ABC TV (Australian TV channel)
The network began operating on 5 November 1956 as the ABC National Television Service, starting in Sydney, followed by Melbourne, with other stations being established in state capitals and regional areas in the following years.[3][4] The ABC's 1956 Annual Report stated that it aimed to create a "television service as truly national in character as its resources will permit".In the same year, technical equipment was also moved to permanent locations, while main transmitters were introduced to Melbourne and Sydney in 1957 and 1958 respectively.[11] On 1 August 2001 on channel 21, ABC Kids was launched, becoming the first digital multi-channel service,[12] with Fly TV following soon afterwards, but both had limited availability, and were closed in a round of funding cuts in 2003.[16] After concerns in some sections of the media that the 43-year-old Lissajous curve brand was to disappear completely, ABC management reaffirmed that it would remain in use by the corporation.[20] As part of the digital television transition in Australia, the ABC gradually ended its transmissions on analogue TV which commenced in July 2010[21] and concluded on 10 December 2013 when the transmitters switched off in Melbourne and remaining remote areas.Although it has a strong focus on news and current affairs, it also presents documentaries and educational programs, drama, light entertainment comedy and variety, and sports.[citation needed] Other flagship programs, which include the weeknightly 7.30 and the weekly Four Corners, Australian Story and Foreign Correspondent, are broadcast in prime-time.From October 2019 for the first time, ABC Television was the official free-to-air partner of the A-League, as well as returning to the W-League, in a deal which included the Socceroos and Matildas and lasted for two years.[4] At the time, lissajous patterns (a waveform used by oscilloscopes[38]) were used by broadcast engineers to help tune both radio and television frequencies, before more sophisticated electronic tools had been invented.[40] Space engineer Doug Rickard claims to have suggested and demonstrated the waveform in the early 1960s and wrote in his memoir that he had been paid for it.
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