History
Origins
Yahoo!'s services originally came to Australia in 1997 with Yahoo! Australia launching on 1 September that year. [1]
Seven Media Group founded i7 in September 2000 as their online service. [2] In October 2001, Seven partnered with internet service provider AOL and established a joint venture called AOL7 in an attempt to boost the i7 platform. However, the partnership was unsuccessful with AOL reporting its biggest quarterly loss in U.S. history in April 2002, [3] and Seven and AOL later selling the venture to Primus Telecommunications in February 2004. [4] i7 was replaced by Seven's new website, Seven.com.au, soon afterwards.
AOL is an American web portal and online service provider based in New York City. It is a brand marketed by Verizon Media.
Yahoo7
Yahoo7 was founded in January 2006 as a cross-media entity which would expand the content distribution networks of both internet-centric Yahoo and broadcast corporation Seven Media Group (now Seven West Media). Yahoo7's logo incorporates Yahoo! branding with Seven West Media's red "7". Yahoo7 replaced Yahoo!'s Australian and New Zealand websites which had been in operation since September 1997, [1] taking on the majority of Seven's online operations in the process. Ryan Stokes, current chairman of Seven's Pacific Magazines division, said in a media release that the Yahoo7 entity would provide a "leading platform to engage the online audiences with the best global products and locally relevant media content for their connected lives". [5]
Pacific Magazines is a magazine publisher operating in Australia, owned by Seven West Media.
In December 2006, Yahoo7 expanded its presence in New Zealand by partnering with Telecom New Zealand to establish Yahoo!Xtra. The venture was rebranded as Yahoo! New Zealand in April 2011 after Telecom sold its 49% share back to Yahoo7.
New Zealand is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses—the North Island, and the South Island —and around 600 smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long period of isolation, New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal, fungal, and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland.
Yahoo!Xtra was a New Zealand web portal that existed under that name from 2007 to 2011. It was a joint venture between Yahoo!7 and Telecom New Zealand. Yahoo!7 held a 51 percent stake in the company and Telecom NZ held 49 percent. Because Yahoo!7 is a 50/50 venture, Yahoo! proper was therefore a 25.5% owner of Yahoo!Xtra. Telecom announced in April 2011 that it had sold its share to Yahoo!7 and Yahoo!Xtra was rebranded as Yahoo! New Zealand.
In recent years, Yahoo7 has made a series of high-profile online acquisitions to supplement its core search and marketing businesses. The company purchased Australian sports tipping site OzTips in mid-2010 [6] and acquired Australian group buying site Spreets for $40m in early 2011. [7] Spreets saw its membership increase by 140 per cent to 1.18m since the acquisition. [8]
In March 2018, Seven West Media sold its 50% stake in Yahoo7 to Oath. This is despite earlier reports where Oath would sell their stake. By this time, Seven was in the process of uncoupling its services from Yahoo7, through the establishment of 7plus replacing Plus 7 and their travel website: 7Travel. The sale is set to go through by August this year. [9]
Products and services
Online content
Yahoo7 derives its content from a number of sources including Seven West Media's flagship media properties Seven Network and Pacific Magazines, and a variety of news and online media sites, as well as third-party content from Sony. The company runs a number of online sections which collate and augment content from these media outlets, including TV content supplementing Seven's programming and a Lifestyle portal that draws on content from Yahoo7, Pacific Magazines and Seven among others. Yahoo7 also publishes an increasing volume of online-only content to supplement Seven West Media's print and broadcast channels, particularly lifestyle journalism and rich media published through the Yahoo7 Lifestyle section.
Plus7
In January 2010, Yahoo7 launched Plus7, an online catch-up portal for viewers to stream select TV shows with locked commercials and Seven News updates for a limited period of time after airing. [10] The free service allows users to watch a range of video content on demand, full length episodes from Channel Seven, 7mate and other content partners. The service has been compared to the ABC iview which performs a similar function.
The Plus7 was released for Android and iOS in 2013. Plus7 is now available on desktop, mobile and tablet devices as well as other platforms including Fetch TV, Xbox, PlayStation and Telstra TBox. [11]
Web
Yahoo7 also hosts a localised version of its Yahoo! communication and search as well as other vertical search services such as Yahoo7 Answers.
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The Seven Network is a major Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by Seven West Media Limited, and is one of five main free-to-air television networks in Australia. Channel Seven head office is based in Sydney.
Kerry Matthew Stokes, is an Australian businessman. He holds business interests in a diverse range of industries including electronic and print media, property, mining, and construction equipment. He is most widely known as the chairman of the Seven Network, one of the largest broadcast repeating corporations in Australia. He was invested as a Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AC) in recognition of his contributions to Australian business.
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Seven Group Holdings Limited is an Australian diversified operating and investment group in the media, mining and construction industries.
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Hybrid Television Services (ANZ) Pty Limited is the exclusive licensee of TiVo products in Australia and New Zealand. Hybrid TV is owned by New Zealand broadcaster TVNZ (33%) and Australian Seven Media Group (67%).
Quickflix is an Australian and New Zealand streaming company offering a selection of movies over a range of smart TVs, games consoles, Blu-ray players, desktops, laptops, mobiles, tablets and other devices. Premium content, which includes the latest release movies, is available through Quickflix.
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Campus Insiders was a college sports website and internet television service. It was owned by a joint venture between IMG College and Silver Chalice.
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