Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is Australia's national public broadcaster. Originally created in 1932 as a radio network, the Corporation has gradually expanded and diversified into all forms of mainstream media, providing television, radio and online services throughout metropolitan and regional Australia, and overseas via its Asia-Pacific Television service and Radio Australia. The Corporation also runs a chain of ABC Shops selling books and audio/video recordings related to its programs, and publishes its own magazines.

Related Topics:
Australia - Public broadcaster - Television - Radio - Online - Radio Australia - ABC Shop

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The ABC is non-commercial, and is funded almost entirely by direct annual grants from the federal budget. This is in contrast with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBC and public broadcasting in New Zealand, which receive substantial revenue from advertising, and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), which receives the bulk of its revenue from licence fees (these were abolished in Australia in 1974).

Related Topics:
CBC - Public broadcasting in New Zealand - (BBC) - Licence fee

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