Type | Free-to-air television network |
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Country | Australia |
Broadcast area | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Regional Queensland, Northern NSW & Gold Coast, Southern NSW & ACT, Regional Victoria, Mildura, Western Australia |
Affiliates | Southern Cross Seven (Tasmania/Darwin/Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill/Central Australia) WIN Television (Eastern SA/Griffith) |
Headquarters | 8 Central Avenue Eveleigh, New South Wales |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080i HDTV[a] (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Seven West Media |
Sister channels | 7HD 7two 7mate 7Bravo 7flix TVSN Racing.com |
History | |
Launched | 4 November 1956 |
Replaced | Prime7 GWN7 |
Former names | Australian Television Network (1963–1970, 1987–1991) Network 7 (1970–1984) |
Links | |
Website | 7plus.com.au |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
ATN Sydney (DVB-T 64-QAM) | 1312 @ 6 (177.5 MHz)[1] |
HSV Melbourne (DVB-T 64-QAM) | 1328 @ 6 (177.5 MHz) |
BTQ Brisbane/Gold Coast (DVB-T 64-QAM) | 1344 @ 6 (177.5 MHz) |
SAS Adelaide (DVB-T 64-QAM) | 1360 @ 6 (177.5 MHz) |
TVW Perth/Mandurah (DVB-T 64-QAM) | 1376 @ 6 (177.5 MHz) |
Freeview Seven owned (virtual) | 7/71/6/61 |
Freeview 7HD (virtual) | 70 |
Freeview Seven affiliates (virtual) | 6/60/61 |
Streaming media | |
7plus (Only in Australia) |
The Seven Network (stylised 7Network, commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by Seven West Media Limited,[2] and is one of the five main free-to-air television networks in Australia. The network's headquarters are located in Sydney.
As of 2014, it is the second-largest network in the country in terms of population reach. The Seven Network shows various nonfiction shows—such as news broadcasts (Seven News) and sports programming—as well as fiction shows.[3] In 2011, the network won all 40 out of 40 weeks of the ratings season for total viewers,[4] being the first to achieve this since the introduction of the OzTAM ratings system in 2001.[5]
As of 2024, the Seven Network is the highest-rated television network nationally, in Australia, ahead of the Nine Network, ABC TV, Network 10 and SBS.[6]
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