Norwest NET TV will showcase the region

Sydneyls booming north-west is to get its own online media network to service the diverse commercial and industrial sectors and the general community with news views and information about the region.

Every day a new venture is established or a business - from a small enterprise to a major international company - considers relocating or opening its doors somewhere in the Baulkham Hills local government area (LGA); not to mention the increasing number of new residents attracted to the "Garden Shire".

An economic snapshot shows the LGA has 33,089 businesses (ABS 2004), approximately 20 per cent more than in Parramatta, the "capital" of Western Sydney; unemployment in the June quarter 2006 was 3.8 per cent compared with the metropolitan figure of 4.6 per cent; the population increased by 2.2 per in 2005 making it the second LGA in NSW in terms of population increase; and retail spending of $1.2 billion in 2005/06 was approximately 10 per cent above the national average.

With these figures in mind and the overall economic potential of the region, an online media network has been formed to provide news, views and information of interest to the LGAls business sector and residents.

Hugh Kelly, owner of the BellaVista Executive Centre, and Dmitry Greku, publisher of this publication, "Business Resource and Lifestyle Magazine" have formed a joint venture, Norwest NET TV, to service the business and residential markets.

"The region is well-served by local newspapers but we saw a gap in the market for such a venture to provide an electronic and innovative means of communication at the local level. Dmitryls idea caught my imagination and we went from there," Mr Kelly said.

"Norwest NET TV will showcase the region, provide information on business and community activities, conduct interviews with leading business and community leaders, broadcast corporate videos while providing an additional and impactful means for advertisers to promote their goods and services to the local market," Dmitry Greku said.

Source: GWP Business Resource & Lifestyle Magazine, Nov/Dec 2006