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Media Ownership Update 1999 Media ownership update 1999 Contents page 7 Control of major Australian media page 9 International interests of major Australian media page 11 Commercial television licences page 13 Television networks population reach page 14 Commercial radio stations page 20 Radio networks population reach page 21 Community radio broadcasting licences page 22 Ownership of capital city and national dailies, Saturday and Sunday newspapers page 23 Ownership shares of all newspapers page 24 Regional daily newspapers page 2 5 Major magazine ownership by top 30 titles page 26 Magazine ownership shares by number of tides and circulation page 27 Top 20 book publishing companies page 28 Pay television operators page 29 Pay television channels page 30 Television viewing trends Prepared by the Melbourne and Sydney offlc< of the Communications Law Centre Researched by Bruce Shearer with help from Therese Iverach Sources: Australian Broadcasting Authority, Department of Communications and the Arts, Spectrum Management Agency. Checks with various media companies and industry organi­ sations including the Australian Broadcasting Authority, Federation of Australian Radio Broadcasters, Audit Bureau of Circulation, and the Community Broadcasters Association of Australia £ Control of major Company TV Radio Print and publishing Film New media News Ltd. Pay TV:25% 67.6% of totcil circulation of Australian Fox Studios News partner in capital city and national daily production Interactive Foxtel newspapers facility (joint venture with 33% stake Large Australian book publisher: Lend Lease) in Sky News $82m turnover (1998) 75.6% of total circulation of Australian Sunday newspapers 46.2% of total circulation of Australian suburban newspapers 23.3% of total circulation of Australian regional daily newspapers AAP Information Services (jointly controlled with Fairfax) Publishing & Free-to-air:- 43% of top 30 magazines by Village Nine nineMSN Broadcasting 3 metropolitan circulation (58 magazines in total) Leisure (joint venture Ltd. and 1 regional, provides with Microsoft 51.5% of total coin-operated Corp.). Online potential audience entertainment services to venues close Australia, New Pay TV: to cinemas Zealand and PBL has liquidated its (40% stake Papua stake in Optus Vision managed by New Guinea in exchange for a Village convertible note redeemable Roadshow) for $45m cash or 30m shares in the Optus float at $1.50 per share 25% partner in Foxtel 33% stake in Sky News Fairfax 21.5% of total circulation of Australian Fairfax@Market, capital city and national daily Fairfax Business, newspapers Information Solutions, 23.3% of total circulation of Australian CitySearch, Sunday newspapers Trading Room 14.3% of total circulation of Australian suburban newspapers 14.9% of total circulation of Australian regional daily newspapers Publication of three magazines AAP Information Services (jointly controlled with News Ltd.) APN Pan TV (with ACE Australian Radio 13 regional daily newspapers with & SBS) niche TV Network (APN 30% share of total circulation programming & Clear Channel), 8 metro and 5 suburban newspapers 4 regional radio 3.9% of total circulation stations, 52.6% share of Australian 50 "non-daily" newspapers population Book publishing: Peter Isaacson Publications Rural Press Ownership 160 regional newspapers of 5 South Australian regional 35 agricultural newspapers stations communications update Z_ jm p an y TV R a d io Print and publishing F ilm N ew m ed ia Canwest Free-to-air: 5 metropolitan, - 64.9% potential audience Seven Network Free-to-air: 5 metropolitan, 1 regional, 72.1% of Australian population Pay TV: 33% stake in Sky News. Supplies Sports Australia 1 and 2 pay TV channels Southern Cross Free-to-air: 5 metro, Broadcasting 1 metro 24.7% Australia Ltd 4 regional, potential 21.5% potential audience audience Prime Network Free-to-air:- 8 regional, 25.1% of potential audience PMP -- 29.2% of top 30 magazines by Communications circulation (24 magazines in total) Village Austereo Ltd. 419 screens in Roadshow 10 metropolitan a joint venture and 2 regional with Warner stations, Bros, and reaching 62.5% Greater Union of Australian population Western * 9.2% of total circulation of ■ Australian Australian capital city & Newspapers national daily newspapers 8.8% of total circulation of Australian suburban newspapers 1.2% of total circulation of Australian regional daily newspapers Publication of magazines, guides and regional non-dailies Hoyts --- 242 screens Greater Union --- 172 screens Birch Carroll & -- 156 screens Coyle Australian Free-to-air: 9 metro and ABC Marketing ABC online Broadcasting national TV 48 regional, service Corporation service 4 national networks, Radio National, Classic FM, Triple J, Parliamentary and News Network SBS Free-to-air: 2 stations national TV (2EA Sydney service and 3EA Melbourne) on one national network Sources: 1997/98 company annual reports; newspaper, radio and television reports; discussions with company staff JB International interests of major Australian media players Company Americas UK 1 Europe NZ Asia News Ltd. 1 Free-to-air: Fox T V - 22 television stations reaching 40% of US population Cable & Fox Cable BSkyB 40% UK VOX 49.9% Sky TV Star TV (China, India, Japan, satellite GDR joindy Taiwan, Middle East, television: owned Indonesia) (Latin America) Sky Latin with America (News alliance TVNZ (Japan) News B'casting with Organizacoes Japan (80%) Globo of Brazil and Mexico's Grupo Televisa (Indonesia) Indovision (45%) and Tele-Communications Bahasa Program'g Ltd (50%) International Inc. (India) ISkyB Radio: ■ Sky Radio (71%) Radio 538 (42%) Sky Radio Sweden (28%) Film: Twentieth Century Fox (Fox Filmed Entertainment] Video rental: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Animation: Fox Animation Studios Books: H arper Collins Harper Collins Harper Collins Zondervan Publishing House (world's largest Bible publisher) Newspapers: New York Post The Times, The Independent Fiji: The Fiji Times, Sunday Times, Newspapers Nai Lalakai and Shanti Dut The Sun, Limited (50%) News of the World PNG: a 63% stake in the Post Courier Magazines: TV Guide, The Weekly, The Times Educational Standard, News America Supplement, The Times FSI, News America Higher Education In-Store Supplement, The Times Literary Supplement, (Canada) The Times Scottish News FSI Canada Educational Supplement, Nursery World Technology: News America Digital Line One (33%) Publishing, Kesmai Corp., NDS NDS Americas Inc., News Internet Services, TV Guide Entertainment Network Publishing & Broadcasting Ltd. Film: PBL owns 29.5% of US film production company New Regency Magazines ACP New Nine magazines Zealand in southeast Asia (Vietnam, (18 tides) Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand) Australian Provincial Newspapers Radio: Radio New Zealand APN Network (joindy M edia owned with Clear (Asia) Channel Communications and Wilson & Horton, comprising 33 stations). communications update 9L p~ Company Americas UK Europi NZ 'Asia Newspapers: National newspaper, (Portugal) Largest newspaper - (The Independent) 16% of largest publisher, national regional newspapers media company, and regional. and magazines newspaper Publisher of publisher and magazines (Ireland) Largest broadcaster newspaper publisher, Diario De (Irish Independent) Noticias national and regional. Also multi channel TV broadcaster in Ireland (South Africa) Largest newspaper publisher Canwest Global Communications Television: (Canada) 29.9% stake in Ulster TV 3 and 8 TV stations TV (45% stake in TV4. Ireland's first More FM network private network,TV3) (4 stations) Seven Network Television: Australia Television (int'l satellite T V service to Asia- Pacific). Transferred from the ABC 1/8/97 Rural Press Magazines: 39 agriculture 7 agriculture publications publications PMP Communications Magazines: 4 magazines (Germany) 1 magazine 5 magazines Village Roadshow Film: 192 screens (Germany) 42 screens (NZ) (India) 4 screens in joint in joint venture 70 screens venture with Priya Exhibitors with Warner Bros (Italy) 26 screens in in joint venture joint venture with with Force (Fiji) 6 screens in joint Warner Bros & Focus Corp. venture with Force Corp and D am odar Bros. (Greece) 19 screens (Argentina) in joint venture with (Thailand) 73 screens in joint 47 screens in joint Vardinoyannis venture with Entertain Theatres venture with Force Network & Golden Corp. and Southern (Hungary) 11 screens in Harvest Screens joint venture with Intercom (Malaysia) 44 screens in joint (France) sites identified venture with Tanjong pic and Golden Harvest (Switzerland) sites in development in joint (Singapore) 42 screens in venture with W arner Bros. joint venture with Golden Harvest (Czech Republic) sites identified (Hongkong) 14 screens in joint venture with Golden Harvest (Korea) 11 screens in joint venture with Golden Harvest and the Cheil Jedang Corporation (Taiwan) 17 screens in joint venture with Golden Harvest and W arner Bros. Hoyts Film: 950 screens in the US sites in development (Germany) 42 screens in 69 screens development (Mexico) 167 screens (holding 35% of operator Austria) 20 screens in Grupo Cinemex) joint venture with Hueber (Argentina) 20 screens family (Chile) 25 screens (Uruguay) 6 screens (Poland) screens under construction Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio: - Radio Australia (Asia- Pacific and worldwide) Sources: 1997/98 company annual reports; newspaper, radio and television reports; discussions with company staff JJQ Commercial television licences Note: Where significant individuals or groups are associated with the
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