Global Television (Australia)

Coordinates: 33°53′31″S 151°13′43″E / 33.89202°S 151.22851°E / -33.89202; 151.22851
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General information
StatusCompleted
Typefilm & television studios Complex
LocationVictoria:
Coventry Street, Southbank
Hawthorn Road, Vermont South
New South Wales:
Eveleigh
Completed1956 (Southbank, Victoria)
1964 (Vermont South, Victoria)
2010 (Eveleigh, New South Wales)

Global Television[1] is a large television production company with studios in Australia's two largest cities Sydney and Melbourne. It was co-founded in 1988[2] by Bruce Fink.[3] They have been responsible for handling the technical side of most top live sport and entertainment events produced and broadcast in Australia.[4]

Global Television's Sydney studios are located at South Eveleigh in the inner city suburb of Eveleigh. The new studios were built in 2010, and produce a large number of Australian programmes from its two studios.

Global Television's Melbourne studios are located in the inner suburb of South Melbourne and occupy the previous existing HSV-7 Studios. The four open studios are home to such shows as Dancing with the Stars, The Chase Australia, My Kitchen Rules, Family Feud, Fox Footy and Taskmaster.[5]

Global Television also occupied the former ATV-10 Studios in the outer suburb of Nunawading where Neighbours is produced at Forest Hill for a number of years, this is now operated by Freemantle Media.

Acquired[edit]

In January 2014, NEP Group acquired Global Television for an undisclosed amount from Catalyst Investments and Global Television is now completely part of the NEP worldwide network.[6] NEP also acquired Harry Michaels' Silk Studios (formerly zerO1zerO) in the same year, reducing the number of competing outside broadcasting and studio production hire facilities.

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Global Television Ltd/Australia". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. ^ "Global Television Stays Ahead of the Game". Sony. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  3. ^ "ECN Board of Directors". Executive Channel Network. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  4. ^ Jackson, Sally. "Global TV sold to US firm NEP Group". The Australian. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  5. ^ "Overview | Global Television". Archived from the original on 17 February 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
  6. ^ "NEP". NEP Inc. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

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