The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air

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. It is owned by parent company

Nine Entertainment Nine Entertainment (registered as Nine Entertainment Co. Pty Ltd) is an Australian publicly listed media company with holdings in radio and television broadcasting, newspaper publications and digital media. It uses Nine as its corporate brandi ...

and is one of five main

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networks in Australia. From 2017 to 2021, the network's slogan has been "We Are the One". Since 2021, the network has changed its slogan back to the iconic Golden Era slogan "Still the One". As of 2022, the Nine Network is the second-rated television network in Australia, behind the

Seven Network The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of ...

, and ahead of the ABC TV,

Network 10 Network 10 (commonly known as Ten Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network owned by Ten Network Holdings, a division of the Paramount Networks UK & Australia subsidiary of Paramount Global. One of five ...

and SBS.

History

Origins

The Nine Network's first broadcasting station was launched in Sydney, New South Wales, as

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on 16 September 1956 by ''

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'' owner

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. John Godson introduced the station and former advertising executive

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presented the first programme, ''This Is Television'' (so becoming the first person to appear on Australian television). Later that year, GTV-9 in Melbourne commenced transmissions to broadcast the

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, later forming the National Television Network alongside

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-9 in Brisbane in 1959 and NWS-9 in Adelaide, the basis of the current Nine Network, in 1959. Before its formation, TCN-9 was then affiliated with HSV-7 (because alongside the

, they were both Australia's first television stations, having opened in 1956, and GTV-9's sister affiliate was

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-7. The network, by 1967, had begun calling itself the National Nine Network, and became simply the Nine Network Australia in 1987.

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inherited the company after his father's death in 1974. Before the official conversion to colour on 1 March 1975, it was the first Australian television station to regularly screen programmes in colour with the first program to use it premiering in 1971, the very year NTD-8 in Darwin commenced. The

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grand final of 1967 became the first football grand final of any code to be televised live nationally. The Nine Network paid $5,000 () to attain the broadcasting rights. Nine Network station

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-9 Perth, which opened in 1965, became

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when

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purchased the network for one billion dollars in 1987, a deal that became effective after government approvals in 1988. However, in 1989, Bond Media sold the station to

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for A$95 million, due to the federal cross-media ownership laws which restricted the level of national reach for media owners. Nine, which then also included Channel 9 in Brisbane, fell back into the hands of Kerry Packer after Alan Bond's bankruptcy in 1992. In 2011, GTV 9 Melbourne moved from 22 Bendigo Street, Richmond, to 717 Bourke Street, Docklands. 22 Bendigo Street started out as the Wertheim Piano Factory, then became the Heinz Soup Factory, then GTV9. The building in Bendigo Street still stands, now as luxury apartments.

The "Golden Era" (1977–2006)

Nine began using the slogan "Let Us Be The One" (based on

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' song, later used by ABC in the United States) in 1977 and became the number-one free-to-air network in Australia; its ''

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'' became the most-watched news service. In 1978, Nine switched its slogan to "Still the One" (modelled on the campaign used by

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in the United States and using the Orleans song

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), which lasted until a decline in ratings in January 2006. During the 1980s, Nine's ratings peaked. From 1999 to 2001, the network began losing ground to the Seven network in news and entertainment, but received a boost after the coverage of the

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in 2001. By 1991, the network was re-branded to its current branding. The death of CEO

in 2005 triggered more problems for the network. Digital terrestrial television was introduced on 1 January 2001.

Nine loses to Seven (2006–2008)

Nine stayed strong throughout 2003–04, winning 77 out of 80 ratings weeks across those two years (with

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claiming the other three weeks), but was hit hard when Seven introduced a new line-up in 2005, though Nine finished ahead of Seven that year. Meanwhile, ''

'' was overtaken by ''

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'' for the first time ever, while ''

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'' was beaten by Seven's fledgling ''Sunrise'' program. In 2006, Nine continued on its downward trend, losing most news weeks to ''Seven News'' and just winning the year thanks to its coverage of the

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. To try to revitalise the network in its 50th anniversary, Nine adopted a new, but critically received, logo that removed the nine dots, which had been part of the network's identity since 1969. In May 2007, Nine partially reintroduced the Nine dots, which resulted in the square logo changing into a three-dimensional (3D) cube that rotates, with the dots visible on every second side of the cube. After a period of declining ratings,

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returned to the job of chief executive officer in October 2007, succeeding

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. In 2007, despite several hits, Seven won the whole year by a significant margin. The Seven Network had won 38 weeks, whereas the Nine Network only won two. The Network expanded into Northern NSW with the acquisition on NBN Television in May 2007. However, NBN was retained as an independent Nine affiliate following the acquisition. Deborah Wright who had been doing various roles for the station was promoted to CEO.

Expanding digital services (2008–2014)

In 2008, as part of a major relaunch, the network dropped the blue box, and reinstated its nine dots in its logo, with a 3D look. After losing viewers to ''Seven News'', Nine relaunched its news service as ''

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'', which managed to win more weeks over Seven in the first half of 2008. Nine also launched a break-out hit, ''

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'', which attracted over 2.5 million viewers in its first season. Nine tried to attract younger demographics, so while Seven went on to win the ratings year in total people, Nine was rated the number one network in the key 18–49 and 25–54 demographics. In March 2008, the Nine Network launched a high-definition channel called

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on channel 90 until 2010. In 2009, Nine started relatively strongly due to the top-rating Australian drama '' Underbelly: A Tale of Two Cities'' and the Twenty20 Cricket series until Nine lost the rights in 2018 but could not hold its audience after

's ''

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'' became a hit. Nine became inconsistent with scheduling and removal of programmes. Nine also launched a number of reality shows, including ''

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'', ''

Wipeout Australia ''Wipeout'', presented on air as ''Wipeout Australia'', is an Australian game show, which is based on the U.S. game show of the same name. The game show premiered on the Nine Network on Tuesday 3 February 2009 at 7:30 pm for an initial ...

'', ''

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'', '' Australia's Perfect Couple'', and ''

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'', in the hope of achieving the same success other networks had with the genre. All the new formats underperformed in the ratings and did not help the network establish any stable local content. Nine also expanded its news strand with the reintroduction of a late-night bulletin (for its owned-and-operated stations), an extended morning bulletin and weekend editions of ''

''. The flagship 6:00 pm state bulletins continued to fall in the ratings, though its Melbourne bulletin remained competitive, being the only market to win any weeks against ''Seven News''. In August 2009, Nine launched its own digital multi-channel called GO! on Channel 99, primarily aimed at a younger demographic. The shares from GO! contributed to Nine's weekly shares and allowed it to enjoy several weeks of weekly ratings wins. In September, the network took on a new slogan, "Welcome Home", and revamped its graphic package. With the resurgence of ''Nine News'', growth of ''Today'', stabilisation of ''60 Minutes'' and a new programme line-up consisting of ''

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'', ''Underbelly'' and ''

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'', Nine enjoyed more ratings success. In 2010, Nine obtained the rights to exclusive coverage of the Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks. GO! won the year in digital shares only. On 26 September 2010, Nine launched their third digital channel

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(an acronym of General Entertainment and Movies) on Channel 90. In 2011, the Nine Network announced a new "Home of Comedy" line-up with comedy shows such as ''

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'', ''

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'', and other American sitcoms, along with the launch of a live comedy show '' Ben Elton Live From Planet Earth'', which was cancelled after only three episodes due to low ratings. Nine also brought back ''

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'' with Eddie McGuire as host, although the series was cancelled after airing four episodes. The Nine Network had success in the ratings in the second half of 2011 with '' The Block'', '' Underbelly: Razor'', and ''

The Celebrity Apprentice Australia ''The Celebrity Apprentice Australia'' is an Australian reality television series which aired on the Nine Network. Based on NBC's ''The Apprentice'', it first aired on 24 October 2011 and originally featured Mark Bouris, the founder and chairm ...

''. The highly anticipated return of a revamped ninth season of ''Two and a Half Men'' proved a huge success for the network, generating 2.3 million viewers and dominating the week as top program. The return of new episodes of the popular sitcom ''The Big Bang Theory'' was also a huge success for the network, scoring high figures consistently week after week and dominating the evening as top program. Despite this, the Nine Network finished in second place in the ratings again in 2011 on 19.6%, behind the Seven Network (23.1%) and ahead of the Network Ten (15.9%), ABC TV (12.2%) and SBS (4.6%). On 24 November 2011, the Nine Network announced the line-up for 2012, with a focus on reality programs, including an Australian version of ''

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'', the return of ''

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'', '' Excess Baggage'', and ''The Celebrity Apprentice Australia''.Nine's Home of Excitement in 2012. The Voice, Excess Baggage, Big Brother, more Underbelly, Celebrity Apprentice and The Block
Throng, 24 November 2011 The Nine Network also aired coverage of the

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in London. A new morning show, ''Mornings'', replaced the departure of

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's self-titled show, after nine years on air. The program, now called ''Today Extra'', is hosted by

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and David Campbell. On 26 March 2012, the Nine Network launched

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, a new channel aimed at delivering home shopping, brand funded, religious, community, educational and multi-cultural programming content created by advertisers. It was reported on 31 May 2012 that the Australian telecommunications company

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and

WIN Television WIN Television is an Australian television network owned by WIN Corporation that is based in Wollongong, New South Wales. WIN commenced transmissions on 18 March 1962 as a single television station covering the Wollongong region. The WIN Netwo ...

Network CEO, Bruce Gordon, are considering making a takeover bid for Nine Entertainment. The network currently is trying to fight off administration as it deals with a debt exceeding A$3.3 billion. It was reported on 3 June 2013 that the Nine Network would immediately purchase Adelaide affiliate NWS-9 from the

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as part of a deal to secure international cricket television rights. On 3 July 2013, it was reported that Nine would exercise an option to also buy STW-9 from WIN Corporation. Both purchases have resulted in these stations being, once again, O&O stations of the network for the first time since the 1980s. As of 10 December 2013, Nine no longer broadcasts on analogue TV and is now only available through digital TV or digital set-top box. On 27 January 2014, the Nine Network have stopped using the Supertext logo and have switched to their own Closed Captioning logo.

A new era in television (2014-2019)

Nine relaunched

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, in November 2015, an HD simulcast of their primary channel, on channel 90 and launched new lifestyle channel

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on channel 94. In addition to the relaunch of 9HD, GEM (renamed

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) was reduced to standard definition and moved to channel 92 and GO! (renamed

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) was moved to channel 93. On 16 December 2015, Nine also changed its on-air theme for a continuous design across all of its channels with the

/9news.com.au branding to remain unchanged. This included a new look for program listings, program advertisements and promos. Additionally in November 2015, Hugh Marks replaced

as CEO. On 27 January 2016, Nine's online catch-up video on-demand service 9Jumpin was retired and replaced by

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. 9Now offers a range of content larger than 9Jumpin and also offers a live streaming service for Nine's multicast channels. Live streaming for Nine was launched on the same day, with streaming for

and

launched on 19 May 2016. Following the launch of 9Now, the

, owner of Nine affiliate

, filed a lawsuit against Nine Entertainment Co., claiming that live streaming into regional areas breaches their affiliation agreement. The case was later dismissed on 28 April 2016 with Justice Hammerschlag of the NSW Supreme Court stating that, "I have concluded that live streaming is not broadcasting within the meaning of the PSA (program supply agreement), and that Nine is under no express or implied obligation not to do it." Following their victory in the 9Now court case, Nine Entertainment Co. announced on 29 April 2016 that it had signed a $500 million five year affiliation deal with

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, the then-primary regional affiliate of

. On 1 July 2016,

lost its Nine affiliate status to Southern Cross, which had Nine's metropolitan branding introduced across its now Nine-branded television assets. Nine later secured an affiliate deal with

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, a joint venture between WIN and Prime Media Group, on 28 June 2016 to supply Nine content to the Mildura and Sunraysia area due to WIN switching affiliation to Network Ten. Nine finalised supply deals with WIN for South Australia and Griffith on 29 June 2016 after long negotiations, with a deal for Tasmanian joint venture

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secured the following day after long negotiations. A supply deal for Western Australia joint venture

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was not secured before the 1 July 2016 deadline, but a deal was later finalised on 2 July 2016 with programming resuming that night. Also after 10 years as an independent affiliate, NBN Television was finally folded in to the Nine Network with the NBN logo being retired on air after 54 years. However, despite being a Nine O&O, NBN News remains as an independent news bulletin, despite adopting the full Nine News on air look. In June 2018, it was announced that Nine would enter into a joint venture with

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(ANC) to create '' Your Money'', a

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channel that was replaced the

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channel 601 and also available free-to-air through Nine on channel 95, replacing

. However, it closed on 17 May 2019 due to lack of advertising and poor ratings.

Return to the top (2019–2021)

After 12 years, the Nine Network won the 2019 ratings year for the first time since 2006. The

had won every ratings year between 2007 and 2018 inclusive, however, due to lower than expected ratings, and a launch of new programs not performing as hoped, this allowed Nine to regain lost ground during the most competitive times of the ratings period (most notably, Nine's '' Married At First Sight'' performed above expectations, and consistently beat ''

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'' which saw its lowest figures on record) which resulted in Nine's first win in the first quarter since 2009. Nine's yearly share for 2019 concluded at 29.4%, a 2.1% increase from 2018 (27.3%) compared to Seven's 29.0%, a 1.7% decline from 2018 (30.7%) In 2020, despite drastic and last minute changes to most network's programming schedules in light of the

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the Nine Network has managed to retain the number one lead by a considerable margin. On 5 April 2020, Nine launched

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as a joint venture with

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, which features action and adventure-themed reality series targeting a young adult male audience. On 1 October 2020, the Nine Network re-launched

, after 2 years being discontinued, thanks to Your Money. 1 Denison Street North Sydney

On 21 November 2020, Nine moved their Sydney studios to North Sydney. In March 2021, it was reported that the network had suffered a suspected

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attack using MedusaLocker during live broadcast. The hack disrupted its programming in Sydney and Darwin. Australia's parliament and

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was also subject to a cyberattack around the same time, although it is unclear if the incidents are connected. On 12 March 2021, Nine announced that it would return to

as its regional affiliate in most markets beginning on 1 July 2021, in a deal that will last at least seven years. SCA subsequently announced that it would return to Network 10, effectively reversing their 2016 realignment. Under the agreement, WIN will pay half of its regional advertising revenue to Nine Entertainment Co., and provide advertising time for Nine's properties on its radio and television outlets. WIN will also provide advertising sales services for Nine's O&O stations NBN and NTD (with the former succeeding a similar agreement it had with SCA). Nine CEO Hugh Marks explained that "while our relationship with Southern Cross has been strong over the last five years, the opportunities presented by the WIN Network to both extend the reach of Nine's premium content into more regional markets under one agreement, and to work cooperatively with them on a national and local news operation, mean this is the right time for us to return to WIN."

Nine Network programming

Australian-based programs

The Nine Network broadcasts annual events such as

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and Carols by Candlelight The Nine Network Department News and Current Affairs division, presents several bulletin's and the breakfast TV program ''

'' The network presents a range of entertainment programming of various genre's from Australian and overseas sources. Nine's current Australian programming line-up include: '' Getaway'', '' The AFL Sunday Footy Show'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The NRL Sunday Footy Show'', ''

Sports Sunday ''Sports Sunday'' is an Australian sports television program currently broadcast on the Nine Network at 10.00am Sunday mornings. The show is hosted by journalist Roz Kelly (sports presenter), Roz Kelly, with a roster of rotating panelists includin ...

'', ''Cross Court'', '' RBT'', '' The Block'', ''

Millionaire Hot Seat ''Millionaire Hot Seat'', also known as ''Hot Seat'', is an Australian television quiz show. The show is a spin-off of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' and began airing on the Nine Network on 20 April 2009. As with the original Australian ver ...

'', ''

20 to 1 ''20 to One'' (known as ''20 to 1'' before 2016) is an Australian television series on the Nine Network from 2005, that counts down an undefined "top 20" of elements or events of popular culture, such as films, songs, or sporting scandals. The ...

'', ''

Australian Ninja Warrior ''Australian Ninja Warrior'' is a sports entertainment competition spin-off of the Japanese television series '' Sasuke'' which premiered on 9 July 2017 on the Nine Network. It features hundreds of competitors attempting to complete series of ...

'', ''

Travel Guides A guide book or travel guide is "a book of information about a place designed for the use of visitors or tourists". It will usually include information about sights, accommodation, restaurants, transportation, and activities. Maps of varying det ...

'', ''

Lego Masters ''Lego Masters'' is an international reality television show in which teams compete to build the best Lego project, based on the original British show of that name, which premiered in 2017. Many other countries adapted the format and began ai ...

'', '' Married at First Sight'', ''The Hundred with Andy Lee'', ''Parental Guidance'', ''

Snackmasters ''Snackmasters'' is a BAFTA-nominated British television programme, presented by Fred Sirieix and Jayde Adams, and produced by Optomen Television and Channel 4. The programme was broadcast on Channel 4 and streams on All 4. The programme sees ...

'', ''

Love Island Australia ''Love Island Australia'' is an Australian dating reality show based on the international '' Love Island'' franchise. Following the premise of other versions of the ''Love Island'' format, the show features a group of single contestants, known as ...

'', '' Taronga: Who's Who in the Zoo'', ''South Aussie With Cosi,'' (later moved to Seven Network in 2022) and '' Accidental Heroes.''

International programs

Current US programming that airs on Nine and its digital multichannels are sourced from Nine's deals Village Roadshow Entertainment and

Cartoon Network Studios Cartoon Network Studios is an American animation studio owned by the Warner Bros. Television Studios division of Warner Bros., a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. The studio is the production arm of Cartoon Network, and started operating on ...

Warner Bros. Television Distribution Warner Bros. Television Studios (operating under the name Warner Bros. Television; formerly known as Warner Bros. Television Division) is an American television production and distribution studio of the Warner Bros. Television Group division of ...

and

Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Warner can refer to: People * Warner (writer) * Warner (given name) * Warner (surname) Fictional characters * Yakko, Wakko, and Dot Warner, stars of the animated television series ''Animaniacs'' * Aaron Warner, a character in '' Shatter Me ...

(long running), NBCUniversal International Television and

Illumination Entertainment Illumination (formerly known as Illumination Entertainment) is an American computer animation studio, founded by Chris Meledandri in 2007. Illumination is owned by Meledandri and the Illumination brand is co-owned by Universal Pictures, a divisi ...

DreamWorks Television DreamWorks Television was an American television distribution and production company based in Universal City, California, that was a division of DreamWorks. It folded into Amblin Television in 2013. History DreamWorks Television was formed ...

and

DreamWorks Animation DreamWorks Animation LLC (DWA, also known as DreamWorks Animation Studios and simply known as DreamWorks) is an American animation studio that produces animated films and television programs and is a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division ...

(long running),

Paramount International Networks Paramount International Networks (PIN) is the international division of Paramount Global. The division oversees the production, broadcasting and promotion of key Paramount's brands outside of the United States. These brands include Paramount Net ...

MTV Networks Paramount Media Networks (formerly known as Warner Cable Communications, Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, MTV Networks, Viacom Media Networks, and ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks) is an American mass media division of Paramount Global tha ...

and

Nickelodeon International Paramount International Networks (PIN) is the international division of Paramount Global. The division oversees the production, broadcasting and promotion of key Paramount's brands outside of the United States. These brands include Paramount Net ...

United International Pictures United International Pictures (UIP) is a joint venture of Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures that distributes their films outside the United States and Canada. UIP also had international distribution rights to certain Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer an ...

(

NBCUniversal NBCUniversal Media, LLC is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate corporation owned by Comcast and headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. NBCUniversal is primari ...

and

Paramount Paramount (from the word ''paramount'' meaning "above all others") may refer to: Entertainment and music companies * Paramount Global, also known simply as Paramount, an American mass media company formerly known as ViacomCBS. The following busin ...

only),

StudioCanal StudioCanal S.A.S. (formerly known as Le Studio Canal+, Canal Plus, Canal+ Distribution, Canal+ D.A., Canal+ Production, and Canal+ Image and also known as StudioCanal International) is a French film production and distribution company that owns ...

Sony Pictures Television International Sony Pictures Television Inc. (abbreviated as SPT) is an American television production and distribution studio. Based at the Sony Pictures Studios complex in Culver City, it is a division of Sony Entertainment's unit Sony Pictures Entertainm ...

Sony Pictures Animation Sony Pictures Animation Inc. is an American animation studio owned by Sony Entertainment's Sony Pictures Entertainment through their Motion Picture Group division and founded on May 9, 2002. The studio's films are distributed worldwide by Son ...

(now elapsed),

Regency Enterprises Regency Enterprises (commonly referred to as Regency onscreen and copyrighting as Regency Entertainment (USA), Inc. in the U.S. and Monarchy Enterprises S.á.r.l. overseas) is an American entertainment company formed by Arnon Milchan. It was foun ...

, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television International, and

Miramax Miramax, LLC, also known as Miramax Films, is an American film and television production and distribution company founded on December 19, 1979, by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, and based in Los Angeles, California. It was initially a leadi ...

. The network's flagship overseas program was the popular sitcoms ''

'' (later moved to

as reruns in 2020) and ''

Young Sheldon ''Young Sheldon'' is an American List of coming-of-age stories, coming-of-age sitcom television series created by Chuck Lorre and Steven Molaro for CBS. The series, set in the late 1980s and early 1990s, is a Spin-off (media), spin-off prequel ...

''. Other American programs on Nine include medical drama ''

Chicago Med ''Chicago Med'' is an American medical drama television series created by Dick Wolf and Matt Olmstead, and is the third installment of Wolf Entertainment's ''Chicago'' franchise. The series premiered on NBC on November 17, 2015. ''Chicago Med'' ...

'', documentary series ''

The First 48 ''The First 48'' is an American documentary/news magazine television series on A&E filmed in various cities in the United States, offering an insider's look at the real-life world of homicide investigators. While the series often follows the in ...

'' and crime dramas ''

Law & Order True Crime ''Law & Order True Crime'' is an American true crime anthology series that premiered on September 26, 2017 on NBC. The series was ordered by NBC on July 15, 2016, and is part of the ''Law & Order'' franchise. Created by René Balcer, the eight- ...

'' and '' Law & Order: Organized Crime''. British programs on Nine include the U.K. game shows ''

Pointless ''Pointless'' is a British television quiz show produced by Banijay subsidiary Remarkable Television for the BBC. It is hosted by Alexander Armstrong. In each episode four teams of two contestants attempt to find correct but obscure answers to ...

'' and '' Tipping Point. ''Sony Pictures daytime soap operas on 9Gem include ''

Days of Our Lives ''Days of Our Lives'' (also stylized as ''Days of our Lives''; simply referred to as ''Days'' or ''DOOL'') is an American television soap opera that streams on the streaming service Peacock. The soap, which aired on the American television net ...

'' and ''

The Young and The Restless ''The Young and the Restless'' (often abbreviated as ''Y&R'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in fictional Genoa City (not the real-life similarly-named Genoa City, Wi ...

''. ''

'' use to air on Nine up until its 26th season and the cancelled ''

Lethal Weapon ''Lethal Weapon'' is a 1987 American buddy cop action comedy film directed and co-produced by Richard Donner, written by Shane Black, and co-produced by Joel Silver. It stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover alongside Gary Busey, Tom Atkins, Darle ...

''. From 2008 until 2021 and 2013 respectively, Nine also broadcast the U.S. daytime talk shows ''

The Ellen DeGeneres Show ''The Ellen DeGeneres Show'' (often shortened to ''Ellen'' or ''The Ellen Show'') is an American daytime television variety comedy talk show that was created and hosted by its namesake Ellen DeGeneres. Debuting on September 8, 2003, it was prod ...

'' and '' The View''. Since 2015 the network has cut ties with

Warner Bros. Television Warner Bros. Television Studios (operating under the name Warner Bros. Television; formerly known as Warner Bros. Television Division) is an American television production and distribution studio of the Warner Bros. Television Group division of ...

, losing the networks rights to ''

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'', '' Gotham'', ''

Mom ] A mother is the female parent of a child. A woman may be considered a mother by virtue of having given childbirth, birth, by raising a child who may or may not be her biological offspring, or by supplying her ovum for fertilisation in the cas ...

'' and ''

Two Broke Girls 2 (two) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 1 and preceding 3. It is the smallest and only even prime number. Because it forms the basis of a duality, it has religious and spiritual significance in many cultur ...

'' among many others. On 11 March 2015, Nine revived their rights for

because the studio now allows new broadcast rights, but they share with 10 and

. On 22 February 2020,

DreamWorks DreamWorks may refer to: * DreamWorks Pictures, an American film production company of Amblin ** DreamWorks Television, an American television production company and division of the film studio ** DreamWorks Records, an American record label and f ...

films are now returned to Nine Network after 8 years was shared with Network 10 and Seven Network because NBCUniversal is ultimately reunited with

after 15 years was separated each other (starting with DreamWorks 25th Anniversary) and also

was a part of Paramount Australia & New Zealand and therefore had access to programming from

Comedy Central Comedy Central is an American basic cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan. The channel is geared towards young adults aged 18–34 and carries comedy programming ...

MTV MTV (Originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable channel that launched on August 1, 1981. Based in New York City, it serves as the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group, part of Paramount Media Networks, a di ...

and

Nickelodeon Nickelodeon (often shortened to Nick) is an American pay television television channel, channel which launched on April 1, 1979, as the first cable channel for children. It is run by Paramount Global through its List of assets owned by Param ...

, along with Channel 5 in the United Kingdom and Telefe in Argentina. Since the ViacomCBS merger, Nine, Seven, 10, and

continues to share their Paramount programs with each other after last year was absence on 10 since that

Disney The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October ...

was taken over on

from 2019 to 2020.

Share overseas programs

Sharing programs is currently a new rule for all the networks after a very, very long absence which have their own programs from the 1990s to 2014. All the networks can now share the programs again with each networks of televisions and films, including splitting up the different seasons of the same television series or franchise. Also some television brands can split the different seasons of the same television series by aired on both networks. Share US programming that airs on Nine and Seven and its digital multichannels are sourced from Nine and

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's deals

(selected films only),

NBCUniversal Television Distribution NBCUniversal Syndication Studios (a.k.a. NUSS), formerly known as NBCUniversal Television Distribution (a.k.a. NUTD), Universal Domestic Television, Studios USA Television Distribution and MCA TV, is the television syndication division of NBCUnive ...

(now elapsed). Share US programming that airs on Nine and 10 and its digital multichannels are sourced from Nine and 10's deals

and

(Nickelodeon shows only), Village Roadshow Entertainment and

. Share US programming that airs on Nine and ABC and its digital multichannels are sourced from Nine and

's deals

(Nickelodeon shows only) /

, and

Former programs

The network formerly broadcast catalogue movie and television titles from

Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...

produced in 2007 prior to 2022,

20th Century Fox 20th Century Studios, Inc. (previously known as 20th Century Fox) is an American film production company headquartered at the Fox Studio Lot in the Century City area of Los Angeles. As of 2019, it serves as a film production arm of Walt Dis ...

from 1990s to 2022, and

from 2018 to 2020. Sony, Fox, and Disney now belong to

, Seven revived Sony, Fox, and Disney broadcast rights.

News and popular affairs

History

The Nine Network's news service is ''Nine News'' (previously ''National Nine News''). For many decades, it was the top-rating news service nationally, but was over taken in the mid 2000s by rival network Seven. Nine regained its news dominance (nationally) at the conclusion of the 2013 ratings year. Nine produces several news bulletins and programmes, including ''

'', ''

Today Extra ''Today Extra'' is an Australian morning talk show, with an infotainment base, hosted by David Campbell and Sylvia Jeffreys. The show airs between 9:00 am and 11:30 am weekdays and follows the Nine Network's breakfast news program ''T ...

'', ''

Weekend Today ''Weekend Today'' is currently the branding of the weekend editions of ''Today'', an American morning news and talk program that airs daily on NBC. Weekend editions of ''Today'', began with the launch of the Sunday edition of the program on Sep ...

'', ''Nine News: Early Edition'', ''Nine Morning News'', ''Nine Afternoon News'''', Nine News: First at Five'', local nightly editions of ''Nine News'' as well as regional news bulletins for Northern New South Wales and the Gold Coast under the name ''NBN News'' and since March 2020, national late night bulletins titled ''Nine News Late'' The news service also produces ''

A Current Affair ''A Current Affair'' may refer to: * ''A Current Affair'' (Australian TV program), 1971–present Australian current affairs program that airs on Nine Network * ''A Current Affair'' (American TV program), a 1986–1998 American television news ...

'' which programs every weekday, ''Under Investigation'' an investigative current affairs show which programs every Monday, and ''

60 Minutes ''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...

'', which programs every Sunday night. Until mid 2018 during weekday overnights and Sunday mornings, Nine rebroadcast American television network

's news and current affairs programme ''

Good Morning America ''Good Morning America'' (often abbreviated as ''GMA'') is an American morning television program that is broadcast on ABC. It debuted on November 3, 1975, and first expanded to weekends with the debut of a Sunday edition on January 3, 1993. Th ...

''. From 2008, major expansion saw ''Today'' broadcast on Saturday and Sunday, too, the weekday version running from 05:30 until 09:00 weekdays, the launch of the '' Nine Early News'', the axing of the ''Sunday'' program, ''National Nine News'' becoming ''Nine News'' after poor ratings, losing to ''Seven News'', ''Nine Late News'' was launched then renamed as ''

Nightline ''Nightline'' (or ''ABC News Nightline'') is ABC News' late-night television news program broadcast on ABC in the United States with a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. Created by Roone Arledge, the progra ...

'' and the 11 am bulletin be renamed as '' Nine's Morning News'', running from 11:00 until 12:00 weekdays (now a half-hour news bulletin from 2015 onwards). Meanwhile, several additions have been made to ''

'' teams around the country, as well as the acquisition of more reporters by ''

'' and also state-based ''

'' reporters (plus a ''

'' weather presenter). In 2014, Nine News website moved from its ninemsn website to a brand-only website become 9news.com.au, which are still in use to this day. Nine has posted journalists overseas to cover major European stories following the closure of its European bureau in late 2008, with the last European correspondent, James Talia, being redesignated to his former role as a senior Melbourne ''Nine News'' journalist. Reporters including Simon Bouda,

Allison Langdon Allison Langdon (born 20 May 1979) is an Australian television presenter, reporter, journalist, and author. From 2023, Langdon will be the host of ''A Current Affair'' through Monday to Thursday, whilst Deborah Knight will still host from Frid ...

, Chloe Bugelly, Eddie Blake,

Tim Arvier Tim Arvier is an Australian journalist. He is currently the state political and investigative reporter, and a fill-in presenter, for ''Nine News Queensland''. He was previously North American and European correspondent for ''Nine News'', a repo ...

, and

Brett McLeod Brett McLeod is an Australian television news reporter and presenter for ''Nine News''. Biography Prior to his second appointment as ''Nine News'' European correspondent, McLeod was a reporter and relief news presenter for ''Nine News Melb ...

have all been on projects for ''Nine News'' bulletins in Greece, the UK, France, South Africa, Thailand, and the Czech Republic. Starting in the 1980s, the ''

Eyewitness News ''Eyewitness News'' is a style of television news presentation that emphasizes visual elements and action video, replacing the older "man-on-camera" newscast. History Pioneered by Westinghouse The earliest known use of the ''Eyewitness New ...

'' theme music (adapted from the film ''

Cool Hand Luke ''Cool Hand Luke'' is a 1967 American prison drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, starring Paul Newman and featuring George Kennedy in an Oscar-winning performance. Newman stars in the title role as Luke, a prisoner in a Florida prison cam ...

'') has been the official Nine News theme. First adopted in the Sydney and Melbourne stations and later in Perth and Adelaide, it is now played nationwide in all 7 O&O stations in their respective newscasts. Until 2021, ''NBN News'' used its own theme music, from November 2021, it started using the Nine News theme music. The theme is also used by Nine’s radio division

Nine Radio Nine Radio (formerly Macquarie Media Limited) is an Australian media company, owned by parent company Nine Entertainment Co. and headquartered in North Sydney, New South Wales, the company operates radio stations nationally in the capital cit ...

Sport

Channel Nine broadcasts all sporting events under the Wide World of Sports brand. The flagship sports of the brand are

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

until Nine lost the rights in 2018, Australian Open Tennis,

National Rugby League The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

(NRL), and formerly

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

(AFL), until Nine lost the rights in 2006, and

Super League The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...

while it existed. NRL games are broadcast in prime time on Nine in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Queensland on Friday nights; however prime time NRL is shown at same time on multi-channel

in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania. Nine's other popular recurring sporting events include the

State of Origin series The State of Origin series is an annual best-of-three rugby league series between two Australian state representative sides, the New South Wales Blues and the Queensland Maroons. Referred to as “Australian sport's greatest rivalry”, the ...

, Gillette Twenty20 until Nine lost the rights in 2018, Gillette Series Cricket until Nine lost the rights in 2018, and

Test cricket Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC). A match consists of four innings (two per team) and is scheduled to last fo ...

until Nine lost the rights in 2018. and formerly the

Australian Swimming Championships The Australian Swimming Championships is the national Swimming championships for Australia. They are organised by Swimming Australia and separate championships are held annually in both long course (50m) and short course (25m) pools. The two mee ...

until Nine lost the rights in 2009. As well as this, the Nine Network also had broadcast rights for the

, and, in joint partnership with subscription television provider Foxtel, had broadcast rights for the

2010 Winter Olympics )'' , nations = 82 , athletes = 2,626 , events = 86 in 7 sports (15 disciplines) , opening = February 12, 2010 , closing = February 28, 2010 , opened_by = Governor General Michaëlle Jean , cauldron = Catriona Le May DoanNancy GreeneWayne Gretz ...

and the

. On 26 May 2010, Nine became the first free-to-air television channel in Australia to broadcast in 3D. The broadcast was the

2010 State of Origin series The 2010 State of Origin series was the 29th State of Origin series, annual best-of-three series of interstate rugby league football matches between the Queensland rugby league team, Queensland and New South Wales rugby league team, New South Wales ...

. In 2017 Nine's Wide World of Sports became the home of

netball Netball is a ball sport played on a court by two teams of seven players. It is among a rare number of sports which have been created exclusively for female competitors. The sport is played on indoor and outdoor netball courts and is specifical ...

. The network broadcasts two live matches every Saturday Night of the new

Suncorp Super Netball Suncorp Super Netball is the top level netball league featuring teams from Australia. In 2017 it replaced the ANZ Championship, which also included teams from New Zealand, as the top level netball league in Australia. Since 2019, the league has ...

league. They also televise every Australian Diamonds Fixture and the

Constellation Cup The Constellation Cup is an international netball competition contested by Australia and New Zealand. The competition features a series of test matches. The two teams have competed for the trophy since 2010. Australia won the inaugural series ...

. All netball is live on 9Gem. In 2018, Nine signed the rights to the

Australian Open The Australian Open is a tennis tournament held annually at Melbourne Park in Melbourne, Australia. The tournament is the first of the four Grand Slam tennis events held each year, preceding the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open. Th ...

and several other tennis tournaments. With the 2019 Australian Open coverage headlined by

John McEnroe John Patrick McEnroe Jr. (born February 16, 1959) is an American former professional tennis player. He was known for his shot-making and volleying skills, his rivalries with Björn Borg and Jimmy Connors, and his confrontational on-court beha ...

and

Jim Courier James Spencer "Jim" Courier (born August 17, 1970) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He won four major singles titles, two at the French Open and two at the Australian Open. He was the youngest man to reach the singles finals ...

Availability

The Nine Network is simulcast in standard and high definition digital. Nine's core programming is fibre-fed out of GTV Melbourne to its sister stations and affiliates, with

TCN TCN is the flagship (television), flagship television station of the Nine Network in Australia. The station is currently located at 1 Denison Street, North Sydney, New South Wales, North Sydney. The licence, issued to a company named Television C ...

Sydney providing national news and current affairs programming. The current affairs programming was originally done at GTV before moving to TCN in 2012. The receiving stations and affiliates then insert their own localised news and advertising which is then broadcast in metropolitan areas and Northern NSW via owned-and-operated stations, including

Sydney, GTV Melbourne,

Brisbane, NWS Adelaide,

Perth, NTD Darwin and NBN Northern

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. Nine Network programming is also carried into the rest of regional Australia by affiliate networks: Nine Regional, Southern Cross GTS/BKN and

Imparja Television Imparja Television (IMP) is an independent Australian television station servicing over , across six states and territories: Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria. It is based in Alice Spring ...

. Nine is also broadcast via satellite and cable on

. In 2013, the Nine Network switched their captioning provider from

Red Bee Media Red Bee Media, formerly Ericsson Broadcast and Media Services (EBMS), is an international broadcasting and media services company and the largest access provider in Europe. Red Bee has its headquarters in London, England, with branch offices in ...

to Ai-Media.

Nine Network affiliates

9HD

The Nine Network originally launched a

high definition High definition or HD may refer to: Visual technologies *HD DVD, discontinued optical disc format *HD Photo, former name for the JPEG XR image file format *HDV, format for recording high-definition video onto magnetic tape * HiDef, 24 frames-pe ...

simulcast of their main channel on channel 90 on 1 January 2001 alongside the introduction of

digital terrestrial television in Australia Digital terrestrial television in Australia commenced on 1 January 2001 in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth using DVB-T standards. The phase out of analogue PAL transmissions began on 30 June 2010 and was completed by 10 December ...

. The simulcast was relaunched as a breakaway multichannel ''9HD'' on 17 March 2008 but was reverted to a simulcast on 3 August 2009 and was later replaced by

(now 9Gem) on 26 September 2010. 9HD was revived as a

1080i 1080i (also known as Full HD or BT.709) is a combination of frame resolution and scan type. 1080i is used in high-definition television (HDTV) and high-definition video. The number "1080" refers to the number of horizontal lines on the screen. ...

HD simulcast of Nine on 26 November 2015 on channel 90, bumping 9Gem to SD on channel 92.

9Now

9Now is a

video on demand Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of o ...

catch up TV Video on demand (VOD) is a media distribution system that allows users to access videos without a traditional video playback device and the constraints of a typical static broadcasting schedule. In the 20th century, broadcasting in the form of o ...

service run by the Nine Network. The service became available on 27 January 2016, replacing Nine's previous service 9Jumpin. 9Now also offers online live streaming for Channel 9,

and

. The Olympic news on ''Today'' and ''Nine News'' don't broadcast live streaming due to the IOC rights being with rival Seven. Instead, it replaces the message board until Olympic news finishes and returning to normal programming.

Logo and corporate identity

The Nine Network logo, which consists of a numeral "9" beside nine dots arranged in a 3x3 grid, is one of the most recognisable logos in Australia.Desktop Magazine – Nine Network
/ref> In 1997, the dots were changed to spheres. The spheres returned to dots as a new on-air identity package was created by Velvet mediendesign in 2001.Velvet mediendesign – Nine Network Rebrand 2001
/ref> This logo was redesigned by Velvet Mediendesign on 1 January 2001, with the introduction of digital TV in Australia and new graphics. On 1 September 2002, the dots were changed back to spheres from the 1997 logo as well as the numeral becoming 3D for their "7 colours for 7 days" presentation package. On 30 January 2006, the network and its affiliates relaunched their logos to coincide with Nine's 50th anniversary. A numeral nine was reworked with a few rounded corners eliminated in process. This logo would use a blue square featuring the numeral altered, which saw the removal of the nine dots again. The graphics package used during that time was designed by Bruce Dunlop Associates. Later on 15 January 2007 the blue square became solid, and in May they partially relaunched the nine dots, which are visible on every second surface of the box. This logo continued to be used in Perth and Adelaide stations until March 2010, when they reinstated the nine-dots logo. On 14 January 2008, Nine completely reinstated the nine dots logo, but with a different design. The slogan used with this logo was "we♥TV", which had also been used in December 2007 with the previous logo. This time, the dots are now a bit bigger, like the 1969 logo and the numeral 9 from the previous 2006 logo would continue. This logo would first be used in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Darwin markets but the logo would not be used in both Perth and Adelaide markets, until March 2010, due to being owned by WIN Corporation at the same time. As a part of a major relaunch, the entire logo became 3D on the same day as part of a short-lived rebrand. The nine dots are represented by translucent 3D discs during that year. The music used throughout the network's ID's and promotions was "Smile"' by The Supernaturals, released in 1997. This logo would only be used in 4 metropolitan markets. On 1 February 2009, the dots are once again 2D as part of a short-lived rebrand, which lasted until 26 September. On 27 September, the dots are changed to spheres from the 1997 logo yet again when the network's original slogan "Welcome Home" was launched. It also began to re-use the iconic "Still The One" theme tune from 1992 in one of the ID's. The dots is smaller, like the previous 2001 logo and in March 2010, the dots were reinstated in both Perth and Adelaide markets. File:Nine (1970).svg, 9 July 1969 – 29 January 2006 File:Nine2001.svg, 1 January 2001 – 29 January 2006 File:Nine2006.svg, 30 January 2006 – 13 January 2008 File:Nine2008.svg, 14 January 2008 – present File:Nine2012 Glossed Logo.png, alt=, 15 April 2012 – present

Slogans

* Summer 1971/1972: ''Have a Happy Summer'' (

GTV-9 GTV is a commercial television station in Melbourne, Australia, owned by the Nine Network. The station is currently based at studios at 717 Bourke Street, Docklands. History GTV-9 was amongst the first television stations to begin regular ...

only) * 1972: ''Get the Channel 9 Feeling!'' * 1973: ''This is the Place to Be in '73'' * Winter 1974: ''Come Home to Us This Winter'' (

only) * 1975–1976: ''Living Color'' * 1977: ''Let Us Be The One'' (previously used by

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in 1976) * 1978, 1980 – December 2006, 7 November 2021 — present: ''Still The One'' (also used by the

in 1977 and 1979,

from 1989 to December 2006,

NBN Television NBN is an Australian television station based in Newcastle, Australia. The station was inaugurated on 4 March 1962 as the first regional commercial television station in New South Wales, and has since expanded to 39 transmitters throughout Nort ...

from 1994 to December 2006 and GMV6, BTV6, VTV and

TasTV TVT is Tasmania's first television station, delivering its first official broadcast on 23 May 1960. The callsign stands for "TeleVision Tasmania". Unlike the commercial stations in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne, Adelaide, and later Perth, TVT held ...

in the 1990s) * 1979 – 31 May 2006: ''This is Channel 9'' * 1979: ''We're The One'' (previously used by

in 1978) * 1980: ''The National Nine Network, First in Australia'' * 16 September 1981: ''25 Years of Television''. * 1982: ''Number One For Me''. (

only) * 1983: ''Come On Along'' (previously used by

in 1982 and

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only) * 1985: ''Now is the Time, Channel Nine is the Place'' (also used by

in 1982) ( STW-9 only) * 1985: ''Nine's For You'' (QTQ-9 only) * 1986: ''You'll Love It'' (previously used by

in 1985) (

QTQ-9 QTQ is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving Brisbane, Queensland. It is owned by the Nine Entertainment Co., and is part of the Nine Network. It broadcasts on VHF Channel 8 ( digital). QTQ began broadcasting on 16 August ...

NWS-9 NWS is an Australian television station based in Adelaide, Australia. It is owned-and-operated by the Nine Network. The station callsign, ''NWS'', is an initialism of The NeWs South Australia. History Origins NWS-9 was the first television ...

only) * 1995: ''I am... We are Channel Nine People '' (previously used by

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''I am CBS Everyday People'' in 1994) * 1996: ''Celebrating 40 Years of Television, This is Channel Nine'' * 1999–2000: ''New Millennium Television'' * Summer 2004/05: ''Feel Good Summer'' * 1 June 2006 – 30 November 2007: ''Channel Nine'' (also used at the end of promotions from 15 January 2007 to 13 January 2008) * 1 December 2007 – 31 January 2009: ''we♥TV'' * 1 February – 27 September 2009: ''Choose Nine'' * 27 September 2009 – 23 December 2017: ''Welcome Home'' (previously used by

from 1996 to 1999) * 2014–present: ''Love This City'' (

only) * 16 September 2016: ''Celebrating 60 Years of Television, Happy Birthday, Channel Nine'' * October 2016 – present: ''We Lo♥e It'' ( NBN only) * 24 December 2017 – 7 November 2021: ''We Are The One''

Incidents

In March 2021,

Thomas Sewell Thomas Sewell may refer to: * Tom Sewell (basketball) (born 1962), American shooting guard * Tom Sewell (cricketer, born 1806) (1806–1888), English cricketer * Tom Sewell (cricketer, born 1830) (1830–1871), English cricketer, son of Tom Sewell s ...

, leader of a

neo-Nazi Neo-Nazism comprises the post–World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazism, Nazi ideology. Neo-Nazis employ their ideology to promote hatred and Supremacism#Racial, racial supremacy (ofte ...

group, and an associate who filmed the incident, went to the Channel 9 Melbourne studios and asked to speak to news staff, before attacking a security guard who was trying to escort him out. Sewell was charged with

affray In many legal jurisdictions related to English common law, affray is a public order offence consisting of the fighting of one or more persons in a public place to the terror (in french: à l'effroi) of ordinary people. Depending on their act ...

, recklessly causing injury and

assault An assault is the act of committing physical harm or unwanted physical contact upon a person or, in some specific legal definitions, a threat or attempt to commit such an action. It is both a crime and a tort and, therefore, may result in crim ...

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History

Origins

The "Golden Era" (1977–2006)

Nine loses to Seven (2006–2008)

Expanding digital services (2008–2014)

A new era in television (2014-2019)

Return to the top (2019–2021)

Nine Network programming

Australian-based programs

International programs

Share overseas programs

Former programs

News and popular affairs

History

Sport

Availability

Nine Network affiliates

9HD

9Now

Logo and corporate identity

Slogans

Incidents

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