Network 10 to disappear in parts of SA, NSW's Riverina, after no deal made
Network 10 channels will cease broadcasting in parts of regional South Australia and New South Wales after the network failed to reach a new agreement with license holder WIN Network. WIN cited the high costs of regional infrastructure and declining advertising revenue as the primary reasons for the service withdrawal.
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This highlights the ongoing decline of traditional regional broadcasting in Australia due to digital disruption and economic pressures.
Network 10 channels will disappear from Mount Gambier, Riverland and Griffith TV screens. ( ABC News: Jak Rowland )
Audiences in Mount Gambier and the Riverland in SA, and Griffith in NSW, will lose terrestrial Network 10 channels on Friday.
Network 10 and license holders WIN failed to come to a new agreement after months of negotiating.
WIN says it will be "challenging to maintain services", due to the economics of regional broadcasting.
Link copied Share Share article Viewers in parts of regional South Australia, and parts of the Riverina in New South Wales, will lose access to Network 10's terrestrial channels, after the network and license holder, WIN Network, failed to reach an agreement.
WIN has announced it will stop broadcasting 10, 10 Drama and 10 Comedy in the Mount Gambier, Riverland, Griffith and Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area, with the final broadcasts to be on Friday, October 9.
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