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11 unusual facts about Network Ten


2006 Australian Grand Prix

Murray Walker made a return to the commentary box for a one-off with Australia's Network Ten.

Are You Magnetic?

"Are You Magnetic?" is the second single from Faker's second studio album Be the Twilight, although not achieving the major success as "This Heart Attack", it was very favored on channels and TV shows such as Channel V Hit Rater, MTV My Pix, and Network Ten Video Hits.

Barris Industries

On March 31, 1989, Burt Sugarman sold his shares of Barris Industries to Westfield Capital Corporation and Northern Star Holdings Ltd., the owners of Network Ten of Australia owned by Frank Lowy for $34.5 million.

Brittany Byrnes

One of her latest roles was Charlotte Watsford on Network Ten's H2O: Just Add Water.

Cameron McConville

In 2007, Cameron began a new motorsport reporting role with Channel Ten, including co-hosting the Formula One coverage.

McConville has also written for several magazines and presented several television programs and up until the end of the 2009 season was the colour commentator for Network Ten's Australian coverage of Formula One.

Carol Driver

She has also freelanced as a TV anchor for Channel 10 in Australia - including for Prime Minister David Cameron's appearance at the Leveson Inquiry.

Daryl Beattie

In retirement Beattie took up a role as a specialist commentator with Network Ten on broadcasts of motorcycle racing.

Georgina Lewis

Network Ten are still in discussions about her future role with the network.

Malcolm Farr

Malcolm regularly appears on the political current affairs programs Meet the Press on Network Ten, and ABC TV's Insiders.

Peter Windsor

He also did reports and phones in from the pitlane before the start of each race for Network Ten (ONE) Australia F1 broadcaster


1992 in Australian television

20 January - Bert Newton returns to television as host of a new talk show on Network Ten The Morning Show.

2007 V8 Supercar season

This season saw a change of television broadcaster; the Seven Network having picked up the broadcasting rights to V8 Supercars from Network Ten which had broadcast the past nine seasons in succession.

However, the Seven Network does not broadcast the Albert Park race meeting, which is a non-championship event; rather, it is broadcast on Network Ten as a lead-in to the Australian Grand Prix.

Adam Boland

Prior to that, he was a reporter at Channel Ten, gaining some notoriety for interviewing comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

All-Star Squares

also Network Ten aired Celebrity Squares with John Bailey, followed by Joe Martin then Bob Moore for two seasons from 1967-1969, the show was revived twelve years later in 1981 with Jimmy Hannan as host.

Brad McEwan

McEwan is currently the sport presenter on Melbourne's Ten Eyewitness News and is best known for his hosting duties on Network Ten's Sports Tonight.

Breakfast Time

Last January 17, 1983 during Breakfast Time's first broadcast, letters and telegrams have been sending to offices and different breakfast shows around the world have greet Breakfast Time luck such as Network Ten for Australia, CTV for Canada, CBS and ABC for the United States, TVB for Hong Kong and NHK for Japan.

Bring It on Back

"Bring It on Back" had been used between April and August in advertisements for the 2007 AFL Season on Channel 10 in Australia, to promote the return of Saturday Night Football to 10.

Craig Barnett

Barnett, commonly known by his nickname Barney, is also recognised for his television appearances on Australian television, Network Nine’s 1 vs. 100 in 2007 and Network Ten’s eighth series of Australia’s Big Brother reality television show in 2008.

Damien Fleming

He has been heard on Melbourne’s Triple M and SEN 1116 radio, and is a specialist cricket commentator for ABC Radio Grandstand, Channel Ten and Fox Sports.

Daniel Amalm

In 1996, Amalm left Home and Away and recorded a single, 'Classical Gas', which was a top 30 hit on the ARIA Charts and No.5 on the Dance Charts; followed by 'Honey Dip Girl', which was voted No. 1 on Network Ten's Video Hits for 5 consecutive weeks.

David Reyne

After leaving Getaway Reyne signed with Network Ten to co-host with Kim Watkins the new morning show 9am with David and Kim which began 30 January 2006 and ended at the end of 2009.

Fletcher Humphrys

During October 2006 and April 2008, he guest starred as Guy Sykes, an acquaintance of Katya Kinski (Dichen Lachman) on Network Ten's Neighbours.

Good Morning Delhi

Good Morning Delhi was an Australian breakfast program broadcast on Network Ten from 4 October 2010 until 15 October 2010, during the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games, hosted by Brad McEwan and Kathryn Robinson.

Gorgi Coghlan

Prior to joining Network Ten Coghlan was the Melbourne reporter and travel presenter for Today and for National Nine News on the Nine Network.

In 2010, Network Ten announced Coghlan as host of the new morning show The Circle alongside Denise Drysdale, Yumi Stynes and Chrissie Swan.

Jasmin Geisel

She then moved into news as a journalist, before becoming a presenter, writer and field producer on Ten's, Totally Wild.

Jo Stanley

Stanley was also the co-host of the now cancelled series Yasmin's Getting Married, which aired for only four episodes on Network Ten, where she was joined by Ryan Phelan.

Kathryn Robinson

in 2010, Robinson co-hosted Good Morning Delhi, a breakfast program broadcast on Network Ten during the course of the 2010 Delhi Commonwealth Games, with Brad McEwan.

Keith Barnes

After his playing days he became a referee and later co-commentated on the Amco Cup on Network Ten with Ray Warren in the 1970s.

Kellyn Morris

From June 2008 – present, she became the new female co-host of Network Ten's national cartoon program Toasted TV.

Luke Baines

In 2004, Luke appeared alongside his former classmate Bojana Novakovic in Channel 10’s The Cooks.

Michael Christian

He commentated football matches for Network Ten, as well as hosting the breakfast program, Prime Time Sports Interactive on Sport 927 with Angela Pippos and has hosted AFL post-game analysis show The Fifth Quarter with Andrew Maher since 2004.

Never Miss a Beat

Channel Ten used the song during advertisements promoting its 2009 Australian Football League coverage on its main channel as well as its High Definition channel One HD

News ratings in Australia

It replaced Derryn Hinch's current affair program called Hinch which aired between 1987 and 1991 until moved to Network Ten for another 2 years.

Nicole Livingstone

In 2011, she was a fill in presenter on Network Ten's Sports Tonight and a panellist on Thursday Night Live.

Pete Lazer

In 2005 he presented his first major network television show, Shopping for Love on the Nine Network and in 2006 joined the Network Ten show as co-host of Beyond the Boundary.

Peter Falconio

In March 2007, Channel Ten in Australia showed Joanne Lees: Murder in the Outback, an account of the murder, covering the period from the night of Falconio's death through to sentencing, from Joanne Lees' perspective.

Pip Russell

During an episode on Friday July 4, 2008, it was announced that Pip would be leaving Toasted TV for Totally Wild, Network Ten's wildlife program for kids.

Ryan Phelan

Alongside Sports Tonight, Phelan reported for Network Ten on various other sports events including Clipsal 500, the 2003 US Women's Open, the final Melbourne Cup covered by Ten in 2001 and the 2005 City to Surf.

The Comedy Company

The Comedy Company was an Australian comedy television series first aired from 16 February 1988 until about 11 November 1990 on Network Ten, Sunday night and was created and directed by Ian McFadyen, and co directed and produced by Jo Lane.

Vince Lovegrove

His second wife, Suzi Sidewinder, lived with Lovegrove from 1981, they were married in 1985 until her death from HIV/AIDS on 14 June 1987, which is depicted in an award winning documentary, Suzi's Story shown on Network Ten in Australia.