Publishing & Broadcasting Limited (PBL)

Synopsis

This report was archived in June 2007 and was last updated in 2006. Publishing and Broadcasting Limited (PBL) is one of the largest diversified media and entertainment companies in Australia. Listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, PBL’s core businesses are television production and broadcasting; magazine publishing and distribution; gaming and entertainment, and digital media. It owns and operates the Nine Network, Australia’s highest rating free-to-air television network; Australian Consolidated Press, Australia’s largest magazine publisher and the Crown Casino complex in Melbourne. PBL enterprises has investments in pay TV, that includes Foxtel, The Premier Media Group and Sky News Australia as well as online ventures ticketek, NineMSN and Seek. In October 2006, PBL confirmed that it would hive off the majority of its media assets into a new company, equally owned by itself and CVC Asia Pacific.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
  
• 2. Company information
  
  • 2.1 Recent company activities
    
  • 2.2 PBL’s global media play
    
  • 2.3 Corporate structure
    
• 3. New business models with Optus and Telstra
  
  • 3.1 Overview
    
  • 3.2 Telstra and Nine
    
  • 3.3 Analysis
    
• 4. Company analysis
  
  • 4.1 Chris Anderson and the Internet media
    
• 5. Analysis of PBL’s global media play
  
  • 5.1 Introduction
    
  • 5.2 Packer’s unique business sense
    
  • 5.3 New Packer media company
    
• 6. Financial results – 2004
  
• 7. Company history
  
• 8. Nine Network
  
• 9. Australian Consolidated Press
  
• 10. Crown
  
• 11. PBL Enterprises
  
  • 11.1 Foxtel
    
    • 11.1.1 Digital pay TV
      
  • 11.2 Premier Media Group
    
  • 11.3 Sky News Australia
    
  • 11.4 NineMSN
    
  • 11.5 Seek
    
  • 11.6 AFIG
    
• 12. Contact details
  
• 13. Related reports
  

• Table 1 – Operating revenue – 1995 - 2005
• Table 2 – Revenue by sector ($ billion) – 2004

• Exhibit 1 – PBL at a glance
• Exhibit 2 – Major subsidiaries – 2005
• Exhibit 3 – PBL Enterprises – 2005
• Exhibit 4 – Nine Network coverage