STRATEGIC ALLIANCES (BUSINESS) – AUSTRALIA

Guthrie defends Netflix, ABC deal

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Original article by Max Mason
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 29 : 17-Nov-16

ABC MD Michelle Guthrie has defended the public broadcaster’s deal to produce a second series of drama "Glitch" in partnership with Netflix. She has told the Screen Forever conference that ABC viewers now expect drama shows to have the same production values as those produced by subscription video-on-demand services, and notes that producing such content is becoming increasingly expensive. The co-production deal will give Netflix global streaming rights to "Glitch".

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, MATCHBOX PICTURES PTY LTD, FILM VICTORIA, AMC NETWORKS, SUNDANCE TV

ABC Netflix deal angers rivals

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 23 & 25 : 7-Nov-16

An ABC spokesman has defended the public broadcaster’s decision to produce a second series of drama "Glitch" in partnership with Netflix. The US-based subscription video-on-demand provider is believed to be contributing about 15 per cent of the production costs. Netflix will stream the series outside of the Australian market at the same time as it is broadcast by the ABC. The deal has been questioned by Seven West Media CEO Tim Worner and Nine Entertainment Company CEO Hugh Marks.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, NICK XENOPHON TEAM, FILM VICTORIA, NBC UNIVERSAL INCORPORATED

Ten tie-up delivers good news for WIN

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 23 & 25 : 25-Jul-16

RegionalTAM data shows that WIN Corporation’s ratings in the 6pm to 7:30pm timeslot have risen since it became a Ten Network affiliate on 1 July 2016. WIN CEO Andrew Lancaster has praised the level of assistance and co-operation provided by Ten during WIN’s switch from its long-running affiliation deal with the Nine Network. The data also show that Southern Cross Media Group’s ratings under its new program supply deal with Nine are lower than WIN’s ratings when it was affiliated with Nine.

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WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, REGIONAL TAM PTY LTD, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, CRICKET AUSTRALIA

ABC boss expands Netflix content deal

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Original article by Michael Bodey
The Australian – Page: 29 : 4-Jul-16

ABC MD Michelle Guthrie has told the Crawford Australian Leadership Forum that the public broadcaster must continue to establish alliances with third parties to ensure that its content is accessible on any platform. The ABC has made more of its contents available to Netflix’s Australian subscribers, while some of its programs are also offered by Netflix in the US. Some of the ABC’s content is also available via Netflix’s local rivals, Presto and Stan.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, WORKING DOG PRODUCTIONS PTY LTD, BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION, APPLE INCORPORATED, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD

Nine fades to black in the midnight hour

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 28 : 4-Jul-16

The Nine Network’s content was temporarily unavailable in regional areas of Western Australia after negotiations with West Digital Television regarding an affiliation deal stalled. WDT is a joint venture between WIN Corporation and Prime Media Group, and it had proposed to pay an affiliation fee of less than 20 per cent of its revenue. Nine in turn is believed to have sought a percentage of revenue based on audience share. WDT began broadcasting Nine’s signal nearly two days after the negotiations’ deadline of 30 June had lapsed.

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NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, WEST DIGITAL TELEVISION, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, PRIME MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX PRT, SOUTHERN CROSS AUSTEREO PTY LTD, SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, IMPARJA TELEVISION PTY LTD, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, GILBERT AND TOBIN LAWYERS, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE

Last-minute deal keeps Nine in Tassie

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 21 & 24 : 1-Jul-16

The Tasmanian Digital Television joint venture between WIN Corporation and Southern Cross Media Group has agreed to broadcast the Nine Network’s content. The affiliation deal will ensure that viewers in the broadcast area will continue to have access to Nine’s TV shows. WIN and Southern Cross switched metropolitan affiliation partners in some states and regional areas on 1 July 2016.

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TASMANIAN DIGITAL TELEVISION PTY LTD, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, PRIME MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX PRT, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS AND THE ARTS, NBN TELEVISION

Ten deal opens board seat to Gordon

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 23 : 27-Jun-16

The affiliation agreement with Bruce Gordon’s WIN Corporation may prompt Ten Network to offer a board seat to the billionaire. WIN CEO Andrew Lancaster is expected to become Gordon’s representative on the Ten board. Ten had previously declined to give Gordon board representation due to conflict of interests concerns, as he is a major shareholder in both Ten and Nine Entertainment Company. WIN’s content supply agreement with Ten commences on 1 July 2016.

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TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS

Changing channels: execs brace for uncertainty as regional stations meet new partners

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 23 : 27-Jun-16

Media buying agencies have had to cancel some advertising sales deals that were booked prior to the new regional TV affiliation agreements that take effect on 1 July 2016. WIN Corporation and Southern Cross Media Group will switch metropolitan affiliates, which is likely to cause confusion among some viewers and affect media buyers’ ad sales in July. The media landscape is expected to face further changes if cross-media ownership laws are abolished, with the prospect of mergers between metropolitan and regional networks.

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WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, OPTIMUM MEDIA DIRECTION PTY LTD, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SMI MEDIA INCORPORATED, PRIME MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX PRT

WIN nails affiliate deal with Ten

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Original article by Jake Mitchell
The Australian – Page: 23 : 23-May-16

WIN Corporation is set to finalise a five-year affiliation deal with the Ten Network, after the regional broadcaster was dumped by Nine Entertainment Company in April 2016. Ten is expected to receive a much lower proportion of WIN’s TV revenue under the content supply deal than the one struck by Southern Cross Media with Nine. Southern Cross and WIN will switch affiliation partners on 1 July 2016, which Dentsu Aegis Network Australia CEO Simon Ryan warns is likely to have a short-term impact on their revenue.

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WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, SOUTHERN CROSS MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX SXL, DENTSU AEGIS MEDIA AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, OPTIMUM MEDIA DIRECTION PTY LTD, PRIME MEDIA GROUP LIMITED – ASX PRT, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, AUSTRALIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, NATIONAL RUGBY LEAGUE, MINDSHARE, WPP AUNZ

TV still a strong ad earner: Howcroft

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Original article by Darren Davidson
The Australian – Page: 22 : 13-May-16

The Ten Network’s executive general manager in Melbourne, Russel Howcroft, will become the inaugural chairman of Think TV. The industry body has been established by Australia’s free-to-air commercial networks and Foxtel in order to promote the benefits of traditional TV to advertisers in an era of digital disruption. Statistics highlight the continued market power of broadcast TV, which was viewed by 87.4 per cent of Australians each week in the December 2015 quarter.

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TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, THINK TV, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, THINKBOX, NETFLIX INCORPORATED, PRESTO ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, STAN ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, OZTAM PTY LTD, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, GOOGLE INCORPORATED, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED