It was originally owned and operated by United Telecasters Sydney Limited (UTSL), and began transmission on 5 April 1965 with the highlight of the opening night being the variety special TV Spells Magic.

Shareholders in United Telecasters included Amalgamated Wireless, Colonial Sugar Refining and Email with 14% each, Bank of New South Wales with 7.5% and the NRMA with 2.5%.

[2] TEN often lagged in the ratings behind the more established commercial channels TCN (Nine) and ATN (Seven) who had dominated viewing habits in Sydney for eight years.

The turning point came in 1972 with the premiere of the raunchy soap opera series Number 96 which immediately lifted TEN's overall profile and helped raise the ailing network to No.

These studios feature a large open plan newsroom and news-set where all Ten's national and local Sydney news bulletins are produced.

When TEN-10 opened in 1965, it operated from newly built studio facilities at North Ryde, these were sold in the 1990s when the network underwent financial turmoil.

Following the move from North Ryde in 1991, TEN relocated to a small warehouse in Ultimo, and then to new studios in nearby Pyrmont in May 1997.

The Brisbane and Sydney bulletins are presented by Sandra Sully, combining local opt-outs for news, sport and weather with some shared content.