Possibly. Someone can look that up and confirm it, that’d be fantastic. 
My thinking is that rights deals is the hold up for Paramount+ in Australia - they want to launch with as much as they can. Which I don’t blame them for to be honest.
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This is the one I was thinking of, though I may have worded it slightly wrong
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What the merger means is one thing-
Bad news for Channel 10 and sports lovers in Australia
I wouldn’t be surprised if Paramount+ makes a play for live sport down the track. It is a major selling card for the new service in the US.
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Since the article’s publication, ViacomCBS closed at US$45.10 at NASDAQ, down 3.2% from Tuesday’s close.
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An April Fool’s Day story?
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Who knows. It sounded pretty believable to me 
The share price collapse of the parent company is real. Here is a story from earlier this week:
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I know. It was this piece I found difficult to believe:
What’s so hard to believe about it?
It’s running on fumes.
10 News First was Ten’s second highest rating program yesterday.
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Melbourne would be fucked if they axed the local bulletin. They don’t like national stuff from Sydney, they can feel it.
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Unfortunately, I would not be at all surprised if 10 News First actually were to become a completely national bulletin in the near future…and that’s probably a best case scenario!
Although compared to the fairly respectable ratings for ABC/Seven/Nine News ratings, last night’s 10 News First numbers were absolutely dire.
79k in Melbourne, 84k in Sydney, 22k in Adelaide…and that’s during the 5pm hour. Wouldn’t even be surprised if SBS World News gets more viewers than the 6pm half hour of 10 News First in some markets! 
If 10 News First were to ever completely axe their local bulletins, surely either Seven or (more likely, once their current technical issues have been addressed) Nine would eventually seize the opportunity and do their own 5pm news?
Nine already does in two markets so it might do it in the rest. 10 would get better value for money by killing the early bulletins and doing a full throated one at 9/9.30 and bolster the news in The Project, it always rates better when it’s doing news rather than week comedy. eg: Mock Schedules - #1919 by TVHead
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ViacomCBS may do well for themselves by selling 10 off if this gets worse. Very little of 10 produces content that can be recirculated back to their other markets. Meanwhile, they can still launch Paramount+ without obligation to spend that money in Australia.
Keep in mind the efficiencies recently created with the ANZ operations. 10 isn’t just looking after 10 anymore.
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I would say that’s a last resort ‘fire sale’ measure, as the capital loss from such a large investment in a relative short term, would be much worse than holding onto it.
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Indeed, and launching streaming is easier with a FTA network as Stan has shown. 10 is just a small part of VCBS in Australia and NZ.
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They’ve likely constricted as far as they will for a while. And they won’t be looking to expand, any wins in the ratings will be bonuses, but that’s about it.
Having the Territory, as you say, is more valuable than the linear broadcast streams.
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