ABC Family (Australian TV channel)

ABC Family

Logo used since 2024
Type	Older children's programming • Family programming
Country	Australia
Broadcast area	Nationally
Network	ABC Television
Programming
Language(s)	English
Picture format	576i SDTV
Ownership
Owner	Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Sister channels	ABC TV ABC TV HD ABC Entertains ABC Kids ABC News
History
Launched	7 March 2005; 19 years ago (7 March 2005) (as ABC2)
Former names	ABC2 (2005–2017) ABC Comedy (2017–2020) ABC TV Plus (2021–2024)
Links
Website	www.abc.net.au/tv
Availability
Terrestrial
ABN Sydney (DVB-T)	546/674 @ 12 (226.5 MHz)[1]
ABV Melbourne (DVB-T)	562/690 @ 12 (226.5 MHz)
ABQ Brisbane (DVB-T)	578/706 @ 12 (226.5 MHz)
ABS Adelaide (DVB-T)	594 @ 12 (226.5 MHz)
ABW Perth/Mandurah (DVB-T)	738 @ 12 (226.5 MHz)
ABT Hobart (DVB-T)	626 @ 8 (191.5 MHz)
ABD Darwin (DVB-T)	642 @ 30 (543.5 MHz)
Freeview	22 (shared with ABC Kids)
Streaming media
ABC iview live stream (Available to Australian viewers only)

ABC Family is an Australian free-to-air television channel owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and part of its ABC Television network. The channel broadcasts a range of family and teen entertainment programming. The channel operates between the hours of 07:30pm and 04:00am AEST/AEDT daily. The channel's bandwidth is used for the ABC Kids channel for young children during the remaining hours of the day.

The channel was launched on 7 March 2005 as ABC2. It was rebranded as ABC Comedy on 4 December 2017, with a format focused on comedy programming. On 1 January 2021, it was rebranded as ABC TV Plus and returned to a general entertainment format.^[2] In May 2024, it was announced that the channel would rebrand as ABC Family on 3 June 2024.^[3]