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ABC iview
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ABC TV & iview is a channel owned and ran by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation to promote it's TV channels and series and its online streaming service ABC iview.

Background

Iview

After running for several months in beta form under the name "ABC Playback", the service became available as a Flash website in July 2008. This was the next step after the video podcasting of ABC TV programs since July 2006.

An iOS app for iPads was launched in December 2010, followed by a mobile version for iPhone in June 2012. An iview Android app supporting phones and tablets on Android 4.0.3 and above was released on 18 December 2013.

Over the following years, iview was released to a range of Smart TVs, games consoles and other devices.

Content and programming

ABC iview provides on-demand access to almost all the TV programs that are broadcast on the ABC's linear broadcast channels (ABC TV, ABC Family, ABC Kids, ABC Entertains, ABC News), as well as simulcast live streams of those channels and original content and programs acquired exclusively for ABC iview.

Programs are categorised by these genres:

• Arts
• Culture
• Comedy
• Documentary
• Drama
• Education
• Lifestyle
• News and current affairs
• Panel and discussion
• Regional Australia
• Sport

In September 2015, the ABC added a dedicated Arts channel to iview.

Some shows premiere on iview before they feature on broadcast television, such as Rake and the BBC's Class.

Live streams

• In late 2010, a live stream of ABC News 24 was made available on the iview website, and then subsequently on iOS and Android apps.
• On 1 December 2015, a simulcast live stream of the main ABC TV channel was added to the iview website, iOS and Android apps.
• On 18 July 2016, the ABC added simulcast live streams for all the remaining broadcast channels (ABC2/ABC Kids, ABC3).
• On 1 May 2018, the ABC added state-based streams (VIC, QLD, TAS, NT, NSW, WA, SA, ACT) of ABC main channel.

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