Samantha 2895 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 I was thinking maybe FOX would buy ten since FOX has studios there. Given the connection to Foxtel, such a move would have raised political heckles galore. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-182343 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Journalist 894 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 So CBS Australia Eyewitness News? EYEwitness News is just as appropriate. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-182346 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickp 337 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 From Canwest Global in the 90's to CBS in the modern day. History repeats itself for Network Ten. In receivership, then acquired. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-182350 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 Now for today's follow up... How the Murdochs shot themselves in the ass or arse...and lost the Network Ten deal... "In terms of corporate strategic cock-ups the Murdochs must be in the running for this year's first prize for their failed attempt to snare ownership of Ten Network." https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/business/companies/murdoch-scores-owngoal-on-ten-network-20170828-gy5l5e.html Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-182375 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1281 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 How the Murdochs shot themselves in the ass or arse...and lost the Network Ten deal... "In terms of corporate strategic cock-ups the Murdochs must be in the running for this year's first prize for their failed attempt to snare ownership of Ten Network." It's like Tribune but on a grander scale. But hey, at least they're not a dangerously conservative TV company with unwatchable must-run commentary by unlikable and unlookable dipshits with nothing better to do with their careers. (...well, replace conservative with old-fashioned and commentary with Kevin Can Wait by Kevin James and they might be oddly similar.) Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-182380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 A court will hear Bruce Gordon's challenge to the CBS bid, saying the network's administrators had mishandled the sale and poorly communicated with creditors. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-183136 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSSZNews 1051 Posted September 7, 2017 Share Posted September 7, 2017 A court will hear Bruce Gordon's challenge to the CBS bid, saying the network's administrators had mishandled the sale and poorly communicated with creditors. That's pretty funny since CBS is their top creditor if I'm not mistaken! It's apparently common for Gordon to pull this stunt--but he has been successful once. so this isn't as much a Hail Mary as you'd think. And the thing is, if Gordon prevails--what's to stop CBS from then pulling the rug from underneath Ten in totality by severing programming agreements? Gordon (and, I guess, the Murdochs?) would have fought tooth and nail for dead weight--with the professional livelihoods of so many at the network likely in peril as collateral damage. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-183143 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CircleSeven 1955 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Reuters stated this morning that CBS is buying Ten for $162M (U.S. Dollars). That price sounds depressive. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-183566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted September 18, 2017 Share Posted September 18, 2017 The Lachlan Murdoch challenge has been dismissed, and CBS's bid will go to creditors tomorrow (Tuesday)... http://mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKCN1BS0YZ Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-184187 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkolsen 1684 Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Network Ten's creditors have accepted CBS's bid to purchase the network. CBS offered the unsecured creditors more that $40 million. The creditors rejected a bid from Lachlan Murdoch and Bruce Gordon who made an unsecured bid of $55 million. The chief administrator Mark Koda said: “I’m not an industry expert — you guys probably all know better than me — but I think the industry is genuinely excited about having a $27 billion big brother looking after Channel 10,” Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-184289 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFTV 526 Posted September 27, 2017 Share Posted September 27, 2017 So CBS Australia Eyewitness News? The lower thirds on the Eyewitness News clip already has similarities to the CBS O&O look Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-184971 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad 113 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Network Ten has individual stations (such as those in Sydney and Perth). Could they become part of CBS Television Stations although the stations are in Australia? Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-185216 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad 113 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 It's like Tribune but on a grander scale. But hey, at least they're not a dangerously conservative TV company with unwatchable must-run commentary by unlikable and unlookable dipshits with nothing better to do with their careers. (...well, replace conservative with old-fashioned and commentary with Kevin Can Wait by Kevin James and they might be oddly similar.) However, CBS does have some weak O&Os (such as WBBM). If Sinclair went to Australia, less people will like watching news there. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-185217 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad 113 Posted September 30, 2017 Share Posted September 30, 2017 Based on the promos the networks have had over the years, was always , , and Ten . Now it just feels more official now that one of us soon owns them. Fixed. Did the Australian networks get licenses from the networks here in the United States to use their image campaigns? Seven also uses the NBC Nightly News theme for their news, although until 2003 they used a logo similar to that of WJLA (an ABC affiliate, which we already know). As for ABC (Australia), that would be like PBS as both are public broadcasters (although the former shares its name with one of our Big Four networks). Despite the presence of Foxtel and Fox having studios in Australia, there is no Australian equivalent of Fox. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-185219 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEOMatrix 1299 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Fixed. Did the Australian networks get licenses from the networks here in the United States to use their image campaigns? Seven also uses the NBC Nightly News theme for their news, although until 2003 they used a logo similar to that of WJLA (an ABC affiliate, which we already know). As for ABC (Australia), that would be like PBS as both are public broadcasters (although the former shares its name with one of our Big Four networks). Despite the presence of Foxtel and Fox having studios in Australia, there is no Australian equivalent of Fox. Ten always acted as a hybrid of Fox and CBS. Moreso CBS these past few years than Fox. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-185685 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToriElectra 292 Posted October 5, 2017 Share Posted October 5, 2017 Ten always acted as a hybrid of Fox and CBS. Moreso CBS these past few years than Fox. Right- the 1990 "It's On Fox" campaign was adopted by Ten as "Just Watch Us Now!" But nowadays, there is an equivalent to Fox- Fox8, only available on Foxtel originally (and it was just called "Fox" from 95 to 97). Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-185694 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmaxhanson 650 Posted October 6, 2017 Share Posted October 6, 2017 Ten always acted as a hybrid of Fox and CBS. Moreso CBS these past few years than Fox. And let's not forget that Channel 10 in Melbourne used it's own versions of CBS' Looking Good and Reach for the Stars campaigns in 1981 and 1982 respectively. It's as if this merger was meant to be! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-185703 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samantha 2895 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Another step in the Ten saga... Fox has ended its program supply agreement with the network. This means The Simpsons will leave the network's grasp after 25 years. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-188001 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickp 337 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Another step in the Ten saga... Fox has ended its program supply agreement with the network. This means The Simpsons will leave the network's grasp after 25 years. The Simpsons at 6pm is something that everyone in my age group seems to have in common It shaped the sense of humour of an entire generation of Australians Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-188003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eat News 4745 Posted October 31, 2017 Author Share Posted October 31, 2017 Another step in the Ten saga... Fox has ended its program supply agreement with the network. This means The Simpsons will leave the network's grasp after 25 years. The poor bogans and hoons will need to learn a whole new channel number. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-188012 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1281 Posted October 31, 2017 Share Posted October 31, 2017 Seven and Nine will definitely be clamoring for at least a few more Fox series to their stead after this. Depending on what ratings it gets now and what they'll get in the future, I think Ten will do great with it's new inventory from its new owner. Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-188015 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Action Newsroom 1281 Posted November 11, 2017 Share Posted November 11, 2017 IT'S APPROVED!!! Link to comment https://localnewstalk.net/topic/15891-cbs-buying-network-ten-au/page/2/#findComment-188750 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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