ABC1 (British and Irish TV channel)
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This article is about a defunct British television channel. For a grouping of social grades in the United Kingdom, see NRS social grade. For other uses, see ABC1 (disambiguation).
ABC1 was a television channel owned by the Disney-ABC Television Group division of The Walt Disney Company, available to the viewers in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. ABC1 used the branding of the Disney-owned American network, ABC.
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Programming | |
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Picture format | 576i (4:3 SDTV) |
Ownership | |
Owner | Disney–ABC Television Group |
History | |
Launched | 27 September 2004; 19 years ago (2004-09-27) |
Closed | 26 September 2007; 16 years ago (2007-09-26) |
Replaced by | Playhouse Disney + (Sky) |
Links | |
Website | www.abc1tv.co.uk (archive) |
Availability (at time of closure) | |
Terrestrial | |
Freeview | Channel 15 (except Wales) (06:00 - 18:00) |
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The channel had general entertainment programming with programming from the US parent channel, apart from the weekend morning programming block Playhouse Disney, which was aimed at children and also aired on Disney Channel in the United States of America.[1][2]