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Network Ten and FOXTEL today announced they had secured the exclusive Australian broadcast rights to the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi,
India.

The agreement will see TEN and FOXTEL deliver Australian viewers the most comprehensive coverage of this blue ribbon multi-sport event ever seen on Australian free-to-air and subscription television.

TEN, who today officially won the rights from the Organising Committee for the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of a competitive bid process, will partner with FOXTEL to broadcast the 2010 Commonwealth Games, from October 3 to 14 that year.

The Australian Football League, the Seven and TEN networks and FOXTEL today announced an agreement for AFL broadcast rights across free to air and pay television for 2007-11.

Seven and TEN retain four games per home and away season round – including one Friday night and Sunday afternoon game for Seven, and one Saturday afternoon and night game
for TEN – as well as exclusive live coverage of the finals series, Grand Final and prestigious Brownlow Medal Count.

Seven and TEN have licensed four home and away season games per round to FOXTEL – including one Saturday afternoon and night game and one Sunday afternoon and the new twilight game. These games will be shown nationally on FOXTEL and AUSTAR via Fox Sports.

Coverage highlights include:

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More people in more locations across the country will be able to watch AFL matches either live or near live than ever before
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All matches involving the Adelaide, Brisbane Lions, Fremantle, Port Adelaide, Sydney Swans and West Coast Eagles football clubs will be broadcast on free to air television in their home markets either live or on a variable delay

Network Ten and newsreader Tracey Spicer have reached a settlement concerning matters arising from her employment with Ten.

Ten thanks Ms Spicer for her service over the past 14 years and wishes her well in her future endeavours.

Tracey Spicer, a former newsreader for Channel 10 until she was allegedly dumped due to age and family commitments, has now reached a settlement with Channel 10.

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Channel Ten has already announced that and episode from drama Supernatural would be available for download prior to its broadcast on the television. The network believes that YouTube and Google should be welcomed instead of being looked at as the enemies and that online videos were very important for the future of the network.

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Sandra Sully, primarily presenter of the late news, has been asked to stay on at Channel Ten for another four years. The negotiated salary is said to be $400,000. This year is her tenth as national anchor for tens late news.

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Viewers inundated Sydney radio stations with complaints about bad language, simulated sex, gross innuendo and general sub-standard behaviour with the coverage of the new year celebrations. Even worse was that the show, in the past orientated towards family viewing, failed to indicate the content that was to follow.

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Network Ten is set to build on its record 2006 by launching its best ever lineup for 2007:
o ALL of TEN's key franchises – both Australian and overseas – return
o TEN announces a string of new Australian programs
o TEN adds three major new overseas series
o TEN commences new program supply agreement with 20th Century Fox

TEN's chief executive officer, Grant Blackley, and chief programming officer, David Mott, launched TEN's 2007 lineup this afternoon at Sydney's State Theatre.

Mr Mott explained how TEN would build on its outstanding 2006 performance, in which TEN has achieved its sixth consecutive annual win in the 16-39 demographic (simultaneously securing its all-time high commercial share in under-40s).

And – for the first time – TEN is #1 in the US benchmark 18-49 demographic. Approximately 75% of advertisers’ TV dollars are spent targeting consumers aged 18-49.

TEN has also won the biggest audience gains of any of the commercial networks this year in all major demographics under 50.