All of this contingent on changes to media laws that have not passed parliament yet. High chance they will be delayed and only some will pass.
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Yep, I think thereās a very high chance of any changes to the media laws (especially if a Double Dissolution is called) not happening until after the Election.
True, as the Senate Standing Committee report was not due back until May 12, the day after a DD election is expected to be called on May 11. Still does not stop NEC and SCA coming to an arrangement for SCA to be a dual NINE/TEN affiliate in WIN areas that SCA broadcasts in.
Really looks like one way or another WIN are going to lose the Nine affiliation at the end of June.
If it happens imagine how pissed Bruce will be missing out on game 3 of Origin and NRL Finals series. 
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Who cares, all that in prime-time and it NEVER helps Nineās YTD share to beat Seven 
Evenās Sevenās out if prime-time AFL Grand Final rates #1 every year.
Rugby LOLā¦ A mess right now
Nonsensical. In so many ways.
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Yep. Nine definitely would not have gotten into deals with the NRL that were North of the $1 Billion mark if they didnāt see any value in having the rights to broadcast sport. But thatās for another topic.
As for the prospect of any regional affiliation changes, consider it to be all speculation until you actually hear something official (like a press release) from a company. End of story.
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How many broadcast licences can a company have in one market?
What will happen on the Gold Coast for example - 3 TV licences and 2 radio stations for Nine/SCA. Gosford area would be a similar situation but with one less TV licence?
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How many broadcast licences can a company have in one market?
[/quote]One, with a couple of exceptions:
In Tasmania, Darwin, WA Remote and Remote Eastern & Central the 3rd (currently Ten) license is jointly held by the other two broadcasters.
In Mt Gambier/Riverland SA, and Griffith NSW, all 3 licences are owned by WIN, and in Spencer Gulf SA/Broken Hill all 3 licences are owned by SCA.
These exceptions are because historically these werenāt large enough to support 3 TV stations, but additional licenses were issued to allow for all metro TV stations to be broadcast in the area.
The third license in all of these areas in a āDigital Onlyā licenseā¦ which these days means nothing different, but obviously did when these licenses were issued before the analogue switch off.
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What will happen on the Gold Coast for example - 3 TV licences and 2 radio stations for Nine/SCA. Gosford area would be a similar situation but with one less TV licence?
[/quote]These areas will be no different to anywhere else - they just happen to be in overlap areas to are services by two license areas - Brisbane and Northern NSW in the case of Gold Coast and Sydney and Northern NSW in the case of Gosford.
TEN And Southern Cross Media Program Deal For Northern NSW.
Ten Network Holdings (ASX:TEN) (āTENā) and Southern Cross Media (ASX:SXL) (āSCAā) today announced that they have signed a new affiliation agreement for the supply of TEN programming to SCA for its Northern NSW television licence area.
The new agreement is for a term of five years from 1 July 2016 at an increased licence fee to that applying under the previous TEN/SCA affiliation agreement, which expires on 30 June 2016.
This arrangement will see SCA continue to broadcast TENās highly successful programs such as MasterChef Australia, The Bachelor Australia, Offspring and the KFC Big Bash League across Australiaās most highly populated regional licence area.
TEN Chief Executive Officer, Paul Anderson, said: āWe are pleased to continue our relationship with SCA and renew the affiliate agreement for Northern NSW. SCA are a valued broadcast partner and we believe the outcome from these discussions collectively benefits both companies.ā
SCA CEO, Grant Blackley, said: āWeāre thrilled we will continue broadcasting TEN programs to the viewers of Northern NSW under this new agreement. Our broadcast into the Northern NSW licence area, with centres including the Gold Coast, Newcastle, Orange, Dubbo and Taree, will continue to deliver high value for our advertising clients.ā
Further announcements in relation to affiliation agreements involving TEN in other regional areas are expected to be made shortly.
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Interesting, I really thought WIN would buy the NRN license.
Poor WIN, Nine dumps them - now they donāt get NRN Northern NSW (which is a larger TV market than Perth)
The quote above from SCA CEO though - āOrange and Dubboā - donāt those fall into the SNSW market - and thus those cities are in fact under the new SCA/Nine deal
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Perhaps Grant Blackley should check his own PR before pressing send.
Orange and Dubbo are part of the Southern NSW market. Oops!
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Iām guessing this refers to the joint-ventures, as well as the Spencer Gulf & Broken Hill markets?
Prob refers to WIN
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Or for those who donāt have access to the Australian - Ten and Southern Cross have signed a new 5 year deal for the supply of Network Ten programs to the Northern New South Wales region.
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youād think it would be in SCAās best interests to sell NRN - it would be awkward to have Nine in its biggest (currently SC10) markets, Seven in some (a legacy of Telecasters changing its QQQ affiliation from Ten-based with some Nine and Seven programming to Seven in 1999 when Imparja began competing with them, to form the current SCTV Central 7, why didnāt TNQ change to Seven and STQ to Ten? Also Tasmania where 22 years ago the then-owners of Southern Cross opted for a Seven feed with some Ten programmes) and Ten in some (NRN, joint-venture stations). For uniformity they should have Nine in all markets, they canāt do that in Northern NSW as NBN is the Nine affiliate and O&O. Itāll be like the situation in Adelaide before the channel swap. One scenario is for SC Tasmania and WIN to swap affiliations once SCAās deal with Seven expires, but I donāt think SCA will drop Seven with its AFL, Olympics, Australian Open Tennis, news and top rating Seven programmes, they make too much money with it, and Southern Cross Seven is to Tasmania what TVW-7 is to Perth, a ratings powerhouse!
Iām pretty sure that the latest affiliation deal just means that Network Ten affiliation on NRN is safe for another five years and would still remain valid even if SCA were to sell the station off to WIN or another broadcasterā¦although correct me if Iām wrongā¦
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I daresay SCA will keep a hold on NRN until Nine and SCA merge officially, then theyāll sell NRN off to WIN.
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