ENT Ltd.

ENT Ltd, standing for Examiner-Northern TV Ltd, was a Launceston, Tasmania, Australia based media company owned by Edmund Rouse, which was sold off in the early 1990s after a bribery scandal.

Previous entities in direct control of ENT Ltd included:

Radio stations

• 7EX Launceston (now TOTE Sport Radio)
• 7HT Hobart (now Heart 107.3)
• 3SR Shepparton
• 3UL Warragul (now (now 531 3GG)

• 3UZ Melbourne (now Sport 927)
• Four Californian radio stations
• Two Oregon radio stations

Television stations

TasTV

• TVT-6 Hobart (now WIN Tasmania)
• TNT-9 Launceston (now Southern Cross Tasmania)

The Six Network (later VIC Television)

• BTV-6 Ballarat (now WIN Victoria)
• GMV-6 Shepparton (now WIN Victoria)
• STV-8 Mildura (now WIN Mildura)

Other entities

• The Examiner newspaper (Launceston)
• Holymans (shipping)

• Gunns (forestry)
• Filmpac Holdings (film production)

ENT’s 1988 annual report described the company’s principal activities as television, newspapers, radio, commercial printing, motels, travel agencies, picture theatres, property development and investment.

External links

• The Rise and Fall of Edmund RousePDF (92 KB)