Ten Eyewitness News
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| Slogan | First at Five |
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| Division of: | Network Ten |
| Founded: | 1965 |
| Headquarters: | Sydney, New South Wales |
| Area served: | Australia |
| Formerly called: |
Ten Evening News Eyewitness News Ten News (1994–2013) |
| Broadcast programs: |
Ten Eyewitness News Weekend The Project |
| Parent: | Ten Network Holdings |
| Website: | tenplay.com.au/news |
Ten Eyewitness News (officially stylised as TEN Eyewitness News) is an Australian television news and current affairs service, produced by Network Ten.
The network's hour-long news program airs at 5pm each evening as five state-based editions in the capital cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth, covering local, national and world news, including sport and weather. Local traffic reports are broadcast live into Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane from a regular reporter in a helicopter via the Australian Traffic Network. Weekend editions are presented nationally from Network Ten's studios at Pyrmont in Sydney.
Ten's news division also assists in the production of the current affairs program The Project. It draws upon the resources of CBS News, ITN, APTN and Reuters for select international coverage.
Network Ten, introduced its News Service in Australia in 1965, with the networks founding and was a pioneering force behind the concept of the hour-long News Bulletin (the other rival networks where presenting 30 minutes) co-anchored in the form of Eyewitness News from 1973 onwards. The 1980s were arguably the network's most successful period as a news provider with its local Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane bulletins often rating highest for their 6pm timeslots. Ten's flagship nightly bulletin news services has undergone a number of name changes since inception in 1965 including: Ten News, Ten Evening News, Eyewitness News and Ten Eyewitness News over the years before finally settling on the Ten News brand in 1994, which would remain in use for 19 years.
A major change to the service occurred in January 1992 when all five of its local bulletins were moved to the 5.00pm time slot. In 1994 all local weekend bulletins were axed across the network and replaced by a 30-minute national bulletin from Sydney – Ten Weekend News, initially presented by John Gatfield and later by Tracey Spicer, Natarsha Belling and Bill Woods.
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