@KevinPerry Any word if they’ll keep the WIN brand on air in NNSW? Or it will be replaced with network 10 branding?
This seems to suggest it will be just “10” - his quote doesn’t mention “WIN” once
Andrew Lancaster, Chief Executive Officer of WIN, said:
So no Shake in the biggest regional aggregated market - shows WIN truly doesn’t give two shits.
If there was money to be made they’d run it
Not stopping SCA.
Different markets, different economics
NBN/Nine dominates NNSW.
Prime/7 also very strong with local news and 7 programming
NNSW is by far 10’s weakest market nationwide if you look at the ratings
And 10Shake pulls very low numbers
Not to mention WIN and 10 are now only teamed up for one market
All those things together probably don’t make it financially viable to launch the lowest rated multi from the lowest rated network into the lowest rated market
People in Darwin must be glad they don’t have to put up with the uncertainty of affiliation deals every few years because they have an O&O station.
Just on Darwin. With Nine News Local winding up and given that Darwin was initially brought into the regional news structure that will now no longer exist, could there be a case for Nine Darwin to move news production back to the Territory?
It’s a nothing channel anyway, no one sane will miss it.
exactly. The talk about 10Shake around here is disproportionate to how much anyone actually watches it.
Possibly. I believe Nine Darwin are looking at replicating NBN News by having it controlled externally but presented locally (NBN will be controlled via TCN when they move to new studio I’ve heard).
About time!
Bring back Jonathan Uptin. The news is not the same without him.
He runs the sports department at QTQ, and also has divorced and re-partnered since being in QLD.
Definitely not going back to NT anytime soon.
Wow! A lot has happened in 3 and a bit years. Given his now ex partner is from the NT, probably makes sense he wouldn’t want to go back. But from a news point of view, the product has suffered. Not a fan of Paul Taylor.
Well some people, who find that content interesting, will miss it. Calling it a nothing channel is a little offensive, Then again, the better way of doing it is streaming, or using a VPN for something like Youtube TV or Hulu.
I wonder if the WIN branding will also disappear in the solus markets, where 10 is currently branded as WIN. I can see them just running all channels as dirty metro feeds with local ads. Does Griffith still get the SNSW version of WIN News, and if so will it move to Nine?
Agreed. Don’t think I’ve watched even one show on 10 Shake during the 9 months or so it’s been available in Sydney.
I guess this Saturday night will be the last time repeats of Columbo & Kojak will air on WIN Peach, unless it moves to 9Gem.
I don’t have kids and don’t really watch 10 Shake, but I’d like to see it as well purely so regional viewers get more of a choice. I’m surprised so many members here are against a new channel starting in the regions. It’s not about the content really.
Also notable that multichannels are more popular as a percentage of the audience in regional areas, largely due to lower uptake of Foxtel. So I’d expect a higher audience share for the new channel.