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overview
holdings
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holdings
US broadcasting behemoth Clear
Channel Communications has a presence in Australia through
partnerships with INM subsidiary APN,
with Austereo and with DMG.
Overall it controls around 1,170 radio stations and 19
television stations in the US—nothing, it seems,
exceeds like success—and has major overseas interests
(for example a stake in over 118 Mexican radio stations).
Clear owns -
- radio
research companies, radio trade magazines, regional
news networks,
- Premier
Radio Networks - syndicated programming,
- Mediabase,
an airplay monitoring system and
- Adshel,
an international outdoor advertising company with around
700,000 billboards
Clear Channel Outdoor has an estimated 700,000 displays
(eg roadside billboards, taxi backs, space in shopping
malls and airports) in over 37 countries. Display related
operations include -
- Clear
Channel Airports
- Clear
Channel Taxi Media
- Clear
Channel Spectacolor
- Clear
Channel Adshel
- Clear
Channel Malls
- Clear
Channel Independent (62.5%) South Africa - 37.5% by
INM
- Hainan
White Horse Advertising Media Investment (50%) China
- Expoplakat
(40%) Estonia
- Sirocco
International SA (50%) France
- Adshel
Street Furniture (50%) Australia and New Zealand - 50%
by APN
- Capital
City Posters (30%) Singapore
- Master
& More (31.9%) Thailand
Clear
had extensive performance promotion and venue management
interests, spun off as Live Nation.
They centred on -
- the
largest US rock concert promoter, SFX Entertainment
(acquired for US$4.4 billion in 2000 and rebadged as
Clear Channel Entertainment),
- over
100 concert venues,
Australian holdings
Clear's major Australian
presence is through its 50% stake in the Australian Radio
Network, half-owned by the O'Reilly controlled APN.
ARN stations include -
WS
FM - Sydney
MIX 106.5 - Sydney
Gold FM - Melbourne
MIX 101.1 - Melbourne
4KQ - Brisbane
5DN - Adelaide
MIX 102.3 - Adelaide
In
New Zealand, ARN has a one
third interest in The Radio Network (TRN), the leading
commercial broadcaster with 55 stations.
APN's Pan TV is a joint venture between ARN, public sector
broadcaster SBS and Australian
Capital Equity. Its World Movies pay tv channel is distributed
by the three pay tv carriers - Foxtel, Optus and Austar
- and accessed by about 15% of pay tv homes.
Clear Channel has a stake in Adshel Street Furniture outdoor
advertising holdings include (partnership with APN)
Clear Channel Independent—a major outdoor advertising
operation in South Africa—is controlled by Clear,
with a 37.5% stake held by INM.
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