TNT (TV station)

TNT is a television station based in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia. Originally broadcasting only to Launceston and Northern Tasmania, it has broadcast to the whole of Tasmania since aggregation of the Tasmanian television market in 1994. Owned by Southern Cross Austereo, it is now branded as Southern Cross Television.History 1962 - Founded as Northern TV Ltd and broadcasts in Launceston and Northern Tasmania 1965 - Became part of ENT Ltd (Examiner-Northern TV Ltd) 1980 - adopts a starred version of the Nine Network's "9 Dots" logo 1982 - ENT bought TVT-6 in Hobart 1985 - TNT and TVT officially relaunched as TasTV, callsigns remain for both stations 1989 - ENT sold TNT-9 to Tricom Corporation, which subsequently became Southern Cross Broadcasting; station became known on-air as Southern Cross Network 1994 - Aggregation of Tasmanian television market occurs - Southern Cross broadcasts statewide, competing with TasTV 1999 - Southern Cross Tasmania, while still a part of Southern Cross Broadcasting, changes logo independently of Southern Cross stations on the mainland. 2003 - Southern Cross and WIN Television launch Tasmanian Digital Television, a jointly owned digital-only commercial station based in Hobart relaying Network Ten content. 2005 - Southern Cross Broadcasting adapts new logo for all stations it owns. Southern Cross Tasmania loses its Tasmanian Tiger logo to a unified corporate Southern Cross logo. 2008 - Southern Cross Tasmania ceases broadcasting its last Ten content. The station is now a sole Seven affiliate.