Good summary of ABC slate for 2017
Some details already published
http://forums.mediaspy.org/t/the-warriors/1955?u=tv.cynic
http://forums.mediaspy.org/t/newton-s-law/1368?u=tv.cynic
http://forums.mediaspy.org/t/blue-water-empire/1521?u=tv.cynic
More to come
Main channel in high definition: This will happen by New Year’s Eve this year, but those with old TV shouldn’t fret. The main channel will keep broadcasting in standard definition. “Universal access is very important to us,” Finlayson says.
The News24 channel and NewsRadio will be rebranded “ABC News”: But how do we distinguish between them – and the TV news bulletins? A spokeswoman says: “When necessary, they will be described as ‘the ABC News channel’ and ‘ABC News on radio’ respectively … the TV bulletins will be described as ‘ABC news [State name] at 7pm on ABC TV’.”