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A HISTORY OF
SEVEN
1956 Channel Seven launches in Melbourne 1981 Seven commissions A Town Like Alice, 2007 Seven launches Australia’s first commerand Sydney. Seven undertakes, as its first broadcast, live coverage of the Olympic Games in Melbourne. Seven launches the first breakfast program, tonight show and nightly public-affairs program on Australian television.
Seven signs a deal with CNN to deliver live CNN coverage in the Australian market.
1957
1985 Seven commissions Neighbours.
Seven commences three key long-term partnerships, with the first broadcasts of Australian Rules Football, the Australian Open tennis and Walt Disney’s Disneyland. These three key partnerships, with the Australian Open, Australian Football League and an agreement with The Walt Disney Company, are today in their sixth decade.
1959
Seven delivers the first live Sydney— Melbourne broadcast link for coverage of cricket. Seven launches stations in Adelaide, Brisbane and Perth.
1963 Seven Network is officially formed. 1964
Seven’s commission of Homicide is recognized as the catalyst for energizing local television production, in particular for drama series.
1965
Seven commissions The Mavis Bramston Show, Australia’s first satirical current-events comedy series.
1968
Seven broadcasts the first daily live satellite coverage of the Olympic Games.
1970
which sets new ratings records in Australia and is awarded an International Emmy.
cial digital broadcast channel, 7HD. Seven moves into leadership in prime time.
1982
2008
1987
1988 Seven launches Home and Away.
Seven launches 7mate as its latest channel complementing Seven and 7TWO. Seven launches PLUS7, an AVOD catch-up viewing platform on Yahoo!7.
1993
2011 Seven and The West Australian merge to
Qintex acquires Seven Network from John Fairfax and Sons and Herald & Weekly Times groups following changes in media ownership laws.
IPO sees Seven list on the Australian Securities Exchange.
1995 Kerry Stokes acquires a major shareholding in Seven and is appointed chairman. Seven, Nine Network and BSkyB become shareholders in Australian News Channel, which creates Sky News for pay television in Australia. Seven acquires Sunshine Broadcasting to create Seven Queensland, a regional television network complementing Seven’s owned-and-operated channels in the five major metropolitan markets in Australia.
1996
Seven acquires an interest in MetroGoldwyn-Mayer.
2000
Seven is the exclusive Australian television network of the Olympic Games in Sydney.
2001 Digital television launches in Australia.
1975 Color television launches in Australia.
David Leckie is appointed CEO and managing director. Seven acquires Pacific Magazines and Murdoch Magazines to create one of the largest magazine-publishing businesses in Australia.
an Australian Football League Grand Final.
1978
Seven commissions Australia’s first miniseries, Against the Wind.
1979 Seven unveils “Racecam,” a new robotic in-car camera technology recognized with an Emmy Award for leadership in innovation and technology.
2009
Seven launches 7TWO as a complementary channel to Seven on its broadcast platform.
Bruce Gyngell joins Seven as managing director and launches “The Seven Revolution,” propelling Seven to market leadership.
1977 Seven broadcasts the first live coverage of
Seven acquires a major shareholding in West Australian Newspapers.
2003
2004
Seven moves into leadership in breakfast television.
2006 Seven forms a joint venture with Yahoo Inc. to create Yahoo!7. Seven creates the Seven Media Group, which encompasses the Seven Network, Yahoo!7 and Pacific Magazines, in a joint venture with Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
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2010
create Seven West Media, Australia’s largest integrated media and content business.
2013
Tim Worner is appointed managing director and CEO.
2014
Seven signs a long-term partnership with the International Olympic Committee. Seven signs an agreement to become the television network of the Commonwealth Games in Australia.
2015
Seven launches racing.com, a live horse-racing channel on television and online, in a joint venture with Racing Victoria. Seven signs a long-term partnership with the Australian Football League. Seven launches 24/7 live streaming of its broadcast channels. Seven creates two new production company ventures, 7 Wonder and 7 Beyond, to focus on the creation of content specifically for the U.K. and U.S. television markets and secures major commissions in both markets. Seven forms a partnership with Foxtel to form Presto, a subscription-video-ondemand service.
2016
Seven launches 7flix, a new channel on the network’s broadcast platform, which joins Seven, 7TWO, 7mate and racing.com in the company’s suite of broadcast channels available on television and across any connected device.