When Stephanie "Hex" Bendixsen was weighing up the pros and cons of a move from the ABC to commercial TV last year, she says she turned to a senior woman who works "behind the scenes" in the industry for some confidential advice.

The telegenic presenter had been offered more money to make the switch – she won't confirm or deny the rumour she has gone to Seven – from ABC2's Good Game, on which she had worked since 2009.

"She said to me, 'This could be a really exciting opportunity for you, but if you really love what you're doing, you shouldn't feel that you have to move. You're young, you have your whole life ahead of you to make a switch'," Bendixsen recalls.

"And then she asked me, 'How old are you, by the way?' I said 31. And there was silence. And then she said, 'I would probably be thinking about doing something substantial sooner rather than later'."