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Prime Media Group
Australian-based media corporation / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Prime Media Group Limited (formerly Prime Television Limited) was an Australian-based media corporation that formerly owned regional television network Prime7 in eastern Australia and GWN7 in regional Western Australia. It also owned ishop TV, a datacasting channel, co-owned by Brand Developers and two joint ventures with the WIN Corporation, Mildura Digital Television, and West Digital Television, and also owned a network of radio stations in Queensland from 2005 until 2013, when they were sold to Grant Broadcasters.
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Formerly | Ramcorp Prime Television |
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ASX: PRT | |
Industry | Media |
Founded | 1986; 38 years ago (1986) |
Founder | Paul Ramsay |
Defunct | 31 December 2021; 2 years ago (31 December 2021) |
Fate | Acquired by Seven West Media |
Headquarters | , Australia |
Key people | Ian Audsley (CEO) |
Products | Television |
Revenue | $179 million (2021) |
$37 million (2021) | |
$20 million (2021) | |
Subsidiaries | Prime7 GWN7 Mildura Digital Television (50%) West Digital Television (50%) ishop TV (50%) |
Website | www.primemedia.com.au |
Prime Media Group head office and Australian Securities Exchange registered office was located in Watson, Canberra. A secondary corporate office was located at Jones Bay Wharf, Pyrmont, Sydney (which was also the Seven Network's head office).
Prime7 had sales offices located in each regional sub-market. There were also regional sales offices at the Seven Network's metropolitan offices/studios in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.
Prime7's national broadcast facility was located in Canberra, with playout facilities (as of 2021) shared with hybrid-funded broadcaster SBS Television at a facility operated by Telstra.
Prime Media Group Limited was renamed PRT Company Limited on 3 January 2022.[1][2]