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

Television stations

TasTV

The Six Network (later VIC Television)

Radio stations

Other assets

Filmpac Holdings was a film and video distributor. ENT acquired a 40 per cent stake in 1988 from its purchase of Victoria-based media company Associated Broadcasting Services.[1] From 1986 to 1990, Filmpac released a total of 69 films theatrically making it the country's largest independent mainstream theatrical distributor. The company collapsed in 1990 with its film library purchased by Village Roadshow. [2]

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.

References

  1. Tanner, Stephen (1 January 1995). "The rise and fall of Edmund Rouse" (PDF). Australian Studies in Journalism. University of Queensland (4): 72–89. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
  2. Given, Jock; Curtis, Rosemary; McCutcheon, Marion (June 2013). "Cinema in Australia: an industry profile". Swinburne University of Technology. Retrieved 21 June 2016.
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