> iview has changed,
We’re pleased to announce that we’ve just released a major refresh of the iview mobile apps and website
But no HD 
Ah yes, because the cost to upgrade the servers to HD will be easy, given that it’s currently raining cash at the ABC.
I take your point but HD is nothing new and the ABC are generally quite progressive in many areas of technology including iView which is considered one of the better catch up / streaming services for usability etc. One would think HD rollout for the service is on the cards somewhere, hopefully sooner rather than later… their terrestrial TV channels and news production is another story.
True, and I feel that if the Govt hadn’t cut their funding in 2014 and again this year, the ABC would’ve done HD already. It would cost a lot to acquire licences for streaming codecs and tech.
They’d also still have state editions of 7.30 and hour-long editions of PM, had they kept being funded properly. This Govt can get fucked by a rake.
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Well Cleaver has been elected to the Senate.
576p is HD according to ACMA’s definition…
ABC iview celebrates 10th birthday with major refresh to video-on-demand features
The ABC has marked the 10th birthday of ABC iview by releasing a major update of the free video-on-demand (VOD) service, delivering new features and improvements for audiences across Australia.
The nation’s leading free-to-air television VOD service reaches 3.3 million devices monthly by focusing on quality, distinctive programs for audiences, including acclaimed drama, comedy and factual series such as Mystery Road, You Can’t Ask That and F*!#ing Adelaide.
ABC iview has been a game-changer in meeting audience expectations for quality on-demand television, enabling viewers to access programs anywhere at any time. ABC iview offers immediate, on-demand viewing of engaging and innovative content from Australia and overseas, free to all Australians, highlighted by binge television viewing, exclusive digital-only programs, agenda-setting news and current affairs, and live streaming of ABC channels.
The major updates to ABC iview include:
A redesign of the entire look and feel of iview across mobile apps and the website, showcasing the depth of quality Australian and international programs available to watch on-demand.
The introduction of Show Pages that bring together all available series, episodes, video extras and cast and guest information in the one place.
A re-engineered Search tool that makes it simpler to search for a program and start watching sooner.
The update coincides with the ABC iview drama binge throughout June and July, featuring the Australian premieres of Killing Eve, City and the City, Apple Tree Yard and The Tunnel series three.
ABC iview Manager Sally O’Donoghue said: “The major refresh of the ABC iview experience makes it easier to find all of our great shows and our growing catalogue of complete series, including Mystery Road and Killing Eve. The new and improved ABC iview not only looks fresher and cleaner – it’s also much simpler to search for a program and to find everything from your favourite shows on the same page.
“The ABC is immensely proud of iview and its engagement with Australian audiences, built up over the past 10 years. Thank you to all our industry partners and the Australian public for their creative energy and support. We will continue to listen to audiences and innovate with iview and other ABC on-demand services to provide more of our distinctive and engaging content, free to all Australians.”
The ABC is a pioneer in delivering quality, distinctive Australian content across drama, comedy, children’s and the arts in the digital era:
Launched on 23 July 2008, ABC iview was Australia’s first internet television service – developed totally in-house and at low cost by the ABC.
In 2010, the ABC was the first Australian broadcaster to make its online streaming service available on tablet computers.
In 2012, the ABC was the first to make its service available on smartphones.
In 2014, ABC iview began bi-annual “Binge on the Best” Australian comedy and drama series.
In 2015, the ABC launched the ABC Arts channel, available exclusively on iview.
In 2015, the ABC launched the ABC KIDS iview app, for pre-school children.
In 2016, the ABC launched the ABC ME iview app, for school-age children.
In 2016, the ABC launched continuous live streaming of its broadcast channels.
In 2018, the ABC started live streaming separate state and territory feeds of its main channel, delivering relevant and valued local programming to viewers across Australia.
The major update of ABC iview will be rolled out to connected TVs at a later date.
Deadlock
Friday 20 July
Deadlock, a 5 x 12-minute high-octane series, explores the incredible highs, lows, joys, heartbreak, camaraderie, laughs and bittersweet sorrow that makes up a teenager’s life.
A clandestine ‘tunnel party’ in the depths of the hinterland draws kids from all over the area with the usualfare of sex, drugs and thumpi ng music, but mostly with the Lure of a spectacular stunt - that then goes awesomely awry.
As fire spreads through the bush, cops descend, and teens flee onto the dark roads in panic, the crash that follows becomes the transformative event that drives the main characters and the mystery of the show. The crash is an end point for some and a catalyst for others, forging new alliances and triggering events that transform their Lives and the idyllic town.
Each of the five episodes explores a pivotal change for the Lead characters - Sadie’s (Luca Sardelis) tough decision to Leave her home town and her mother’s crazy antics in a bid for freedom in the city; Laila’s (Bijou Gracie Henry ) ridiculous plan to fabricate her best friend’s pregnancy in a prank that backfires horribly; Aero’s (Thomas Weatherall) elaborate cover-up of his involvement in the crash to preserve the ‘indigenous success story’ of his Life; Zai’s (Amit Pala) determination to protect his secret sexuality from a traditional family determined to invade his privacy on every Level;and Jed’s (Michael Philippou) absurd attempts at denial and his fitful metamorphosis into an individual.
As one character’sjourney weaves into the next, passing the baton on,the unfolding mystery of the crash is resolved.The night of the accident willbecome the touchstone for each episode - a vignette of experience that willintroduce us to our next ‘hero character’, reveal a new perspective and offer up another piece of the ongoing puzzle.
Starring YouTube sensations Michael Philippou and Danny Philippou (aka RackaRacka), Luca Sardelis (Nowhere Boys) and Darcy McGrath (My Place), Deadlock also features exciting young talent from across the Northern Rivers region - including Bijou Gracie Henry, Audrey Spence, Paddy Swaine, Theodore Bourgoin, Sophie Wright and Ned Sacks.
How do programs actually get on iView? Are they recorded from one of the ABC TV network feeds automatically, or are they actually fed into the system separately?
Tonight’s episode of Gruen seems to have been uploaded from a recording of . It has a promo for The Weekly with Charlie Pickering cut off at the beginning and the last part of the show near the credits has been clipped. So either ABC TV was running late and they didn’t bother to update the iView system, or the recording system’s time was out of whack.
ABC iView Twitter account is closing
The programs are encoded for iview as they are broadcast which is why mostly there is a delay from program broadcast to iview. There’s some instances where programs are directly uploaded to iview but that’s not common.
iView seems to be defaulting to a really low res for me, so I have to change to 574p, is this the same for others?
It’d be nice if there was a 720p option, and it defaulted to whatever the viewer’s bandwidth could comfortably handle.
iView will stream season 2 of Killing Eve from April 8, same time as US and UK.
Season 2 of Killing Eve win premiere on iView Saturday 6 April.
ABC COMEDY Binge
Binge from Friday 12 April on ABC iview
ABC will keep you entertained and laughing over Easter.
ABC will keep Australian audiences laughing throughout Easter with ABC COMEDY’s Binge on iview,
featuring Australian premieres of some of the best UK comedies as well as Australian favourites
that will keep you in stitches.
ABC COMEDY Binge includes:
This Time with Alan Partridge – Australian premiere
Marking the 25th Anniversary of his BBC debut, Steve Coogan returns with his beloved character Alan
Partridge.
A heady mix of consumer affairs, current affairs, and lightweight frothy drivel, Alan tries to keep
proceedings ticking along while everything around him crumbles. This kind of format can flip in the
blink of an eye from a moving piece on child soldiers in West Africa to a VT about a vegetable
growing competition in Yorkshire. With the sheer variety of topics covered, striking the right tone
would be dizzyingly hard even for a skilled presenter. So, for Alan, it will be pretty much
impossible.
Women on the Verge – Australian premiere
Created by and starring Sharon Horgan (Catastrophe), Women on the Verge is a six-part comedy drama
set in Dublin that follows the lives of three women in their 30s, played by Kerry Condon (Better
Call Saul), Nina Sosanya (Marcella) and Eileen Walsh (Patrick Melrose).
Whilst everyone else is settling down, married with kids, and increasingly in control of their
lives, Laura, Katie and Alison seem to be moving in the opposite direction.
Women on the Verge follows these flawed and complex friends as they navigate the challenges of
life, love and relationships.
Flowers series 1 and series 2 – Australian premiere
Starring Academy-Award-winner Olivia Colman, Flowers is an imaginative, cinematic show about an
eccentric and dysfunctional family struggling to hold themselves together; Maurice (Julian
Barratt), the author of illustrated childrens books The Grubbs, and music teacher wife Deborah
(Colman) are barely together, but yet to divorce. As Maurice fights inner demons and dark secrets,
Deborah tries to keep the family together at all costs and becomes increasingly suspicious that
Maurice is in a secret homosexual relationship with his Japanese illustrator Shun (played by show
creator Will Sharpe).
The Young Offenders – Australian premiere
Based on the film of the same name, and featuring the same cast, this series follows a couple of
young fun loving criminals. Conor’s mum reckons Jock’s a little scumbag. But Conor knows that’s a
load of crap. They pass their time winding up their principal Barry Walsh by hitting on his
daughters. And winding up policeman Sergeant Healy by stealing bikes. Life’s a breakneck
rollercoaster when you’re having as much fun as Conor and Jock. That’s okay, because they’d do
anything for each other. Anyone who has a best friend would understand that.
Finding Joy – Australian premiere
When News Today’s lifestyle vlogger is forced to take a break following an accident at the
beauticians, no one is more surprised than Joy when she is asked to replace her. It seems she was
caught on camera – newly single and inebriated – performing a hilarious dance- videorap at an
office party and her bosses think she’s got what it takes. Joy disagrees but heartbroken and
desperate to win back ex-boyfriend, Aidan, she steps up – and, despite lurching from disaster to
disaster, becomes a social media sensation. Suddenly Joy is at the cutting edge of the what, where
and how of health, relationships and mental well-being. So how does the woman who has all the
answers to everybody else’s lives, find the answer to her own? Her friends think she’s losing her
mind but she knows she’s FINDING JOY. Starring Amy Huberman and Aisling Bea.
The COMEDY Binge will also include The Melbourne Comedy Festival 2019 Gala and Melbourne Comedy
Festival 2019 Allstars Super Show. As well as favourites Superwog, Comedy Up Late (Series 5 and 6)
and Comedy Next Gen (Series 2).
The best thing on TV so far in 2019.
ABC Comedy Binge
From 30 August on ABC iview
From 30 August, iview will be serving up plenty of belly laughs with the ABC Comedy Binge! Viewers can choose from over a dozen box sets including; brand new British comedies Ghosts, Year Of The Rabbit and Dead Pixels, all episodes of ABC ensemble series Squinters, Irish coming-of-age sitcom The Young Offenders, back-to-back comedians in the Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala: The Series and Nick Hornby’s State Of The Union.
Ghosts – Australian Premiere
In this six-part series a cash-strapped young couple inherit a grand country house, only to find it is both falling apart and teeming with the ghosts of former inhabitants.
Year of the Rabbit – Australian Premiere
Set in the dark heart of Victorian London, Detective Inspector Rabbit – played by cult comic actor Matt Berry - is a hardened booze-hound who’s seen it all. Rabbit’s been chasing bad guys for as long as he can remember, but these days his heart keeps stopping at inopportune moments.
Dead Pixels – Australian Premiere
From the makers of Peep Show comes Dead Pixels about Meg, Nicky and Usman who are all obsessed with online fantasy game Kingdom Scrolls. Split equally between the characters’ tragicomic real lives and their computer-animated misadventures in Kingdom Scrolls. Feel free to enter their domain. Just don’t mention dragons. They’re not dragons, they’re wyverns.
Other comedy titles include Murder In Successville series 1,2,3, Dead Boss series 1, and Melbourne Comedy Festival Allstars Supershow: The Series.