About Us

PBL Media, which is managed by PBL Media Holdings Pty Limited, is Australia’s largest, most diversified media and entertainment group.

It is a communication powerhouse delivering a world of media information and entertainment to millions of Australians.

Its assets include the Nine Network Australia, NBN Television, Australian News Channel, ACP Magazines, majority interests in carsales.com, a 50% interest in ninemsn, an interest in Mathletics and entertainment entities, Ticketek and the Acer Arena.

Our free-to-air television broadcaster, the Nine Network Australia, reaches over 11.4 million Australians every week and 82% of the total viewing audience. When it comes to news, sport, entertainment and major events, viewers tune in to the Nine Network in Australia. 

NBN Television is Australia's highest rating television network. It commenced broadcasting to the Newcastle and Hunter Valley region in 1962. NBN's market stretches from Central Coast in the south to the Gold Coast, Queensland in the north and west to Moree and Narrabri. This market has a population of 1.9 million people, and is the fourth largest television market in Australia, behind Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.
 
Australian News Channel owns and operates Sky News in Australia and New Zealand. It is a leading, multi-platform 24-hour news supplier. Sky News is available in more than 2.5 million homes and locations across Australia and New Zealand on Pay TV. Sky News produces a variety of programmes, including Agenda, EcoReport, Sportsline and Sky Business Report.

ACP Magazines is Australia’s largest magazine publisher, reaching over 15 million Australians each year. With leading magazine titles in almost every category, ACP Magazines sells over three magazines every second. Some of the major brands include The Australian Women’s Weekly, Woman’s Day, Harper’s BAZAAR, Cosmopolitan, Belle, Men’s Style, Ralph, Take 5, TV Week and Australian House & Garden.

ACP Media is a subsidiary of ACP Magazines Limited and is New Zealand's leading magazine publisher with some of the country's most popular magazines, including Woman's Day, The Australian Women's Weekly, Next, Taste and iconic titles such as Metro and North & South.

ACP Magazines’ Trader Group includes Auto Trader, Deals On Wheels, Motorcycle Trader & News, Trade-A-Boat and Buy Sell & Exchange.

Ticketek is the leading ticketing company for the live entertainment industries in Australia and New Zealand. With a focus on superior service, innovative products and market-leading technology, Ticketek sells some 12 million tickets to more than 13,000 events each year.

Acer Arena is the largest indoor live entertainment and sporting arena in Australia. One of the major venues for the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games, the $200 million complex was designed and constructed to set new benchmarks in urban design, access for people with disabilities, spectator comfort, operation efficiency and Olympic serviceability.

carsales.com is Australia’s number one automotive website, delivering more than 500,000 vehicle searches a day. The carsales.com network is the clear market leader in automotive, construction and equipment, marine and motorcycle classifieds.

ninemsn is the number one online media company reaching over 7.9 million Australian’s every month and capturing over 73% of Australia’s online audience.

mathletics.com.au is an mathematical educational website that allows students to create their own online identity to compete against other children from Australia and around the world. Since launching in 2005, the subscriber-driven Mathletics site has been used by more than 400,000 students mostly in Australia and New Zealand with more than 30,000 people accessing the site every day.

PBL Media was formed in October 2006 as a 50:50 joint venture between the then Publishing and Broadcasting Limited and private equity fund managers CVC Asia Pacific Limited. 

In September 2007, Publishing and Broadcasting Limited split its businesses into two publicly listed companies: a gaming company, Crown, and a media company, Consolidated Media Holdings.

Following the split, Publishing and Broadcasting Limited transferred its 50% ownership of PBL Media to Consolidated Media Holdings (CMH).