ABC News (Australian TV channel)

"ABC News (TV channel)" and "ABC 24" redirect here. For the Australian news department which provides contents to this channel, see ABC News (Australia). For the American news organization, see ABC News (United States). For American Broadcasting Company television affiliates, see ABC 24 (disambiguation).

ABC News
TypeNews and current affairs
CountryAustralia
Broadcast areaNationally and Worldwide
NetworkABC Television
HeadquartersUltimo, New South Wales
Programming
Language(s)English
Picture format576i SDTV
Ownership
OwnerAustralian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister channelsABC TV
ABC TV HD
ABC Entertains
ABC Kids
ABC Family
History
Launched22 July 2010; 14 years ago (22 July 2010)
ReplacedABC HD (HD channel space; 2008–10, relaunched on 6 Dec 2016)
Former namesABC News 24 (2010–2017)
Links
Websiteabc.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)
FreeviewChannel 24
Streaming media
ABC iviewABC iview Live Stream
abc.net.auABC News Live Stream (Australia only)
YouTubeLive Stream

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]

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]

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 8 May 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "ABC to launch 24-hour news channel". ABC News Online. 21 January 2010. Archived from the original on 27 June 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  3. ^ Draper, Dan (5 April 2010). "New ABC news channel to be called 'ABC News 24'". The Tube. Archived from the original on 9 March 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  4. ^ Knox, David (21 January 2010). "ABC announces 24/7 News channel". TV Tonight. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  5. ^ "ABC to launch 24hr news channel next week". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 13 July 2010. Archived from the original on 15 July 2010. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  6. ^ "ABC News 24 will launch on Thursday 22 July". The Spy Report. Media Spy. 13 July 2010. Archived from the original on 27 April 2011. Retrieved 13 July 2010.
  7. ^ "ABC is changing to HD". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 9 November 2016. Retrieved 9 November 2016.