ABC1 (British and Irish TV channel)

This article is about a defunct British television channel. For a grouping of social grades in the United Kingdom, see NRS social grade. For other uses, see ABC1 (disambiguation).

ABC1
Programming
Picture format576i (4:3 SDTV)
Ownership
OwnerDisney–ABC Television Group (50%)
Sky plc (50%)
History
Launched27 September 2004; 20 years ago (2004-09-27)
Closed26 September 2007; 17 years ago (2007-09-26)
Replaced byPlayhouse Disney + (Sky)
Sky Arts
Links
Websitewww.abc1tv.co.uk (archive)
Availability
(at time of closure)
Terrestrial
FreeviewChannel 15 (except Wales)
(06:00 - 18:00)

ABC1 was a television channel owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company (50%) and Sky plc (50%), available to the viewers in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. ABC1 used the branding of the Disney-owned American network, ABC.

The channel had general entertainment programming with programming from the US parent channel, apart from the weekend morning programming block Playhouse Disney, which was aimed at children and also aired on Disney Channel in the United States of America.[1][2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference ks was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Deans, Jason (5 August 2004). "ABC spells out plans for Freeview channel". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 February 2014.