 At the time Kerry Stokes owned ADS 7 in Adelaide, CTC 7 in Canberra and had just won the licence for NEW 10 in Perth.Stokes had planned to buy the Seven Network from John Fairfax & Sons which would have seen CTC align with ATN 7 in Sydney and HSV 7 in Melbourne.Stokes offered $100 million more than rival Christopher Skase for Seven, but was ultimately unsuccessful.