
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30 January 2006 – 14 January 2008
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14 January 2008 – present
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1 July 2016 – 31 October 2018
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