This was extensively discussed on Mediaspy at the time. Ownership of the Darwin, Tasmania and Mildura licences has already changed. What is detailed in this MMG press release was reversed after ACMA decided against appealing the Federal Court decision in favour of MMG.
There licences are realistally very similar to the s39 FM licences issued in the 90s. They were issued for the same reason to expand the offering in markets not large enough for competition, were restricted to existing licensees and have since been allow to be split apart from their sister stations and sold to competitors.
Mildura seems to have never changed, it was only in talks to sell Prime’s share to MMG which were later cancelled.
So if I’m understanding this correctly, the JV ownership is independent from the primary station ownerships and either can be sold off separately to the other if needed.
If you’re wondering why I referred to it as TDT9, it’s more because across the forums here TDT was TDT10 for so long that when it’s mentioned in threads and different eras I specify whether I’m talking about the 9 or the 10 version of TDT. Not in everyday life, only here where some people get quite pedantic about specifics and in some threads it can get confusing if discussing the olden days where it was TDT where it was quite a mix of whether people called it TDT or 10.
In the Watermarks thread where that post was, it was also to show that it was occurring on a non-Nine O&O station and from an SCA channel broadcast.
This is Channel 9 not TDT name anymore now I have hear from some people in Hobart some Told me about old tv channel on TDT10 station change over to channel nine back in 2016.
The metro stations don’t go by their callsigns anymore either but some users choose to write “ATV” instead of “Channel 10 Melbourne”, for example. Nine Tasmania’s callsign is still TDT regardless of on-air branding, there’s nothing wrong with using callsigns.
Also, proofreading your posts before hitting the Reply button might be a good idea in future.
I’m visiting Tassie over Christmas, (I’m staying in Bicheno, Launceston, Devonport and Zeehan) and was looking up TV guides, and I’ve been confused. There is two Channel 5’s (TDT and SC9), and I was wondering what the difference is.
Is it that they both broadcast, and you get whichever is stronger?
They’re the same thing. TDT is the licence co-owned by WIN and SCA. SCA manage playout, so presentation is most likely the same as the other SCA9 channels.
Some of those online TV guides are less than reliable in the listing of channels they show. I find the Freeview Guide to be the most accurate.