Southern Cross Television
| Southern Cross Television | |
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| Launched | 9 December 1961 |
| Owned by | Southern Cross Austereo |
| Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 16:9 |
| Slogan | Always on |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Tasmania, Darwin, Spencer Gulf SA, Broken Hill NSW, Central Australia, Norfolk Island |
| Affiliates | Seven Network |
| Formerly called | TNT-9 (Tasmania, 1980–1985) Southern Cross Network (Tasmania, 1989–2000) Southern Cross (Tasmania, 2000–2005) Seven Central/Seven Darwin (Darwin and Central, 1998–2005) |
| Website | www.southerncrosstv.com.au |
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Availability
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| Terrestrial | |
| Freeview SCTV owned (virtual) | 6/7 |
| Satellite | |
| Optus C1 | Transponder 6 |
| Optus D1 | Transponder 15 |
Southern Cross Television (SCTV) is an Australian television network available in Tasmania, Darwin, Regional South Australia, Remote Central and Eastern Australia and Norfolk Island. Although the programming varies from region to region, all areas are affiliated with the Seven Network. On 5 November 2007, Southern Cross Television was officially purchased by the Macquarie Media Group.
Southern Cross began in 1982 as a small network of three stations in regional Victoria. The then TV-8 network comprised GLV-8 Gippsland, BCV-8 Bendigo, and STV-8 Victoria.
GLV was the first regional television station in the country, launched on 9 December 1961. BCV-8 launched in the same year, on 23 December, while STV followed four years later, on 27 November 1965. GLV-10 became GLV-8 in 1980, when Melbourne commercial station ATV-0 moved frequences to become ATV-10 The network began life in 1982 as TV-8, but later changed its name in 1989 to the Southern Cross Network. Soon after this, STV-8 left the network after it was bought by businessman Alan Bond, and eventually sold on to ENT Limited (owners of Vic TV and Tas TV). This network began as a "cherry picking" network, taking programs from all three metropolitan commercial networks at the time. At aggregation, it became an affiliate of Network Ten.
Tasmanian television station TNT-9 commenced broadcasting at 5:57 pm on 26 May 1962. Fred Archer was the first person to appear on the station, during its first five hours of transmission. On the opening night the station was officially inaugurated by Lord Rowallan, the Governor of Tasmania. The Mickey Mouse Club was the first programme to be broadcast, and advertisements included: Abbott's cordial, Hydro, Launceston Bank for Savings, Peters Ice Cream, Hicks Atkinson and the Saturday Evening Express.
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