ENT Ltd.

ENT Ltd, standing for Examiner-Northern TV Ltd, is a private shell company owned by WIN Corporation. In its heyday, ENT was a publicly listed Australian media company based in Launceston, Tasmania. It was run by major shareholder Edmund Rouse until 1994, when a bribery scandal led to Rouse stepping down as managing director and it was taken over by Bruce Gordon's WIN Corporation.

Previous entities in direct control by ENT Ltd

Print media

• The Examiner newspaper (Launceston)

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)

Radio stations

• 7EX Launceston (now Chilli 90.1fm)
• 7HT Hobart (now Heart 107.3)
• 3SR Shepparton
• 3UL Warragul (now (now 531 3GG)
• 3UZ Melbourne (now RSN Racing & Sport)
• Four Californian radio stations
• Two Oregon radio stations

Other assets

• 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 Rouse PDF (92 KB)