History

The Southern Cross Network was born out of Tricom's (now Southern Cross Broadcasting) 1988 purchase of TasTV's Launceston studios and on March 5, 1989 (at 6:30pm), the newly formed Southern Cross Network commenced a period of solus commercial broadcasting in northern Tasmania, leaving TasTV's Hobart studios to broadcast to the south of the state.

In preparedness for aggregation in Tasmania, in 1993, Southern Cross Network became Southern Cross Television, and on April 28, 1994, Southern Cross Television became a dual affilate of the Seven & Ten networks and expanded its coverage to southern Tasmania.

The station continued to use an original look, but in 1997, began to use modified Seven Network identification packages, and in 2000, launched a new logo (a stylised thylacine, or "Tasmanian tiger"), and a new look, still with hints of Seven.

In late 2003, Southern Cross and WIN TV began their joint venture digital-only service Tasmanian Digital Television. Southern Cross is responsible for the programming of this channel, also from its Canberra base.

In mid-2005, Southern Cross began using a new on-air logo, which is similar to the logo used by Southern Cross Broadcasting's metro radio stations.