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Australian Digital Holdings
ADH TV (Australian Digital Holdings) is a streaming news channel based in the Sydney suburb of Chippendale. The channel features libertarian and conservative presenters and airs live content for five hours every weekday. The channel's chief executive officer and chairman are Jack Bulfin and businessman Maurice Newman respectively. History ADH TV was launched in 2021 by Jack Bulfin and two friends including Jake Thrupp after the channel's parent company Australian Digital Holdings was registered with the Australian Securities & Investments Commission on 25 November 2021. Alan Jones was announced as its first host on 10 December, having left Sky News Australia in November. His show − ''Alan Jones: Direct to the People'' − aired its first episode on 13 December. The channel relocated to purpose-built studios in Chippendale, an inner city suburb of Sydney on 2 May 2022, and came at the same time as Jones returning to the channel for a show with his name. In July 2023, Billion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chippendale, New South Wales
Chippendale is a small inner-city suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the southern edge of the Sydney central business district, in the Local government in Australia, local government area of the City of Sydney. Chippendale is located between Broadway, New South Wales, Broadway to the north and Cleveland Street, Sydney, Cleveland Street to the south, Central railway station, Sydney, Central railway station to the east and the University of Sydney to the west. History The area was first occupied by the Gadigal people of the Darug, Dharug Nation. William Chippendale was granted a estate in 1819. It stretched to the present day site of Redfern railway station. Chippendale sold the estate to Solomon Levey, emancipist and merchant, in 1821, for 380 pounds. Solomon Levey died while in London in 1833. Levey's heirs sold over to William Hutchinson. Chippendale has a number of heritage-listed sites, including the Regent Street railway station or 'Mortuary Station', located ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Packer
James Douglas Packer (born 8 September 1967) is an Australian billionaire businessman and investor. Packer is the son of Kerry Packer, a media mogul, and his wife, Roslyn Packer. He is the grandson of Frank Packer. He inherited control of the family company, Consolidated Press Holdings Limited, as well as investments in Crown Resorts and other companies. He is the former executive chairman of Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) and Consolidated Media Holdings, which predominantly owned media interests across a range of platforms, and a former executive chairman of Crown Resorts. , Packer's net worth was assessed as 4.95 billion by the '' Financial Review Rich List'', ranking him as the eighteenth-wealthiest Australian; he was the richest person in Australia in 2006 and 2007. '' Forbes Asia'' magazine assessed Packer's net worth at 3.6 billion in January 2019, the ninth-richest Australian. In June 2022, the Federal Court approved Blackstone's takeover of Crow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Smith (broadcaster)
Christopher Smith (born 22 July 1962) is an Australian journalist and talkback radio broadcaster. Smith attended Patrician Brothers' College, Fairfield. Career Smith has publicly addressed his alcoholism and mental health problems on a number of occasions. In an interview with the ''Daily Telegraph'', stating "I can never go back to that point. I've made some significant changes to my life. I think to a certain degree you have to hit ground zero before you do that." Smith has attempted to justify his behaviour by citing alcoholism and suffering from bipolar disorder. While working on '' A Current Affair'' (ACA) in 1994, Smith was found to have forged the signature of Nine's corporate lawyer, Jane Marquard to have a prisoner released from Silverwater Correctional Complex for an interview. Smith was later charged by police and admitted forging the signature. Smith was suspended for almost a year while the criminal investigation was carried out. He was sentenced to serve two y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Cater
Nicholas Charles Cater (born 7 July, 1958) is a British-born Australian journalist and author who writes on culture and politics. He is a columnist for ''The Australian'' newspaper. Early life and education Cater was born in Billericay, Essex, and grew up in Hythe near Southampton. His parents were teachers. He graduated from the University of Exeter with an honours degree in sociology in 1980 and drove laundry vans for a year before joining the BBC as a trainee studio manager. Career He worked as a producer in the London bureau of Australia's Channel Seven from 1983 to 1986 before rejoining the BBC as a journalist. He produced and directed for the BBC the documentary ''Bridge Builders'' comparing the construction of the Tyne and Sydney Harbour Bridges. Cater emigrated to Australia in July 1989, where he joined News Limited. He worked on '' The Advertiser'' in Adelaide and became group Asia correspondent in 1993, where he was best known for tracking down the paedophile Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyle Shelton (lobbyist)
Lyle Shelton is an Australian politician and lobbyist who has served as the national director of the Family First Party since May 2022. Shelton previously served as managing director of the Australian Christian Lobby (ACL) from 2013 to 2018, and was one of the leaders of the "No" campaign in the Australian Marriage Law Postal Survey. In 2018, he resigned from the ACL to become the federal communications director of the Australian Conservatives. Early life Lyle Shelton was born in South Burnett, Queensland. Career Shelton was at one time the youth pastor on the staff of Toowoomba City Church. He served on Toowoomba City Council from 2000 to 2006. Shelton was the chair of Council's Strategy and Governance Committee and campaigned against the sex trade in that area. He had an active role in the "No" campaign in the 2006 Toowoomba Water Futures referendum, which his side won. Shelton retired from the Council to contest the 2006 state election, running in the seat of Toowo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Flint
David Edward Flint (born 1938) is an Australian legal academic, known for his leadership of Australians for Constitutional Monarchy and for his tenure as head of the Australian Broadcasting Authority. Early life and education David Flint was born in 1938 and grew up in the Sydney suburb of Waverley. His mother was Indonesian. She enjoyed music and dancing, and Flint took her out dancing every week until she died aged 90. That was always disapproved of by his father, a public servant, champion amateur boxer, and member of a puritanical religious organisation. Flint attended Sydney Boys High School, before studying law, economics and international relations at the Universities of London, Paris, and Sydney, leading to a career in the law and academia. He states that he was "a socialist in his student days". Career Admitted as a lawyer in New South Wales and England and Wales, he practised for a number of years, lecturing in several university business and law schools. That i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven West Media
Seven West Media Limited is an Australian ASX-listed media company. It is Australia's largest diversified media business, with an extensive presence in broadcast television, radio, print and online publishing. Seven West Media owns the Seven Network, Australia's second-largest commercial television network (by audience and advertising market share). It also owns ''The West Australian'', ''The Sunday Times'' and the Community Newspaper Group. Seven Group Holdings Ltd (SGH), a company controlled by Australian Capital Equity, is Seven West Media's largest shareholder, with over $1 billion in Seven West Media shares and $250 million of Seven West Media convertible preference shares (CPS).WAN Proposal to Acquire Seven Media Group 8 March 2011, p.4 History |
Nine Network
Nine Network (stylised 9Network, and commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of the five main free-to-air television networks in Australia. From 2017 to 2021, the network's slogan was "We Are the One". Since 2021, the network has changed its slogan back to the iconic Golden Era slogan "Still the One". As of 2024, Nine Network is the second-rated television network in Australia, behind Seven Network, and ahead of ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV, Network 10 and SBS (Australian TV channel), SBS. History Origins Nine Network's first broadcasting station was launched in Sydney, New South Wales, as TCN-9 on 16 September 1956 by ''Daily Telegraph (Sydney), The Daily Telegraph'' owner Frank Packer. John Godson introduced the station and former advertising executive Bruce Gyngell presented the first programme, ''This Is Television'' (so becoming the fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Network 10
Network 10 (commonly known as the 10 Network, Channel 10 or simply 10) is an Australian commercial television network. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Paramount Global's UK & Australia division and is one of the five national free-to-air networks in the country. As of 2024, Network 10 is the fourth-rated television network and primary channel in Australia, behind the Seven Network, Nine Network and ABC TV and ahead of SBS. History Origins From the introduction of TV in 1956 until 1965, there were three television networks in Australia, the National Television Network (now the Nine Network), the Australian Television Network (now the Seven Network), and the public ABC National Television Service (now ABC TV). In the early 1960s, the Australian Government began canvassing the idea of licensing a third commercial television station in each capital city. This decision was seen by some as a way for the government to defuse growing public dissatisfaction with the domin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Network
Seven Network (stylised 7Network, and commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is an Australian commercial free-to-air Television broadcasting in Australia, television network. It is owned by Seven West Media, Seven West Media Limited, and is one of the five main free-to-air television networks in Australia. The network's headquarters are located in Sydney. As of 2014, it was the second-largest network in the country in terms of population reach. Seven Network shows various nonfiction shows—such as news broadcasts (''Seven News'') and sports programming—as well as fiction shows. In 2011, the network won all 40 out of 40 weeks of the ratings season for total viewers, being the first to achieve this since the introduction of the OzTAM ratings system in 2001. As of 2024, Seven Network is the highest-rated television network nationally, in Australia, ahead of the Nine Network, ABC TV (Australian TV channel), ABC TV, Network 10 and SBS (Australian TV channel), SBS. Hea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Newsmax
Newsmax, Inc. (or Newsmax.com, previously styled NewsMax) is an American cable news, political opinion commentary, and digital media company founded by Christopher Ruddy in 1998. It has been variously described as conservative, right-wing, and far-right. Newsmax Media divisions include its cable and broadcast channel Newsmax TV; its website Newsmax.com, which includes Newsmax Health and Newsmax Finance; and ''Newsmax'' magazine, its monthly print publication. The company went public in March 2025. Newsmax launched Newsmax TV in June 2014 to 35 million satellite subscribers through DirecTV and Dish Network. As of May 2019, the network claimed to reach about 70 million households via cable television. The average weekly audience for Newsmax TV was 319,000 people, as of April 2025. The channel primarily broadcasts from Newsmax's New York studio on Manhattan's East Side, with two headquarters in Boca Raton, Florida, and Washington, D.C. Newsmax began broadcasting in the UK in Oc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Cross Austereo
Southern Cross Media Group Limited, Trade name, doing business as Southern Cross Austereo, is an Australian media company which operates broadcast radio and Terrestrial television, television stations. It is the largest radio broadcaster in Australia, operating 86 radio stations, and has a reach into every state and territory. The company is headquartered in South Melbourne. It was founded in 2004 as a subsidiary of Macquarie Group, Macquarie Bank for the purpose of acquiring regional radio stations, before expanding into television broadcasting in 2007 with the acquisition of Southern Cross Broadcasting. It also operates the LISTNR platform in Australia. History 2004–05: RG Capital & DMG Regional Radio acquisitions RG Capital was an Australian radio company, formed in 1995 by Reg Grundy with the acquisition of Sea FM 90.9, Sea FM Gold Coast. Between 1996 and 2000, the group grew to 28 stations across regional centres, and was subsequently floated on the Australian Securiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
