HSV is a television station in Melbourne. It is part of the Seven Network, one of the three main commercial television networks in Australia, and its first and oldest station, having been launched in time for the 1956 Summer Olympic Games in Melbourne.

The station began test transmissions in July 1956, and became the first 7 station in Australia and the first in Melbourne to commenced broadcasting on 4 November, soon after the Commonwealth Government started issuing television licenses. In the opening ceremony, Eric Pearce declared :

"We dedicate this station to the full service of the community. To Australian life - the happy families in the homes - we promise to serve you faithfully and well".

HSV-7 and rival station GTV-9 were formed in time to broadcast the Melbourne Olympics, while Sydney stations TCN-9 and ATN-7 in Sydney relayed the Melbourne coverage. HSV-7 was originally owned by The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd, owners of The Herald and The Sun (now merged as the Herald Sun). These papers gave rise to the call sign HSV (the 'V' stands for Victoria, as is the normal protocol for commercial television call signs to have the third letter indicate the state where the station is licensed, although for publicity purposes HSV was said to stand for Herald Sun Vision)

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A television station is a business, organisation or other enterprise, such as an amateur television (ATV) operator, that transmits (broadcasts) content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can occur via analog television signals or, more recently, via digital television signals. Broadcast television systems standards are set by the government, and these vary around the world. Television stations broadcasting over an anolog system were typically limited to one television channel, but digital television enables broadcasting via subchannels as well. The term "television station" is normally applied to terrestrial television stations, and not to cable television or satellite television broadcasting.

Television stations usually require a broadcast license from a government agency which sets the requirements and limitations on the station. In the United States, for example, a television license defines the broadcast range, or geographic area, that the station is limited to, allocates the broadcast frequency of the radio spectrum for that station's transmissions, sets limits on what types of television programs can be programmed for broadcast, and requires a station to broadcast a minimum amount of certain programs types, such as public affairs messages, among other conditions.

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Mal Walden (born 20 May 1945) is an Australian journalist and television news presenter based in Melbourne.

Walden is currently presenter of Melbourne's Ten News at Five with Helen Kapalos.

After joining radio station 3DB, he moved to television to sister station HSV-7 in early 1970 as a reporter. One of his first assignments at HSV-7 was to go to Darwin to report on the devastation of Cyclone Tracy that ripped through the tropical city on Christmas Day 1974.

In 1979, he took over the role of Chief News Presenter at HSV-7, replacing Brian Naylor who had moved to rival GTV-9.

On 27 March 1987, Walden was sacked by new management after HSV-7 was taken over by the Fairfax group, and was told of his dismissal just minutes before going on air to present what became his final news bulletin.

On 27 April 1987, Walden joined the Eyewitness News team at ATV-10 as a reporter and presenter of the segment Mal's Melbourne, presenting human interest stories. Walden continued as relieving news presenter, reporter and weekend news presenter at ATV-10, as well as presenting special events such as Young Australian of the Year and ATV-10's 30th Anniversary.