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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Australian media and gaming company</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For the successor companies, see <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Media_Holdings" title="Consolidated Media Holdings">Consolidated Media Holdings</a> and <a href="/wiki/Crown_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown Limited">Crown Limited</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style 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Network</a> and <a href="/wiki/Australian_Consolidated_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Consolidated Press">Australian Consolidated Press</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">1994<span class="noprint">; 30 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1994</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">10 December 2007</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Assets spun off</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Media_Holdings" title="Consolidated Media Holdings">Consolidated Media Holdings</a><br /> <a href="/wiki/Crown_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown Limited">Crown Limited</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data label">Sydney</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/James_Packer" title="James Packer">James Packer</a>, Executive chairman<br />John Alexander, CEO</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Products</th><td class="infobox-data">TV stations<br /><a href="/wiki/Casino" title="Casino">Casinos</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050713233322/http://www.pbl.com.au/">pbl.com.au</a></span> <span style="font-size:85%;">(archived)</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Publishing and Broadcasting Limited</b> (<b>PBL</b>) was one of <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>'s largest corporations. With interests primarily in media and gambling, for the entirety of its existence it was largely controlled by the <a href="/wiki/Packer_family" title="Packer family">Packer family</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Publishing_and_Broadcasting_Limited&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Predecessors">Predecessors</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Publishing_and_Broadcasting_Limited&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Predecessors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>PBL originated with <a href="/wiki/Australian_Consolidated_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Consolidated Press">Australian Consolidated Press</a> (ACP), established by media magnate <a href="/wiki/Frank_Packer" title="Frank Packer">Frank Packer</a>, who inherited the media interests of his father <a href="/wiki/Robert_Clyde_Packer" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Clyde Packer">Robert Packer</a>, who died in 1934. In 1936, Packer merged with E.G. Theodore's Sydney Newspapers and Associated Newspapers to form Australian Consolidated Press.<sup id="cite_ref-henningham_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-henningham-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Frank Packer was chairman of ACP from 1936 until his death in 1974, when control of the company passed to his younger son <a href="/wiki/Kerry_Packer" title="Kerry Packer">Kerry Packer</a>. </p><p>ACP was granted a broadcasting license in Sydney when television began in Australia in the 1950s. Its television station, <a href="/wiki/TCN-9" class="mw-redirect" title="TCN-9">TCN-9</a> in Sydney was the first station in Australia to go to air, launched 1956, by an announcement from <a href="/wiki/Bruce_Gyngell" title="Bruce Gyngell">Bruce Gyngell</a> "Good evening, and welcome to television". </p><p>In 1960, it purchased GTV-9 Melbourne to form the first television network in Australia, the National Television Network, later to become the National <a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Nine Network</a>. </p><p>In 1987, Kerry Packer sold the Nine Network to <a href="/wiki/Alan_Bond_(businessman)" class="mw-redirect" title="Alan Bond (businessman)">Alan Bond</a> for $1 billion,<sup id="cite_ref-SMHrying_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMHrying-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> who then expanded the network to include QTQ-9 Brisbane and <a href="/wiki/STW-9" class="mw-redirect" title="STW-9">STW-9</a> <a href="/wiki/Perth" title="Perth">Perth</a>. Packer later bought the network back for half of what he sold it for in 1990. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Formation">Formation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Publishing_and_Broadcasting_Limited&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Formation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Publishing and Broadcasting Limited was formed in 1994, from the merger of The Nine Network Australia and Australian Consolidated Press. PBL registered <b>Nine Films and Television</b>, an in-house film and television production arm, in August of that year.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 1990s PBL lost millions on a venture called <b>Nine India</b>. Its most tangible form was a branded block on two of the channels operated by <a href="/wiki/Doordarshan" title="Doordarshan">Doordarshan</a>. It planned to become a major player in Indian television, but by early in the next decade, the concept was dropped. </p><p>In 1999, <a href="/wiki/Crown_Melbourne" title="Crown Melbourne">Crown Casino and Entertainment Complex</a> was bought by PBL, and the online division of PBL, ecorp was floated on the ASX. ecorp was later privatised and delisted from the Stock Exchange. </p><p>In 2002, PBL entered a deal with Prime Television, giving it an effective 50% stake in Prime NZ. Nine Film and Television began to theatrically release films which were distributed through <a href="/wiki/Hoyts" title="Hoyts">Hoyts</a> (then also owned by PBL and related companies). A joint venture with <a href="/wiki/Macquarie_Film_Corporation" title="Macquarie Film Corporation">Macquarie Film Corporation</a> generated capital for the production of these films. The first film released was <i><a href="/wiki/Dirty_Deeds_(2002_film)" title="Dirty Deeds (2002 film)">Dirty Deeds</a></i> in 2002. It was followed by <a href="/wiki/Gettin%27_Square" title="Gettin' Square">Gettin' Square</a> (with <a href="/wiki/Working_Title_Films" title="Working Title Films">Working Title Australia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mushroom_Pictures" title="Mushroom Pictures">Mushroom Pictures</a>) in 2003. </p><p>In 2004, PBL purchased the <a href="/wiki/Burswood_Casino" class="mw-redirect" title="Burswood Casino">Burswood Casino</a> in Perth, and a 50% stake in Hoyts Cinemas, along with <a href="/wiki/West_Australian_Newspapers" class="mw-redirect" title="West Australian Newspapers">West Australian Newspapers</a>. Hoyts was previously owned by the Packer private company; Consolidated Press Holdings Ltd. It also sold <a href="/wiki/Papua_New_Guinea" title="Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a>'s only television network, <a href="/wiki/EM_TV" title="EM TV">EM TV</a> to <a href="/wiki/Fiji_Television" title="Fiji Television">Fiji Television</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Focus_on_gambling_assets">Focus on gambling assets</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Publishing_and_Broadcasting_Limited&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Focus on gambling assets"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 18 October 2006, James Packer announced the sell-off of 50% of <a href="/wiki/Nine_Entertainment_Co." class="mw-redirect" title="Nine Entertainment Co.">PBL's media interests</a> for A$4.5 billion to focus on its gambling business. The sell-off included <a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Nine Network</a> and its 50 per cent interest in <a href="/wiki/Nine_Digital" title="Nine Digital">NineMSN</a>. </p><p>PBL was involved in two casino projects in <a href="/wiki/Macau" title="Macau">Macau</a>: the $260 million <a href="/wiki/Crown_Macau" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown Macau">Crown Macau</a>, scheduled for completion in 2006–07, and the $1.4 billion <a href="/wiki/City_of_Dreams_(casino)" title="City of Dreams (casino)">City of Dreams</a>. The projects are joint ventures with <a href="/wiki/Melco_International_Development" title="Melco International Development">Melco International Development</a>, a Macau company. In March 2006, PBL announced that it had spent US$900 million (A$1.2 billion) to purchase a casino sub-concession from <a href="/wiki/Wynn_Resorts" title="Wynn Resorts">Wynn Resorts</a> that would give the Melco-PBL joint venture the right to conduct casino operations. PBL's commitment to these ventures is the biggest investment by an Australian company in the PRC to date.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Originally proposed as the "Las Vegas Tower", the name of the building changed when Publishing and Broadcasting Limited reached an agreement on 31 May 2007, with the tower's developers to invest money in the project and run its casino.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As part of the agreement, the project was renamed <a href="/wiki/Crown_Las_Vegas" title="Crown Las Vegas">Crown Las Vegas</a>. </p><p>Crown Las Vegas was originally proposed to rise 1,888 feet (575 m) by Christopher Milam, a building developer from <a href="/wiki/Texas" title="Texas">Texas</a>. According to <a href="/wiki/KLAS-TV" title="KLAS-TV">KLAS-TV</a> in Las Vegas,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Administration" title="Federal Aviation Administration">Federal Aviation Administration</a> (FAA) was concerned with the proposed height, due to the tower's proximity to <a href="/wiki/McCarran_International_Airport" class="mw-redirect" title="McCarran International Airport">McCarran International Airport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Nellis_Air_Force_Base" title="Nellis Air Force Base">Nellis Air Force Base</a>. In November 2006, the FAA issued a "notice of presumed hazard" because the tower's location is 2.5 miles (4.0 km) north of McCarran Airport's runways. </p><p>In March 2011, Crown chairman James Packer announced the project was cancelled and the site put up for sale.<sup id="cite_ref-Canceled_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Canceled-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crown will continue its investment in the under-construction <a href="/wiki/Fontainebleau_Resorts" title="Fontainebleau Resorts">Fontainebleau Resort and Casino</a> on the site next to the proposed Crown Las Vegas site. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fate">Fate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Publishing_and_Broadcasting_Limited&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Fate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company <a href="/wiki/Demerger" title="Demerger">demerged</a> in late 2007, <a href="/wiki/Corporate_spin-off" title="Corporate spin-off">spinning out</a> its gambling interests into <a href="/wiki/Crown_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Crown Limited">Crown Limited</a>. PBL, now a <a href="/wiki/Stub_(stock)" title="Stub (stock)">stub</a>, was renamed <a href="/wiki/Consolidated_Media_Holdings" title="Consolidated Media Holdings">Consolidated Media Holdings</a>, a company ultimately acquired by <a href="/wiki/News_Corp_Australia" title="News Corp Australia">News Limited</a> in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_holdings">Former holdings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Publishing_and_Broadcasting_Limited&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Former holdings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PBL_Media">PBL Media</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Publishing_and_Broadcasting_Limited&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: PBL Media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Australian_Consolidated_Press" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Consolidated Press">Australian Consolidated Press</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carsales.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Carsales.com">carsales.com</a> (41% stake)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Digital" title="Nine Digital">Ninemsn</a> (50% stake)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sky_News_Australia" title="Sky News Australia">Sky News Australia</a> (33% stake)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Nine Network</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TCN-9" class="mw-redirect" title="TCN-9">TCN-9</a> Sydney</li> <li><a href="/wiki/GTV-9" class="mw-redirect" title="GTV-9">GTV-9</a> <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QTQ-9" class="mw-redirect" title="QTQ-9">QTQ-9</a> <a href="/wiki/Brisbane" title="Brisbane">Brisbane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NTD-8" class="mw-redirect" title="NTD-8">NTD-8</a> <a href="/wiki/Darwin,_Northern_Territory" title="Darwin, Northern Territory">Darwin</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NBN_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="NBN Television">NBN Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Acer_Arena" class="mw-redirect" title="Acer Arena">Acer Arena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ticketek" title="Ticketek">Ticketek</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="PBL_Enterprises">PBL Enterprises</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Publishing_and_Broadcasting_Limited&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: PBL Enterprises"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Foxtel" title="Foxtel">Foxtel</a> (25% stake)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seek_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Seek Limited">Seek</a> (25% stake)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fox_Sports_Pty_Limited" class="mw-redirect" title="Fox Sports Pty Limited">Premier Media Group</a> (50% stake)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hoyts" title="Hoyts">Hoyts</a> (50% stake)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other">Other</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Publishing_and_Broadcasting_Limited&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Other"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Melbourne" title="Crown Melbourne">Crown Casino</a>, Melbourne</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crown_Perth" title="Crown Perth">Burswood Entertainment Complex</a>, Perth</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_(New_Zealand_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime (New Zealand TV channel)">Prime Television</a> (50% stake) – Sold in 2006 to <a href="/wiki/Sky_(New_Zealand)" 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