Andrew Elstermann for WA Today:

Residents in regional Western Australia have been cut off from watching Channel 9 programs on their televisions after the network was unable to strike a deal with the state's licence holders WIN and Prime.

Nine released a statement on Friday morning saying WIN and Prime rejected all offers to find a reasonable negotiated agreement despite Nine concluding new program supply agreements for all other regional licence areas across Australia.

All Nine, GEM and GO programming ceased to broadcast in from midnight last night.

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