I wonder what ADH will do with studio at Rocky Hill, & facilities across the Spencer Gulf with GTS having studio at Port Pirie, Whyalla, Port Augusta & Port Lincoln.
Aren’t those buildings nothing more than sales offices (and former news gathering) now?
Since Port Pirie was always the main studio and HQ, were Whyalla and Port Augusta ever TV studios in the first place? Their current shopfront in Port Augusta surely isn’t (according to Google Maps they moved in sometime between 2010 and 2019).
Broken Hill
According to this post from @Techster, as of a few years ago they were in the original Whyalla, Broken Hill, and Port Pire studios.
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Some of them also have network links to broadcast sites, with fibre being available to the “studio” but not to the broadcast site.
I wouldn’t expect ADH to do much with them. They’re too remote to get many additional staff in to serve the other parts of their business, and given the cuts SCA made even while maintaining the local bulletin (and the TV landscape in general) I can’t see there being enough money to really increase the local presence.
I think the future of those site is really eventually being sold once suitable arrangements can be made to relocate the network infrastructure and remaining staff - but even then based on how aggressive SCA were with selling off their remaining offices in most other markets, I imagine there’s not a lot of money to be realised with relatively low property prices and the cost of relocation.
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You’re both right. SCA is located at Rocky Hill in Broken Hill
https://www.whitepages.com.au/southern-cross-television-10085609/broken-hill-nsw-10088846B
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any tech in those sites would be obsolete by now. aside from space, there would be little usefulness in them as studio spaces.
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Nine and WIN can’t do that, but there is s potential that the ABC might have to show test cricket to regional Australians like before in addition to AFL to ensure nobody misses out not even in regional and remote Australia.
I remember seeing cricket on the ABC in the 1970s and 1980s when I was much younger
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OK, ‘broom cupboard’ is just a bit of hyperbole for small studio. It’s a step up from the phone boxes at CTC. The studio looks good.
My understanding was TNT started to move out of the shed back in 2017 with the hope of selling half the building. They did eventually sell the whole thing in 2022. Very likley I have shaky information here, but I heard they gave up on the ‘half builing’ sale at one point due to lack of interest.
Just dropped in to leave a quick note that the GTS/BKN archive is safe and now has a home at the Australian Television Archive where it is being digitised
full press release here: The Australian Television Archive Acquires the GTS/BKN Archive, Preserving Over Four Decades of Regional TV History
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Welcome to MediaSpy, and congratulations on acquiring the GTS/BKN archive! You’re generally doing god’s work here! Well done! 
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I am doing up a story about the SCA deal because people do seem to be interested in the finer details including staff, who owns / leases the Hobart space, playout, etc. I should have that out by 9am
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…did this get published?
Thanks.
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Yes
Its on TV Central otherwise they have put in the 10 thread under Paramount Australia
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Typing that takes far more effort than just posting a link 
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will this mean Sky News Regional and SBN be on the metro Tens as well?
Doubt it
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So Ten has taken over Hobart studios and ADH Launceston?
Actually good question. What will happen to remaining television infostructure?
I’m assuming the former Bendigo television studios will remain with SCA?
Hobart and Launceston are attached to 7 Tasmania which will be acquired by ADH. 10 has no stake in Tasmania and have not announced anything in the original sale.
It appears for the time being, 10 have contracted SCA to continue business as usual producing noodle updates on their behalf. We don’t yet know when 10 will assume responsibility.
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Doubt ADH will get the Hobart building since SCA houses it’s radio stations there.
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