TNT-9
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TNT-9 Launceston is a television station based in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Originally broadcasting only to Launceston and Northern Tasmania, it has broadcast to the whole of Tasmania since aggregation of the Tasmanian television market in 1994. It is presently known as Southern Cross Tasmania.
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History
- 1962 - Founded as Northern TV Ltd and broadcasts in Launceston and Northern Tasmania
- 1965 - Became part of ENT Ltd (Examiner-Northern TV Ltd)
- 1982 - ENT bought TVT-6 in Hobart - both stations identify on-air as TasTV
- 1989 - ENT sold TNT-9 to Southern Cross Broadcasting, station became part of Southern Cross Network
- 1994 - Aggregation of Tasmanian television market occurs - Southern Cross broadcasts statewide, competiting with TasTV
- 1999 - Southern Cross Tasmania, while still a part of Southern Cross Broadcasting, changes logo independently of Southern Cross stations on the mainland.
- 2003 - Southern Cross and WIN Television launch Tasmanian Digital Television, a jointly owned digital only commercial broadcaster based in Hobart.
- 2005 - Southern Cross Broadcasting adapts new logo for all stations it owns. Southern Cross Tasmania loses its Tasmanian Tiger logo to a unified corporate Southern Cross logo.
Southern Cross Tasmania is an affiliate of the Seven Network and Network Ten although Tasmanian Digital Television is now the Ten affiliate. It's news service Southern Cross Nightly News is the highest rated news bulletin in Tasmania.
Locally produced shows
There are only 2 shows made by Southern Cross Television currently aired:
- Southern Cross Nightly News
- Hook, Line and Sinker
News & Current Affairs
The network's flagship news bulletin, Southern Cross Nightly News, is aired nightly from 6.00pm to 6:30pm every night and has updates throughout the day. Jo Cornish hosts the news on weekdays and Kim Millar of a weekend, there are also a variety of hosts for Sport and Weather.
Outside of this bulletin, Southern Cross Tasmania airs news and current affairs from the Seven Network, including:
Affiliation
Southern Cross is affiliated with both the metropolitan Seven Network and Network Ten. This originates from the aggregation of the Tasmanian television market in the early 1990s, with TVT-6 (now WIN Television) holding the Nine Network affiliation. This dual affiliation is shared with Southern Cross' sister station in Darwin (TND-34).
The Tasmanian Digital Television (TDT) service, run as a joint venture with WIN, carries a full Network Ten affiliation, carrying programs from Ten's Melbourne station (ATV-10) with local advertisements. (Due to it being a joint venture, TDT does not take on the Southern Cross Ten branding.) It is expected that Southern Cross will eventually become a full Seven Network affiliate if and when take-up of digital television is considered widespread in the state.