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Daily Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Shock as Channel Seven closes in several Australian cities
Channel Seven programming has been switched off in several cities in South Australia and New South Wales from Tuesday. WIN Television and Seven West Media failed to reach an agreement for Channel 7, 7mate and 7two to broadcast in the South Australian regional areas of Mt Gambier and Loxton, as well as Griffith in NSW. The free-to-air channel now says that 'Channel 7 programming is no longer available' for viewers in these regions. Network Seven holds exclusive rights to huge sporting events including Test cricket, the Big Bash and the AFL among several other shows. WIN Network CEO Andrew Lancaster said in a statement: 'WIN remains committed to serving our regional audiences with a strong local presence and programming.' From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Channel Seven programming has been switched off in several cities in South Australia and New South Wales from Tuesday Residents will need to have a smart TV connected to the internet in order to access Seven's streaming services. WIIN also dropped Sky News coverage in the area last year. It comes after Daily Mail Australia exclusively revealed last week that Seven had poached the executive producer from Nine's nightly bulletin, Tanya Weingarth. In an internal email, the network announced the one-time A Current Affair senior producer would be appointed executive producer of the broadcaster's 6pm Sydney news bulletin. Seven's acting news director Geoff Dunn welcomed the appointment in the internal email. 'Tanya started her career with Seven Queensland, so she really is coming home,' the message read. 'We will confirm her start date in due course,' he said. 'We're thrilled she is making the switch to Sydney's most dedicated news team.' Weingarth's career has spanned two decades in Australia after she started as a reporter at Seven News Queensland in 2003. A Nine spokesman told Daily Mail Australia the network wished Weingarth 'all the best for her next career move'. 'Tanya continues to fulfil her current role as EP, including tonight at 6pm,' he said. It was also recently revealed that Seven News bosses were secretly planning to sack some of their most popular and best-paid stars. Former top news boss Anthony De Ceglie had a plan to axe every Channel Seven personality earning more than $300,000 per year in favour of upcoming TV stars, according to The Australian's Media Diary column. It was planned that Spotlight chief correspondent Liam Bartlett, Seven News chief reporter Chris Reason and Seven News Sydney anchor Michael Usher were going to be quietly dismissed as part of a 'drastic cost-cutting operation'. Sunrise and Morning Show presenters Natalie Barr, Matt Shirvington, Kylie Gillies and Larry Emdur were the only high-paid stars not at risk of losing their jobs. However, De Ceglie's proposal was met with 'immediate resistance from Seven's more seasoned executives'.
ABC News
a day ago
- Politics
- ABC News
Channel 7-WIN TV dispute leaves station off air in South Australia and NSW
Channel 7 programming has gone off the air in parts of South Australia and New South Wales this morning in what could amount to a breach of licence conditions for WIN Television, a federal MP says. This follows WIN and Seven West Media failing to reach an agreement for 7, 7mate and 7two to broadcast into South Australia's South East and Riverland, as well as Griffith in the Riverina, New South Wales, from July 1. The WIN TV free-to-air channel now says "Channel 7 programming is no longer available" for thousands of residents across these regions. Federal MP Tony Pasin has gathered more than 1,700 signatures on an online petition calling on Seven West Media to "continue their contractual agreement with WIN TV" to broadcast free-to-air within his electorate. Mr Pasin, the Liberal member for Barker in SA's South East, said anti-siphoning legislation required TV channel owners to broadcast sporting events like AFL finals, the Bathurst 1000 Supercars race and Test cricket free-to-air. They could be in breach of their licence conditions and have their licence removed if the events were not shown on TV, Mr Pasin said. "Specifically, that legislation said streaming services, even free streaming services, don't amount to free-to-air because the Commonwealth government understands, of course, that we don't have universal internet coverage across the country," he said. "There's nothing free-to-air about having to go and buy a smart television at $2,000 or maintain an internet connection and, of course, that doesn't take into account the consideration some people don't have that capability." A spokesperson for the WIN Network said it did "not own rights to any listed events, therefore there is no obligation to the WIN Network to broadcast them". Seven has placed advertisements in local newspapers advising viewers that they can instead watch programs on the company's 7plus streaming platform. It did not respond to a request for comment on Monday. A Seven spokesperson has previously said people would "continue to have access to all of our content, including the AFL and cricket, via our live and free streaming platform 7plus". Berri Senior Citizens Club president John Fewster, whose members are aged from 70 to 95, said many would miss Channel 7 content. "Unless they're really up with that sort of thing [streaming], they mostly wouldn't even try. It would be just too hard for them," he said. Riverland Crows Supporters Group president Peter Marks said watching AFL on free-to-air was good for members' mental health. "I just think that [WIN Network and Channel 7] have to be aware that they're providing a big service to us and, if that's suddenly gone, where do we go?" He is calling on the AFL to step in. "I'd like to see what their stance is on it and that they understand what the issue is and the pain people are going through," Mr Marks said. "They are the ones that have signed the contract with the TV people and if it's not getting through to where it's supposed to, then definitely they have a big role in it." The AFL has been contacted for comment. Jobe Stewart lives in Mount Gambier and competes in the Super2 series (just below Supercars level), as well as co-driving in the Bathurst 1000 for Erebus Motorsport. While acknowledging many fans watched on paid streaming services, the 21-year-old said free-to-air broadcasts were important for children to gain an interest in the sport. "I think that's very important," he said. "Whatever a kid wants to do — whether it's football, motorsport, whatever — I think the passion is going to come from a very young age, so it's very important to build profiles for the drivers so young kids can look on the TV or whatever and find out about the drivers and what they might want to be when they grow up."
