Have the FAST / iView live channels been delayed?
In line with the multichannel changes, the live experience on ABC iview will become more dynamic with four digital streams to launch in June. The streams will focus on four dedicated genres, children’s LIVE action, animation, education, and family viewing, meaning content is available as live streams as well as on demand whenever audiences choose.
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No, they’re on there.
Oh right, they’re just not on the Watch Live page yet (for me at least). Showing on the homepage. ‘Family Faves’ is just a placeholder screen for now
Oh it’s good that they’ve got fast channels, didn’t realise they were doing more on digital which makes sense. However still that programming schedule belongs on the fourth nine or seven digital channels not the third ABC channel…so disappointing.
Seems the Big kids have their own iView page…using the old ABC3 url: TV Shows and Movies for Big Kids
Shame they didn’t choose to go MPEG4 - even if SD - the current picture quality of both channels is horrible.
They should’ve just made another new channel called ABC Big Kids as well as ABC Family and Entertains
Assuming all kids will watch iView is kind of dumb in my opinion
Just realised they are going to have a ABC Education block on ABC Entertains from 9 to 3 just make up your mind ABC either have it all on iView for big kids or on a seperate channel
i must say, it is a contradiction to have education on a channel that is supposed to entertain lol
Seriously! Meanwhile the ABC main channel’s daytime is a graveyard of old shows or repeats of last night’s programming.
Here’s how I would’ve done it
ABC - 20 - 24/7
ABC Entertains -21 - 24/7
ABC Kids - 22 - until 8pm
ABC Big Kids - 23 - until 2am
ABC Family - 24 - until 11pm
ABC Featured -25 - until 3am
ABC News - 26 - 24/7 and repeats
And still keep the other shows and FAST channels on iView
Get rid of Entertains. the main channel is meant to entertain as well. it is a public broadcaster’s remit to Inform, Educate and Entertain. I can never understand why they seem to be reluctant with broader entertainment shows. If the BBC can do it so can our Aunty on the main channel.
Maybe time for them to go back to the logical ABC 2
Have been a few more branding elements broadcast.
Colours seemed to fit in well with some of the programming.
I hate this sort of advertising. “A brand new channel”. It’s sneaky language. Yes, it’s technically brand new but it’s replacing another channel. It just makes it sound like a new addition to the line up when it really isn’t.
Exactly! I think they kind of knew however if they did brand it as a “replacement” the amount of immediate backlash would be very intense, so they like you said branded it more as a “new channel”.
Although in my opinion I always thought that ABC 2 was very good at what it did back in the day, it was a great shame when they replaced it with more of a niche audience with ABC Comedy, which failed (no surprises there, good idea but you can’t have just one channel just solely focusing on comedy, it might work for Foxtel, but not for the ABC)
I understand that every channel needs their own identity but I’m surprised they didn’t align it a bit more with ABC Kids and ABC Family?
And what about the main ABC channel, I’m assuming they’ll rebrand that in due course.
they should stop with these re-brand names that cost us a fortune and that inevitably become redundant after a couple of years.
Just stick to the old ABC1, ABC2, ABC3, etc. and ABC News (24)
Wait do we pay the ABC as apart of our tax? (I know it’s government funded but do we fund it as well?)
Anything the government funds is paid by us taxpayers.
Ah! Makes sense thanks 
