ABC News (Australian TV channel)
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The ABC News channel is an Australian 24-hour news channel launched and owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.[2][3][4] The channel replaced and used the then-former ABC HD channel space (which simulcast ABC TV in high definition) and commenced broadcasting as ABC News 24 at 7:30 pm (AEST) on Thursday, 22 July 2010.[5][6]
Type | News and current affairs |
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Country | Australia |
Broadcast area | Nationally and Worldwide |
Network | ABC Television |
Headquarters | Ultimo, New South Wales |
Programming | |
Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 576i SDTV |
Ownership | |
Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Sister channels | ABC TV ABC TV HD ABC Entertains ABC Kids ABC Family |
History | |
Launched | 22 July 2010; 13 years ago (22 July 2010) |
Replaced | ABC HD (HD channel space; 2008–10, relaunched on 6 Dec 2016) |
Former names | ABC News 24 (2010–2017) |
Links | |
Website | abc.net.au |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
ABN Sydney (DVB-T) | 544 @ 12 (226.5 MHz)[1] |
ABV Melbourne (DVB-T) | 560 @ 12 (226.5 MHz) |
ABQ Brisbane (DVB-T) | 576 @ 12 (226.5 MHz) |
ABS Adelaide (DVB-T) | 592 @ 12 (226.5 MHz) |
ABW Perth/Mandurah (DVB-T) | 736 @ 12 (226.5 MHz) |
ABT Hobart (DVB-T) | 624 @ 8 (191.5 MHz) |
ABD Darwin (DVB-T) | 640 @ 30 (543.5 MHz) |
Freeview | Channel 24 |
Streaming media | |
ABC iview | ABC iview Live Stream |
abc.net.au | ABC News Live Stream (Australia only) |
YouTube | Live Stream |
The network is a division of the ABC's News and Current Affairs department. The majority of the channel's content is produced from the studios of the ABC's Sydney station, ABN, in Ultimo, Sydney which the public can view being presented from an atrium looking into the news presentation studio. The ABC's breakfast television programme, News Breakfast, Afternoon Briefing and the evening programme The World is produced at ABV Southbank, Melbourne (weekdays).
Due to the relaunch of ABC HD on 6 December 2016, the picture format of the ABC News channel was reduced to standard definition.[7]