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The Nine Network is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. The Nine Network is one of five main free-to-air networks in Australia.

TCN-9 was launched on 16 September 1956 by The Daily Telegraph owner Frank Packer. John Godson introduced the station and Bruce Gyngell presented the first programme, This Is Television (so becoming the first person to appear on Australian television). Later that year, GTV-9 in Melbourne commenced transmissions to broadcast the 1956 Summer Olympics, later forming the National Television Network alongside QTQ-9 in Brisbane in 1959 and NWS-9 in Adelaide, the basis of the current Nine Network, in 1959. Before its formation, TCN-9 was then affiliated with HSV-7 (because they were both Australia's first television stations, having been opened in 1956), and GTV-9's sister affiliate was ATN-7. By 1967, the network had begun calling itself the "National Nine Network", and became simply the "Nine Network Australia" in 1988. Kerry Packer inherited the company after his father's death in 1974. Before the official conversion to colour on 1 March 1975, it was the first Australian television station to regularly screen programmes in colour with the first program to use it premiering in 1971, the very year NTD-8 in Darwin opened its doors.

In the late 1980s, STW-9 Perth, which opened in 1965, became a Nine Network owned-and-operated station when Bond Media purchased the network. However, in 1989, Bond Media sold the Perth-based station to Sunraysia Television for A$95 million, due to the federal cross-media ownership laws which restricted the level of national reach for media owners.

The Network expanded into Northern NSW with the acquisition on NBN Television in May 2007. However, NBN was retained as an independent Nine affiliate following the acquisition.

It was reported on 3 June 2013 that the Nine Network would immediately purchase Adelaide affiliate NWS-9 from the WIN Corporation as part of a deal to secure international cricket television rights. On 3 July 2013, it was reported that Nine would exercise an option to also buy STW-9 from WIN Corporation. Both purchases have resulted in these stations being, once again, O&O stations of the network for the first time since the 1980s.

The Nine Network apart from its News and Current Affairs division, broadcasts a range of entertainment programming of various genre's from Australian and overseas sources. Nine's current Australian programming line-up includes: Getaway, Footy Classified, 100% Footy, RBT, The Block, Millionaire Hot Seat, 20 to 1, True Story with Hamish & Andy, Australian Ninja Warrior, Travel Guides, The Voice Australia, Doctor Doctor Married at First Sight.

Current US programming that airs on Nine and its digital multichannels are sourced from Nine's deals Village Roadshow Entertainment / Village Roadshow Films (long running), Cartoon Network Studios and Warner Bros. Television Distribution / Warner Bros. Family Entertainment (theatrical films only), StudioCanal / Sony Pictures Television International and Sony Pictures Animation (long running), NBCUniversal International Television and Illumination Entertainment / DreamWorks Television and DreamWorks Animation, MTV Networks and Nickelodeon International / ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks and CBS Television Distribution / Paramount Home Entertainment, 20th Century Fox and 20th Century Studios / Regency Television and Regency Enterprises (selected films only), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer International Television / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, Miramax International / Miramax Films, and Disney-ABC International Television / Disney Media Distribution (Marvel and Lucasfilm films only).

Channel Nine broadcasts all sporting events under the Wide World of Sports brand. The flagship sports of the brand are Australian Open Tennis and National Rugby League (NRL). NRL games are broadcast in prime time on Nine in New South Wales, Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory and Queensland on Friday nights, however prime time NRL is shown at same time on multichannel 9Gem in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, and Tasmania. Nine's other popular recurring sporting events include the State of Origin series and World Twenty20 cricket.

The Nine Network is simulcast in standard and high definition digital. Nine's core programming is fibre-fed out of GTV Melbourne to its sister stations and affiliates, with TCN Sydney providing national news and current affairs programming. The current affairs programming was originally done at GTV before moving to TCN in 2012. The receiving stations and affiliates then insert their own localised news and advertising which is then broadcast in metropolitan areas and Northern NSW via owned-and-operated stations, including TCN Sydney, GTV Melbourne, QTQ Brisbane, NWS Adelaide, STW Perth, NTD Darwin and NBN Northern New South Wales. Nine Network programming is also carried into the rest of regional Australia by affiliate networks: WIN Television, Southern Cross GTS/BKN and Imparja Television. Nine is also broadcast via satellite and cable on Foxtel.

Nine News is the national news service of the Nine Network, and the highest-rating in Australia. Its flagship program is the hour-long 6:00 pm state bulletin, produced by Nine's owned-and-operated stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Darwin, Adelaide and Perth. National bulletins also air on weekday mornings, weekend afternoons and most nights of the week after 10:30pm. In addition, a supplementary regional news program for the Gold Coast in Queensland airs each weeknight.

National bulletins:
Nine News: Early Edition is a half-hour bulletin airing at 5:00am on weekdays, presented from the network's Sydney studios by Alex Cullen, and includes news, finance, sport, weather, a look at the newspaper front pages and look-ahead to Today. Early morning bulletins were introduced in the early 1990s as Daybreak and later, National Nine Early News.

Nine Morning News airs at 11am on weekdays, presented from the network's Sydney studios by Mark Burrows (Monday) and Davina Smith (Tuesday - Friday) and sport is presented by Danika Mason. The morning bulletin, originally known as National Nine Morning News, has been broadcast since 1981 and was originally presented by Eric Walters. The bulletin was extended from thirty minutes to a full hour on Monday 4 May 2009. From 2004 to October 2008 the bulletin was known as the Morning Edition, and until May 2009, was branded as the AM Edition.

Nine News: First at Five airs at 5pm on Saturdays and Sundays, presented from the network's Melbourne studios by Alicia Loxley and sport is presented by Clint Stanaway. The bulletin was launched in January 2011 in response to Network Ten's decision to move its weekend evening bulletin to 6pm - the network reintroduced a 5pm news two months later. Nine News: First at Five does not air in Sydney and Brisbane on Sundays during the NRL season or when live sport is airing nationally in its timeslot.

Nine News: Late Edition airs at or around 9:45 pm on Sundays and around 10:30 pm on weekdays, presented from the network's Sydney and Perth studios by Peter Overton (Sundays) and Tim McMillan (weekdays). Sport is presented by Clint Stanaway (Sundays) and Tony Jones (weekdays) and weather is presented by Scherri-Lee Biggs (weekdays). The bulletin was introduced in 1985 as a 5-minute late-night news summary before becoming a 30-minute bulletin in 1992. Nine News: Late Edition consists of news, sport, finance and weather. Reports are sourced mainly from Nine News reports nationwide, but the bulletin sometimes also includes reports from A Current Affair, 60 Minutes and international news services.

Short localised updates are presented during the afternoons by various state-based reporters or presenters. National evening updates are presented on weeknights from Sydney. National late updates on weekends are presented from Perth.

Capital-based bulletins
Afternoon news:
Nine's national afternoon news bulletin was launched in 2004 as Afternoon Edition in response to the launch of a 4:30 pm bulletin on Seven the year before, brought about by extended coverage of the invasion of Iraq. On 29 June 2009, the bulletin was replaced by an hour long news magazine program, This Afternoon, which was axed after 12 programs due to poor ratings. The half-hour bulletin returned on 15 July 2009 and was extended to 60 minutes in November 2010 as Nine Afternoon News. In 2017, following the extension of Millionaire Hot Seat to 60 minutes, the Western Australian, South Australian and Queensland bulletins were reformatted to statewide, hour-long 4:00 pm bulletins under the brand Nine Live to replace the national bulletin in full. On 1 May 2017, Victoria received its own local hour-long bulletin while the former national bulletin was reformatted to serve New South Wales. Both Victoria and New South Wales retained the Nine Afternoon News brand. The afternoon news bulletins currently air at 4pm on weekdays in four separate local editions; Adelaide's local news block starts at 5pm.

Nine Afternoon News Sydney is presented from the studios of TCN Sydney by Mark Burrows (Monday) and Davina Smith (Tuesday - Friday). Sport is presented by Cameron Williams and weather is presented by Amber Sherlock (Monday - Thursday) and Belinda Russell (Friday). The bulletin is simulcast across New South Wales and the ACT through Nine O&O NBN in Northern NSW, and Nine affiliate WIN Television in Southern New South Wales, the ACT, and Griffith.

Nine Afternoon News Melbourne is presented from the studios of GTV Melbourne by Alicia Loxley (Monday – Wednesday) and Brett McLeod or Dougal Beatty (Thursday and Friday). Sport is presented by Clint Stanaway and weather is presented by Livinia Nixon (Monday – Thursday) and Madeline Slattery (Friday). The bulletin is simulcast across regional Victoria, Tasmania and Mildura through Nine affiliate WIN Television.

Nine Afternoon News Queensland is presented from the studios of QTQ Brisbane by Wendy Kingston (Monday – Wednesday) and Alison Ariotti (Thursday and Friday). Sport is presented by Wally Lewis, weather is presented by Garry Youngberry and traffic is presented by Jay Lane. The bulletin is simulcast across regional Queensland and the Gold Coast through Nine O&O NBN, NTD in Darwin and Nine affiliates WIN Television and remote eastern and central Australia on Imparja Television.

Nine News: First at Five Adelaide is presented from the studios of NWS Adelaide by Will McDonald (Monday - Wednesday) and Edward Godfrey (Thursday and Friday). Sport is presented by Warren Tredrea and weather is presented by Jessica Braithwaite. The bulletin is simulcast across South Australia through affiliates WIN Television and Southern Cross Nine GDS/BDN.

Nine Afternoon News Perth is presented from the studios of STW Perth by Tracy Vo (Monday - Wednesday) and Elly Mitchell (Thursday and Friday). Sport is presented by Matthew Pavlich (Monday - Wednesday) and Paddy Sweeney (Thursday and Friday) and weather is presented by Scherri-Lee Biggs. The bulletin is simulcast across Western Australia through affiliate WIN Television.

Nightly news:
Nine News Sydney is presented from the studios of TCN Sydney by Peter Overton (Sunday - Thursday) and Georgie Gardner (Friday and Saturday). Sport is presented by Cameron Williams (Sunday - Thursday) and Erin Molan (Friday and Saturday). Weather is presented by Amber Sherlock (Sunday - Thursday) and Belinda Russell (Friday and Saturday). The bulletin is also simulcast on local radio station Hope 103.2, and throughout regional southern and central New South Wales and the ACT on WIN Television.

Nine News Melbourne is presented from the studios of GTV Melbourne by Peter Hitchener on weeknights and Alicia Loxley on weekends with sports presenters Tony Jones (weeknights) and Clint Stanaway (weekends), and weather presenters Livinia Nixon (Monday - Thursday) and Madeline Slattery (Friday - Sunday). The bulletin is also simulcast on local radio station 89.9 Light FM, and throughout regional Victoria on WIN Television every night.

Nine News Queensland is presented from the studios of QTQ Brisbane by Bruce Paige and Melissa Downes on weeknights and Andrew Lofthouse and Alison Ariotti on weekends. Sports bulletins are presented by Wally Lewis on weeknights and Adam Hegarty on weekends with weather forecasts presented by Garry Youngberry on weeknights and Luke Bradnam on weekends. The 6pm bulletin is simulcast in Brisbane on commercial radio station River 94.9, across regional Queensland on WIN Television every night and throughout remote eastern and central Australia on Imparja Television at weekends.

Nine News Adelaide is presented from the studios of NWS Adelaide by Kate Collins and Brenton Ragless on weeknights with Will McDonald presenting on weekends. Sport is presented by Warren Tredrea on weeknights and Tom Rehn on weekends, with weather presented by Jessica Braithwaite on weeknights and Chelsea Carey on weekends. The weeknight bulletins are simulcast on local radio station 107.9 Life FM and nightly across the Riverland and south east regions of South Australia on WIN Television and is shown in the Spencer Gulf and Broken Hill in New South Wales on Southern Cross Nine GDS/BDN.

Nine News Perth is presented from the studios of STW Perth by Michael Thomson and Emmy Kubainski on weeknights and Tracy Vo on weekends, with sports presenters Matthew Pavlich (Monday to Wednesday) and Paddy Sweeney (Thursday to Sunday). Weather is presented by Scherri-Lee Biggs on weeknights and Elizabeth Creasy on weekends. The 6pm bulletin is simulcast each weekday on local radio station Sunshine 98.5FM and nightly across regional Western Australia on WIN Television.

Nine Gold Coast News is a regional news service for the Gold Coast, presented by Darren Curtis and Eva Milic, sport is presented by Dominique Loudon and weather is presented by Luke Bradnam also additionally presents boating and fishing-related news. Launched in 1996, the bulletin airs at 5:30pm on weeknights on QTQ's Gold Coast transmitters, before the 6pm Brisbane edition of Nine News. Produced from the network's studios at Surfers Paradise, the Gold Coast bulletin is also simulcast on local Gold Coast radio station Juice 107.3.

Nine News Darwin is presented from the network's NTD-8 Darwin studios by Jonathan Uptin on weeknights and Kathleen Bruzzola on weekends. Sport is presented by Jake Hauritz on weeknights and Henry Jones on weekends. The 6pm bulletin is also simulcast on local radio station 104.1 Territory FM and on Imparja 9Gem in areas outside of NTD's broadcasting area.

Today is an Australian breakfast television program, currently hosted by Karl Stefanovic and Allison Langdon. It has been broadcast live on the Nine Network since 1982. The show airs after Nine News: Early Edition and runs from 5:30 am to 9:00 am before Today Extra. The show is broadcast from the Nine Network studios in North Sydney, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales.

Today, an offshoot of Nine News, predominantly presents news, sport, weather, entertainment and current affairs, focusing on the first news of the day. However the show also features topics including consumer affairs, health, politics, education, fashion, and the business and finance world. The show has daily feedback and topic segments for viewers to send in their thoughts and opinions via email, text messages and the show's website.

Mornings is an Australian morning talk show, hosted by David Campbell and Sylvia Jeffreys. The show airs between 9:00am and 11:00am weekdays and follows the Nine Network's breakfast news program Today, with both programs closely interlinked. The show is broadcast from the Nine Network studios in North Sydney, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney, New South Wales.

The show premiered on the Nine Network on 6 February 2012 and features interviews, live music performances and segments on cooking, lifestyle, fashion and beauty, entertainment and a wide range of other topics. Mornings replaced the long-running Kerri-Anne.

A Current Affair is an Australian current affairs program airing weeknights on the Nine Network. The program is currently hosted by Tracy Grimshaw. The program was first broadcast on 22 November 1971, with Mike Willesee, screening weeknights at 7:00 p.m., and was broadcast for GTV-9. For part of its early run, the comedian and actor Paul Hogan had a comic social commentary segment. Under Willesee, ACA was a Transmedia production for the Nine Network.

The original A Current Affair was cancelled on 28 April 1978, followed by strong competitions in the 7:00 p.m. timeslot from Willesee at Seven on Seven Network and Graham Kennedy's Blankety Blanks on the 0–10 Network. In 1984, Willesee returned to the Nine Network to revive the format in a series titled Willesee, screening Monday to Thursday nights at 9:30. The following year, Willesee moved to the earlier 6:30 p.m. timeslot and extended to five nights a week, running until 1988, when Willesee's production company, Transmedia, sold the rights to the program to the Nine Network.

When Willesee left the presenting role, former 60 Minutes presenter Jana Wendt took over on 18 January 1988 and the show once again became A Current Affair. This was the same week the Seven Network's soap opera Home and Away was introduced, and in Melbourne where Derryn Hinch debuted rival current affairs program Hinch at Seven.

Weekend Today is an Australian breakfast television program, currently hosted by Richard Wilkins and Rebecca Maddern. The program has been broadcast live by the Nine Network since 2009 and airs after children's programming and runs from 7am to 10am on weekends. The show launched on 1 February 2009 and the original team consisted of Cameron Williams and Leila McKinnon with the news presented by Amber Sherlock and the sport was presented by Tim Gilbert on Saturday and Michael Slater on Sunday.

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9Gem is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, launched by the Nine Network on 26 September 2010. It is a General Entertainment and Movies channel, the phrase from which the original name "GEM" is derived.

The channel targets a broad range of viewers, broadcasting programs from Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Canada, and the United States, and complementing existing programming on Nine and 9Go!. Programs aired on the channel are female-skewed, but also range from a mix of genres, including crime, lifestyle, drama, classic sitcoms, comedies, live sport and repeated high definition or silver screen films.

9Gem also airs live sporting broadcasts in various markets including live National Rugby League (NRL) matches into Victoria, Western Australia, South Australia and Tasmania.

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9Go! is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, which was launched by the Nine Network on 9 August 2009. It is a youthful channel that offers a mix of comedy, reality, general entertainment, movies, animation and drama aimed at people between the ages of 4 to 18.

The general concept for GO! was revealed on 23 March 2009, with the Nine Network announcing their intention to start a standard definition variety-based multichannel, launched midway through 2009. The channel went to air at 1:00 pm on 5 August 2009, broadcasting a promo loop. GO! officially began broadcasting scheduled programming from 9 August 2009 at 6:30 pm with a 1-minute promo featuring the song "Go!" by Sydney based sound house group Noise International featuring vocals by Sharon Muscat. It was then followed by an episode of Wipeout, the first programme to air on the new channel.

9Go!'s programming is generally structured under nightly themed blocks, which consists of comedy on Sunday, all new reality shows on Tuesday, sci-fi on Wednesday, female-skewed drama on Thursday, and movies on Friday. Movies screen with "limited and brief commercial breaks". The schedule is designed not to cannibalise viewers from the main Nine channel.

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9Life is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel owned by Nine Entertainment Co. The channel airs mostly foreign lifestyle and reality programs, with the channel having a licensing agreement with Discovery Inc. for the distribution of many formats.

The channel was first announced on 28 October 2015, and began broadcasting on 26 November 2015 in metropolitan areas on channel 94. 9Life replaced the main broadcast of datacasting channel Extra.

The majority of programming comes from Scripps' Bravo lifestyle and reality shows produced for an American audience, some of which have already aired through the Foxtel platform.

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9Rush is an Australian free-to-air digital television multichannel, launched by the Nine Network on 5 April 2020. The channel is a joint venture with Discovery, Inc. (which also supplies its programming) and is broadcast on Channel 96 across Nine's metropolitan markets.

The channel features a range of Discovery content with an adventure and adrenaline focus, including Man vs. Wild with Bear Grylls, Street Outlaws, Naked and Afraid and Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail, as well as local Australian show Dirty Jobs Down Under.