ABC1

ABC1 is a television channel from Disney which initially launched exclusively on the British Digital terrestrial television platform Freeview on September 27, 2004. On December 10 2004 it was launched on Telewest's digital cable service, and soon afterwards on the NTL digital cable service.

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The schedule consists of American drama, comedy and soap. These are mainly from the ABC network, such as Sports Night and General Hospital. The channel also shows two programmes from sports network ESPN which is also ABC-owned. A few of its programmes such as 8 Simple Rules and Home Improvement are also seen in the UK on the ABC-owned Disney Channel.

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On February 28 and March 1, 2005, the network shook up its schedule by introducing two major new comedies, Hope and Faith and Less Than Perfect to sandwich around the big ratings success of 8 Simple Rules — the two shows mark the most recent imports from ABC. On May 31 the channel indroduced Rodney to its schedule at 4pm weekdays and from the 4th July ABC1 began to air Scrubs, which is also seen on other UK channels.

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On August 30, 2005 ABC1 was launched on the Sky Digital satellite platform. The channel is encrypted as part of the basic Sky package, and is therefore not free-to-air, in contrast to its unencrypted status on Freeview and Cable television.

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For the first year after launching ABC1 broadcast from 6am to 6pm only. Commencing 26 September 2005, the channel has broadcast 24 hours a day on Sky Digital and Cable services. However, the channel currently remains restricted to its original 12 hour slot on Freeview. ABC1 added US drama Kevin Hill to its schedule on 26 September. The channel will also be showing Less Than Perfect Season 2, 8 Simple Rules Season 3 and Sports Night Season 2 in due course.

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