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'Business as usual' for WIN Canberra amid Ten collapse

Canberra TV viewers won't see any change on their screens after the Ten Network called in administrators on Wednesday.

A spokeswoman for WIN Canberra, an affiliate of the network, said it was "business as usual" despite creditors including Lachlan Murdoch and regional TV supremo Bruce Gordon ending a debt guarantee arrangement for the struggling broadcaster.

Together the WIN owner and News Corp co-chair control about 22 percent of Ten's shares.

"As the affiliate programming partner of the Ten Network, the WIN Network is closely following developments pertaining to this morning's appointment of voluntary administrators at Ten," the spokeswoman said in a statement.

"While we will continue to monitor the situation in order to determine any future impact on our business, our customers and our viewers, it is business as usual across the entire WIN Network.

"Today's announcement does not change our commitment to the areas we broadcast to in regional Australia, our viewers or our clients.

"Ten's release today described an intention by the administrators to continue operations as much as possible on a business-as-usual basis and it is expected that Ten will continue broadcasting substantially as it had previously. Accordingly WIN expects to do so as well and there are also no changes to our programming line-up."

The appointment of administrators on Wednesday restructure and potentially sell the network indicates shares held by current Ten investors might be worthless.