General TV History

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Remember Angus and Robertson? Dick Smith? Australian Television Network? Still The One? All major brands which have gone disappeared.

Australian Television Network was a dying name originating from ATN-7 Sydney that was succeeded by the colloquial name “Channel 7” and later the official name “Seven Network”. An official switch to what the public had been calling it for decades.

In my honest opinion Seven should not have got rid of the name “Australian Television Network” as:
(1) it is an important part of its heritage - it was used in the sixties (watching old Homicide episodes on Youtube mentioned it inside a map of Australia on the closing credits) and again from 1987-92 during the Skase era.
(2) the name can be used as a collective of the Seven Network and all its affiliates, eg. “you’re watching Southern Cross Television, a proud member of the Australian Television Network” and “you’re watching Seven, the Australian Television Network”.
(3) the name is an accurate reflection of its business with its high percentage of Australian self-produced content on the main channel, and its programmes are seen all over Australia.