Seven Network

Seven Network
Founded	1962
President	David Leckie
Company	Seven West Media
Notable Series	Home and Away Winners and Losers The X Factor Deal or No Deal
Former Names	Australian Television Network (1962-?)

Seven Network is second non-governement broadcaster in the Australian free-to-air marketplace. Foreign programming comes primarily from ABC Studios, NBCUniversal and Sony Pictures Television. In most regional and remote areas the Seven Network channels are provided via Prime and Southern Cross Austereo.

History

ATN-7 began broadcasting in Sydney on December 2, 1956. HSV-7 began broadcasting in Melbourne on November 4, 1956, but was affiliated with TCN-9 until a year later when TCN-9 switched affiliations to GTV-9.

On October 16, 1959, TVW-7 began broadcasting in Perth. ADS-7 signed on in Adelaide on October 24, 1959 and BTQ-7 in Brisbane on November 1, 1959.

On July 1, 1962, HSV-7 and ATN-7 linked up to form the Australian Television Network (forerunner of Seven).

On March 1, 1975, color PAL transmission began on Seven and all other Australian TV networks.

On December 27, 1987, ADS-10 switched affiliations with SAS-10.

During 1995, Seven took control of the Queensland regional affiliate Sunshine Television.

On January 1, 2001, DVB-T transmissions began.

On October 15, 2007, Seven was the first to begin broadcasting in 1080i high definition.

On November 1, 2009, a second digital channel was launched called 7Two with a lot of repeated and niche shows.

On September 25, 2010, a third channel was launched called 7mate in 1080i high definition and targeting a younger male demographic. The primary channel switched to 576i standard definition.

During December 2011, Seven began carrying Prime Television's informational channel TV4ME.

Current Prime-Time Schedules

The scheduling is based on the NSW, ACT, WA and Queensland markets which show AFL games on a secondary channel such as 7MATE. All other states and territories show AFL games on the primary 7 channel.

7

Day	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	11:00
Monday	Home and Away	Highway Patrol	The Force	action movie of the week
Tuesday	Home and Away	The X Factor			Winners & Losers		Chicago Fire		Chicago Fire repeat
Wednesday	Home and Away	Highway Patrol	The Force - Behind The Line	Criminal Minds		Criminal Minds repeat		Motive
Thursday	Home and Away		Border Security: International	What Really Happens In Bali		comedy movie of the week
Friday	Better Homes and Gardens			comedy movie of the week				late movie/special
Saturday	end of the week movies
Sunday	The X Factor		Sunday Night		Castle		Castle repeat		Royal Pains

7TWO

Day	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	11:00
Monday	Bargain Hunt repeat	Britains Greatest Machines repeat		Foyles War repeat				Jonathan Creek repeat
Tuesday	Bargain Hunt repeat	documentary of the week		Air Crash Investigations repeat		Air Crash Investigations		Seconds From Disaster repeat
Wednesday	Bargain Hunt repeat	The Indian Doctor		Endeavour repeat				Bramwell repeat
Thursday	Bargain Hunt repeat	comedy movies of the week
Friday	Bargain Hunt repeat	Border Security USA repeat		Escape To The Country		Australias Best Houses	Secret Location		Cowboy Builders
Saturday	family movie of the week	Once Upon A Time		drama movies of the week
Sunday	Kath & Kim repeat	Motorway Patrol repeat	Animal Squad repeat	Escape To The Country		Escape To The Country repeat		Homes Under The Hammer

7MATE

Day	7:00	7:30	8:00	8:30	9:00	9:30	10:00	10:30	11:00
Monday	Seinfeld repeat	Talking Footy		Pawn Stars		American Restoration		American Restoration repeat
Tuesday	Seinfeld repeat	Worlds Craziest Fools repeat		Tattoo Nightmares repeat		Bogan Hunters	Family Guy	Family Guy repeat	American Dad repeat
Wednesday	Seinfeld repeat	Classic Car Rescue		Hardcore Pawn		American Pickers repeat
Thursday	Seinfeld repeat	Swamp People repeat		Tattoo Nightmares repeat	Bad Ink		Americas Hardest Prisons repeat		Rude Tube
Friday	AFL								late movie/special
Saturday	AFL								late movie/special
Sunday	end of the week movies

News Uplinks

The Seven Network utilizes three 7.2 MHz slots downlinked at 12635 MHz, 12644 MHz and 12653 MHz on a full vertically polarized transponder beamed from the Optus D1 satellite for news backhaul links to ATN-7, other stations and IFB audio to reporters in the field.

The uplink can be provided from broadcast centres at ATN-7 or HSV-7, a ATN-7 vehicle within metropolitan Sydney, a BTQ-7 vehicle within metropolitan Brisbane and the Gold Coast, a SAS-7 vehicle within South Australia, a TVW-7 vehicle within Western Australia, AstraLinks vehicles in other metropolitan areas or RapidTV's portable equipment in remote locations. All providers are configured to use DVB-S QPSK modulation with the exception of the ATN-7 vehicle which uses DVB-S2 8PSK and the SAS-7/TVW-7 vehicles which use DVB-S2 QPSK. Also a ATN-7 downlink on 12635 MHz uses DVB-S2 8PSK 2/3 with a chroma subsampling of Y'CbCr 4:2:2. The video is encoded using H.262 with a standard chroma subsampling of Y'CbCr 4:2:0 with the exception of the ATN-7 vehicle and 12635 MHz which uses H.264 with a higher chroma subsampling of Y'CbCr 4:2:2.

Common uses are for weather segments, breaking news and providing a clean feed with a mix-minus of Seven News at 4 and Sunrise.

Originally the Seven Network had utilized a full higher transponder with three 7.2 MHz slots downlinked at 12660 MHz, 12670 MHz and 12680 MHz before operational cut-backs were made in 2012. Then during April 2014, they reverted back to a full transponder when Southern Cross Austereo discontinued use of their 5.1 MHz downlink slot at 12635 MHz.

External Links

• Seven Network official site