Tweet Today the Seven Network has revealed it will launch a third digital channel to be called 7Mate on September 25 that will cater to the male demographic. The channel will launch on the high definition service, currently titled 7HD it will move from channel 70 to channel 73 on high definition televisions and set-top-boxes. [...]
Tweet The Seven Network has teamed up with Disney to produce Australia’s first local edition of the Emmy Award winning reality series The Amazing Race. As a part of this agreement, Disney and Seven are collaborating to produce a world-class Australian version of one of the most universally popular reality competition shows ever. “The US [...]
Tweet This media release from Seven sums up the message… Now just waiting for Nine to return fire… Tweet
On Sunday 25 July The Leaders Debate will air on four commercial networks and on ABC1 and ABC News 24. Below is your comprehensive guide to what each channel will be offering on the night, what channel will you be watching?
Tweet The Seven Network has dealt a blow to the Nine Network’s election coverage this year with well known political analyst Graham Richardson signing with Seven. David Leckie, the Chief Executive Officer of Seven Media Group, today confirmed the signing of the former Labor MP. Richardson will be a political analyst for Seven across the [...]
Tweet The Seven Network has today announced that it has extended its broadcast partnership with The Cruising Yacht Club of Australia to exclusively air the start of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race from 2011 to 2015. The new agreement takes effect from the 2011 Rolex Sydney Hobart Yacht Race and will continue up until [...]
Tweet The cooking show scene is set to take off further with the Seven Network acquiring the rights to create the Australian version of the hit Japanese cooking show Iron Chef. Currently on and off for the last couple of years the Japanese and American versions of the show have been broadcast in Australia on [...]
Tweet Chris Reason will host a Seven News Special from Fromelles, France as we mark the 94th anniversary of the Battle of Fromelles which is described as the bloodiest 24 hours in Australian history with 5,533 Australian soldiers killed, wounded or missing. Speaking about his role in the coverage Chris Reason said, “There’s no over-stating [...]
Tweet The big story of the last 24 hours in Queensland and the rest of Australia has been the case of Dr Jayant Patel, found guilty of three counts of manslaughter and one count of grievous bodily harm. These incidents occurred while Patel was working at Bundaberg Hospital between 2003 and 2005. As fierce as [...]
Tweet Today the Seven and Nine Networks have released their mid year ratings spin with both networks claiming they were number one in the 2010 ratings for the year to date. Seven claims it is number one in primetime audience share when looking at primary channels, which means ‘Channel 7’ is leading the way. Seven [...]
Tweet One of the biggest nights in Australian politics has just unfolded before our very eyes and at 9am Thursday 23 June history could be made with our first female Prime Minister. Just 6 months ago Kevin Rudd seemed to be invincible with someone of the highest approval ratings for an Australian Prime Minister ever, [...]
Tweet The Seven Network’s hit Australian feel good drama Packed To The Rafters will return on Tuesday June 29 at 8:30pm with a 2 hour premiere double episode. If it has been too long to remember what has been happening with the Rafter family then you can catch conclusion of last season, Seven will replay [...]
Tweet The Australian television rivalry between our two biggest networks Seven and Nine is now being fought internationally as crews and reporters covering the Germany vs Australia match entered a physical confrontation. An argument broke out between reporters and crew at the stadium in the South African city of Durban where one bodyguard for one [...]
Tweet The Seven Network has today announced on the eve of the Grand Final edition of Australia’s Got Talent that the show will be returning to Seven in 2011. The show has been performing very well in Tuesday night ratings, last week the first Grand Final show managed to beat ratings juggernaut MasterChef Australia with [...]
Tweet The star of Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities Matthew Newton has landed the prestige hosting role for the Seven Network’s revival of the big budget singing contest The X Factor. Newton was a dark horse beating possible front runner contenders for the role in Axle Whitehead and even Sonia Kruger. Currently in Perth, [...]
Tweet The Seven Network will be filming its new game show Minute To Win It soon and if you are in Sydney you can join the studio audience. Recordings will take place at Fox Studios in Moore Park with a number of days to choose from to attend. What makes this audience all unique is [...]
Tweet The Seven Network is looking for potential beauties and geeks for a second series of Beauty and the Geek Australia to air later in the year. The show was particularly popular as Thursday night’s most-watched program in the key demographics of 16-39, 18-49 and 25-54. The first series saw winners Emma Cam and Jeremy [...]
Tweet It has been a big day for live television on all three of our free to air networks in welcoming home Jessica Watson into Sydney Harbour. While Network Ten and One had the exclusive rights to Watson and her family, that didn’t stop the Seven and Nine Networks from hosting their own coverage all [...]
Tweet The X Factor will return to the Seven Network after it was dumped by Network Ten after only one season in 2005. Speculation has been ongoing since the beginning of the year that the reality show would make a return to Australian television with the demise of Australian Idol on Network Ten. With Daniel [...]
Tweet This Saturday Jessica Watson makes her triumphant return to Sydney Harbour after sailing solo around the world. Her trip may not make the official record books, but that hasn’t stopped the amount of interest in covering the event. All three of our commercial networks will cover this event live on Saturday, despite Network Ten [...]
Tweet Yahoo!7 and Panasonic have today announced a partnership allowing viewers to access Yahoo!7’s PLUS7 service via selected Panasonic VIERA Plasma, LED LCD and LCD televisions. Viewers watching on a Panasonic television will be able to watch full-length episodes from some of Australia’s favourite Seven Network shows, streamed over the internet to their Panasonic television. [...]
Tweet The Seven Network’s current affairs programme Sunday Night has announced that Seven News Sydney sports presenter Alex Cullen will now report for the show. Seven’s Director of News and Public Affairs, Peter Meakin said, “Alex has come a long way in a short time. He is an enthusiastic and talented reporter, with more than [...]
Tweet Some people over the Victorian border may still claim Melbourne is stuck in a 1943 time warp, but on part three of The Pacific next week Melbourne is transformed into a war time stop-over for American Marines for a little “R&R”. Locations in this episode and the one following include Melbourne’s famous Flinders Street [...]
Tweet Wednesday night provides a feast of television watching opportunities and it was a big night for some of the networks. Hey Hey It’s Saturday returned to the Nine Network followed by a new episode of The Big Bang Theory. Seven had a double episode premiere of acclaimed drama miniseries The Pacific and the ABC [...]
Tweet On Wednesday Sunrise newsreader Natalie Barr had to read out a story which involved two British women being arrested over allegedly trying to smuggle a dead relative onto a flight. The two women were stopped at check-in when staff became suspicious about the man who was strapped into a wheelchair. Halfway through the story [...]
Tweet The Seven Network has announced that the highly anticipated World War II drama The Pacific, follow-up series to The Band of Brothers, will premiere with a movie-length episode on Wednesday, April 14 at 8:30pm. This will put the drama series in direct competition with the returning Hey Hey It’s Saturday on the Nine Network, [...]
Tweet Seven News is heading out of Martin Place and will broadcast live from a specially built studio at the 2010 Sydney Royal Easter Show from Thursday, April 1 to Friday, April 9, 2010. All bulletins for Seven News that originate from Sydney will come from the show including breaking news live to viewers from [...]
Tweet The Seven Network is getting ready to launch a new season of Australia’s Got Talent today releasing a new promo Seven will start to air soon. The show has taken a big gamble this year on revitalising the judging panel, the show in hopes to become the ‘it’ talent quest show in Australia without [...]
