Channel Seven
Launched	December 2, 1956
Network	Seven Network
Owned by	Seven Media Group
Picture format	576i (SDTV), 576p (EDTV), 1080i (HDTV) (Testing in Sydney and Melbourne only)
Audience share	29.8% Nationally (March 24, 2007, [1])
Slogan	GOTTALOVEIT
Broadcast area	Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Regional QLD
Website	seven.com.au
Availability
Terrestrial
Analogue	Normally tuned to 7
SD Digital	Channel 7
HD Digital	Channel 70
Satellite
Foxtel Digital	Channel 107
Cable
Foxtel Digital	Channel 107
Optus Digital	Channel 107

Channel Seven is an Australian television channel broadcasted by the Seven Network. Seven has traditionally been the second highest rating television channel in Australia, trailing Channel Nine but above Channel Ten, but over the last few months Seven has been winning major primetime slots. Image File history File links Channelseven. ... December 2 is the 336th day (337th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Seven Network is an Australian television network. ... The Seven Media Group is a future joint venture between the Seven Network Limited and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. ... 576i is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... Standard-definition television or SDTV refers to television systems that have a lower resolution than HDTV systems. ... 576p is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... Enhanced-definition television, extended-definition television, or EDTV is a CEA marketing shorthand term for certain digital television (DTV) formats. ... 1080i is shorthand name for a category of video modes. ... Projection screen in a home theater, displaying a high-definition television image. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4,200,000 people[1]. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... March 24 is the 83rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (84th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4,200,000 people[1]. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, as well as the third largest city in Australia, with a greater metropolitan population of just under two million. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River This article is about the urban area of Perth, Western Australia. ... Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd)  - Product per capita  $40,170/person (6th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  4,070,400 (3rd)  - Density  2. ... Analog television (or analogue television) encodes television picture and sound information as an analog signal, that is, by varying the amplitude and/or frequencies of the broadcast signal. ... Standard-definition television or SDTV refers to television systems that have a lower resolution than HDTV systems. ... Projection screen in a home theater, displaying a high-definition television image. ... Foxtel is a cable television and satellite television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. ... Foxtel is a cable television and satellite television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. ... Optus Television is the cable television division of Australian telecommunications company Optus. ... This article describes, in detail, all of the Australian television channels. ... The Seven Network is an Australian television network. ... Channel Nine is an Australian television channel broadcast by the Nine Network, available in major markets across Australia. ... Channel Ten is one of Australias three commercial television channels, broadcasted by Network Ten. ...

Programming

Further information: List of programs broadcast by the Seven Network

In 2005 Seven has had a ratings resurgence after a disastrous 2004 with assistance from many American programs. For the 2007 season, Seven renewed many of the same shows from 2006, but also brought in some new ones. The bulk of programming on Seven consists of American television shows that originally air on various US broadcasters. The following are programs that are currently broadcast by the Seven Network and its regional affiliates. ...

Seven's current Australian programming lineup consists of television shows including; All Saints, Better Homes and Gardens, Home and Away, Border Security: Australia's Front Line, Dancing with the Stars, Deal or No Deal, Medical Emergency, The Great Outdoors and The Real Seachange. Seven also screen Australia's Got Talent, an Australian version of the successful US program America's Got Talent. On March 31, 2007, it was announced that Kath and Kim will be shown on the channel. All Saints is the most popular drama on Australian television that airs on Channel Seven. ... Better Homes and Gardens is an Australian lifestyle television programme broadcast on the Seven Network. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Dancing with the Stars is an Australian television series based on the British Strictly Come Dancing. ... Deal or No Deal is a game show which airs in Australia on the Seven Network. ... A medical emergency is an injury or illness that poses an immediate threat to a persons health or life which requires help from a doctor or hospital. ... The Great Outdoors is an Australian travel magazine television series that currently airs on the Seven Network. ... The Real Seachange is an Australian reality television series on the Seven Network, narrated by actor John Howard. ... Australias Got Talent is an Australian television show which premiered on February 18, 2007 on Channel Seven at 6. ... Americas Got Talent is an American television show on NBC. The talent show is a search for Americas next best amateur talent act. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... Jane Turner and Gina Riley as Kath & Kim Kath and Kim is a satirical Australian television series shown on the ABC network. ...

Seven has programming output deals with a number of American production studios, including NBC Studios, Disney (including Touchstone Television) and 20th Century Fox (concluding mid-2007). American programming on Seven includes; 24, The Amazing Race, Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy, Lost, Prison Break, How I Met Your Mother, My Name Is Earl, Ugly Betty and Heroes. New programs in Seven's 2007 lineup include; 30 Rock, Brothers & Sisters, Sharkand What About Brian. NBC Studios are the two studio facilities belonging to the National Broadcasting Company, with one of them being located at Rockefeller Center in New York City, and the other located in Burbank, California, just outside of Los Angeles. ... The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ... Touchstone Television is an television production company and is the television production arm of movie studio Touchstone Pictures. ... Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the major American film studios. ... 24 is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series created by Joel Surnow and Robert Cochran, and produced by Imagine Television. ... The Amazing Race is an American multiple Emmy Award-winning reality game show normally broadcast in one-hour episodes in which teams of two or four race around the world in competition with other teams. ... Desperate Housewives is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American television series of the dramedy genre, created by Marc Cherry, that began airing on October 3, 2004 on ABC. It is the most popular show in its demographic worldwide, with a worldwide audience of approximately 119 million viewers. ... Greys Anatomy is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning American primetime television medical drama. ... Lost is an Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning serial drama television series that follows the lives of a group of plane crash survivors on a mysterious tropical island, somewhere in the South Pacific. ... Prison Break is an American television series that premiered on the Fox Network on August 29, 2005. ... How I Met Your Mother is a CBS sitcom that premiered on September 19, 2005. ... My Name Is Earl is an Emmy Award-winning American sitcom created by Greg Garcia. ... Ugly Betty is a Golden Globe and Peabody Award winning American television dramedy series starring America Ferrera, Vanessa Williams, and Eric Mabius. ... Heroes is an American science fiction drama television series, created by Tim Kring, which premiered on NBC on September 25, 2006. ... This article is about the TV series. ... Brothers & Sisters is an hour-long soap drama series about a large mature family and the events that befall them. ... Shark is an American television show that is a part of the new crop of CBS shows in the Fall 2006 line up. ... What About Brian is an American dramatic television series created by Dana Stevens and co-produced by J.J. Abrams company Bad Robot Productions. ...

News & Current Affairs

Further information: Seven News

Seven's news service is called Seven News. After trailing for many years, to Channel Nine's news service, Seven rebounded in 2005, and claimed to be number one in news and current affairs. Seven News produces several news bulletins and programs including; Sunrise, Weekend Sunrise, Seven Morning News, Seven Afternoon News, Seven News, Seven's Late News Updates, and Today Tonight. Seven News (promoted on-air as 7NEWS) is the name of the television news service of Australias Seven Network. ... Seven News (promoted on-air as 7NEWS) is the name of the television news service of Australias Seven Network. ... Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network and its affiliates. ... Sunrise is an Australian breakfast television program, broadcast on the Seven Network and its affiliates. ... Seven News is the name of the televison news service of Australias Seven Network. ... Seven News (promoted on-air as 7NEWS) is the name of the television news service of Australias Seven Network. ... Seven News (promoted on-air as 7NEWS) is the name of the television news service of Australias Seven Network. ... Seven News (promoted on-air as 7NEWS) is the name of the television news service of Australias Seven Network. ... Today Tonight is an Australian television current affairs, broadcast on the Seven Network. ...

Sport

Further information: Seven Sport

Seven is a major player in Australian sports broadcasting. Before 2001 Seven broadcasted all matches. However, after the 2001 season Seven ended it's famous 45-year run as AFL football broadcaster when the Nine Network and Network Ten, along with pay TV provider Foxtel, jointly won the television rights. On January 5, 2006 the Australian Football League accepted a bid from Seven and Ten to broadcast AFL games from 2007 - 2011 at a cost of AU$780 million. Seven Sport is the brand that all sporting events broadcast on the Seven Network are broadcast under. ... This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... The Nine Network is an Australian television network, available in major markets across Australia. ... This article is about the Australian television network. ... Foxtel is a cable television and satellite television company in Australia, formed through a joint venture between Telstra and News Corporation. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Seven's most popular recurring sporting events include the AFL Premiership Season, the Australian Open Golf, the Australian Open Tennis, Bledisloe Cup Rugby, Melbourne Cup Carnival, Mt Buller World Aerials, the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race, the Tri-Nations Rugby, and the V8 Supercars. This article is about the national league in Australian rules football. ... The Australian Open is one of the principal annual golf tournaments on the PGA Tour of Australasia. ... The Australian Open is the first of the worlds four Grand Slam tennis tournaments, held each January at Melbourne Park. ... The Bledisloe Cup Rugby Unions Bledisloe Cup is contested between Australias Wallabies and New Zealands All Blacks. ... The 1976 cup won by Van Der Hum. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Map of the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race route. ... The Tri Nations Series is an annual international Rugby Union series held between Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. ... V8 Supercars in action The V8 Supercar is a category of touring car racing that evolved in Australia in the early 1990s. ...

Current schedule

Note: News & Current Affairs are in Grey; Drama is in Blue; Sitcoms, Animation and Comedy are in Purple; Lifestyle programs are in Green; Factual programs and Documentaries are Yellow; Reality, Game shows and Talk shows are in Red; Sport is in Orange; Movies are in Pink. The above represents Seven's usual primetime schedule. It does not reflect one-off events, and program starting times may vary from those shown. For up-to-date information, see the Seven Network's online television guide. (link) The Great Outdoors is an Australian travel magazine television series that currently airs on the Seven Network. ...

Availability

Further information: Seven Network

Channel Seven is simulcast in analogue and standard definition, with 576p enhanced definition currently available in Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth and Regional QLD. As of March 18, 2007, 1080i high definition test simulcasts commenced in the Sydney and Melbourne markets. The Seven Network will analyse the results of the testing with regard to transmission format and bandwidth utilisation.^[1] The Seven Network is an Australian television network. ... Analog television (or analogue television) encodes television picture and sound information as an analog signal, that is, by varying the amplitude and/or frequencies of the broadcast signal. ... Standard-definition television or SDTV refers to television systems that have a lower resolution than HDTV systems. ... 576p is the shorthand name for a video mode. ... Enhanced-definition television, extended-definition television, or EDTV is a CEA marketing shorthand term for certain digital television (DTV) formats. ... Brisbane (pronounced ) is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Queensland, as well as the third largest city in Australia, with a greater metropolitan population of just under two million. ... Adelaide is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of South Australia, and is the fifth largest city in Australia, with a population of over 1. ... The Perth skyline viewed from the Swan River This article is about the urban area of Perth, Western Australia. ... Capital Brisbane Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Quentin Bryce Premier Peter Beattie (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 28  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $158,506 (3rd)  - Product per capita  $40,170/person (6th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  4,070,400 (3rd)  - Density  2. ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... 1080i is shorthand name for a category of video modes. ... Projection screen in a home theater, displaying a high-definition television image. ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of over 4,200,000 people[1]. Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales. ... Melbournes CBD has grown to straddle the Yarra River in three major precincts. ... The Seven Network is an Australian television network. ...

Channel Seven is broadcast in metropolitan areas and regional Queensland via Seven Network owned-and-operated stations, these include ATN-7, HSV-7, BTQ-7, SAS-7, TVW-7, and Seven Queensland. Channel Seven programming is also carried into other areas of regional Australia by affiliate networks (which are locally branded), these include Southern Cross Television, Prime Television, GWN, and WIN Television. In the television industry (especially in North America), an owned-and-operated station (frequently abbreviated as O&O) usually refers to a television station or radio station that is owned by the network with which it is associated. ... ATN-7 is the Sydney flagship television station of the Seven Network in Australia. ... HSV-7, commonly known as Seven Melbourne, is a television station in Melbourne, Australia. ... BTQ-7 is the Brisbane station of the Australian Seven television network. ... SAS-7 is the Adelaide station of the Seven Network. ... TVW-7 is a television station broadcasting in Perth, Australia, wholly owned by the Seven Network. ... Seven Queensland is an Australian television station, licensed to, and serving the regional areas of Queensland. ... Southern Cross Television, or Southern Cross, is an Australian television network available in Tasmania, Darwin, and regional South Australia. ... For the New Zealand television network, see Prime Television New Zealand. ... Golden West Network (GWN) is the Seven Network affiliate in Western Australia, servicing all areas except metropolitan Perth in competition with WIN Television WA. There are two services that GWN operates: Normal terrestrial television, and A free-to-air satellite service, broadcasting to remote areas that can’t receive television... WIN Television or WIN is an Australian regional television network. ...

Logos

Channel Seven has used many logos throughout its history.

1970 - 1975	1975 - 1988	1989 - 1999	2000 - 2003	2003 - present

Pre-network logos can be found at the following articles; ATN-7, HSV-7, BTQ-7, SAS-7. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (674x673, 23 KB) This is a logo of a television station, network, corporation, or other organization, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... Image File history File links Seven1975. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (708x707, 22 KB) This is a logo of a television station, network, corporation, or other organization, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ... Image File history File links Seven2000. ... Image File history File links Channelseven. ... ATN-7 is the Sydney flagship television station of the Seven Network in Australia. ... HSV-7, commonly known as Seven Melbourne, is a television station in Melbourne, Australia. ... BTQ-7 is the Brisbane station of the Australian Seven television network. ... SAS-7 is the Adelaide station of the Seven Network. ...

References

^  - "National" refers to the main five metropolitan markets. Shares represents free to air audience share from 6:00pm to 12:00am. Data gathered and published by OzTAM. OZTam Free-to-air (FTA) television (TV) and radio broadcasts are sent unencrypted and may be received via any suitable receiver. ...

2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ... March 19 is the 78th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (79th in leap years). ...

External links

• Official Site
• ausTV History

See also

• Seven Guide
• Seven Network
• Seven Media Group
• List of Seven Network Slogans