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)