# Paramount Australia & New Zealand **URL:** \ **Category:** Ten Network\ **Created:** [January 11, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590 "2016-01-11T04:31:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 23
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 1:59am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/455 "2017-06-16T01:59:58Z")
> [@cmo](#): > > Aren’t the assets the TV licenses themselves? They are what makes the money. They are one of the assets. Yes. ---
**Author:** ![meteoritetv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@meteoritetv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/meteoritetv)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 2:00am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/456 "2017-06-16T02:00:11Z")
Sure. That’s a point. Maybe they’re only paying “peppercorn” lease rates for the land anyway. ---
**Author:** ![meteoritetv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/m/bb73d2/32.png) [@meteoritetv](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/meteoritetv)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/457 "2017-06-16T03:14:20Z")
Perhaps we’ll see Ten end up like [this](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyuYXWd4dh0)! Talking Lifestyle on TV 😕 ---
**Author:** ![SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/sydneycitytv/32/66248_2.png) [@SydneyCityTV](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/SydneyCityTV)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 4:25am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/458 "2017-06-16T04:25:12Z")
Maybe Ten could run a Telethon but instead of the money going to charity, it could go directly to the network and it’s shareholders. Now there’s a tongue in cheek mock idea for you! 😜 ---
**Author:** ![Reece](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/reece/32/241056_2.png) [@Reece](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Reece)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/459 "2017-06-16T04:43:44Z")
They might as well give it a crack based on that video. They have nothing to lose and own much of the equipment needed to run one and employ the people needed to do it. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a Telethon purely for a non charitable cause before until seeing that video. ---
**Author:** ![William\_C](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/william_c/32/305521_2.png) [@William\_C](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/William_C)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 3:08pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/460 "2017-06-16T15:08:39Z")
If Ten wants to save money, they could do sports the way they will do for the upcoming A League season. Where they take the entire FOX production. ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/461 "2017-06-17T05:16:01Z")
Curiouser and curiouser. > **[US output deals at the centre of TEN negotiations](https://tvtonight.com.au/2017/06/us-output-deals-at-the-centre-of-ten-negotiations.html)** > > Conflicting reports over whether CBS or 20th Century FOX dragged their feet in meetings with TEN. ---
**Author:** ![Nick](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/nick/32/247872_2.png) [@Nick](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Nick)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 5:55am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/462 "2017-06-17T05:55:12Z")
> “The CBS deal was done,” a person involved said. **“FOX was dragging its feet all the way.”** One article suggested a FOX US contact was unreachable in the crucial hours leading up to administration. > But other sources do not agree with that account, with suggestions **deals with TEN were agreed in principle**. > Whilst CBS regard TEN as a loyal customer and were willing to cut the network a break to keep it afloat, **FOX agreed to a replacement deal for TEN one hour after the company was put into administration**. Hmmm. _Agreed in principle_ doth not seal a new deal. Isn’t it ironic that FOX came to an agreement _one hour_ after Ten entered administration, AND the fact that Murdoch had [threatened to sue Ten](http://www.afr.com/brand/chanticleer/something-twisted-in-tens-collapse-20170614-gwr5ke) if they went with a recovery plan over voluntary administration. ---
**Author:** ![cmo](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@cmo](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/cmo)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/463 "2017-06-17T06:17:50Z")
It’s interesting Murdoch and Gordon didn’t want the board to execute a plan that would’ve prevented administration. Far too suspicious. ---
**Author:** ![JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/jbar/32/151177_2.png) [@JBar](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/JBar)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2017, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/464 "2017-06-17T07:18:01Z")
This is proving to be very grubby. Murdoch/NewsCorp do not deserve to end up owning Ten. ---
**Author:** ![ShadowDan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@ShadowDan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/ShadowDan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/465 "2017-06-18T09:10:19Z")
> [@JBar](#): > > This is proving to be very grubby. Murdoch/NewsCorp do not deserve to end up owning Ten. If they do there’s nothing we can do about it 😛 ---
**Author:** ![TC25](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@TC25](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TC25)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/466 "2017-06-18T11:26:27Z")
Yes there is, don’t watch TEN anymore. have honestly not watched TEN since Talkin 'Bout Your Generation ended, which was several years ago. ---
**Author:** ![TV-ACT](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv-act/32/167823_2.png) [@TV-ACT](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV-ACT)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/467 "2017-06-18T11:44:26Z")
Haven’t watched Ten since mappy appeared (not long after WIN became the Ten affiliate) ---
**Author:** ![TV-ACT](https://forums.mediaspy.org/user_avatar/forums.mediaspy.org/tv-act/32/167823_2.png) [@TV-ACT](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV-ACT)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 12:12pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/468 "2017-06-18T12:12:37Z")
[http://www.canberratimes.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/network-ten-staff-told-not-to-order-anything-as-administration-process-takes-hold-20170616-gwsjsz.html](http://www.canberratimes.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/network-ten-staff-told-not-to-order-anything-as-administration-process-takes-hold-20170616-gwsjsz.html) Murdoch & Gordon are tightening the screws on Ten: > Illyria Nominees and Birketu are the respective investment vehicles of billionaire shareholders Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon, who told the board on Friday evening they would no longer guarantee a key loan, putting the company at risk of insolvency. > According to correspondence published in The Australian Financial Review, Illyria Nominees and Birketu then reminded directors in a letter on Monday evening they would be in breach of their directors’ duty to incur debt while insolvent. > “Any drawdown under the existing facility will amount to the incurring of a debt regardless of its purpose,” the letter states. > “As a company such as Ten approaches insolvency, its directors also have an overriding duty to act in the best interest of the creditors, which includes Birketu and Illyria.” > Without access to the $200 million facility provided by the Commonwealth Bank and guaranteed by Gordon, Murdoch and fellow shareholder James Packer, the administrators may run out of options. They have scheduled a creditors meeting for Monday, June 26, in Sydney, and will examine the options. ---
**Author:** ![stilesykenny](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b5a626/32.png) [@stilesykenny](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/stilesykenny)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/469 "2017-06-18T12:40:22Z")
Same here, WIN putting that blue mappy thing on was the last straw!😛 ---
**Author:** ![ShadowDan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@ShadowDan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/ShadowDan)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2017, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/470 "2017-06-18T13:02:24Z")
> [@TC25](#): > > Yes there is, don’t watch TEN anymore. They won’t. I will still be watching Ten , even if they did take over (which I don’t see happening). ---
**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 1:11am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/471 "2017-06-19T01:11:34Z")
Interesting article from the AFR, on billionaire shareholders being asked to splash some cash to keep “staff paid” & the “lights on”: > **[Network Ten's billionaires asked to help fund broadcaster through administration](http://www.afr.com/business/media-and-marketing/tv/network-tens-billionaires-asked-to-help-fund-broadcaster-through-administration-20170616-gwsqia)** > > Ten’s billionaire shareholders have been asked to tip in working capital to allow the free-to-air broadcaster to keep the lights on during administration. ---
**Author:** ![TV-Expert](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@TV-Expert](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/TV-Expert)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 11:41am UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/472 "2017-06-19T11:41:18Z")
Not surprisingly, tonight’s Media Watch had a story about the current situation with Ten: [http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s4687972.htm](http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s4687972.htm) ---
**Author:** ![ShadowDan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@ShadowDan](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/ShadowDan)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 12:18pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/473 "2017-06-19T12:18:15Z")
> [@LukeMovieMan](#): > > Interesting article from the AFR, on billionaire shareholders being asked to splash some cash to keep “staff paid” & the “lights on”: Who asked? Ten board? ---
**Author:** ![Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/48db29/32.png) [@Sully](https://forums.mediaspy.org/u/Sully)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590/474 "2017-06-19T13:23:04Z")
Did I just hear correctly, that an unnamed “insider” told MediaWatch they believed that News Corp would be interested in owning or having a major stake in Ch 9? [Previous page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590.md?page=22) [Next page](https://forums.mediaspy.org/t/paramount-australia-new-zealand/590.md?page=24)