. for other uses see abc 24 disambiguation . for the australian news service see abc news australia . abc news 24 launched 22 july 2010 network abc television owned by australian broadcasting corporation picture format 576i sdtv 16 9 from late 2016 720p hdtv 16 9 until late 2016 audience share 1.1 % nationally march 2011 1 slogan it s news when you want it . country australia language english broadcast area nationally headquarters ultimo new south wales replaced abc hd hd channel space ; 2008 2010 later will relaunch in late 2016 sister channel s abc abc hd late 2016 abc2 abc kids abc me website abc news 24 availability terrestrial abn sydney dvb t 544 12 226.5 mhz 1 abv melbourne dvb t 560 12 226.5 mhz abq brisbane dvb t 576 12 226.5 mhz abs adelaide dvb t 592 12 226.5 mhz abw perth mandurah dvb t 736 12 226.5 mhz abt hobart dvb t 624 8 191.5 mhz abd darwin dvb t 640 30 543.5 mhz freeview abc virtual 24 satellite foxtel virtual 642 vast virtual 24 cable foxtel optus virtual 642 streaming media abc news 24 live stream abc news 24 is an australian 24 hour news channel launched and owned by the australian broadcasting corporation . 2 3 4 the channel replaced the former abc high definition simulcast of abc tv and commenced broadcasting at 7 30 pm aest 5 30 pm awst on thursday 22 july 2010 . 5 6 the majority of the channel s content is produced from the abc ultimo centre in sydney which the public can view being presented from an atrium looking into the news presentation studio . abc news 24 s early morning programme abc news breakfast and the evening programme the world is produced at the abc southbank centre in melbourne weekdays . due to the rebroadcast of abc hd in late 2016 abc news 24 will be reduced to standard definition . contents 1 pre launch 2 reception 3 programming 3.1 repeated from abc tv 4 criticism 5 abc news 24 online 6 notable presenters 6.1 news 6.1.1 breakfast presenters 6.1.2 substitute news presenters 6.1.3 the drum 6.2 finance 6.3 sport 6.3.1 abc news breakfast and abc news mornings 6.4 weather 6.5 other 6.6 former presenters 6.7 international bureaus 6.8 overseas correspondents 7 references 8 external links pre launch edit the abc announced in january 2010 that it planned to launch a 24 hour news channel . 2 the new abc news 24 logo was revealed by freeview in their new promotion on tuesday 22 june . 7 the official promotional reel for abc news 24 was launched on digital channel 24 between 6 and 8 july . 8 speculation about a launch date for abc news 24 took place in the weeks prior to the official announcement . the daily telegraph claimed in early july that the channel would be delayed due to technical issues at the abc s new playout facility mediahub in south west sydney while other outlets reported that the channel was on track to begin in mid july . 9 the abc announced on 13 july 2010 that the channel would have its first live broadcast on 22 july . 5 6 reception edit since the commencement of regular broadcasting the reaction to the new news channel has been mixed . a particular concern has been the pressure placed upon the budget and operations of both the news division of the abc as well as the broadcaster as a whole owing to the decision to launch the channel without additional government funding as was the case with the recent launch of the children s channel abc3 . in senate estimates hearings in february 2012 the broadcaster confirmed a 2.5 million shortfall in the budget for its news and current affairs division and imposed a 1.5 % cut in newsroom budgets though denies the link to abc news 24 instead pointing to recent major news events in the past year such as the christchurch earthquakes and flooding in queensland and victoria . 10 however independent senator nick xenophon has blamed the reported 20 million annual cost of the network for cutbacks in abc tv sports coverage of the sanfl . 11 however the network has seen success with high viewership compared to competitor sky news australia with reach exceeding 2 million viewers weekly tripling that of sky news . 12 the channel s highest primetime viewership share was 9.5 % during 2016 federal election coverage on 2 july 2016 . 13 programming edit abc news presented by juanita phillips abc news 24 s output consists of a mix of live bulletins timeshifted repeats of existing abc news and current affairs output coverage of the federal parliament s question time documentaries and factual and arts programming . 14 these draw upon the abc s own resources and those of its partner broadcasters the bbc world news tvnz pbs nhk and al jazeera english . live rolling news coverage on the channel is presented on weekdays by joe o brien mornings ros childs midday kumi taguchi afternoons . specialist and feature programming includes a daily business programme covering the asia pacific region a topical debate programme entitled the drum presented by steve cannane or julia baird and an international bulletin with beverley o connor entitled the world presented from abc melbourne studio . 14 existing shows abc news breakfast and abc news at noon are broadcast live on abc news 24 at the same time as on abc tv in aest aedt time zones ; viewers in the awst and acst time zones can choose to watch these programs either live on abc news 24 or on delay in their local time on abc tv . in addition the business is shown in an earlier timeslot than currently scheduled on abc tv . on 30 september 2010 the abc announced the first new programme to be shown on abc news 24 titled capital hill . the political programme originally hosted by chris uhlmann airs fridays at 5 30 pm aest aedt and takes a look at the week s political events and news as well as feature interviews with the key players of politics . it is now broadcast every weekday at 1 00 pm aest aedt and is hosted by greg jennett . the world presented by scott bevan overnight abc news 24 uses satellite programming mainly from bbc world news which mostly uses the main bbc news bulletins as well as sometimes using shows such as impact tv programme with yalda hakim outside source with ros atkins and global with matthew amroliwala . these bbc world news broadcasts come live into abc news 24 before being broadcast around australia . about two hours of two al jazeera newshour bulletins are also broadcast . 14 repeated from abc tv edit 7.30 lateline insiders live simulcast offsiders australian story q & a live simulcast four corners landline big ideas foreign correspondent criticism edit along with other rolling news channels abc news 24 has been criticised for launching into rolling news coverage for breaking news where little new information supports such coverage and just repeating limited information and footage about an event . 15 conversely abc news 24 has also been criticised for not turning to rolling coverage . 16 17 abc news 24 online edit abc news 24 can be streamed online at the abc s website . 18 however the news stream is not available outside of australia 19 and unlike other programming on iview it is not currently offered as unmetered content by any internet service providers . the abc news 24 stream is available in medium and high bandwidth varieties on the iview site . notable presenters edit news edit breakfast presenters edit michael rowland virginia trioli substitute news presenters edit jeremy fernandez abc weekend evening nsw news bulletins the drum edit julia baird presenter annabel crabb substitute presenter and panelist finance edit alan kohler abc abc news 24 finance segment sport edit abc news breakfast and abc news mornings edit sharelle mcmahon fill in weather edit jenny woodward abc news afternoons evenings the world and late night bulletins fill in other edit dr. norman swan tonic angela pulvirenti inside edge james valentine the mix jane hutcheon one plus one yalda hakim bbc world news ros atkins bbc world news adnan nawaz bbc world news peter dobbie al jazeera english formerly bbc news former presenters edit ali moore afternoon live 2010 chris uhlmann political editor and host of capital hill 2010 juanita phillips abc evening news 2010 2014 scott bevan afternoon live 2010 2015 international bureaus edit london paris mumbai mexico city new york city moscow singapore jakarta shanghai hong kong istanbul tokyo dubai overseas correspondents edit matt brown beirut middle east correspondent matthew carney tokyo north asia correspondent martin cuddihy nairobi africa correspondent liam cochrane bangkok south east asia correspondent mary gearin london europe correspondent samantha hawley jakarta indonesia correspondent sophie mcneill jerusalem middle east correspondent lisa millar london europe correspondent barbara miller london europe correspondent peter cave foreign affairs editor worldwide references edit http www.freetv.com.au media engineering australian digital terrestrial television broadcasting service information register issue 4 january 2011.pdf a b abc to launch 24 hour 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