Nine Television Explained

Nine Television
Type:	Subsidiary
Trade Name:	Nine
Industry:	Television
Products:	Television
Parent:	Nine Entertainment
Predecessor:	Nine Network

Nine Television is the television arm of Nine Entertainment.^[1]

Channels

• Nine Network, an Australian commercial free-to-air television primary channel
  • • 9HD is an Australian free-to-air HD digital television multichannel using the primary channel simulcast
• 9Gem is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel suitable for sport and entertainment
• 9Go! is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel aimed at 14- to 39-year-olds.
• 9Life is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel featuring reality and lifestyle programs^[2]
• 9Rush is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel aimed at a 25- to 54-year-old male audience. (joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery)
• 10 Darwin (50% joint venture with Southern Cross Austereo, Network 10 affiliate)
• 9Now a video on demand, catch-up TV service which carries the main and multichannels of the Nine Network

Production

Nine Films and Television is the in-house film and television production arm of the Nine Network.

It produces content primarily for the network and its affiliated network WIN, but also produces feature films for release in cinemas. Nine Films and Television has produced a few television programs for the network, including:

• McLeod's Daughters (co-production with Southern Star)
• Water Rats (co-production with Southern Star)
• Getaway
• Hi-5
• Cushion Kids
• New MacDonald's Farm
• Farscape

Former productions

• In Melbourne Tonight (1957-1970)
• Bandstand (1958-1972)
• The Graham Kennedy Show (1972, 1973-1975)
• The Ernie Sigley Show (1974-1981, 1985)
• The Don Lane Show (1975-1983)
• The Bert Newton Show (1984)
• The Midday Show (1985-1998)
• Graham Kennedy’s News Show (1988)
• Graham Kennedy Coast To Coast (1989)
• The AFL Footy Show (1994-2019)
• In Melbourne Tonight (1996-1998, only aired in Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia & Western Australia)
• Micallef Tonight (2003)
• TV Week Logie Awards (1967-1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1996-2022)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Our Brands . Nine Plus . . 11 November 2022.
2. Web site: Nine 2016 Upfront: Plans to broadcast in HD and launch new lifestyle FTA channel. 28 October 2015. 28 October 2015. Mediaweek. Dan. Barrett.