Ten’s Eleven and One channels to become ‘Ten Boss’ and ’10 Peach’ in network rebrand
Ten is expected to rebrand its One and Eleven stations as ’10 Peach’ and ‘Ten Boss’ ahead of unveiling its 2019 line up at its Upfronts in two weeks.
Over the past three months, the network has applied for Trademarks of the ’10 Peach’ and ‘Ten Boss’ names. Ten Boss has been approved by IP Australia while 10 Peach is still under consideration.
A Ten spokesperson told Mumbrella: “We can’t wait to share all the exciting initiatives we have coming up at our Upfronts event, which is a week and a half away.”
The plans, first revealed by the Melbourne Herald-Sun, will see the two channels relaunch as part of CBS’s refresh of the struggling network.
CBS became the surprise owner of the network last November six months after its collapse following a withdrawal of financial support by interests controlled by WIN owner Bruce Gordon, Lachlan Murdoch and James Packer..
Since taking control of Ten, CBS has pulled the network out of the MCN sales joint venture with News owned Foxtel and announced it will launch its streaming service, CBS All Access, locally by the end of the year.
Eleven was launched in 2010 as a ‘distinctly youthful’ channel in a joint venture with CBS. The network pushed many of its staple programs including Neighbours and The Simpsons onto the new channel. Ten lost its rights to The Simpsons and other 21st Century Fox programming following the network going into administration and CBS’s subsequent takeover.
One was established a year earlier in an ambitious plan to be Australia’s only 24 hour free-to-air sports channel. The experiment lasted two years before the channel moved to a general entertainment format.
Wonder if the logos are blue and pink?
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I wonder if the news will be rebranded CBS Ten Eyewitness News?
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Wow, pretty bad names they’ve chosen
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The new names are disgusting and I can’t see how they represent the viewer. Ten Boss sounds like male dominator and peach will it just sounds aweful.
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Sorry but do not like either for tv channel names. Sounds more like toiletries !
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Horrible names, epic fail.
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What a load of rubbish. Couldn’t they come up with decent names? They sound childish, can’t believe grown men could come up with names lile peach and boss!
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I know they need to do something pretty bold, but this does not sound like a good idea at all… hopefully the upfront will make it sound less awful
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Who cares what they call them.
If they just continue to run endless repeats then nothing will change and TV audiences will just continue to be treated with contempt. So much choice and nothing fresh to watch.
I have gone back to reading at night.
Isn’t that peachy!
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People go to uni and get paid to come up with TV channel names like that? You don’t need to spend money on research to work out this will be a big fail. How long till they are subsequently willing to change it to something better? Nothing wrong with keeping the meaningful current names, do a relaunch and changing the content.
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Thanks for the hearty laugh TEN!
And I’m still laughing!!!!
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What a waste of money.
Peach and Boss? What genius can up with those names and how many thousands of dollars did it cost!
I suppose Ten Eyewitness News, a brand that Has grown with many Australians, will be changed to Ten, News First!!!
Dumb and dumber running Ten at the moment and I’ll guarantee CBS had nothing to do with it.
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Is this a joke or are they seriously that desperate?
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I quite like the names. They’re distinctive and bold in a market with weak content and even worse channel names.
Having said that, I’ll never actually see the products or the content. Since Netflix and Stan came into my life I have no idea what free-tv is like these days.
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Sexist AF.
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I can only imagine Ten Boss will have shows like The Apprentice, Mash, Fishing and 4X4 driving shows.
Ten Peach will have dumbed down sitcoms like roseanne and stupid reality TV shows.
I have an idea, why don’t they just get rid of 10 altogether, and relaunch as ‘Channel 4’, which is their current position in the ratings. They will be in 4th place behind ABC, 9 and 7 for the foreseeable future and I can’t see this changing with rubbish content.
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Awful names and a pointless change if the (awful) content stays the same.
Where’s CBS? And the first thing they need to do is sort out the main channel programming in the hope it can actually attract a few more viewers.
They might also consider why 10 News is pulling in about half the numbers it was getting 10 or 15 years ago.
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I know they’ve tried sport and it didn’t work because it’s too expensive to buy the best sports but why don’t they rebrand one of their multichannels to 24/7 movies? If they only had ads between movies it would be a good alternative to streaming/pay tv.
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Ten Boss. Really?
That’s a job title not known for its longevity. Then again, it may be apt.
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Curious to see how they make it work/look…
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This is so shockingly sexist I just have to laugh.
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People make so many assumptions about the processes and inner workings of rebranding, it’s insane. Have any of you actually worked on a rebrand? Do you know what content is going to be on each station? You’re all making incredible assumptions based on not a whole lot by the sounds.
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Isn’t that exactly what 7flix’s concept was supposed to be?
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The current names are purposely meaningless. “One” and “Eleven” are numbers without any notable associated meaning.
In contrast, “Boss” and “Peach” (if the real names), do have meaning. They are more suitable for multi-platform brands targeting specific groups of people.
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Yep, I’ve worked on rebrands of TV stations and digital platforms and know exactly how these names are developed, by swinging dicks in a boardroom.
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*and women
It’s not childish but it is terribly out of taste with the audience. Eleven has a lot of sitcoms and comedys and so I’ll continue to see it like that. Eleven doesn’t have anything decent and new. I haven’t really watched One but I think that’s all about sports (so it could have been called 10 Sports).
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The naming is important. Something that was once neutral is now opinionated.
I do agree about the programming though! I was excited to see CBS buying Ten because I was thinking we would see CBS shows. I was so wrong.
Why don’t you just watch shows on Netflix, Stan or even pirate? To be honest 9Now has been looking really good and so has SBS on Demand – if you want to watch free shiz
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Because “10” does /s
Your argument would hold some weight if they also renamed Ten. They probably think it would have some sort of brand loyalty though. They must be delusional or seriously out of touch with its audience. The people who watch The Bachelor are more likely to identify CBS. In fact, I think people of all ages would identify CBS more.
The new names don’t even fit with what the channel actually is which is the whole argument. From unopinionated to opinionated. Surely they would be careful there, right? 10 Sports and 10 Comedy would’ve been a nicer fit IMO
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You say that like 9, 7 and the ABC are better lmao
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As to your first point: I KNOW RIGHT!
Second point: ehh I don’t really watch the news. I read it.
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I just wanted to tell you that I laughed much harder at that then I should have
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@Lmao, me too. Was worth reading down this far just to see that comment.
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So… the idea is that one is for women and one is for men? …the implication being that men are always “bosses”, not women. Wow. This is woefully sexist and just embarrassingly out of touch. Plus, I personally prefer the shows on Peach. As a male, is that okay, 10?
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Boring boring boring add. Name even worse
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The New Channel Names were launched tonight are utterly ridiculous there was nothing wrong with One & Eleven as the station names all they need do is give us some fresh new programs that are good viewing
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How immature & nasty you all are.the name doesn’t change the actual programs their objective was to inform of name change and they’ve succeeded brilliantly. You’re sooking but you know the names…thus a very successful campaign aimed at you narrow minded whingers take your blinkers off geniuses! peachy happens to be my highly intelligent and adorable jack Russell. Wake up to yourselves toiletry sharon and pink Peter and red bean??? Seriously WTF
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WHAT [Edited under Mumbrella’s comment moderation policy]!!
What [Edited under Mumbrella’s comment moderation policy] thought up, then approved ‘re-branding’ 11 as ’10 Peach’. Is this American?? Are they all that effeminate??
As a male, I enjoy watching Frasier and Becker on this channel, and neither show gives me the vibe that I am delving into my feminine side.
YOU UTTERLY INCOMPETENT AMERICAN NEW OWNERS! How stupid to be sold this crock by the marketing agency you hired. I would rather buy these two shows on DVD then continually get affronted by the fact that I need to tune into ‘Peach’. Maybe you should brand every 10 channel as LEMON because this is a real lemon of a move.
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lol… Priceless… My sentiments exactly. I haven’t watched any asinine commercials in over 3 years… I love love love it!!!!!
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Ugh. So this is what happens when Americans buy you out and re-brand everything.
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So obviously sexist… I’m surprised they’re not more up to date with the tone of the world. Men are the boss & women are peachy??? Please. Welcome back to the 1950s!!
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Boss Peach?
WTF
I though flatmate got to my PVR and renamed for a laugh on me.
Sunday arvo instead of MotoGp they put Supercars on without changing their EPG- that’s slack.
Why are they not in HD too?
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Boss and Peach? Sounds like whoever it was loves Super Mario 64. Maybe 1996 was a good year for them.
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Totally agree. So sexist and why aren’t they getting called out for that?
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Since the rebranding to 10 Peach i have not been able to activate subtitles during the program “This is us”. Other people i know who also need subtitles to be able to enjoy this program are experiencing the same problem. Can you rectify this? We live around Jervis Bay.
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I can’t get Peach or Boss on my TV and don’t know why. Annoying. I used to be able to get Ch 82 before the earlier channel changes but now all the menu says is ‘no channel’ AND I want to watch the new Supernatural. aaaarrrgh!!
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So it is 10 BOLD and 10 Peach. Both still ridiculous. CBS does not get Aussies at all. This might work in America but we are not America. Whoever you paid and however much you paid them, you got done. For a start, 10 Boss you originally had was already taken and they didnt know that. Instead they exposed you to big legal action. What’s next 10 Unicorn? You dont need stupid names for your channels in order to differentiate yourselves in the market. What you need is to stop the reruns of reruns of reruns! Stop the overdose of stupid and inane reality tv shows. Try running some better and fresh new programs that actually treat your audience like they are not mindless vegetables who will watch your channels no matter rubbish is put on and you will definitely differentiate yourselves from your competition.
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Nope — they are American and making the classic error that Aussies are just like Americans.
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Why dont show Médium anymore?
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I would like to know why Charmed was taken off the air (during the week airing). I am very disappointed.
A reply would be appreciated.
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How come 10 peach doesn’t play the shows it’s listed to play I was waiting for the listed 9.30 movie called friends with kids to come on at 9.30 as listed and instead there’s some shit thing on??? God even knows what it’s called. Crap.
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