Seven Network
The Seven Network (commonly known as Channel Seven or simply Seven) is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by 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.
Logo used since 2003 | |
| Type | Free-to-air television network |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Broadcast area | Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, Perth, Regional Queensland, Northern NSW & Gold Coast, Southern NSW & ACT, Regional Victoria, Mildura, Western Australia |
| Affiliates | Southern Cross Seven (Tasmania/Darwin/Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill/Central Australia) WIN Television (Eastern SA/Griffith) |
| Headquarters | 8 Central Avenue Eveleigh, New South Wales |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Picture format | 1080i HDTV (downscaled to 576i for the SDTV feed) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Seven West Media |
| Sister channels | 7HD 7two 7mate 7Bravo 7flix Racing.com |
| History | |
| Launched | 4 November 1956 |
| Replaced | Prime7 GWN7 |
| Former names | Australian Television Network (1963–1970, 1987–1991) Network 7 (1970–1984) |
| Links | |
| Website | 7plus.com.au |
| Availability | |
| Terrestrial | |
| ATN Sydney (DVB-T 64-QAM) | 1312 @ 6 (177.5 MHz) |
| HSV Melbourne (DVB-T 64-QAM) | 1328 @ 6 (177.5 MHz) |
| BTQ Brisbane/Gold Coast (DVB-T 64-QAM) | 1344 @ 6 (177.5 MHz) |
| SAS Adelaide (DVB-T 64-QAM) | 1360 @ 6 (177.5 MHz) |
| TVW Perth/Mandurah (DVB-T 64-QAM) | 1376 @ 6 (177.5 MHz) |
| Freeview Seven owned (virtual) | 7/71/6/61 |
| Freeview 7HD (virtual) | 70 |
| Freeview Seven affiliates (virtual) | 6/60/61 |
| Streaming media | |
| 7plus (Only in Australia) | |
As of 2014, it is the second-largest network in the country in terms of population reach. The 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 2023, the Seven Network is the highest-rated television network nationally, in Australia, ahead of the Nine Network, ABC TV, Network 10 and SBS.