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ABC

First Australian public television channel

Also known as ABC-TV · ABC 1 · ABC1 (Australia) · ABC1 · ABC TV · ABC National Television Service

Instance of: television station
Part of: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Country: Australia
Founded: 1956
Website: abc.net.au/tv/epg/#/channel/ABC

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ABC TV, formerly known as ABC1, is an Australian national public television network. It is owned and operated by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, and is the flagship ABC Television network. The headquarters of the ABC TV channel and the ABC are in Ultimo, an inner-city suburb of Sydney.

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Operator: ABC Television
Owned by: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Different from: ABC1 criterion used: same or similar name
ABC criterion used: brand, trademark, band name or organization name refers to multiple entities
Headquarters: Sydney
Social media followers: 195,992(February 9, 2023) x (twitter) numeric user id: 17456542
196,458(February 26, 2022) x (twitter) numeric user id: 17456542
192,687(February 5, 2021) x (twitter) numeric user id: 17456542
Language: Australian English
Operating area: Australia

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