Network Ten (commonly known as
Channel Ten or simply
Ten, stylised as
TEN), is an Australian commercial broadcasting network owned by
Ten Network Holdings, and is headquartered in
Pyrmont, New South Wales. It is the third Australian
free-to-air television network to make its debut after
Nine Network in 1956 and
Seven Network in 1956. It first aired on August 1, 1964 in Melbourne. Network Ten is the fourth of all the five national
free-to-air networks in Australia, after the
ABC. Its
owned-and-operated stations can be found in the capital cities of Sydney,
Melbourne,
Brisbane,
Adelaide and
Perth, while
affiliates extend the network to cover most of the country. The channel's name became a
backronym for "The Entertainment Network" during the early-1990s.