ENT Ltd.

ENT Ltd, standing for Examiner-Northern TV Ltd, is a private shell company owned by WIN Corporation. In its heyday, ENT was a publicly listed Australian media company based in Launceston, Tasmania. It was run by major shareholder Edmund Rouse until 1994, when a bribery scandal led to Rouse stepping down as managing director and it was taken over by Bruce Gordon's WIN Corporation.

Previous entities in direct control by ENT Ltd[]

Print media[]

The Examiner newspaper (Launceston)

Television stations[]

TasTV

TVT-6 Hobart (now WIN Tasmania)
TNT-9 Launceston (now Southern Cross Tasmania)

The Six Network (later VIC Television)

BTV-6 Ballarat (now WIN Victoria)
GMV-6 Shepparton (now WIN Victoria)
STV-8 Mildura (now WIN Mildura)

Radio stations[]

7EX Launceston (now Chilli 90.1fm)
7HT Hobart (now 107.3 Triple M)
3SR Shepparton
3UL Warragul (now (now 531 3GG)
3UZ Melbourne (now RSN Racing & Sport)
Four Californian radio stations
Two Oregon radio stations

Other assets[]

Holyman (shipping)
Gunns (forestry)
Village Cinemas Tasmania (cinemas, 50 per cent joint venture with Village Roadshow)

Filmpac Holdings was a film and video distributor. ENT acquired a 40 per cent stake in 1988 from its purchase of Victoria-based media company Associated Broadcasting Services.^[1] From 1986 to 1990, Filmpac released a total of 69 films theatrically making it the country's largest independent mainstream theatrical distributor. The company collapsed in 1990 with its film library purchased by Village Roadshow.^[2]

ENT's 1988 annual report described the company's principal activities as television, newspapers, radio, commercial printing, motels, travel agencies, picture theatres, property development and investment.

References[]

^ Tanner, Stephen (1 January 1995). "The rise and fall of Edmund Rouse" (PDF). Australian Studies in Journalism. University of Queensland (4): 72–89. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
^ Given, Jock; Curtis, Rosemary; McCutcheon, Marion (June 2013). "Cinema in Australia: an industry profile". Swinburne University of Technology. hdl:1959.3/312955. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

[1] Tanner, Stephen (1 January 1995). "The rise and fall of Edmund Rouse" (PDF). Australian Studies in Journalism. University of Queensland (4): 72–89. Retrieved 21 June 2016.

[2] Given, Jock; Curtis, Rosemary; McCutcheon, Marion (June 2013). "Cinema in Australia: an industry profile". Swinburne University of Technology. hdl:1959.3/312955. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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