| WIN South Australia is a regional
commercial television broadcaster, with services covering the Riverland and south-eastern
regions of South Australia. It is one of only three remaining solus commercial
broadcasters in Australia (the other being
Southern Cross GTS/BKN
servicing the Spencer Gulf, SA and Broken Hill, NSW regions and
MTN9 Griffith). WIN SA is owned
and operated by WIN Television
and maintains broadcast centres in Mount Gambier and Loxton.WIN SA was formed in 1999, following the purchase of both
RTS5a
in Loxton and
SES8
in Mount Gambier by WIN Television - WIN SA's flagship analogue services still operate on the above
channels in their respective areas, screening predominantly
Nine Network programmes, supplemented
with the occasional sporting event from the Seven Network.In 2003, WIN SA applied for a second commercial broadcasting licence (granted under the conditions
set in Section 38a of the Broadcasting Services Act 1992) and in 2004 a new service known as
WIN Ten (screening Network Ten
programmes) commenced. At the same time, digital services also commenced, screening the
flagship service and WIN Ten in standard-definition digital format.In September 2007, WIN South Australia entered into a new affiliation agreement with the Seven Network, as part of a disagreement with PBL Media over the affiliation payment for Nine's programming. |
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Last updated on 13 May 2008 at 11:33:48 UTC |
