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| Type | Public broadcaster |
|---|---|
| Branding | ABC |
| Country | Australia |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Headquarters | ABC Ultimo Centre 700 Harris Street Ultimo NSW 2007 |
Broadcast area | Australia, the Pacific islands and South-East Asia |
| Owner | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Launch date | 5 November 1956 |
| Channel 2/21, 20 (HD), 22, 23, 24 | |
Picture format | 576i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
Television | In Australia: ABC TV / ABC HD ABC Kids / ABC Family ABC Entertains ABC News In South East Asia and the Pacific Islands: ABC Australia |
Official website | www |
| Language | English |
ABC Television is the general name for the national television services of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). Until an organisational restructure in 2017/2018, ABC Television was also the name of a division of the ABC. The name was also used to refer to the first and for many years the only national ABC channel, before it was renamed ABC1 and then again to ABC TV.
The Australian public broadcaster's television service was launched in November 1956 from its first television station in Australia, ABN Sydney. This was the second one in the country, with the commercial channel TCN having launched two months earlier. An ABC television network covering every state and territory was completed by 1971, and in 2000 the television operations joined the ABC radio and online divisions at the Corporation's Ultimo headquarters in Sydney in 2000.
The ABC as of 2021[update] provides five non-commercial channels within Australia, headed by its flagship ABC TV channel, as well as ABC Australia, a satellite channel broadcast to South-East Asia, partially funded by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and advertisers. Some radio channels are also broadcast via the television network. The ABC local stations in the capital cities carry opt-outs for local programming, used chiefly for nightly news broadcasts. ABC Television also broadcasts via its streaming and video-on-demand service, ABC iview, available via its website and a mobile app.
ABC Television is one of five main free-to-air networks in Australia.