ABC3
- This article is about the ABC TV channel. For the ABC's Canberra TV station (which was on channel 3 until the early 1990s), see ABC.
ABC3 | |
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Launched | 4 December 2009 |
Network | ABC Television |
Owned by | Australian Broadcasting Corporation |
Picture format | PAL (576i) 16:9 |
Slogan | 3 - The Magic Number |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Broadcast area | Nationally |
Sister channel(s) |
ABC ABC2 ABC Kids ABC News 24 |
Website | abc.net.au/abc3 |
Availability | |
Terrestrial | |
ABN Sydney (DVB-T) | 548 @ 12 (226.5 MHz)[1] |
ABV Melbourne (DVB-T) | 564 @ 12 (226.5 MHz) |
ABQ Brisbane (DVB-T) | 580 @ 12 (226.5 MHz) |
ABS Adelaide (DVB-T) | 596 @ 12 (226.5 MHz) |
ABW Perth/Mandurah (DVB-T) | 740 @ 12 (226.5 MHz) |
ABT Hobart (DVB-T) | 628 @ 8 (191.5 MHz) |
ABD Darwin (DVB-T) | 644 @ 30 (543.5 MHz) |
Freeview ABC (virtual) | 23 |
Satellite | |
Foxtel/Austar (virtual) | 723 |
VAST (virtual) | 23 |
Cable | |
Foxtel/Austar/Optus (virtual) | 723 |
ABC3 is an Australian children's public digital television multichannel owned by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It launched on 4 December 2009 at 6pm,[2] with the Countdown to 3 airing beforehand at 5pm on ABC TV with Australian prime minister at the time, Kevin Rudd appearing.
History
In September 2007, the Australian government announced a proposal to launch a new digital-only children's channel, ABC3.[3] An ABC3 channel appeared on television receivers in 2008, as a placeholder for the future ABC3 channel.[4] ABC3 was considered by the Australia 2020 Summit and given as one of the recommendations to the Government. In April 2009, the Government's official response to the Summit approved the idea,[5] and in the 2009β10 Commonwealth Budget $67 million was allocated towards ABC3 as part of the Government's $167 million funding increase to the ABC.
On 18 June 2009, the Corporation began its first public ABC3 campaign β called "MeOn3" β to scout for new hosting talent. On 22 October 2009, 8 presenters were announced. Amberley Lobo and Kayne Tremills would host Studio 3, with Ben Crawley as a roving reporter, he later joined the show What Do You Know? alongside Dr Rhythm. Scott Tweedie would host Prank Patrol, while Hannah Wang and Mitch Tomlinson were named as co-hosts of Rush TV and Stephanie Bendixsen and Steven O'Donnell were hosts of Good Game: Spawn Point a spin-off of the Good Game TV series, for younger gamers, which shows every Tuesday on ABC2.
In 2011, James Elmer joined as co-host of Studio 3 along with Kayne and Amberley. On 4 December 2011, the winners from the MeOn3 contest were revealed as Alfie Gledhill and Olivia Phyland. On 14 September 2012, Alfie left Studio 3 to pursue acting dreams. In October 2012, Comedian Khaled Khalafala joined Studio 3, and stayed with the crew until early 2013 before leaving. In March 2013 the Janitor and Bubbles (who's voiced by the Janitor) the goldfish supposedly left Studio 3 for Venezuela, with Bubbles being replaced with a new goldfish called Alexis.
Tim Matthews, Grace Koh and Ivy Latimer joined the team in June 2014 after winning The 3 Factor competition and host Studio 3 alongside James and Liv.
Programming
The channel's programming runs from 6am to 9.30pm daily, and targets the 3β15-year-old age group. At 9pm, the station closes and displays the Rage block programming, before the signpost says "we're back from 6am" with ABC background music and ads promoting popular ABC3 programming until the station reopens again at 6am[6] It broadcasts a range of genres, including comedy, drama, music, animation, extreme sports, wildlife and news-based programmes. The channel aims to feature at least 50% Australian produced content.[7] Studio 3 is a show that is hosted by the ABC 3 presenters and link various other programs. It began on Monday 7 December 2009 at 7:00 am.
New programs which air on the channel include the historical drama My Place, sitcom Mal.com, animation series CJ the DJ, a news and current affairs show produced by the team from Behind the News and a sketch comedy You're Skitting Me.[8]
Program playout for ABC3 is controlled from ABN, the ABC's Brisbane station. on delayed to technical at ABC's new playout facility, MediaHub. Programmes such as Studio 3 and Prank Patrol (Australia) are filmed and produced at ABC2, the ABC's Melbourne Station.
Unlike commercial channels, ABC3 is not constrained by a local content quota[9] and portions of its programming are sourced from foreign broadcasters such as CBBC, Teletoon and YTV.
Current shows
Programmes currently broadcast on the channel include:
Domestic
- Animalia (repeats)
- BTN Extra
- Bushwhacked! (repeats)
- CJ the DJ (repeats)
- The Day My Butt Went Psycho! (repeats)
- Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist (repeats)
- The Dukes of Broxstonia (repeats)
- Erky Perky (repeats)
- Funny Face (repeats)
- Get Ace (repeats)
- Good Game: Spawn Point (new episodes are weekly but repeats in summer)
- History Hunters (repeats)
- I Got a Rocket (repeats)
- Jar Dwellers SOS (repeats)
- Lockie Leonard (repeats)
- Move It Mobstyle (repeats)
- My Great Big Adventure (repeats)
- Nowhere Boys (repeats)
- Pearlie (repeats)
- Pixel Pinkie (repeats)
- Sally Bollywood: Super Detective (repeats)
- SheZow (repeats)
- Studio 3
- Tashi (repeats)
- Teenage Fairytale Dropouts (repeats)
- Vic the Viking (repeats)
- What Do You Know? (repeats)
- You're Skitting Me (series 2)
Foreign
- Almost Naked Animals (repeats)
- Arthur (repeats)
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (repeats)
- Dani's Castle (repeats)
- Dani's House (repeats)
- Deadly 60 (repeats)
- Deadly Top Ten (New series)
- Degrassi: The Next Generation (Seasons 1β10)
- Dragons: Riders of Berk (repeats)
- Grojband (repeats)
- The High Fructose Adventures of Annoying Orange
- Horrible Histories (repeats)
- Iron Man: Armored Adventures (repeats)
- The Legend of Dick and Dom (repeats)
- Masha and the Bear (repeats)
- Naruto
- The New Adventures of Peter Pan (repeats)
- Numb Chucks (repeats)
- The Pinky and Perky Show (repeats)
- Rated A for Awesome (repeats)
- Rocket Power (repeats)
- Sorry, I've Got No Head (repeats)
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2009) (repeats)
- Stoked (repeats)
- The Next Step (Series 1)
- The Super Hero Squad Show (repeats)
- Total Drama: All-Stars (repeats)
- Total Drama Island (repeats)
- Wizards vs Aliens (Series 2)
- Wolverine and the X-Men (repeats)
- YooHoo & Friends (repeats)
- Young Dracula (Series 4)
Future shows
Programming confirmed for future broadcast will include:
- After School Care (New series)[8]
- The Deep [10]
- The Little Prince (Season 3)
- Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong (New series)[11]
- The New Woody Woodpecker Show
- Sonic X (New series)
Past shows
These shows have previously been broadcast on ABC3:
Domestic
- Animalia (repeats)
- Arthur (repeats)
- Best of Rollercoaster
- Bindi's Boot Camp
- Black Knight White Witch
- Blue Water High (repeats)
- Bushwhacked!
- Casa DeEVIL
- Castaway (repeats)
- Chuck Finn (repeats)
- CJ the DJ
- Creature Features (repeats)
- Dance Academy (Series 1 β 3)
- Dancing Down Under
- Dead Gorgeous (repeats)
- Desdemona
- Dex Hamilton: Alien Entomologist (repeats)
- Don't Blame the Koalas (repeats)
- Double Trouble (repeats)
- The Dukes of Broxstonia
- Eugenie Sandler P.I. (repeats)
- Figaro Pho (repeats)
- Flipper and Lopaka (repeats)
- Gasp (repeats)
- The Genie From Down Under (repeats)
- The Gift (repeats)
- Go Lingo! (repeats)
- Good Game: Spawn Point
- Handball Heroes
- HotSpell
- Heartbreak High (repeats)
- Lab Rats Challenge
- Letterbox
- Kaitangata Twitch (repeats)
- Mal.com
- Misery Guts (repeats)
- Mortified (repeats)
- Move It Mobstyle
- My Great Big Adventure
- My Place (Series 1 β 2)
- Ocean Girl (repeats)
- On The Edge (repeats)
- Outriders (repeats)
- Outback 8 (repeats)
- Prank Patrol
- Rollercoaster
- Round the Twist (repeats)
- Sally Bollywood: Super Detective (repeats)
- Sea Princesses (repeats)
- Short Cuts (repeats)
- Ship to Shore (repeats)
- The Silver Brumby (repeats)
- The Sleepover Club (repeats)
- Spellbinder (repeats)
- Spellbinder: Land of the Dragon Lord (repeats)
- Stay Tuned
- Steam Punks! (repeats)
- Stormworld (repeats)
- Sweat (repeats)
- Totally Wild: Antarctica Special
- Tracey McBean (repeats)
- Trapped (repeats)
- WAC World Animal Championships
- Worst Best Friends (repeats)
- Yakkity Yak (repeats)
- You're Skitting Me
Foreign
- 6teen
- The 99
- Aisling's Diary
- The Aquabats! Super Show!
- The Assistants
- Astro Boy (2003 TV series)
- The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes (Season 1 β 2)
- A World of Wonders
- Barney's Barrier Reef
- Bernard (repeats)
- Best Ed (repeats)
- Big Babies
- The Big Knights (repeats)
- Black Panther
- Bolts and Blip
- Bugged
- Canimals (repeats)
- Carl Squared (repeats)
- Chris Humfrey's Wild Life (repeats)
- Class of the Titans (repeats)
- Connor Undercover (Series One) (repeats)
- Corneil & Bernie (repeats)
- Dani's Castle
- Dani's House (Series 1 β 5)
- Deadly 60
- Deltora Quest
- Demons
- Desperados
- Detentionaire (Season 1 β 4)
- Dragon Booster (repeats)
- Dragons: Riders of Berk
- Edgar and Ellen (repeats)
- Eliot Kid (repeats)
- Even Stevens (repeats)
- Fleabag Monkeyface
- Freaky (repeats)
- Freefonix
- Fruits Basket
- The Fugitives (repeats)
- Gawayn
- The Gees
- Get Outta Town
- Girls in Love (repeats)
- Grizzly Tales
- Grizzly Tales For Gruesome Kids (repeats)
- Grossology (repeats)
- Half Moon Investigations
- Help! I'm a Teenage Outlaw (repeats)
- Horrible Histories
- How To Be Indie
- Iron Man: Armored Adventures (Season 1 β 2)
- I.N.K. Invisible Network of Kids
- In Real Life
- Inside Life
- Iron Man: Armored Adventures (repeats)
- Jane and the Dragon (repeats)
- Jeopardy (repeats)
- Jibber Jabber (repeats)
- Jinx
- The Jungle Book
- Kaeloo
- Karaoke High
- Kid vs. Kat (Season 1 β 2)
- The Killian Curse
- King Arthur's Disasters (repeats)
- Kratt Brothers: Be the Creature
- The Latest Buzz (repeats)
- League of Super Evil
- The Legend of Dick and Dom (Season 1 β 3)
- Leon (repeats)
- Lizzie McGuire (repeats)
- Life with Boys
- The Little Prince
- Majority Rules!
- Masha and the Bear
- M.I. High
- Michaela's Wild Challenge
- Mio Mao
- Monk
- The Mr. Men Show (Series 1 β 2) (repeats)
- My Almost Famous Family
- My Friend Bernard
- My Goldfish is Evil (repeats)
- My Life as a Popat
- Naturally, Sadie (repeats)
- Oggy and the Cockroaches (repeats)
- Old Tom (repeats)
- Ouran High School Host Club
- Pat and Stan (repeats)
- Pearlie
- The Pinky & Perky Show (repeats)
- Pixelface
- Planet Rock Profiles (repeats)
- Potatoes and Dragons (repeats)
- Prank Patrol International (UK and Canada)
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica
- Quest
- Rated A for Awesome (repeats)
- Raymond (repeats)
- Really Me!
- The Revenge Files of Alistair Fury (repeats)
- Richard Hammond's Blast Lab
- Roman Mysteries (repeats)
- Roy
- Rugrats (repeats)
- Sadie J (Series 1 β 2)
- Sail Away
- Serious Andes (repeats)
- Serious Explorers
- Serious Ocean
- Shaolin Wuzang
- Shaun the Sheep (repeats)
- Silverwing
- Silverwing Movies
- Skyland (repeats)
- The Slammer
- Sparkle Friends (repeats)
- Splatalot!
- Spliced!
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008 TV series) (Season 1 β 4)
- Stoked (Season 1 β 2)
- Storm Hawks (repeats)
- Street Monsters
- Summer in Transylvania
- The Super Hero Squad Show
- Survive This (Season 1 β 2) (repeats)
- Tashi
- The Time Compass
- Those Scurvy Rascals (repeats)
- Total Drama: Revenge of the Island
- Total Drama Action
- Total Drama Island (repeats)
- Total Drama World Tour
- Tower Prep
- Trapped! (repeats)
- Trapped!: Ever After
- The Tribe (repeats)
- The Twisted Whiskers Show
- Tayo The Little Bus
- Voltron: Defender of the Universe (repeats)
- Voltron Force
- The Wannabes
- Weirdsister College (repeats)
- What's Up Warthogs!
- Wolfblood
- Wolverine and the X-Men (repeats)
- The Worst Witch (repeats)
- YooHoo & Friends (Series 1 β 2)
- Young Dracula (repeats)
- Zombie Hotel (repeats)
See also
References
- β http://www.freetv.com.au/media/Engineering/Australian_Digital_Terrestrial_Television_Broadcasting_Service_Information_Register_-_Issue_4_-_January_2011.pdf
- β http://blogs.abc.net.au/countdownto3/2009/10/the-me-on-3-hosts-revealed.html
- β "Free kids' TV channel is as easy as ABC3". The Age. 23 September 2007. Archived from the original on 16 September 2008. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
- β "The state of Children's television". Radio National. 6 December 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2008.
- β "New children's channel for ABC". ABC News and Current Affairs. 22 April 2009. Archived from the original on 25 April 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2009.
- β Australian Broadcasting Corporation (December 2009). About ABC3. Accessed on 9 December 2009.
- β "ABC3 announces new Aussie kids shows". TV Tonight. 18 June 2009. Archived from the original on 21 June 2009. Retrieved 25 June 2009.
- β 8.0 8.1 Green, Liz. "Countdown to ABC3". ABC. Retrieved 24 October 2010.
- β Michael Bodey (22 October 2009). "ABC to launch new kids digital TV channel ABC3". The Australian.
- β http://kidscreen.com/2013/09/12/abc-tv-and-a-stark-production-fall-into-the-deep-production/
- β http://www.stickypictures.tv/blog/winston/
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