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{{Short description|Australian TV network}}
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{{Infobox television channel
| name = WIN Television
| logo = WINTelevision.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| logo_caption = 
| launch_date = {{start date and age|1962|3|18|df=y}}
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]] <br> (downscaled to [[Anamorphic widescreen|16:9]] [[576i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed)
| network = 
| owner = [[WIN Corporation]]
| parent = 
| motto = 
| country = [[Australia]]
| language = English
| area = [[RTQ|Regional Queensland]], [[WIN (TV station)|Southern NSW & ACT]], [[AMN (TV station)|Griffith]], [[VTV (TV station)|Regional Victoria]], [[STV (TV station)|Mildura]], [[TVT (TV station)|Tasmania]], [[SES/RTS|Eastern SA]], [[WOW (TV station)|Regional WA]]
| affiliates = {{ubl|[[Nine Network]]|[[Seven Network]] ([[MTN (TV station)|Griffith]] and [[SES/RTS|Eastern SA]])|[[Network 10]] ([[AMN (TV station)|Griffith]], [[MDV (TV station)|Mildura]], [[MGS/LRS|Eastern SA]] and [[West Digital Television|Regional WA]])}}
| headquarters = [[Wollongong]] (head office)<br />[[Ingleburn, New South Wales|Ingleburn, Sydney]] (national play-out centre)
| sister_channels = {{ubl|[[#WIN HD|WIN HD]]|[[9Gem]]|[[9Go!]]|[[9Life]]|[[Gold (Australian TV channel)|GOLD]]}}
| timeshift_service = 
| website = {{URL|wintv.com.au/}}
| terr_serv_1 = Freeview WIN owned ([[virtual channel|virtual]])
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| terr_serv_2 = Freeview WIN HD ([[virtual channel|virtual]])
| terr_chan_2 = 80
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'''WIN Television''' is an [[Australian television broadcasting|Australian television network]] owned and operated by [[WIN Corporation]] that is based in [[Wollongong]], New South Wales. WIN commenced transmissions on 18 March 1962 as a single television station covering the Wollongong region. The WIN Network has since grown to cover much of regional Australia. The network's name, ''WIN'', originates from its first station, Wollongong's [[WIN (TV station)|WIN-4]].

WIN has a programme supply agreement with metropolitan broadcaster [[Nine Network]], covering its stations in Regional [[Queensland]], Southern and Western [[New South Wales]], [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]], Regional [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[Mildura]], [[Tasmania]], Eastern [[South Australia]], and Regional [[Western Australia]].<ref name="about">{{cite web
 |title       = About WIN Corporation
 |url         = http://wintv.com.au/about.php
 |access-date  = 5 June 2007
 |work        = [[WIN Corporation]]
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20060209031721/http://www.wintv.com.au/about.php
 |archive-date = 9 February 2006
 |url-status    = live
}}</ref> WIN also produces and broadcasts weeknight half-hour local news bulletins across its Queensland, southern New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania markets as [[WIN News]].<ref name="newscontent">{{cite web
 |url          = http://archive.dcita.gov.au/2005/04/issue_8/local_content_on_regional_tv
 |title        = Local content on regional TV
 |access-date   = 19 August 2007
 |date         = 11 April 2007
 |work         = [[Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts (Australia)|Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts]]
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070901130006/http://archive.dcita.gov.au/2005/04/issue_8/local_content_on_regional_tv
 |archive-date = 1 September 2007
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref>

==Regional services==
Through its many television broadcast licences, WIN re-broadcasts metropolitan network content into regional Australian markets, as follows:

{| class="wikitable"
|+ WIN Network service areas
|-
! Licence area !! Affiliation !! Call sign
|-
| Southern New South Wales<br/>[[Australian Capital Territory]] || [[Nine Network]] || [[WIN (TV station)|WIN]]
|-
| rowspan = "3" | [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]] || [[Seven Network]] || [[MTN (TV station)|MTN]]
|-
| Nine Network || [[AMN (TV station)|AMN]]
|-
| Network 10 || MDN{{efn|Supplementary licence owned entirely by WIN}}
|-
| Regional Queensland || Nine Network || [[RTQ]]
|-
| rowspan = "3" | Eastern South Australia || Seven Network || [[SES/RTS]]
|-
| Nine Network || SDS/RDS
|-
| Network 10 || [[MGS/LRS]]
|-
| rowspan = "2" | Tasmania || Nine Network || [[TVT (TV station)|TVT]]
|-
| Network 10 || [[TDT (TV station)|TDT]]{{efn|Supplementary licence jointly owned by WIN and [[Seven West Media]]}}
|-
| rowspan = "2" | [[Mildura]] || Nine Network || [[STV (TV station)|STV]]
|-
| Network 10 || [[MDV (TV station)|MDV]] (Ceased transmission on 30 June 2024.){{efn|Supplementary licence jointly owned by WIN and [[Seven West Media]]}}
|-
| Regional Victoria || Nine Network || [[VTV (Australian TV station)|VTV]]
|-
| rowspan = "2" | Regional Western Australia || Nine Network || [[WOW (TV station)|WOW]]
|-
| Network 10 || [[West Digital Television|GDW, SDW, VDW, WDW]]{{efn|Supplementary licence jointly owned by WIN and [[Seven West Media]]}}
|}

{{notelist}}

==History==

===Early years in Wollongong===
{{main|WIN (TV station)}}
Television Wollongong Transmission Limited (TWT) was incorporated on 4 October 1955 by a group of local businessmen. Five years later, it was awarded a licence by the [[Postmaster-General's Department]] over a number of other groups aligned to Sydney-based stations [[ATN|ATN-7]] and [[TCN|TCN-9]] to broadcast to the [[Illawarra]] and [[South Coast, New South Wales|South Coast]] regions.<ref name="march">{{cite news
| title = Local TV on 18&nbsp;March
| date = 1 March 1962
| newspaper = [[Illawarra Mercury]]
}}</ref> The new station was to broadcast on the [[VHF]]-4 frequency, using the callsign WIN (which stood for ''Wollongong Illawarra New South Wales''), in line with other [[List of Australian television callsigns|Australian call signs]].

===1980–1999: aggregation and expansion===
[[File:WINWANews.jpg|thumb|250px|''[[The West Australian|The West Magazine]]'' reporting WIN Television as the second commercial broadcaster in regional Western Australia]]

During this period, WIN expanded through the purchase of stations in [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]], [[Queensland]], and [[New South Wales]]. In 1984, WIN became the first regional television station to transmit stereophonic sound.<ref>{{cite news |title= WIN boasts list of firsts  |date= 31 March 1989 |newspaper= [[Illawarra Mercury]]}}</ref> Close links between WIN Television and the [[Nine Network]] ensured the Nine Network affiliation for southern [[New South Wales]] when [[Regional television in Australia#Aggregation|aggregation]] occurred in March 1989. The changes meant that WIN expanded into the rest of southern New South Wales, launching new stations in [[Canberra]], [[Orange, New South Wales|Orange]], [[Bathurst, New South Wales|Bathurst]], [[Dubbo]], and [[Wagga Wagga]], with new buildings and studios built in Orange, Wagga, and Canberra. Aggregation also provided the network with two additional competitors, [[Prime7|The Prime Network]] and [[Southern Cross Ten|Capital Television]].

In 1990, WIN purchased Queensland station Star TV, with stations in [[Rockhampton]] ([[RTQ]]) and the [[Darling Downs]] (DDQ and SDQ), just weeks before aggregation was to occur in regional Queensland. The station had already been set to become a [[Network 10]] affiliate under its previous owners; however, WIN's links with the [[Nine Network]] enabled it to clinch the Nine Network affiliation away from [[TNQ|QTV]], which was then forced to affiliate with third-placed Network Ten with just days to go.

[[ENT Limited]], a [[Launceston, Tasmania|Launceston]]-based company that owned a number of television and radio stations in regional [[Victoria, Australia|Victoria]] and [[Tasmania]], was taken over by WIN in 1994.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Tanner |first=Stephen |date=1 January 1995 |title=The Rise and Fall of Edmund Rouse |url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:11179/UQ11179_OA.pdf |journal=Australian Studies in Journalism |publisher=[[University of Queensland]] |access-date=19 August 2007 |archive-date=27 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827134442/https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:11179/UQ11179_OA.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> [[VTV (TV station)|Television Victoria]] and [[TVT (TV station)|TasTV]] were, as a result, rebranded as WIN Television. The network further expanded to [[Griffith, New South Wales|Griffith]] in 1998, when WIN purchased [[MTN (TV station)|MTN-9]] Griffith and its supplementary station AMN-31 from its local owners. As MTN had been affiliated with WIN since the early 1990s, the station was easily integrated into the network.

WIN became regional Western Australia's second commercial television network on 26 March 1999 after winning the rights tender in 1997.<ref name="wa">{{cite news
  | title = WIN TV: A new rural view
  | work = [[The West Australian|The West Magazine]]
  | pages = 51
  | date = 20 March 1999
  | url = http://www.thewest.com.au/
  | access-date = 19 August 2007
  | archive-date = 11 July 2019
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190711070929/https://thewest.com.au/
  | url-status = live
  }}</ref> Prior to the launch of the new station, [[GWN7|GWN]] held a commercial monopoly on the market. GWN became an affiliate of the [[Seven Network]], while WIN took a combination of Nine Network and Network Ten programming. Despite Nine's traditional ratings dominance throughout most of the country, incumbent GWN has remained the market's most-watched station.<ref name="afc">{{cite web
| url = http://www.afc.gov.au/gtp/wftvratingstrends.html
| title = Trends in audience share
| access-date = 18 August 2007
| work = [[ACNielsen]]
| publisher = [[Australian Film Commission]]
| archive-date = 30 August 2007
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070830011639/http://www.afc.gov.au/gtp/wftvratingstrends.html
| url-status = dead
}}</ref> The second ratings survey of 2006 placed WIN Television with a 34.7% commercial audience share in prime-time, compared to the Golden West Network with 65.3%.<ref>{{cite press release
  | title = 7 Years on and GWN is still at the top!
  | publisher = [[Prime Media Group|Prime Television]]
  | date = 15 January 2006
  | url = http://www.gwn.com.au/files/1/33/87/46/47/PRIMERELEASEGWNResults2006.pdf
  | access-date = 16 January 2007
  | archive-date = 20 August 2006
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060820163601/http://gwn.com.au/files/1/33/87/46/47/PRIMERELEASEGWNResults2006.pdf
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>

Also in 1999, WIN purchased two stations in South Australia: [[SES/RTS|SES-8]] in [[Mount Gambier]] and [[SES/RTS|RTS-5a]] in the [[Riverland]] region. They became known as ''[[SES/RTS|WIN SA]]''. In 2002, supplementary licences were granted under [[Section 38A]] of the Broadcasting Services Act, allowing the network to launch a ''WIN Ten'' service using the ''[[MGS/LRS|MGS]]'' call sign in Mount Gambier and ''[[MGS/LRS|LRS]]'' in the Riverland. This enabled the main SES/RTS station to be a sole Nine Network affiliate, which lasted until 2007, when a supply agreement was made with Seven.<ref name="section">{{cite web |date=21 July 2001 |title=ABA determines simulcast start dates for regional digital TV services |url=http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/1001/pc=PC_91167 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071023052906/https://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/1001/pc%3DPC_91167 |archive-date=23 October 2007 |access-date=18 August 2007 |work=[[Australian Communications & Media Authority]] |url-status=dead }}</ref>

As well as the flagship weeknightly [[WIN News]] bulletin, WIN has been prolific in broadcasting relevant programmes for its audience. In the past, it produced [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] programming, including the community affairs programme ''Roving Eye'', and ''Sunday Review'', a weekly review of international, national, and local stories.<ref name="archive">{{cite web |date=10 July 2007 |title=WIN4 Company Records and News Film |url=http://www.library.uow.edu.au/archives/collections/UOW095485.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110302090735/http://www.library.uow.edu.au/archives/collections/UOW095485.html |archive-date=2 March 2011 |access-date=18 August 2007 |work=[[University of Wollongong]]}}</ref> It produced a mid-week rugby league wrap panel show in the mid-1990s, while in 1995, WIN Television Queensland produced its own rugby league coverage by televising games featuring the fledgeling North Queensland Cowboys in their maiden ARL Winfield Cup competition season.

=== 2000–2016: Nine affiliation ===
[[File:WIN News cameraman filming at the SunRice Festival parade in Pine Ave.jpg|thumb|left|250px|A [[camera operator]] for ''[[WIN News|WIN News Riverina]]'']]

WIN Television began to introduce [[Digital television in Australia|digital television]] soon after it became available to metropolitan areas in January 2001. Under [[Section 38A]] of the ''Broadcasting Services Act'', the network was able to introduce, in partnership with other stations, additional digital-only [[Network 10|Network Ten]] affiliates. These included Tasmania's [[Tasmanian Digital Television|TDT]], launched in late 2003 in partnership with [[Southern Cross Broadcasting]], and Mildura's [[Mildura Digital Television|MDV]] in January 2006, with [[Prime Media Group|Prime Television]].

On 30 May 2007, WIN purchased [[NWS (TV station)|NWS]] from [[Southern Cross Broadcasting]] for A$105&nbsp;million. Similarly, [[STW]] [[Perth]], owned by [[Sunraysia Television]] and affiliated with the [[Nine Network]], was purchased on 8 June 2007 for A$163.1&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://www.theage.com.au/news/Business/Sunraysia-favours-Ch-9-Perth-sale-to-WIN/2007/06/08/1181089303443.html
| title = WIN buys Channel 9 Adelaide
| access-date = 8 June 2007
| date = 8 June 2007
| newspaper = [[The Age]]
}}</ref>

Despite the station's ownership of Nine Perth, the regional WIN WA service continued to broadcast [[Ten News|Ten News Perth]], produced for and shown on rival Perth station [[NEW (TV station)|Ten Perth]], until 27 August 2007, when [[Ten West]] came into service.<ref>{{cite news | author = Klinger, Peter | title = Poor state of Perth 9 shocks new owner | work = [[The West Australian]] | date = 21 June 2007}}</ref>

A conflict between WIN and its long-time metropolitan partner, the Nine Network, arose in mid-2007, with [[PBL Media]], Nine's parent company, requesting 40 percent of the network's advertising revenue in return for programme supply. WIN's owner, [[WIN Corporation]], rejected this offer, expecting to pay only 29% (a 3% decrease from the previous contract and in line with many of the network's competitors, such as [[Prime7|Prime Television]] and [[Southern Cross Ten]]).<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/pbl-talks-with-gordon-on-regional-tv-close-to-collapse/2007/08/10/1186530616318.html
| title = PBL talks with Gordon on regional TV close to collapse
| access-date = 16 August 2007
| date = 11 August 2007
| newspaper = [[Sydney Morning Herald]]
}}</ref> The network's owner, Bruce Gordon, subsequently threatened to sever the network's affiliation after negotiations stagnated, stating that his previous position at Paramount Pictures meant he could programme the network independently.<ref>{{cite news
| url = http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/win-boss-threatens-to-sever-nine-link/2007/08/05/1186252546392.html
| title = WIN boss threatens to sever Nine link
| access-date = 16 August 2007
| date = 6 August 2007
| newspaper = [[Sydney Morning Herald]]
}}</ref> On 16 August 2007, WIN Television dropped key Nine Network programmes from its [[daytime television]] schedule, including ''[[Mornings with Kerri-Anne]]'' and ''[[National Nine News|National Nine News: Morning Edition]]''.<ref name="morning">{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22251563-30540,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071210090649/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22251563-30540,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 December 2007 |title=War as WIN junks key Nine shows |access-date=16 August 2007 |date=16 August 2007 |newspaper=[[The Australian]] }}</ref> WIN also secured a new programme supply agreement for its regional South Australian station with Nine's rival [[Seven Network]]. Announced on 4 September 2007, the new programme schedule included a mixture of Seven and existing WIN programming, commencing on 1 October 2007.<ref>{{cite news
 |url          = http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22364267-7582,00.html
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070907011603/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,22364267-7582,00.html
 |url-status     = dead
 |archive-date = 7 September 2007
 |title        = WIN turns to Seven
 |access-date   = 5 September 2007
 |date         = 5 September 2007
 |newspaper    = [[The Australian]]
}}</ref> WIN also started producing some local Australian programmes to replace key Nine content, including ''[[Alive and Cooking]]'' and ''[[Susie (TV program)|Susie]]'',<ref name="morning" /><ref name="auto1">{{cite web
 |url          = http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/susie-170507.html
 |title        = WIN Television to produce new regional daytime program 'Susie'
 |access-date   = 17 May 2007
 |date         = 17 May 2005
 |work         = WIN Television
 |publisher    = ebroadcast.com.au
 |archive-url  = https://web.archive.org/web/20070626100425/http://www.ebroadcast.com.au/enews/susie-170507.html
 |archive-date = 26 June 2007
 |url-status     = dead
}}</ref> as well as the independently sourced ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]''. WIN also produced ''[[Fishing Australia]]'' as part of its local content output on the WIN Network. Two years later, WIN officially reinstated its supply of Nine content to regional South Australia with a new supplementary channel, WIN SA, relaying [[NWS (TV station)|NWS]] from Adelaide.

On 9 August 2009, WIN began transmission of the new digital channel [[GO! (Australian TV channel)|GO!]] on channel 88 in Southern NSW, Regional Victoria, Tasmania, and Regional Queensland. It soon reached Mildura in 2010 and regional SA in 2011.

In June 2010, playout was moved from WIN's Wollongong headquarters to its new Media Hub facility in the south-west Sydney suburb of [[Ingleburn, New South Wales|Ingleburn]], co-owned with [[ABC Television (Australian TV network)|ABC Television]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Meade <!-- | section = Local --> |first=Amanda |date=30 June 2010 |title=ABC's problem-hit tech centre opens to criticism |page=4 |newspaper=[[The Australian]] |url=http://theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/abcs-problem-hit-tech-centre-opens-to-criticism/story-e6frg6nf-1225885903288 |url-status=dead |access-date=30 June 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110512205639/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/abcs-problem-hit-tech-centre-opens-to-criticism/story-e6frg6nf-1225885903288 |archive-date=12 May 2011}}</ref>

On 26 September 2010, WIN began transmission of the HD digital channel [[9Gem|GEM]] on channel 80 in Southern NSW, Regional Victoria, Tasmania, and Regional Queensland.

On 1 May 2012, WIN began transmission of an SD digital infomercial channel, [[Gold (Australian TV channel)|Gold]], on channel 84.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=1 May 2012 |title=WIN Gold launches on Channel 84 {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2012/05/win-gold-launches-on-channel-84.html |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=[[TV Tonight]] |language=en-AU |archive-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429023117/https://tvtonight.com.au/2012/05/win-gold-launches-on-channel-84.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The second infomercial channel, [[Gold (Australian TV channel)|Gold2]], began on 13 July 2013 as a five-hour [[Timeshift channel|timeshift]] of Gold.<ref>{{cite web|first = David|last = Knox|url = http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/07/win-launches-gold2.html|title = WIN launches GOLD2|access-date = 22 January 2016|date = 13 July 2013|website = TV Tonight|archive-date = 28 January 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160128023756/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2013/07/win-launches-gold2.html|url-status = live}}</ref>

Following Nine's launch of [[9HD]] and [[9Life]] on 26 November 2015 and WIN's promise of following suit,<ref>{{cite web|website=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2015/11/viewers-in-the-bush-kept-waiting-for-9hd-as-win-cites-short-notice.html |title=Viewers in the bush kept waiting for 9HD as WIN cites "short notice" |date=26 November 2015 |access-date=10 February 2016}}</ref> WIN began broadcasting a "coming soon" test pattern on channels 85 and 86 on 10 February 2016. Both channels began broadcasting on 1 March 2016.<ref name="Knox">{{cite web|website=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/02/no-7flix-for-prime-new-channels-soon-for-win.html|title=No 7flix for Prime, new channels "soon" for WIN|date=10 February 2016|access-date=10 February 2016|archive-date=11 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211090343/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/02/no-7flix-for-prime-new-channels-soon-for-win.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="TVTonightWINHD&9Life" /> As a result, their channel listing was reshuffled to match Nine's metropolitan with 9Gem on channel 82, 9Go! on channel 83, 9Life on channel 84, Extra on channel 85, and Gold on channel 86.

The network continued to produce its own local news service, [[WIN News]], for most of its markets throughout its Nine affiliation, although requests for increased revenue by Nine repeatedly threatened the news division's viability. By 2016, only twelve bulletins were being produced and presented.<ref name="auto">{{cite web
| title = WIN Television Increases News Production Capability
| url = http://www.grassvalley.com/news/press/releases/view/498-win-television-increases-news-production-capability-with-grass-valley-ignite-hd-automated-production-systems
| access-date = 2 March 2008
| date = 5 February 2007
| work = [[WIN Corporation]]
| archive-date = 2 December 2013
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222935/http://www.grassvalley.com/news/press/releases/view/498-win-television-increases-news-production-capability-with-grass-valley-ignite-hd-automated-production-systems
| url-status = dead
}}</ref>

===2016–2021: 10 affiliation===
After Nine launched its new online catch-up video on demand and live streaming service [[9Now]] on 27 January 2016, WIN filed a lawsuit against Nine, claiming that live streaming into regional areas breached their exclusive affiliation agreement.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/bruce-gordons-win-takes-nine-to-court-over-streaming-20160210-gmqjg1.html |title=Bruce Gordon's WIN takes Nine to court over streaming |last=Mason |first=Max |date=10 February 2016 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=29 April 2016 |archive-date=16 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160416050609/http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/bruce-gordons-win-takes-nine-to-court-over-streaming-20160210-gmqjg1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://mumbrella.com.au/win-takes-nine-to-court-over-live-streaming-345668 |title=WIN takes Nine to court to try and block its live streaming service 9Now in regional areas |last=Christensen |first=Nic |date=10 February 2016 |publisher=mUmBRELLA |access-date=29 April 2016}}</ref> Justice Hammerschlag of the NSW Supreme Court dismissed the case on 28 April 2016, ruling that the definition of "broadcasting" in WIN's affiliation agreement with the Nine Network did not cover internet streaming "and that Nine is under no express or implied obligation not to do it".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-28/win-tv-loses-court-bid-over-program-streaming/7368206 |title=Regional broadcaster WIN loses bid to stop Channel Nine streaming programs |last=McDonald |first=Philippa |date=28 April 2016 |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=29 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=28 April 2016 |title=Nine victory in 9NOW streaming lawsuit filed by WIN TV |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/04/nine-victory-in-9now-streaming-lawsuit-filed-by-win-tv.html |access-date=29 April 2016 |website=[[TV Tonight]] |publisher=TV Tonight |archive-date=29 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429131321/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/04/nine-victory-in-9now-streaming-lawsuit-filed-by-win-tv.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Shortly after WIN's legal defeat, Nine announced a new $500 million, five-year programme supply agreement with [[Southern Cross Austereo]], the Ten affiliate. This saw Southern Cross Austereo's stations in Southern NSW, the ACT, and regional areas in Victoria and Queensland switch to Nine affiliation at midnight on 1 July 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/nine-and-southern-cross-in-multiyear-affiliation-deal-20160428-goha3w.html |title=Nine and Southern Cross in multi-year affiliation deal |last=White |first=Dominic |date=29 April 2016 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=29 April 2016 |archive-date=30 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160430214028/http://www.smh.com.au/business/media-and-marketing/nine-and-southern-cross-in-multiyear-affiliation-deal-20160428-goha3w.html |url-status=live }}</ref> With that announcement, WIN was effectively stripped of its 27-year partnership with Nine. In response, WIN entered affiliation talks with [[Network 10|Network Ten]],<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/nine-win-shows-media-law-absurdity-win-chief-andrew-lancaster/news-story/8448e7ca97fed22ff1726e979e94d1f7 |title=Nine win shows media law absurdity: WIN chief Andrew Lancaster |last=Mitchell |first=Jake |date=29 April 2016 |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=29 April 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/nine-ten-to-swap-affiliate-partners/news-story/0ea3e8e044ef5d522e5a58aace682f90 |title=Nine, Ten to swap affiliate partners |last1=Mitchell |first1=Jake |last2=Davidson |first2=Darren |date=2 May 2016 |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=2 May 2016 |archive-date=5 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605075658/http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/nine-ten-to-swap-affiliate-partners/news-story/0ea3e8e044ef5d522e5a58aace682f90 |url-status=live }}</ref> in which Gordon held a significant stake, reaching a final agreement on 23 May 2016. From 1 July 2016, WIN carried Ten programming into its regional Queensland, Southern NSW, Victoria, Tasmania, South Australia, and Western Australia markets.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://images.tenplay.com.au/~/media/Corporate%20Site%20Media/Files/Media%20Releases/2016/TEN%20And%20WIN%20Network%20Announce%20New%20Program%20Supply%20Agreement.pdf |title=TEN And WIN Network Announce New Program Supply Agreement |date=23 May 2016 |publisher=Ten Network Holdings |access-date=23 May 2016 |archive-date=19 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160619014837/http://images.tenplay.com.au/~/media/Corporate%20Site%20Media/Files/Media%20Releases/2016/TEN%20And%20WIN%20Network%20Announce%20New%20Program%20Supply%20Agreement.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/broadcast/bruce-gordons-win-confirms-affiliate-deal-with-ten-network/news-story/3b2b5a54f9a22d1863448e534dda76eb?sv=a26045edb2555a549e8af1020b65019a |title=Bruce Gordon's WIN confirms affiliate deal with Ten Network |last=Mitchell |first=Jake |date=23 May 2016 |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=23 May 2016}}</ref><ref name="WIN10TVTonight" /> Supplementary station deals were left until late due to disagreement over the rate that loss-making stations should make to [[Nine Network]]. With just days left, deals were secured for South Australia, Griffith, and Tasmania.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/nine-signs-affiliate-deals-with-win/news-story/bd98d2d5f0cbf67e724a4902273ec7dc |title=Nine signs affiliate deals with WIN |last=Mitchell |first=Jake |date=29 June 2016 |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=29 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/nine-network-television-programs-to-remain-on-air-in-the-riverland-and-southeast/news-story/02c493e463af9a7ab7d771ebbc567b6b |title=Nine Network television programs to remain on air in the Riverland and South-East |last=Jones |first=Erin |date=29 June 2016 |newspaper=The Advertiser |access-date=30 June 2016 |archive-date=2 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160702003015/http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/nine-network-television-programs-to-remain-on-air-in-the-riverland-and-southeast/news-story/02c493e463af9a7ab7d771ebbc567b6b |url-status=live }}</ref> However, no deal was secured for the Western Australia joint venture [[West Digital Television]] before 1 July,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.perthnow.com.au/news/national/tasmania-could-go-from-channel-9-to-channel-nein-as-network-yet-to-sign-deal-to-broadcast-in-state/news-story/e25d6a0ac0e1e921e513c595c91f2532 |title=Tasmania could go from Channel 9 to Channel Nein as network yet to sign deal to broadcast in state |last=Benuik |first=David |date=18 June 2016 |publisher=Sunday Tasmanian |access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref> but a deal was later finalised on 2 July 2016, with the relay of Nine content commencing that night.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/07/nine-reaches-regional-wa-agreement-with-win-prime.html |title=Nine reaches regional WA agreement with WIN / Prime |last=Knox |first=David |date=3 July 2016 |website=TV Tonight |access-date=3 July 2016 |archive-date=3 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160703115055/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/07/nine-reaches-regional-wa-agreement-with-win-prime.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/nine-and-wintv-shows-might-be-axed-from-screens-in-the-riverland-and-southeast/news-story/1abef0b640be7c3298e3f9ad0d3e836b |title=Nine and WIN-TV shows might be axed from screens in the Riverland and South-East |last=Debelle|first=Penny |date=18 June 2016 |newspaper=The Advertiser |access-date=19 June 2016}}</ref> The channel changes reshuffled WIN's LCN listing, with [[10 Bold|One]] on LCNs 81 and 86, [[10 Peach|Eleven]] on LCN 82, [[TVSN]] on LCN 84, and Gold on LCN 85. WIN and WIN HD remained on LCNs 8 and 80. WIN also relocated its SD simulcast from LCN 81 to LCN 88.

Negotiations in January 2017 for WIN to acquire Northern New South Wales station [[NRN]] in exchange for WIN's Wollongong radio station [[i98FM]] with [[Southern Cross Austereo]] failed,<ref>{{cite news |last=Davidson |first=Darren |date=31 January 2017 |title=WIN in talks to buy northern NSW TV station |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/win-in-talks-to-buy-northern-nsw-tv-station/news-story/f1f1c3f1f862f640501358774fd0548f |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/asset-swap-sca-win/ |title=Asset swap! SCA & WIN trading regional TV for cash, FM licence |date=1 February 2017 |publisher=Mediaweek |access-date=23 February 2017 |archive-date=23 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223211505/https://www.mediaweek.com.au/asset-swap-sca-win/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bingemann |first=Mitchell |date=20 February 2017 |title=Southern Cross pulls plug on regional deal talks with WIN |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/companies/southern-cross-pulls-plug-on-regional-deal-talks-with-win/news-story/29e6f173f4dcaec4e49d1aac12b0186c |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/southern-cross-media-withdraws-discussions-win-assets-media-deal-427560 |title=Southern Cross Media withdraws from discussions with WIN over assets media deal |last=Ward |first=Miranda |date=20 February 2017 |publisher=Mumbrella |access-date=23 February 2017}}</ref> although a deal was secured on 28 March 2017 for the sole sale of NRN to WIN for $55 million.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://mumbrella.com.au/sca-sells-nsw-tv-assets-win-55m-435161 |title=SCA sells northern NSW television assets to WIN for $55m |last=Burrowes |first=Tim |date=28 March 2017 |publisher=Mumbrella |access-date=28 March 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bingemann |first=Mitchell |date=28 March 2017 |title=Southern Cross Media sells northern NSW TV operations to WIN |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/broadcast/southern-cross-media-sells-northern-nsw-tv-operations-to-win/news-story/92ce06126946c9863a95245aa4eaf2b5 |newspaper=The Australian |access-date=28 March 2017 |archive-date=9 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240409073747/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/media/broadcast/southern-cross-media-sells-northern-nsw-tv-operations-to-win/news-story/92ce06126946c9863a95245aa4eaf2b5 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Mason |first=Max |date=28 March 2017 |title=Southern Cross to sell northern NSW TV business to WIN |url=http://www.afr.com/business/media-and-marketing/tv/southern-cross-to-sell-northern-nsw-tv-business-to-win-20170327-gv7ukv |newspaper=The Australian Financial Review |access-date=28 March 2017 |archive-date=28 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170328084913/http://www.afr.com/business/media-and-marketing/tv/southern-cross-to-sell-northern-nsw-tv-business-to-win-20170327-gv7ukv |url-status=live }}</ref> The sale took effect on 31 May 2017;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asx.com.au/asxpdf/20170519/pdf/43jcx1pgz0m8vm.pdf |title=Southern Cross Austereo: Agreement of Sale of NNSW TV Operations and Trading Update |publisher=Australian Securities Exchange |access-date=20 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2017/05/win-completes-deal-for-southern-cross-northern-nsw.html |title=WIN completes deal for Southern Cross Northern NSW |last=Knox |first=David |date=20 May 2017 |website=TV Tonight |access-date=20 May 2017 |archive-date=19 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519233943/http://tvtonight.com.au/2017/05/win-completes-deal-for-southern-cross-northern-nsw.html |url-status=live }}</ref> NRN was rebranded as WIN on 1 September 2017, with playout and transmission transferred to WIN, while the LCNs were reshuffled to align with WIN's other stations, although they stayed as 5-numbered due to 8-numbering already held by Nine-owned [[NBN (TV station)|NBN Television]] for Northern NSW.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wintv.com.au/ |title=WIN is Coming to Northern NSW and The Gold Coast on September 1 |date=17 August 2017 |website=WIN Television |access-date=17 August 2017 |archive-date=17 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170817011132/http://www.wintv.com.au/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 28 May 2018, WIN announced a new programme supply agreement with the [[Australian News Channel]] to carry [[Sky News Australia]] content on a new free-to-air channel, [[Sky News Australia|Sky News on WIN]], which launched on 2 September 2018.<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last=Cronin|first=Seanna|date=4 August 2018|title=Foxtel to launch 24 hour news on WIN|work=Cairns Post|location=Cairns|url=https://www.cairnspost.com.au/news/cairns/foxtel-to-launch-24-hour-news-on-win/news-story/2adf8455e87d0d42dca63ab44558b3c8|access-date=4 August 2018}}</ref> The channel consisted of mixed Sky News and [[Fox Sports News (Australia)|Fox Sports News]] programming, along with WIN's All Australian News, while Sky programmes gained access to WIN's regional news stories.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afr.com/business/media-and-marketing/tv/australian-news-channel-and-win-partner-to-bring-sky-news-to-freetoair-for-first-time-20180525-h10k0d |title=Australian News Channel and WIN partner to bring Sky News to free-to-air for first time |last=Mason |first=Max |date=28 May 2018 |website=[[The Australian Financial Review]] |access-date=28 May 2018 |archive-date=27 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180527173659/http://www.afr.com/business/media-and-marketing/tv/australian-news-channel-and-win-partner-to-bring-sky-news-to-freetoair-for-first-time-20180525-h10k0d |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/free-sky-news-will-be-shown-on-regional-tv/news-story/9d85d95e22799976145a78f3acacd08b |title=Free Sky News will be shown on regional TV |last=Rolfe |first=John |date=28 May 2018 |publisher=News.com.au |access-date=28 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0" />

WIN converted TVSN to MPEG-4 SD on 30 August 2018, two days before the launch of [[Sky News Australia|Sky News on WIN]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-08-26 |title=TVSN Changes |url=https://www.wintv.com.au/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901082346/https://www.wintv.com.au/ |archive-date=1 September 2018 |access-date=2023-04-30 |website=WIN Television |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 31 October 2018, at 6:30pm, during [[The Project (Australian TV program)|''The Project'']], WIN updated its logo, launching at the same time as the launch of Network 10's new logo. WIN also rebranded its versions of 10's multi-channels, One and Eleven, into [[10 Bold|WIN Boss]] (later changed to [[10 Drama|WIN Bold]] in December) and [[10 Comedy|WIN Peach]].

On 29 March 2021, the WIN channel in the [[Illawarra]] region was converted to MPEG-4 HD as an experiment for other WIN areas.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 March 2021 |title=WIN Channel 8 changing to HD |url=https://www.wintv.com.au/ |access-date=2023-06-10 |website=WIN Television |archive-date=1 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901082346/https://www.wintv.com.au/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 14 May 2021, it was reverted to the MPEG-2 format in SD after viewers complained that they could no longer get the WIN channel on LCN 8.

===2021–present: Return to Nine affiliation===
On 12 March 2021, Nine announced it had secured a new programme supply agreement with its original partner, WIN Network, across regional Australia beginning 1 July 2021, in effect dumping Southern Cross Austereo, which was forced to return to relaying third-placed Ten content. The seven-year deal sees WIN pay around 50 percent of broadcast advertising revenue to Nine Entertainment Co., plus advertising time for Nine's properties on WIN's television and radio assets. WIN also integrated advertising sales services for Nine's O&O regional stations, [[NBN Television|NBN]], and [[NTD (Australian TV station)|NTD]]. Nine CEO Hugh Marks explained that "while our relationship with Southern Cross has been strong over the last five years, the opportunities presented by the WIN Network to both extend the reach of Nine's premium content into more regional markets under one agreement and to work cooperatively with them on a national and local news operation mean this is the right time for us to return to WIN".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mediaweek|date=2021-03-11|title=Nine changes regional TV partners and signs deal with WIN|url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/nine-signs-deal-with-win/|access-date=2021-05-16|website=Mediaweek|language=en-AU|archive-date=11 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210311222439/https://www.mediaweek.com.au/nine-signs-deal-with-win/|url-status=live}}</ref> Also for the first time, WIN now broadcasts Nine content under Nine branding. WIN's multi-channels have again been rearranged, with [[9Gem]] on channel 81, [[9Go!]] on channel 82, and [[9Life]] on channel 83, while TVSN and Gold would continue to broadcast on channels 84 and 85, but despite the return, the "nine dots" were not reinstated on the network logo. WIN still broadcasts Network Ten content on its northern New South Wales station.

On 18 March 2022, WIN Television celebrated 60 years of broadcasting across Wollongong and the Illawarra.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=20 March 2022 |title=WIN TV turns 60 {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/03/win-tv-turns-60.html |access-date=2023-04-29 |website=[[TV Tonight]] |language=en-AU |archive-date=29 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230429031700/https://tvtonight.com.au/2022/03/win-tv-turns-60.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 16 June 2022, WIN Television converted Nine's multichannels 9Gem and 9Go! to MPEG-4 SD in Tasmania via WIN's Tasmanian station [[TVT (TV station)|TVT]].

On 22 March 2023, WIN Television announced that they would be converting all of their remaining MPEG-2 channels to MPEG-4 later that same year. On 22 May 2023, 9Gem was converted into an MPEG-4 SD channel in most WIN areas, except Tasmania, Western Australia, and Northern NSW. On 19 June 2023, 9Go! was converted into an MPEG-4 SD channel in most WIN areas, except Tasmania, Western Australia, and Northern NSW. In most WIN areas, except Northern NSW and Western Australia, 9Gem was upgraded to an MPEG-4 HD channel on 27 July 2023.<ref name="WINTV2023MPEG-4">{{Cite web |title=WIN Network Technology Improvement {{!}} WIN Television |url=https://www.wintv.com.au/page/win-network-technology-improvement |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823052334/https://www.wintv.com.au/page/win-network-technology-improvement |archive-date=23 August 2023 |access-date=2023-04-25 |publisher=WIN Television}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Knox |first=David |date=2023-07-28 |title=WIN upgrades 9GEM to HD {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/07/win-upgrades-9gem-to-hd.html |access-date=2023-07-29 |website=[[TV Tonight]] |language=en-AU |archive-date=29 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230729094555/https://tvtonight.com.au/2023/07/win-upgrades-9gem-to-hd.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In Northern NSW, WIN upgraded 10 Bold and 10 Peach from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 in November 2023, 10 Bold on 21 November 2023, and 10 Peach on 28 November 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=WIN Network Technology Improvement {{!}} WIN Television |url=https://www.wintv.com.au/page/win-network-technology-improvement |access-date=2023-11-02 |website= |publisher=WIN Television |archive-date=23 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823052334/https://www.wintv.com.au/page/win-network-technology-improvement |url-status=live }}</ref> On 6 December 2023, 9Go! was converted into an MPEG-4 HD channel in most WIN areas, except Western Australia, and Northern NSW.

On 13 February 2025, [[Network 10]] announced they would be acquiring the NRN station in Northern NSW and the Gold Coast from WIN Television.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Laidlaw |first1=Kyle |title=Network 10 to acquire WIN's Northern NSW TV licence amid regional media shake-up |url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2025/02/13/network-10-to-acquire-wins-northern-nsw-tv-licence-amid-regional-media-shake-up/ |access-date=13 February 2025 |work=TV Blackbox |date=12 February 2025 |language=en-AU}}</ref> This followed Network 10's announcement that they would also be acquiring [[Southern Cross Austereo]]'s 10-affiliated stations.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patterson |first=Sarah |date=17 December 2024 |title=SCA to sell 3-Agg television licences to Network 10 |url=https://radiotoday.com.au/sca-to-sell-3-agg-television-licences-to-network-10/ |access-date=19 December 2024 |website=Radio Today |language=en-AU}}</ref> The sale was completed on 1 May 2025.<ref>{{cite news |title=Network 10 to acquire WIN's Northern NSW TV licence amid regional media shake-up |url=https://www.paramountanz.com.au/news/network-10-completes-acquisition-of-win-networks-northern-new-south-wales-television-licence/ |access-date=1 May 2025 |work=Paramount Australia & New Zealand |date=1 May 2025 |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==Programming==
WIN Television carries the programming of all three commercial television stations in Australia. It is a sole affiliate of the [[Nine Network]] in all broadcast areas, but it is also an affiliate of the [[Seven Network]] in [[MTN (TV station)|Griffith, New South Wales]], and [[SES/RTS|eastern South Australia]] and is an affiliate of [[Network 10]] in Griffith and [[MGS/LRS|eastern South Australia]] as well as an affiliate of [[Network 10]] as a joint-venture station in [[MDV (TV station)|Mildura]] and [[West Digital Television|regional Western Australia]]. WIN Television has always produced regional programming, including the flagship local news service ''[[#News and current affairs|WIN News]]'', that supplements programmes sourced from affiliates.

Since its inception, the network has produced and broadcast notable programmes, including ''Sportsview'' and ''Sportsworld'', a review of international, national, and local sporting events.<ref name="archive" /> From the first week of transmissions, the children's television series ''The Channel 4 Club'' was produced, with the children's television programme ''Stopwatch'' beginning in 1979.<ref name="archive" /> The English-language educational programme ''You Say the Word'' began in 1971, catering to non-English-speaking immigrants. The long-running entertainment programme ''Variety Italian Style'' premiered in 1974, with Malcom Elliott initially hosting the short-lived ''Tonight Show'' in 1981 before being replaced by John Tingle a year later. To commemorate WIN Television's 21st year of broadcasting, a one-and-a-half-hour retrospective montage special was produced in 1983. WIN Television also co-produced the telemovie ''Last Chance'' in 1986 with a Canadian television production company.<ref name="archive" /> Spanning close to a decade, the children's television series ''[[Goodsports]]'' was produced by WIN Television from 1991 to 2000.

WIN Television's current Australian programming productions consist of television shows including ''[[Fishing Australia]]'' and ''[[Alive and Cooking]]''. On 17 May 2007, WIN Television announced a new midday programme called ''[[Susie (TV program)|Susie]];'' however, this was subsequently moved to a morning timeslot. It lasted until 2009.<ref name="morning" /><ref name="auto1"/> WIN Television also broadcasts a range of exclusive overseas and domestically sourced programming, including ''[[The Ellen DeGeneres Show]]'' and ''[[Alive and Cooking]];'' however, since 2021, WIN has broadcast a direct feed from Nine, excluding WIN News.

The only local programming broadcast by the WIN Network {{as of|2023|lc=y}} consists of half-hour local [[WIN News]] bulletins for its Nine stations in Regional Queensland, Southern New South Wales, Griffith, Regional Victoria, and Tasmania.

===News and current affairs===

{{further|WIN News}}
[[File:WIN News camera man and Erin Willing interviewing.jpg|thumb|right|''[[WIN News|WIN News Riverina]]'' reporter, Erin Willing interviewing Major Jeff Cocks]]

[[WIN News]] is the network's local news service. Fourteen regional bulletins and news updates are presented from studios in [[Wollongong]], with reporters and camera crews based in district newsrooms.<ref name="auto"/> In most markets, ''WIN News'' may compete with ''[[Seven News#Regional bulletins|Seven News]]'' or ''[[TNT (Australian TV station)|Nightly News]]''.

WIN has produced independent news reports and bulletins since 1962 for its original [[Wollongong]] station. As well as the flagship nightly bulletin, WIN Television has in the past produced [[Current affairs (news format)|current affairs]] programming, including the community affairs programme ''Roving Eye'', and ''Sunday Review'', a weekly review of international, national, and local stories.<ref name="archive"/>

WIN also broadcast ''WIN's All Australian News'' at 7am weekdays and weeknights at late nights, which featured highlights from news bulletins from its regional stations. It was axed in June 2021, following Nine's new affiliation agreement with WIN.

===Sport===
On WIN's Nine-affiliated stations in Southern NSW, Griffith, Regional Queensland, Regional Victoria, Mildura, Tasmania, Eastern SA and Regional WA, it relays sports coverage broadcast from [[Nine's Wide World of Sports]]. On WIN's 10-affiliated stations in Griffith, Mildura, Regional WA, and Eastern SA, it relays sports coverage provided by [[10 Sport]]. The Seven-affiliated stations in Griffith, Mount Gambier, and the Riverland carry [[Seven Sport]] sports coverage.

==Availability==
WIN Television's transmissions are available from both [[free-to-air]] [[Terrestrial television|terrestrial]] [[transmitter]]s in major regional centres and [[free-to-view]] [[Satellite television|satellite]] transmissions across regional and remote Western Australia on the [[Viewer Access Satellite Television]] service. WIN News bulletins are carried on the VAST service to allow viewers in remote areas of Central and Eastern Australia, as well as terrestrial reception blackspots, to obtain news local to their area.

[[Subscription television|Subscription]] [[Cable television#Australia|cable]] is also provided by [[TransACT]] in the [[Australian Capital Territory]] and [[Neighbourhood Cable]] in [[Ballarat, Victoria|Ballarat]] and [[Mildura, Victoria|Mildura]].<ref>{{cite web
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WIN broadcasts to a geographically large portion of regional and remote Australia<ref name="about" /> through [[owned-and-operated station]]s including [[RTQ]] Queensland, [[WIN (TV station)|WIN]] Southern New South Wales & ACT, [[VTV (TV station)|VTV]] Victoria, [[TVT (TV station)|TVT]] Tasmania, [[MTN (TV station)|MTN]] Griffith, [[STV (TV station)|STV]] Mildura, [[SES/RTS|SES]] Mount Gambier, [[SES/RTS|RTS]] Riverland, and [[WOW (TV station)|WOW]] Western Australia.

===WIN HD===
WIN's high-definition channel, '''WIN HD''', originally launched on 17 March 2008 as a sister to the Nine Network's rebranded high-definition simulcast, [[9HD]]. WIN HD broadcast in 1080i high definition and was available on WIN's regional stations, RTQ Queensland, WIN Southern New South Wales and ACT, VTV Victoria, and TVT Tasmania. The channel broadcast breakaway programming from launch until 3 August 2009, when it was turned into a straight HD simulcast. WIN HD fully ceased broadcasting on 26 September 2010 with the launch of the HD multi-channel [[9Gem|GEM]] (now 9Gem).

On 10 February 2016, WIN announced that it would launch its own HD simulcast in the coming months in response to Nine Network relaunching 9HD as its second high-definition channel.<ref name="Knox"/> ''WIN HD'' re-launched on 1 March 2016.<ref name="TVTonightWINHD&9Life">{{cite web|last=Knox|first=David|title=WIN HD, 9Life launch for regional viewers March 1st|work=TV Tonight|url=http://tvtonight.com.au/2016/02/win-hd-9life-launch-for-regional-viewers-march-1st.html|date=26 February 2016|access-date=26 February 2016|archive-date=26 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226110123/http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/02/win-hd-9life-launch-for-regional-viewers-march-1st.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Four WIN regions were excluded from the 1 March launch date, although in four regions the launch was delayed: [[MTN (TV station)|Griffith]], [[STV (TV station)|Mildura]], [[MGS/LRS|Eastern South Australia]] (2 March due to technical issues), and [[WOW (TV station)|Regional Western Australia]] (10 March).<ref name="WINHD&9Life2016WINTV">{{cite web |date=1 March 2016 |title=WIN HD and 9LIFE |url=http://www.wintv.com.au/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160301032445/https://www.wintv.com.au/ |archive-date=1 March 2016 |access-date=1 March 2016 |work=WIN Television}}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|user=WIN_TV|number=704517571676999680|date=1 March 2016|title=To our Tas, Griffith & S.A viewers, the roll-out of #WINHD & @9LIFE will be delayed until tomorrow, we apologies for the inconvenience}}{{dead link|date=November 2023}}</ref> On 1 July 2016, with WIN's new programme supply agreement, the channel's programme schedule changed in line with WIN.<ref name="WIN10TVTonight">{{cite web|website=[[TV Tonight]]|first=David|last=Knox|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/05/win-and-ten-confirm-five-year-affiliate-deal.html|title=WIN and TEN confirm five year affiliate deal|date=23 May 2016|access-date=30 May 2016}}</ref> The channel ceased on 30 June 2021 with WIN's new programme supply agreement with Nine. WIN now re-broadcasts 9HD across its Nine-affiliated stations.

==Logos==
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File:WIN Television (2006).svg|30 January 2006 – 14 January 2008
File:WINTelevision.svg|14 January 2008 – present
File:WIN Television 2016 logo.png|1 July 2016 – 31 October 2018
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==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|https://www.wintv.com.au }}
* [https://www.wintv.com.au/page/about-us Corporate site]

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