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Type | Older children's programming • Family programming |
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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 | (as ABC2)
Former names | ABC2 (2005–2017) ABC Comedy (2017–2020) ABC TV Plus (2021–2024) |
Links | |
Website | www |
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]
ABC Family rebrand
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