ABC Australia (Asia-Pacific TV channel)

{{short description|Asia-Pacific pay television channel}} {{distinguish|ABC Television (Australian network)|Radio Australia}} {{EngvarB|date=July 2018}} {{Infobox television channel | name = ABC Australia | logo = ABC Australia logo.svg | logo_size = 200px | picture_format = [[1080i]] [[HDTV]] (downscaled to [[16:9]] [[576i]]/[[480i]] for the [[SDTV]] feed) | replaced = | former_names = '''Australia Television International''' (1993–2001) '''ABC Asia Pacific''' (2002–2006) '''Australia Network''' (2006–2014) '''Australia Plus''' (2014–2018) | launch_date = {{launch date and age|df=yes|1993|02|17}} as '''Australia Television International''' | closed_date = | country = Australia | area = [[Asia]], [[Pacific Islands]]<ref name="abc.net.au">{{cite web | url=https://www.abc.net.au/asia/ways-to-watch | title=Ways to Watch | website=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] }}</ref> | languages = [[English language|English]] (primary), [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Indonesian language|Indonesian]], [[Tok Pisin]] | headquarters = Sydney Melbourne | owner = [[Government of Australia]] | parent = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | network = [[ABC Television (Australian network)|ABC Television]] | website = {{URL|https://www.abc.net.au/asia|ABC Asia}} ([[Asia–Pacific]]) {{URL|https://www.abc.net.au/pacific|ABC Pacific}} ([[Oceania|Pacific]]) | terr_chan_1 = '''[[Sky Pacific]]''' | online_serv_1 = Malaysia [[Astro (television)|Astro]] | online_chan_1 = Astro GO | online_serv_2 = Malaysia [[Unifi TV]] | online_chan_2 = play@unifi | online_serv_3 = Indonesia [[Vidio]] | online_chan_3 = [https://m.vidio.com/live/7150-abc-australia Watch live] | online_serv_4 = India [[Jio TV]] | online_chan_4 = [https://www.jiotv.com/live-channel/abc-australia/2782] | online_serv_5 = | online_chan_5 = '''ABC iview Australia app (only available outside Australia)''' }}

'''ABC Australia''', formerly '''Australia Television International''' (or just '''Australia Television'''), '''ABC Asia Pacific''', '''Australia Network''' and '''Australia Plus''', is an Australian [[pay television]] channel, launched in 1993 and operated by the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] as part of [[ABC Television (Australian network)|the ABC television network of services]]. The channel broadcasts a mix of programming, including lifestyle, drama, sports, English-language learning programs, children's programming and news and current affairs to viewers across [[East Asia]], [[Central Asia]], [[South Asia]], [[Southeast Asia]] and [[List of islands in the Pacific Ocean|Pacific Islands]].

It is partially funded by Australia's [[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade]], as well as some advertising (unlike the ABC's [[ABC Television (Australia)#Free-to-air channels|domestic television services]]).

==History==

===Origins=== [[Radio Australia]] had been operating as part of the ABC since 1939 while the passing of the ''[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983]]'' allowed the corporation to operate an additional international television service. The channel was originally proposed by directors Mark Armstrong and [[David Hill (businessman)|David Hill]], who felt that a television channel would further heighten Australia's presence in the Asia-Pacific region and demonstrate the ABC's technical abilities.<ref name="whoseabc">{{cite book |last=Inglis |first=Kenneth Stanley |title=Whose ABC? The Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1983–2006 |year=2006 |publisher=Black Inc. |location=Melbourne|isbn=1-86395-189-X }}</ref>

Prime Minister [[Paul Keating]] launched Australia Television International on 17 February 1993, televised live to 50 countries in the south-east Asian region, from the ABC's television studios in [[Gore Hill]], [[Sydney]]. The actual broadcast was from the [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] uplink where Dominic Stone,<ref>[https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1665762169/view?partId=nla.obj-1675637116#page/n7/mode/1up, Annual Report of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 1993/1994, Published by Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ISSN 0816-827X p.6]</ref> the service's Program Director and [[David Hill (businessman)|David Hill]], managing director of the ABC commissioned the first transmission.<ref>[http://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/release/transcript-8818 Launch of ABC Television International, Gore Hill, Sydney], [[Prime Minister of Australia]], 17 February 1993</ref> The establishment of the new channel was funded by a special government grant of {{AUD|5.4 million}}.<ref name=2014report>{{cite report | title=The ABC: an overview (updated) | publisher=Parliament of Australia, Parliamentary Library | date=11 July 2014| series=Research Paper Series, 2014–15 |issn= 2203-5249| first= Rhonda|last=Jolley| url=https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliament/Parliamentary_Departments/Parliamentary_Library/pubs/rp/rp1415/ABCoverview | access-date=16 June 2021}} [https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/download/library/prspub/3346567/upload_binary/3346567.pdf;fileType=application/pdf PDF]</ref> It was originally a part of the so-called "Gang of Five", which was a consortium that was set up to compete against [[Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific|Star TV]] in the region. (The others in the group were [[CNN International]], [[HBO]], [[ESPN International]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>with [[Fox Sports (Southeast Asian TV network)|its Asian operations]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> and [[TVB]] <nowiki>[</nowiki>with [[TVBS|TVB Superchannel]]<nowiki>]</nowiki>) The consortium's channels were initially transmitted via [[Palapa]] satellite, but were later also added to [[Apstar]] satellite.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

The operation of the new channel was funded by a combination of government subsidies and commercial sponsorship. The presence of commercials, not previously seen or heard on the ABC, resulted in the creation of an updated edition of the ''ABC Editorial and Programme Practices'', stipulating that the "Australia Television service will retain editorial control and independence in all programming".<ref name="whoseabc" />

Funding cuts made in the 1997–1998 federal budget, and recommendations made in the Mansfield Report, meant that control of Australia Television was handed over to the [[Seven Network]] in 1998. Under Seven's direction the channel continued to receive federal funding, and carry some [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]].<ref name="mr" /><ref name=2014report/>

===2002–2006: ABC Asia Pacific=== Despite efforts made by Seven to expand into Asia using the service, it continued to lose money. In 2001, the government announced a five-year, {{AUD|50-million}} tender for the service – at the time watched primarily by Australian expatriates for its news programmes, football coverage, and children's programming.<ref name="mr">{{cite web|url = https://www.abc.net.au/rn/mediareport/stories/2001/265031.htm|title = PM – Channel Seven axes Australia TV|access-date = 25 September 2007|date=March 2001|work = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref> Seven chose not to bid, while [[Imparja Television]]'s application was unsuccessful. The ABC won the contract and Australia Television was rebranded as ABC Asia Pacific on 1 January 2002 (31 December 2001 by some sources<ref name=2014report/>), with content from the [[Seven Network]], [[Nine Network]], [[Network Ten]], and the ABC's own original content, as well as news bulletins produced by [[Sky News Australia]].<ref name="downerspeech">{{cite speech | title = Australia, the Asia-Pacific, and Television: Broadcasting to the Region |first = Alexander | last = Downer | date = 13 February 2002 | location = Canberra | url = http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2002/020213_fa_austv_launch.html | access-date = 25 September 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070830061526/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/speeches/2002/020213_fa_austv_launch.html| archive-date= 30 August 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="ausnet-press">{{cite web|url = http://www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/media/s512844.htm|title = ABC Signs ASIA Pacific TV agreement|access-date = 25 September 2007|date = August 2001|work = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080606141533/http://www.abc.net.au/corp/pubs/media/s512844.htm|archive-date = 6 June 2008|url-status = dead}}</ref>

The tender was renewed in 2005; the ABC was re-awarded control of the service until 8 August 2011, over other applicants including [[Sky News Australia]].<ref name="mediawatch">{{cite web|url = http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s1378484.htm|title = Sky's push for Asian subsidy|access-date = 25 September 2007|date=June 2005|work = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070924083241/http://www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/transcripts/s1378484.htm| archive-date= 24 September 2007 | url-status= dead}}</ref><ref name="dfatrelease">{{cite press release | title = Australian Television Service to the Asia Pacific Region | publisher = [[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade]] | date = 13 December 2005 | url = http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2005/fa153_05.html | access-date = 25 September 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070830035612/http://www.foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2005/fa153_05.html| archive-date= 30 August 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name=2014report/> Soon afterwards, the network stopped showing content from Sky News Australia, replaced with bulletins produced by the ABC's own news and current affairs division from its [[Southbank, Victoria|Southbank]] studios in Melbourne.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

===2006–2014: Australia Network===

ABC Asia Pacific changed its name to Australia Network on 7 August 2006,<ref name="ausnet-press-2">{{cite web|url = http://abc.net.au/corp/pubs/media/s1682937.htm|title = New Australia Network Offers Different View|access-date = 25 September 2007|date=October 2006|work = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]}}</ref> at the same time introducing a number of new programs, as well as the expansion of its existing news programs and English-language learning programs.<ref name="ausnet-press-2" /> Following a restructure of the ABC in early 2007, Australia Network became a part of the corporation's International, Corporate Strategy and Governance division.<ref name="intldivision">{{cite press release | title = ABC Bolsters Its Commitment To International Broadcasting | publisher = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] | date = 7 February 2007 | url = http://abc.net.au/corp/pubs/media/s1842867.htm | access-date = 25 September 2007}}</ref>

The channel was not available in Australia or New Zealand, owing to rights restrictions, although ''ABC News for Australia Network'' bulletins were carried overnight on [[ABC News 24]] and [[Al Jazeera English]] in Australia and on [[Face TV (New Zealand)|Face TV]] in New Zealand. Several Australia Network programmes are also available online in Australia on the [[ABC iview|ABC's iview]] platform. Australia Network became available in [[Malaysia]] on [[Astro (satellite TV)|Astro]] (Channel 514) in December 2008.

In 2010 the [[Rudd government (2007-2010)|Rudd government]] invited media organisations to submit tenders to deliver the Australia Network for 10 years. In November 2011, the Government closed the tender, "due to significant leaks of confidential information to the media", and asked the [[Australian Federal Police]] to investigate. In the meantime, the ABC's contract was extended until August 2012 to allow time for a decision to be made on its future. On 5 December 2011, the Government announced that the Australia Network would no longer be open to tender and that the ABC would take over its operations permanently.<ref name=2014report/> Concerns were raised about the process, and the [[Australian National Audit Office]] noted that the tender process "presented the Australian Government in a poor light and cost the two tenderers... time and money". The government was obliged to pay millions in compensation to Sky News.<ref name=Packham>{{cite news |last=Packham |first=Ben |date=3 April 2012 |title=Auditor-General slams government over tender process for Australia Network |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/auditor-general-slams-government-over-tender-process-for-australia-network/news-story/76c07466da5bb40542fbcfc983418e06 |work=The Australian |location=Sydney |access-date=29 April 2020 }}</ref>

In the 2014–2015 Australian federal budget by the [[Abbott government]],<ref name=2014report/> all funding to the Australia Network was cut and its closure was announced, days before it was about to sign a contract with Shanghai Media Holdings to begin broadcasting in China (making it only the third foreign broadcaster with access to the country).<ref>{{cite news|title=The demise of the Australia Network|url=http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2014/05/16/The-demise-of-the-Australia-Network.aspx|access-date=15 August 2014|publisher=Lowy Institute for Public Affairs|date=16 May 2014}}</ref> 80 jobs, mostly in Melbourne, were lost and the government was forced to compensate the ABC {{AUD|10.6 million}} for breaking its contract,<ref>{{cite news|title=Eighty jobs to go at ABC News and Australia Network|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/eighty-jobs-to-go-at-abc-news-and-australia-network-20140714-zt6t8.html|access-date=15 August 2014|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=14 June 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=ABC to get $10.6m for cancellation of Australia Network contract|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/13/budget-abc-to-get-106m-for-cancellation-of-australia-network-contract|access-date=15 August 2014|work=The Guardian|date=13 May 2014}}</ref> which had been promised {{AUD|196.8 million}} in funding for ten years of operation by the previous Labor government.<ref name=2014report/>

===2014–2018: Australia Plus=== Following the closure of Australia Network, Australia Plus, a new multi-platform international service was launched on 29 September 2014 as a replacement. The channel continued to broadcast entertainment, sports, education and English learning shows from [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation|ABC]] through Asia and Pacific partners. Big events from Australia, such as Melbourne Cup, Sydney's New Year's Eve Fireworks and the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race were also featured on the channel.<ref>{{cite web | website=ABC News | title=Australia Network goes off the air in the Asia and Pacific region | date=28 September 2014 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-28/australia-network-goes-off-the-air/5774808 | access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref>

In 2015, the New Zealand government established ''Pasifika TV'', a service providing Pacific island broadcasters with a 24/7 feed of sport, news and other content.<ref>{{cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.pasifikatv.co.nz/about-us |website=Pasifika TV |language=en |date=3 March 2016}}</ref> Most of it is from New Zealand.

In August 2016, three commercial partners, the [[Government of Victoria]], vitamin and supplement company [[Swisse]] and [[Monash University]] signed contracts with Australia Plus. Under the ''[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation Act 1983]]'' the [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation#International|ABC International Division]] is allowed to operate as a commercial operation, in a way similar to [[BBC Worldwide]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Mason | first=Max | title=ABC International signs three commercial partners for Australia Plus | website=Australian Financial Review | date=21 August 2016 | url=https://www.afr.com/companies/media-and-marketing/abc-international-signs-three-commercial-partners-for-australia-plus-20160815-gqszjv | access-date=8 June 2021}}</ref>

===2018–present: ABC Australia=== Australia Plus was rebranded as ABC Australia on 1 July 2018.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Knox |first1=David |title=Australia Plus channel to rebrand as ABC Australia |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2018/06/australia-plus-channel-to-rebrand-as-abc-australia.html |access-date=18 July 2018 |work=TV Tonight |date=26 June 2018}}</ref> ABC Head of International Strategy David Hua said, “The rebranding of the international television service makes sense to our audiences overseas, who want distinctive Australian content from a highly-respected media organisation.” The rebranding came just weeks after the lifting of the [[geo-blocking]] of the [[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] live stream on the ABC website and YouTube channels.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

In 2020, the Australian Government established ''PacificAus TV'', which offers 1000 hours of free Australian commercial TV each year to Pacific island broadcasters.<ref>{{cite web |title=What Is PacificAus TV? |url=https://www.pacificaustv.com/whatispacificaustv |website=PacificAus TV |language=en}}</ref>

In October 2023, the channel established separate schedules for Asia and the Pacific.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-07-15 |title=ABC welcomes the launch of the Government’s Indo-Pacific Broadcasting Strategy |url=https://www.abc.net.au/about/media-centre/press-releases/abc-welcomes-the-launch-of-the-government-s-indo-pacific-broadca/104097980 |access-date=2024-11-05 |website=About the ABC |language=en-AU}}</ref>

==Description== The channel broadcasts a mix of programming, including lifestyle, drama, sports, English-language learning programs, children's programming and news and current affairs.<ref>{{cite web | title=About Us | website=ABC Australia | date=15 June 2021 | url=http://www.abcaustralia.net.au/about | access-date=15 June 2021| url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615052425/http://www.abcaustralia.net.au/about| archive-date=15 June 2021}}</ref> The service is available via subscription to viewers across East Asia, Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia and Pacific Islands, including India, Japan, Vietnam, Afghanistan, the Philippines, [[Papua New Guinea]] and [[Vanuatu]].<ref>{{cite web | title=Ways to Watch | website=ABC Australia | date=15 June 2021 | url=http://www.abcaustralia.net.au/tuning | access-date=15 June 2021| url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615052431/http://www.abcaustralia.net.au/tuning| archive-date=15 June 2021}}</ref>

===Programming=== In addition to those listed below, the now rebadged ABC Australia shows a range of programming targeted at audiences within the region,<ref name="ausnet-press-3">{{cite web|url = http://australianetwork.com/about/|title = About – Our Services|access-date = 25 September 2007|work = [[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071004224810/http://australianetwork.com/about/| archive-date= 4 October 2007 | url-status= live}}</ref> including evening news bulletins at two-hour intervals targeted at different parts of the region, and a number of English-language educational programs produced by the Network including ''Study English'', ''Living English'', ''English Bites'' and ''The Business of English''.<ref name="programming">{{cite web|url = http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k6/july/july124.htm|title = ABC Asia Pacific to launch as Australia Network on 7 August|access-date = 25 September 2007|work = Indiantelevision.com| date=11 July 2006 }}</ref> Drama series shown include ''[[Home and Away]]'', ''[[Offspring (TV series)|Offspring]]'', ''[[Packed to the Rafters]]'', ''[[Rake (Australian TV series)|Rake]]'', ''[[The Doctor Blake Mysteries]]'', ''[[The Time of Our Lives (TV series)|The Time of Our Lives]]'', factual entertainment programs ''[[Bondi Vet]]'', ''One Plus One (TV program)'', and ''Cosmo Times'', lifestyle programs ''[[Coxy's Big Break|Big Break]]'', ''[[Food Safari]]'' and ''[[Poh's Kitchen]]'', music program ''[[Rage (TV program)|Rage]]'', light entertainment programs ''[[Gruen Planet]]'', ''[[Good Game (television series)|Good Game]]'' and ''[[Good Game: Spawn Point|Good Game SP]]'', the children's shows ''[[Play School (Australian TV series)|Play School]]'', ''[[Blue Water High]]'', ''[[Totally Wild]]'', ''[[A gURLs wURLd]]'', and ''[[Scope (Australian TV series)|Scope]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Australia Network Programming|url=http://australianetwork.com/guide/programs_az.htm|access-date=7 March 2014}}</ref>

The news programming of the channel is produced and broadcast from the news studios in Sydney, the headquarters of the [[ABC News (Australian TV channel)|ABC News]] channel and the network news service.{{citation needed|date=June 2021}}

==Broadcasters== Update of 2025 {| class="wikitable" ! Country ! Broadcaster(s)<ref name="abcaustralia.net.au">{{cite web | url=http://www.abcaustralia.net.au/tuning | title=Ways to Watch | ABC Australia }}</ref> |- | {{flag|Afghanistan}} | [[Ariana Television Network]] |- | {{flag|Brunei}} | Satellite Receive |- | {{flag|Cambodia}} | [[SingMeng Telemedia]], [[WeWatch]] |- | {{flag|Cook Islands}} | [[Cook Islands Television]], [[Niu TV Limited]], [[Sky Pacific]] |- | {{flag|East Timor}} | [[Rádio e Televisão de Timor-Leste]], [[RaphVision Electrics Unipessoal Lda]] |- | {{flag|Fiji}} | [[Fiji Broadcasting Corporation]], [[Fiji TV]], [[Mai TV]], [[Sky Pacific]] |- | {{flag|French Polynesia}} | [[Sky Pacific]] |- | {{flag|Hong Kong}} | [[PCCW]] |- | {{flag|India}} | [[Jio TV]], [[Jio TV+]], [[Tata Play]] and several other |- | {{flag|Indonesia}} | [[MNC Vision]], [[PT Biznet Multimedia]], [[PT Digital Sarana Bersama]], [[PT LinkNet]], [[PT Telkom]], [[Transvision (Indonesia)|Transvision]], [[Vidio]], [[VNT Networks]] |- | {{flag|Japan}} | [[Aruji Co Ltd]], {{interlanguage link|Japan Cable Cast Inc.|ja|ジャパンケーブルキャスト}}, [[NHK]], [[SET International]], [[Tokyo Cable Network]], [[World on Demand]], [[Wowow]] |- | {{flag|Kiribati}} | [[Sky Pacific]] |- | {{flag|Macau}} | [[Macau Cable TV Ltd]] |- | {{flag|Malaysia}} | [[Astro (television)|Astro]], [[Enjoy TV]], [[Long TV]], [[Unifi TV]] |- | {{flag|Maldives}} | SS Net TV, [[Medianet Pvt Ltd]] |- | {{flag|Mongolia}} | [[Skytel (Mongolia)|Skytel]], [[Unitel (Mongolia)|Unitel]] |- | {{flag|Nauru}} | [[Canal+ Calédonie]], [[GoTV]], [[Sky Pacific]] |- | {{flag|Nepal}} | [[Net TV Nepal|Net TV]] |- | {{flag|New Caledonia}} | [[Canal+ Calédonie]], [[GoTV]], [[InternetNC]] |- | {{flag|Niue}} | [[Sky Pacific]], [[Television Niue]] |- | {{flag|Palau}} | [[Palau National Communication Corporation]] |- | {{flag|Papua New Guinea}} | [[Click TV]], [[Digicel]], [[Hitron]], [[Media Niugini Limited]], [[National Broadcasting Corporation of PNG]], [[Sky Pacific]] |- | {{flag|Philippines}} | [[Asian Vision Cable Holdings]], [[Cignal Digital TV]], [[Kalibo Cable TV]], [[SkyCable Corporation]] |- | {{flag|Samoa}} | [[Digicel]], [[Moana TV]], [[Samoa Broadcasting Corporation]], [[Sky Pacific]] |- | {{flag|Singapore}} | [[Singtel TV|Singtel Global Private Ltd]], [[StarHub TV|StarHub Cable Vision Ltd]] |- | {{flag|Solomon Islands}} | [[Satsol TV]], [[Solomon Telekom Company Limited]] |- | {{flag|South Korea}} | [[D'Live]], [[Olleh TV]], [[Seokyung Cable Television]], [[Ulsan Joongang Cable Network Co Ltd]] |- | {{flag|Sri Lanka}} | [[ASK Cable Network]], [[Dialog TV]], [[PEO TV]] |- | {{flag|Taiwan}} | [[Digidom]], [[Hulien Cable TV]], [[T.Y Cable TV]], [[Tai Tung Cable TV]], [[Tung Tai Cable Television]] |- | {{flag|Thailand}} | [[Triple T Network Co. Ltd.]], [[TrueVisions|TrueVisions Group Company Ltd]] |- | {{flag|Tokelau}} | [[Sky Pacific]] |- | {{flag|Tonga}} | [[Digicel]], [[Sky Pacific]], [[Tonga Broadcasting Corporation]] |- | {{flag|Tuvalu}} | [[Sky Pacific]] |- | {{flag|Vanuatu}} | [[Canal+ Calédonie]], [[Digicel]], [[Sky Pacific]], [[Telsat Pacific]], [[Vanuatu Broadcasting & Television Corporation]] |- | {{flag|Vietnam}} | [[Viettel|Viettel Telecom]] (TV360), [[Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group|VNPT]] (MyTV), [[FPT Telecom]] (FPT Play), [[Vietnam Television|VTVcab]], SCTV, AVG |- | {{flag|Wallis and Futuna}} | [[Canal+ Calédonie]] |}

==Funding== ABC Australia is partially funded by Australia's [[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade]], as well as some advertising (unlike the ABC's [[ABC Television (Australia)#Free-to-air channels|domestic television services]]).<ref>{{cite web | title=ABC Services in the Asia-Pacific | website=About the ABC |first= James|last= Spigelman| author-link= James Spigelman| date=8 December 2014 | url=https://about.abc.net.au/speeches/abc-services-in-the-asia-pacific/ | access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=O’Keeffe | first1=Annmaree | last2=Greene | first2=Chris | title=International Public Broadcasting: A Missed Opportunity For Projecting Australia's Soft Power | website=[[Lowy Institute]] | date=10 December 2019 | url=https://www.lowyinstitute.org/publications/international-public-broadcasting-missed-opportunity-projecting-australia-s-soft-power | access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref>

Along with the rest of the ABC, the channel has suffered from successive funding cuts, particularly under [[Liberal Party of Australia|Liberal]] governments since the 1996 [[Howard government]],<ref>{{cite web | last=Muller | first=Denis | title=Australian governments have a long history of trying to manipulate the ABC – and it's unlikely to stop now | website=[[The Conversation (website)|The Conversation]] | date=13 February 2019 | url=http://theconversation.com/australian-governments-have-a-long-history-of-trying-to-manipulate-the-abc-and-its-unlikely-to-stop-now-110712 | access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref><ref name=2014report/> with particularly deep cuts in 2014 under the [[Abbott government]]<ref>{{cite web | last=Yussuf | first=Ahmed | title=Turnbull confirms $254 million cut from ABC funding | website=ABC News | date=19 November 2014 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-11-19/abc-funding-cuts-announced-by-malcolm-turnbull/5902774 | access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref> and an ongoing [[indexation]] freeze {{as of|lc=yes|2021}}.<ref>{{cite web | last=Duke | first=Jennifer | title=Was the ABC's funding cut? | website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date=16 August 2020 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/was-the-abc-s-funding-cut-20200814-p55lvr.html | access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last1=Wake | first1=Alexandra | last2=Ward | first2=Michael | title=Latest $84 million cuts rip the heart out of the ABC, and our democracy | website=The Conversation | date=24 June 2020 | url=http://theconversation.com/latest-84-million-cuts-rip-the-heart-out-of-the-abc-and-our-democracy-141355 | access-date=15 June 2021}}</ref>

In 2019, the ABC's budget for all international operations was {{AUD|11 million}}, at the same level as it was in the 1980s. This compares with the {{AUD|3 billion}} allocated to [[China Central Television]] (CCTV) service, and {{AUD|500 million}} for the [[BBC]]'s international services.<ref name=80years/>

==Other ABC international services== [[Radio Australia|ABC Radio Australia]] was launched in 1939, and continues to broadcast in the Asia-Pacific region although no longer on [[short-wave]] transmission, so does not reach all of the remote islands.<ref name=80years>{{cite web | last=Vincent | first=Michael | title=Australia Calling: A look at 80 years of Radio Australia and ABC international broadcasting |website= ABC News| date=15 December 2019 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-12-16/abc-celebrating-80-years-of-international-broadcasting/11783252 | access-date=16 June 2021}}</ref>

The ABC has increased its [[Internet]] presence for international audiences; the iview [[streaming service]] is available via an app, and [[ABC News Online]] includes [[Chinese-language]] and [[Tok Pisin]] articles.<ref name=80years/>

ABC Pacific is the ABC's new digital home for the best Pacific Islands content from across the ABC website since 2022.<ref name=80years/>

==Slogan history== *''Everyone's ABC Asia Pacific'' (2002–2006) *''A different view'' (Australia Network, 2006–2010) *''From our world to yours'' (Australia Network, 2010–2014) *''Your World, Our World, One World'' (Australia Plus, 2014–2018) *''Yours'' (2018–present)

==See also== *[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] *[[History of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation]] *[[Radio Australia]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Further reading== *{{cite web | last=Flitton | first=Daniel | title=ABC boss Lynley Marshall defends overseas broadcasting | website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date=17 February 2014 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/abc-boss-lynley-marshall-defends-overseas-broadcasting-20140217-32wjh.html }}

==External links== *{{URL|https://www.abc.net.au/asia|ABC Asia}} ([[Asia–Pacific]]) *{{URL|https://www.abc.net.au/pacific|ABC Pacific}} ([[Oceania|Pacific]]) *{{YouTube|channel=UC5iLnYoF4Ryb63YdGD9RfWQ}}

[[Category:Australian Broadcasting Corporation television]] [[Category:Cable television in Hong Kong]] [[Category:International broadcasters]] [[Category:Television channels and stations established in 1993]] [[Category:1993 establishments in Australia]]