2006 in Australian television
Events
- 2 January – The Seven and Ten Networks outbid Channel Nine and are awarded the rights to broadcast the AFL from 2007–2011 for a record $780 million. Also around this time, Seven announce that they have won the rights to broadcast the V8 Supercars from 2007 onwards.
- 30 January – Channel Nine launches a new logo and major revamp, dropping the famous dots and replacing it with a stand-alone nine in a blue box.
- 9 February – The Nine Network announces Eddie McGuire in his new role as the network's new CEO.
- 3 April - After weeks of poor ratings Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? airs for the final time on Monday Nights. It returns for a short period following an 18-month break due to McGuire's role as CEO for the Nine Network.
- 4 June – After 12 years and a record-breaking 510 episodes, the last episode of the Seven Network show Blue Heelers goes to air.
- 30 June – Australian soap opera Neighbours Broadcasts its 5000th episode, which sees Paul Robinson trapped in a mineshaft by his son Robert.
- 14 September – Today Tonight host Naomi Robson is deported from Indonesia after doing a story on a West Papuan boy called Wa Wa who, supposedly, was going to be eaten by cannibals. This sparks a war of words between Seven and Nine, who ran the original story on Wa Wa in May on 60 Minutes. Naomi presents her final edition of Today Tonight on 1 December.
- 16 September – Television in Australia turns 50. The next day, this is commemorated with a live TV special from Star City, Sydney on the Seven Network.
- 18 October – PBL announces the sale of 50% of the Nine Network, including its 50% stake in ninemsn and ACP to CVC Asia Pacific for $4.5 billion.
New Channels
Premieres
Pay TV
New International Programming
SBS TV
Subscription television
Programming Changes
Subscription premieres
This is a list of programs which made their premiere on Australian subscription television that had previously premiered on Australian free-to-air television. Programs may still air on the original free-to-air television network.
International
Television shows
1980s
1990s
2000s
- 2001
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- Medical Emergency (2005–present)
Ending this year
References
- ↑ "TransACT welcomes all-new Al Jazeera English to TransTV" (Press release). TransACT. 21 November 2006. Retrieved 10 November 2009.
- ↑ Clarke, Alice (7 December 2006). "Beam me on and veg out, Scotty". Melbourne: The Age. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
- ↑ "The Chaser pushes boundaries". The Age (Melbourne). 10 February 2006. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
- ↑ Connolly, Paul (26 February 2006). "The ABC of cheap". The Age (Melbourne). Retrieved 29 December 2008.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Hearn, Louisa (24 July 2006). "Turn on and tune in, TV tests the taste for tech". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 April 2008.
- ↑ Morgan, Clare (7 October 2006). "Adrift on the high Cs". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 24 April 2008.
- ↑ "Wine Me, Dine Me" (Press release). Nine Network. 16 June 2006. Archived from the original on 16 May 2009. Retrieved 5 May 2009.
- ↑ Biggest Loser is Ten's Biggest Winner, eNews, 14 February 2006.
- ↑ "Ten's animated host a world first". The Sydney Morning Herald. 14 August 2006. Archived from the original on 11 February 2010. Retrieved 9 March 2010.
- ↑ Oliver, Robin (25 October 2006). "Review of 'Tripping Over'". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 January 2008.
- ↑ "Highlights (Entertainment)". Foxtel. Archived from the original on 15 January 2006. Retrieved 19 January 2010.
- ↑ Idato, Michael (29 November 2006). "Review: An Aussie Goes Barmy". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 29 December 2008.
- ↑ Doc Martin – ABC TV Guide
- ↑ The Worst Week Of My Life – ABC TV Guide
- ↑ Bleak House – ABC TV Guide
- ↑ Dubecki, Larissa (14 September 2006). "Sensitive Skin". The Age (Melbourne). Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- ↑ "Sensitive Skin". ABC Television. 15 September 2006. Retrieved 15 January 2010.
- ↑ The IT Crowd – ABC TV Guide
- ↑ Dunn, Emily (3 December 2006). "Review of Wild at Heart". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
- ↑ Enker, Debi (15 December 2005). "Networking". The Age (Melbourne, Australia: Fairfax Media). p. 19. Retrieved 11 January 2010.
- ↑ "Hannah Montana". Herald Sun (Melbourne, Australia: News Limited). 9 April 2006. p. X06.
- ↑ "VH1's Celebreality". MTV Networks Australia. Archived from the original on 17 September 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ↑ Murphy, Kerrie (25 October 2007). "TELEVISION GUIDE – THURSDAY JUNE 29". The Australian (Sydney, Australia: News Limited).
- ↑ "VH1's Celebreality". MTV Networks Australia. Archived from the original on 17 September 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ↑ "Symons: Marilyn Fisher was easy, cracking the UK wasn't". Australian Associated Press. 22 June 2006.
- ↑ "This is a Strange Love". MTV Networks Australia. Archived from the original on 17 September 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ↑ "5 Rockstars. 12 Days. No Excuses.". MTV Networks Australia. Archived from the original on 17 September 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ↑ "Tori Spelling's new reality show". MTV Networks Australia. Archived from the original on 17 September 2006. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ↑ "E!online". Archived from the original on 1 November 2006. Retrieved 15 December 2009.
- ↑ "VH1's Celebreality Summer". MTV Networks Australia. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ↑ "Celebrity Fit Club". MTV Networks Australia. Archived from the original on 29 July 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
- ↑ Idato, Michael (27 November 2006). "Pay TV". Sydney Morning Herald (Sydney, Australia: Fairfax Media). p. 34. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
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