Seven News
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Seven News (promoted on-air as 7NEWS) is the name of the television news service of Australia's Seven Network. It broadcasts several news bulletins throughout the day and its content is included in both Sunrise and Weekend Sunrise. Its flagship bulletin is broadcast at 6:00 p.m. nightly, with a separate bulletin for each of the five metropolitan markets as well as a number of bulletins aired in regional Queensland under the name Seven Local News. Seven News airs in direct competition with rival Nine Network's National Nine News which traditionally outrated it. Over the past three years, 7 News has moved ahead of National Nine News in all ratings. The Seven News theme music is derived from John Williams' composition The Mission, which is used as the theme music for NBC Nightly News in the United States.
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In recent years under the guidance of former longtime Channel Nine news and current affairs chief, Peter Meakin, Seven News has taken a noticeably more local/community feel which is paying dividends in ratings as key markets such as Sydney and Melbourne are broadcasting more locally-focussed content. An example of this was a Seven Listens campaign run in 2005. The campaign involved small, one-person studios at Westfield Shopping Centres for shoppers to discuss issues, and a number of online surveys. Data collected from these surveys contributed to special reports on issues concerning the public.
Since 2004, the ratings of Seven News have gradually increased. Seven News was the top rating news service nationally in both the 2005 and 2006 ratings seasons.[1][2] Part of Seven's recent success in news and current affairs has been attributed to television game show Deal or No Deal, which provides Seven News with a large lead-in audience.[3]
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| Sunrise |
 Sunrise is the name of the Seven Network's top rating breakfast program. It runs on weekdays from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m., with a shorter bulletin on Sunday entitled Weekend Sunrise. Like many other breakfast television programs, the show's format is a combination of entertainment and news.
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| Seven Morning News |
Seven Morning News is a nation-wide bulletin broadcast 10:30 a.m. weekdays. The news bulletin is presented from Seven's Sydney presentation studio at Martin Place. It was first broadcast on January 29, 2001 with Garry Wilkinson. Later, Chris Reason went on to present the bulletin before Chris Bath took over in 2004, and now Ann Sanders is the anchor.
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| Seven's 4:30 News |
Seven air an afternoon news bulletin at 4:30 p.m. weekdays. Seven introduced the bulletin during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, then titled Target Iraq. The bulletin, hosted by David Johnston, covered news from the war. After the war concluded, Seven continued the bulletin, now known as Seven's 4:30 News. The bulletin is shown across Australia, and was the second highest rating national bulletin, second only to Ten's Late News. When Johnston (a Melbourne based newsreader) retired, the bulletin was presented from the Seven Broadcast Centre in Melbourne by Rebecca Maddern, although on 3 July 2006, the bulletin moved to the network's News Central at Martin Place studios in Sydney, presented by Mike Amor. In October, another anchor change took place, with Mike Amor being replaced by Samantha Armytage. Weather is presented by David Brown from the Seven Broadcast Centre in Melbourne.
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| Seven's Late News Updates |
Until August 2003 there was also a late news bulletin, but it was axed and replaced with a 3 to 5 minute news update, in addition to the hourly updates throughout the evening. These updates are presented from each mainland state capital until 9.30pm, at which time they revert to national updates presented from the Sydney studios.
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| Melbourne |
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| Brisbane |
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| Adelaide |
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| Perth |
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| Seven Local News |
Seven Local News bulletins are broadcast in certain areas of regional Queensland. The bulletins are only broadcast on weeknights, and are followed by Seven News Brisbane.
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[edit] References
- ^ Seven Network (2005-11-28). Year in review. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
- ^ Seven Network (2006-12-03). Seven dominates television in 2006. Press release. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
- ^ Brown, Rachel, Huntington, Patty. "Bulletproof Waley wouldn't dare to quit", Sydney Morning Herald, 2004-07-04. Retrieved on 2007-07-01.
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