TND (TV station)
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Television broadcasting |
| Founded | 1998 |
| Headquarters | Darwin , Australia |
Area served | Darwin, Palmerston, and nearby localities |
| Products | Television broadcasting |
| Owner | Seven West Media |
TND is a television broadcaster based in Darwin, Northern Territory, established in 1998 under the name Seven Darwin. It serves the regions of Darwin, Palmerston, and nearby localities. The station is owned by Seven West Media and competes primarily with Nine Network's owned-and-operated outlet, NTD.
Programming
At its inception, TND-34 functioned largely as a retransmission of SCB's remote Australia satellite feed Seven Central, featuring localized advertisements inserted at SCB’s Townsville playout facility and transmitted via Optus Transcontinental Fibre Optic cable. The channel also broadcasts Seven News Brisbane segments originating from BTQ.
Between 2005 and 2008, TND maintained secondary affiliations with Network 10 following NTD-8's switch to Nine Darwin. During this interval, the station was rebranded as Southern Cross Darwin. Since 2008, it has operated with exclusive affiliation to the Seven Network.
Similar to its affiliated stations in Tasmania and Spencer Gulf/Broken Hill, the primary association remains with the Seven Network. The affiliation with Network Ten was transitioned in 2008 to a digital-only tertiary channel, in accordance with Australian Communications and Media Authority guidelines.
Despite these adjustments, Seven Central continued as a fully Seven Network-aligned service for remote Australia, incorporating select 10 Sport content after competitor Imparja Television relinquished its Network Ten licence.
In 2008, Southern Cross Darwin discontinued broadcasting Network Ten programming, which was transferred to Darwin Digital Television. Currently, the station exclusively retransmits Seven Network content sourced from Melbourne, notwithstanding the time zone difference between the Northern Territory and Victoria.
On 1 July 2018, Southern Cross’ Seven-affiliated stations adopted standardised Seven Network branding, reinstating the Seven Darwin identity after ten years. During the AFL season, Seven Darwin holds broadcasting rights for AFL NT matches on sister channel 7two, primarily covering weekend daytime fixtures.
The launch of 7HD occurred on 26 November 2018.
The acquisition of Southern Cross Austereo's Seven-affiliated stations by Seven West Media was finalised in July 2025.
News updates
Under former ownership, a dedicated local Seven News bulletin servicing Darwin and Central Australia was broadcast until 2000. Local news updates for Darwin recommenced in 2005, merged with remote Australia bulletins in 2013, and were separated once more in 2018. These brief three-minute updates are aired throughout the day on ITQ/QQQ for remote audiences and on TND in Darwin, produced from studios located in Launceston.