Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Television

ABC TV

The ABC operates a single nationwide TV channel, ABC TV. Each state and territory has a slightly different version of ABC TV. The differences between these are small, consisting of a nightly news program, a weekly current affairs program, a weekly sports program during winter, state election specials and the very rare other program. These regional versions are listed below with the name of their main transmitter.

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• ABC ACT - ABC-9 Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
• ABC Northern - ABD-6 Darwin, Northern Territory
• ABC NSW - ABN-2 Sydney, New South Wales
• ABC Queensland - ABQ-2 Brisbane, Queensland
• ABC Southern - ABS-2 Adelaide, South Australia
• ABC Tasmania - ABT-2 Hobart, Tasmania
• ABC Victoria - ABV-2 Melbourne, Victoria
• ABC Western - ABW-2 Perth, Western Australia

ABC TV broadcasts a wide range of content, to match the broad social makeup of Australia. On ABC Television, this ranges from British comedies such as The League of Gentlemen and Absolutely Fabulous to children's programs such as Sesame Street and its own Play School. Bananas in Pyjamas is an ABC production, now seen and enjoyed by children worldwide dubbed into their own languages.

Related Topics:
The League of Gentlemen - Absolutely Fabulous - Sesame Street - Play School - Bananas in Pyjamas - Dub

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It produces specialist programs for rural viewers (such as Landline), a large range of high quality current affairs programs (notably Lateline, Australian Story, The 7.30 Report and Four Corners), whose number of foreign reporters is unmatched by other Australian networks. It also produces Australian drama and comedy. Recent notables have included the ratings hit Kath & Kim and The Glass House, joining the crypt of Australian TV treasures: Frontline, The Micallef Program, The Games , The Late Show, Mother and Son and Good News Week. Finally, ABC TV is one of the few stations that will air quite controversial shows such as the comedy series CNNNN and the 1992 reality television series Sylvania Waters.

Related Topics:
Landline - Current affairs - Lateline - Australian Story - The 7.30 Report - Four Corners - Kath & Kim - The Glass House - Frontline - The Micallef Program - The Games - The Late Show - Mother and Son - Good News Week - CNNNN - Reality television - Sylvania Waters

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ABC News & Current Affairs

The ABC produces many news and current affairs programs these include

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The Midday Report, ABC NEWS 7pm, The 7:30 Report, Four Corners, Australian Story, Foreign Correspondent, Media Watch, Stateline, Lateline, Landline

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ABC Sport

The ABC also shows a great range of sports not shown by commercial stations these sports include Netball, Tennis, Lawn Bowls & Basketball. The ABC also has a strong focus on state football codes which include QRL, NSWRU, VFL, SANFL & WAFL.

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ABC2

On March 7th, 2005, ABC2 was launched ABC News Article. It is largely a combination of the ABC Kids channel and a CBC Newsworld-like proposal called ABC Daily. It screens prodominantly repeated ABC news and current affairs programs, compilations of ABC news bulletin stories with some additional reporting, children's programming, music documentaries and state football.

Related Topics:
ABC2 - ABC Kids - CBC Newsworld - ABC Daily

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