Global Television is a large television production company with studios in Australia's two largest cities

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and

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. It was co-founded in 1988 by Bruce Fink. They have been responsible for handling the technical side of most top live sport and entertainment events produced and broadcast in Australia. Global Television's Sydney studios are located at the Australian Technology Park in the inner city suburb of

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. The new studios were built in 2010, and produce a large number of Australian programmes from its two studios. Global Television's Melbourne studios are located in the inner suburb of

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and occupy the previous existing

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Studios. The four open studios are home to such shows as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Global Television also occupies the former

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Studios in the outer suburb of

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where ''

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'' is produced at Forest Hill.

Acquired

In January 2014,

NEP Broadcasting NEP Group, Inc. (formerly NEP Broadcasting LLC) is a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania based and privately owned international production company that provides outsourced teleproduction services for major events throughout the world. Its facilities ar ...

acquired Global Television for an undisclosed amount from Catalyst Investments and Global Television is now completely part of the NEP worldwide network. NEP also acquired Harry Michaels Silk Studios (formerly zerO1zerO) in the same year, reducing the number of competing O.B. and studio production hire facilities.

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