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?
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).
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?
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.
This… and there are many people who just don’t bother.
Quite a few years ago, back in Townsville in my university days, my partner and I rented a unit privately from the landlord, who was moving out of the unit into a house. When we were getting everything setup, I asked the landlord if the NBN was connected and she genuinely couldn’t understand why anyone would need home internet. She literally said “can’t you just use your phone”. She wasn’t old, early 30’s, but the idea of home internet seemed weird to her.
There’s plenty of people like that around too, and it’s for that reason that I don’t think suggesting that people can just stream missing multi-channels is a viable option.
I’m intrigued how it works for SCA and not for WIN - buckle in and prepare for the flood of enquiries why its available in some markets and not others.