TELEVISION BROADCASTING – AUSTRALIA

Ten’s ad share in decline, rivals up

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Original article by Lara Sinclair
The Australian – Page: 18 : 16-Jan-15

Data from SMI shows that the Seven Network had a 41 per cent share of metropolitan TV advertising revenue in calendar 2014, compared with 40.3 per cent previously. The Nine Network lifted its share of ad revenue from 37.6 per cent to 38.7 per cent, while the Ten Network’s share was down from 22 per cent to 20.3 per cent. TV accounted for 47.2 per cent of Australia’s total advertising market, down from 48.8 per cent in 2013

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SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, SMI MEDIA INCORPORATED, DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD

Free TV ad revenue to plummet

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Original article by Paul McIntyre
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 15 : 15-Dec-14

IPG Mediabrands expects digital media’s share of advertising revenue to rise from 36.5 per cent to 56 per cent over the next five years. The share of commercial free-to-air TV networks will fall from 26.6 per cent to just 19.9 per cent. The firm’s chief investment officer, Victor Corones, expects Australia’s advertising market to record overall growth of one per cent in 2014, rising to 3.8 per cent in 2015

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MEDIABRANDS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, FACEBOOK INCORPORATED, QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN, MAGNA GLOBAL PTY LTD, THE NIELSEN COMPANY (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD, ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL ADVERTISERS INCORPORATED, WAL-MART STORES INCORPORATED, FORD MOTOR COMPANY, NESTLE SA, MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, PERNOD RICARD SA, CADREON PTY LTD, VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED

Offer for Ten cut after briefings

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Original article by Dominic White, Jared Lynch
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 6 : 3-Dec-14

Prospective buyers of the Ten Network were required to submit non-indicative bids by 2 December 2014. Foxtel and Discovery Communications have offered to pay between $A0.20 and $A0.25 per share for the free-to-air broadcaster, compared with an initial indicative offer of $A0.26 per share. Ten shares closed at $A0.24 on 2 December. Time Warner, which was also mooted as a bidder for Ten, has elected not to proceed with an offer, while Anchorage Capital and Saban are also seen as potential bidders

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TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED, TIME WARNER INCORPORATED, ANCHORAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS PTY LTD, SABAN CAPITAL GROUP INCORPORATED, CITIGROUP PTY LTD, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, CROWN RESORTS LIMITED – ASX CWN, PROVIDENCE EQUITY PARTNERS INCORPORATED, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, GOLDMAN SACHS AND PARTNERS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD

Australians pick their must-see and much-loved television shows on ABC and SBS

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Original article by Roy Morgan Research
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 24-Nov-14

A Roy Morgan Single Source survey has found that 11.8 million Australians aged 14+ have at least one ABC or ABC2 television show that they "especially choose to watch". The survey, which was carried out in the year to September 2014, also found that 5.5 million Australians especially choose to watch between one and three shows on the ABC. Meanwhile, 9.2 million Australians especially choose to watch at least one show on SBS ONE, SBS2 or NITV

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ROY MORGAN RESEARCH LIMITED, AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION, SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE (SBS)

Discovery/Foxtel to ramp up Ten offer

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Original article by Dominic White
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 31 : 24-Nov-14

Indicative offers for the Ten Network will be accepted until 2 December 2014. Foxtel and Discovery Communications are believed to be planning to make a cash and scrip offer, whereby Ten’s existing shareholders would be given shares in the free-to-air broadcaster. The move is aimed at gaining the support of 14.9 per cent shareholder Bruce Gordon, who has ruled out selling his stake. Foxtel has also proposed to merge Ten and its own Multi Channel Network advertisings sales division

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TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED, MULTI CHANNEL NETWORK PTY LTD, CITIGROUP PTY LTD, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, GOLDMAN SACHS AND PARTNERS AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, CROWN RESORTS LIMITED – ASX CWN, TIME WARNER INCORPORATED, HBO, WARNER BROS, CABLE NEWS NETWORK, HELLMAN AND FRIEDMAN, SABAN CAPITAL GROUP INCORPORATED, ANCHORAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS PTY LTD, PROVIDENCE EQUITY PARTNERS INCORPORATED, PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION

SBS ad boost ‘will cost networks $198m’

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Original article by David Crowe
The Australian – Page: 2 : 19-Nov-14

The Australian Subscription Television & Radio Association has criticised the Federal Government’s plan to allow more advertising on SBS. The public broadcaster will be able to show 10 minutes of ads per hour during prime time if the reforms proceed. Mark Pejic of MediaCom estimates that this will boost SBS’s revenue by $A198.7m over five years, largely at the expense of the free-to-air commercial networks

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SPECIAL BROADCASTING SERVICE (SBS), AUSTRALIAN SUBSCRIPTION TELEVISION AND RADIO ASSOCIATION (ASTRA) INCORPORATED, MEDIACOM AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, SEVEN NETWORK LIMITED, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, NINE NETWORK AUSTRALIA LIMITED, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, FREE TV AUSTRALIA LIMITED, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, SOUTHERN CROSS AUSTEREO PTY LTD, FOXTEL COMMERCIAL PRODUCTIONS, DISCOVERY CHANNEL, WALT DISNEY COMPANY, VIACOM AUSTRALIA, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF FINANCE, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE TREASURY

Time Warner’s Ten play

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Original article by James Chessell, Sarah Thompson
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 1 & 34 : 10-Nov-14

It has been revealed that US media group Time Warner contacted Australia’s Ten Network about a potential takeover bid in early October 2014. The non-binding approach indicated that any bid by Time Warner’s cable TV arm would be pitched at $A0.25 per share and be conditional on the support of key Ten shareholders. Time Warner has also made overtures to Apollo Global Management to buy its stake in rival free-to-air broadcaster Nine Entertainment Company

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TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, TIME WARNER INCORPORATED, TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM INCORPORATED, APOLLO GLOBAL MANAGEMENT LLC, NINE ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX NEC, CITIGROUP PTY LTD, CROWN RESORTS LIMITED – ASX CWN, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, WIN CORPORATION PTY LTD, CABLE NEWS NETWORK, FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS INCORPORATED, PROVIDENCE EQUITY PARTNERS INCORPORATED, HELLMAN AND FRIEDMAN, ANCHORAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS PTY LTD, VIACOM INCORPORATED, MTV MUSIC TELEVISION, CHANNEL 5 BROADCASTING LIMITED, LIBERTY GLOBAL INCORPORATED, ITV PLC, 21ST CENTURY FOX INCORPORATED, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ

Foxtel-Ten alliance would face scrutiny

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Original article by Madeleine Heffernan
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 21 : 16-Sep-14

It was claimed in the media that Foxtel contemplated a bid for the Ten Network in conjunction with Providence Equity Partners. It is said that the pay-TV group might form a marketing or content alliance with Providence if the US private equity group makes an offer for Ten. Regulators are likely to pay close heed to any alliance between Foxtel and Providence. Foxtel is prohibited by law from owning more than 15 per cent of the commercial TV broadcaster

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FOXTEL MANAGEMENT PTY LTD, TEN NETWORK HOLDINGS LIMITED – ASX TEN, PROVIDENCE EQUITY PARTNERS INCORPORATED, AUSTRALIAN COMPETITION AND CONSUMER COMMISSION, NOVA ENTERTAINMENT PTY LTD, CONSOLIDATED MEDIA HOLDINGS LIMITED, NEWS CORP AUSTRALIA PTY LTD, NEWS CORPORATION – ASX NWS, TELSTRA CORPORATION LIMITED – ASX TLS, SEVEN WEST MEDIA LIMITED – ASX SWM, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, FAIRFAX MEDIA LIMITED – ASX FXJ

‘Death knell’ for community TV as Turnbull flicks the internet switch

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Original article by Mitchell Bingemann
The Australian – Page: 7 : 11-Sep-14

The Australian Government will reallocate the spectrum that is used by community TV stations. Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull says community stations will need to become internet-only broadcasters from the start of 2016. He says this will provide them with access to a much larger audience, noting that only about 2,000 people watch community TV stations during prime-time

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS, AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY TELEVISION ALLIANCE, CHANNEL 31, TELEVISION SYDNEY (TVS) LIMITED

‘Death knell’ for community TV as Turnbull flicks the internet switch

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Original article by Mitchell Bingemann
The Australian – Page: 7 : 11-Sep-14

The Australian Government will reallocate the spectrum that is used by community TV stations. Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull says community stations will need to become internet-only broadcasters from the start of 2016. He says this will provide them with access to a much larger audience, noting that only about 2,000 people watch community TV stations during prime-time

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF COMMUNICATIONS, AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITY TELEVISION ALLIANCE, CHANNEL 31, TELEVISION SYDNEY (TVS) LIMITED