▁holding ▁ 1 0 %. ▁In ▁ 1 9 9 5 , ▁Sto kes ▁acquired ▁ 1 9 . 9 % ▁of ▁the ▁public ▁company ▁and ▁was ▁elected ▁chairman . ▁Short ly ▁after ▁it ▁acquired ▁Sun sh ine ▁Television , ▁a ▁Seven ▁Network ▁affili ate ▁in ▁regional ▁Queensland , ▁Sun sh ine ▁Television ' s ▁regional ▁stations ▁effectively ▁became ▁a ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁Seven ▁Network , ▁identical ▁in ▁appearance ▁and ▁programming ▁to ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁the ▁business ' ▁stations . ▁Seven ▁Queensland ▁won ▁the ▁annual ▁audience ▁ratings ▁for ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 8 . ▁ ▁The ▁year ▁ 2 0 0 0 ▁saw ▁Seven ▁as ▁the ▁host ▁broad c aster ▁for ▁the ▁Sydney ▁Olympics . ▁The ▁Network ▁adopted ▁a ▁new ▁logo . ▁In ▁ 2 0 0 3 , ▁Sto kes ▁appointed ▁David ▁Le ck ie ▁as ▁CE O ▁of ▁Seven ▁and ▁Peter ▁Me ak in ▁as ▁Head ▁of ▁News ▁and ▁Current ▁Affairs . ▁In ▁January ▁ 2 0 0 6 , ▁the ▁Seven ▁Network , ▁Pacific ▁Magazine ▁and ▁online ▁portal ▁Y ahoo ! ▁Australia ▁and ▁New ▁Zealand ▁combined ▁in ▁a ▁joint ▁vent ure ▁to ▁form ▁Y ahoo ! 7 , ▁representing ▁all ▁three ▁companies ' ▁online ▁assets . ▁This ▁vent ure ▁is ▁now ▁Australia ' s ▁most ▁popular ▁internet ▁portal ▁ ▁and ▁the ▁joint ▁vent ure ▁is ▁driving ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁online ▁and ▁IP TV ▁business es . ▁Seven ▁is ▁building ▁and ▁acqu iring ▁a ▁range ▁of ▁broad band ▁business es , ▁including ▁wireless ▁broad band ▁group ▁Un