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Asia Pacific pay television channel

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 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 Pacific Islands. It is partially funded by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, as well as some advertising (unlike the ABC's domestic television services).

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, who felt that a television channel would further heighten Australia's presence in the Asia Pacific region and demonstrate the ABC's technical abilities. 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 uplink where Dominic Stone, the service's Program Director and David Hill, managing director of the ABC commissioned the first transmission. The establishment of the new channel was funded by a special government grant of It was originally a part of the so called "Gang of Five", which was a consortium that was set up to compete against Star TV in the region. (The others in the group were CNN International, HBO, ESPN International [with its Asian operations] and TVB [with TVB Superchannel]) The consortium's channels were initially transmitted via Palapa satellite, but were later also added to Apstar satellite. 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". 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 (or 31 December 2001? 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. 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. 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 in New Zealand. Several Australia Network programmes are also available online in Australia on the ABC's iview platform. Australia Network became available in Malaysia on Astro (Channel 514) in December 2008. In 2010 the 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. In the 2014–2015 Australian federal budget by the Abbott government, 80 jobs, mostly in Melbourne, were lost and the government was forced to compensate the ABC for breaking its contract, which had been promised in funding for ten years of operation by the previous Labor government. 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. 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 ABC International Division is allowed to operate as a commercial operation, in a way similar to BBC Worldwide.

Australia Plus was rebranded as ABC Australia on 1 July 2018. 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 live stream on the ABC website and YouTube channels. In 2020, the Australian Government established PacificAus TV, which offers 1000 hours of free Australian commercial TV each year to Pacific island broadcasters.

The channel broadcasts a mix of programming, including lifestyle, drama, sports, English language learning programs, children's programming and news and current affairs. 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.

In addition to those listed below, the now rebadged ABC Australia shows a range of programming targeted at audiences within the region, 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. Drama series shown include Home and Away, Offspring, Packed to the Rafters, Rake, The Doctor Blake Mysteries, The Time of Our Lives, factual entertainment programs Bondi Vet, One Plus One (TV program), and Cosmo Times, lifestyle programs Big Break, Food Safari and Poh's Kitchen, music program Rage, light entertainment programs Gruen Planet, Good Game and Good Game SP, the children's shows Play School, Blue Water High, Totally Wild, A gURLs wURLd, and Scope. The news programming of the channel is produced and broadcast from the news studios in Sydney, the headquarters of the ABC News channel and the network news service.

Country Broadcaster(s) Ariana Television Network Kristal Astro SingMeng Telemedia, WeWatch Cook Islands Television, Niu TV Limited, Sky Pacific Rádio e Televisão de Timor Leste, RaphVision Electrics Unipessoal Lda Fiji Broadcasting Corporation, Fiji TV, Mai TV, Sky Pacific Sky Pacific Hong Kong Cable Television, PCCW Jio TV, Jio TV+, Tata Play and several other MNC Vision, PT Biznet Multimedia, PT Digital Sarana Bersama, PT LinkNet, PT Telkom, Transvision, Vidio, VNT Networks Aruji Co Ltd, Japan Cable Cast Inc. [ja], NHK, SET International, Tokyo Cable Network, World on Demand, Wowow Sky Pacific Macau Cable TV Ltd Astro, Enjoy TV, Long TV, Sirius TV, TMNET Dhiraagu TV, Medianet Pvt Ltd Skytel, Unitel Canal+ Calédonie, GoTV, Sky Pacific Net TV Canal+ Calédonie, GoTV, InternetNC Sky Pacific, Television Niue Palau National Communication Corporation Click TV, Digicel, Hitron, Media Niugini Limited, National Broadcasting Corporation of PNG, Sky Pacific Asian Vision Cable Holdings, Cignal Digital TV, Kalibo Cable TV, SkyCable Corporation Digicel, Moana TV, Samoa Broadcasting Corporation, Sky Pacific SingTel Global Private Ltd, StarHub Cable Vision Ltd Satsol TV, Solomon Telekom Company Limited D'Live, Olleh TV, Seokyung Cable Television, Ulsan Joongang Cable Network Co Ltd ASK Cable Network, Dialog TV, PEO TV Digidom, Hulien Cable TV, T. Y Cable TV, Tai Tung Cable TV, Tung Tai Cable Television Triple T Network Co. Ltd., TrueVisions Group Company Ltd Sky Pacific Digicel, Sky Pacific, Tonga Broadcasting Corporation Sky Pacific Canal+ Calédonie, Digicel, Sky Pacific, Telsat Pacific, Vanuatu Broadcasting & Television Corporation Audio Visual Global JSC, FPT Telecom, Ho Chi Minh City Television MYTV, Saigon Tourist Cable Company Television, VEGA, VieON, Viettel, VOTV, VTVcab Canal+ Calédonie

ABC Australia is partially funded by Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade, as well as some advertising (unlike the ABC's domestic television services). Along with the rest of the ABC, the channel has suffered from successive funding cuts, particularly under Liberal governments since the 1996 Howard government, and an ongoing indexation freeze as of lc=yes. In 2019, the ABC's budget for all international operations was , at the same level as it was in the 1980s. This compares with the allocated to China Central Television (CCTV) service, and for the BBC's international services. 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. ABC Pacific is the ABC's new digital home for the best Pacific Islands content from across the ABC website since 2022.