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Television news ratings in Australia are collected by three main organisations: OzTAM in metropolitan areas, Regional TAM in regional areas serviced by three commercial television networks, and in areas with two commercial networks, Nielsen Media Research Australia. Ratings are collected for 40 weeks during the year, excluding a two-week break during Easter and ten weeks over summer. The majority of locally produced news and public affairs top the rating charts week after week. ==History== Throughout the early to mid 1980's, Ten Eyewitness News, Network Ten's newscast was the leader in news in the markets of Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide, mainly because it was the only news service in Australia at the time that was broadcast at 6.00pm, as all the other network's aired their newscast at 6.30pm or 7.00pm. Also because their news service went for 1 whole hour. National Nine News, Seven National News, ABC News and World News Tonight, all lagged behind. Falling viewers numbers in the mid-1980s, particularly in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, led the Seven Network to relaunch both its programming and its news service, which was renamed Seven Nightly News, as part of the network's growing alignment (in terms of branding) with the US network NBC – taking on both the name and well-known theme music (The Mission, composed by John Williams) of NBC's flagship news program, NBC Nightly News. During the worst period of low ratings, Seven Nightly News was forced to move their news to 6.30pm because National Nine News was too strong in the ratings. Shortly after the 1991 creation of the Seven Network as a company, a national populist current affairs program Real Life was launched, presented by former ABC reporter Stan Grant. It replaced Derryn Hinch's current affair program called Hinch which aired between 1987 and 1991 until moved to Network Ten for another 2 years. Real Life continued until 1995, when it was replaced by state-based editions of the current program Today Tonight. In 1987, National Nine News began over-taking Ten Eyewitness News in the ratings. By 1988, they had taken the lead and was enjoying ratings success in the markets of Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne and Adelaide. The Nine Network, re-launched A Current Affair in early 1988 with former Ten Eyewitness News anchor Jana Wendt. ACA enjoyed rating success under Wendt topping the 1991 Australian TV Ratings.〔(Media Watch 2000 )〕 Jana left in late 1991 and was replaced by Ray Martin. In 1992 started the longtime slogan "Who's Who of News" used right up until 2004. They continued winning until 2005. In 2003, things started looking up at Seven. They had picked up Nine's long-time chief of news and current affairs Peter Meakin and former Nine anchor Ian Ross to anchor the Sydney bulletin. By 2007, Seven News was the number news-service around the nation and in every capital city in Australia. Beforehand, ''Seven News'' only dominated in Perth, in fact ''Seven News Perth'' has been the top rating bulletin in that market for more than 25 years now. At the conclusion of the 2011 ratings season, Nine News reclaimed its dominance in Sydney. With Seven maintaining its national dominance. In 2012, Nine News maintained its lead in Sydney, with Nine also reclaiming Melbourne. After 6 years at the top, Seven News lost its ratings crown and Nine News once again became Australia's most watched news service, when it was able to claim the major markets of Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「News ratings in Australia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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