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ENT Ltd, standing for Examiner-Northern TV Ltd, was a Launceston, Tasmania, Australia based media company owned by Edmund Rouse, which was sold off in the early 1990s after a bribery scandal.

Past entities that ENT has been in direct control of (most, but not all, at the same time):

  • The Examiner Newspaper (Launceston)
  • 7EX (Launceston radio station)
  • 7HT (Hobart radio station)
  • 3SR, 3UL, 3UZ (Melbourne radio stations)
  • Four Californian radio stations
  • Two Oregon radio stations
  • TVT-6 (Hobart TV station, TasTV)
  • TNT-9 (Launceston TV station, TasTV)
  • BTV-6 (Ballarat TV station, VIC TV)
  • GMV-6 (Goulbourn Valley TV station, VIC TV)
  • STV-8 (Mildura TV station)
  • 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.