ABC2 leading multichannel votes
With voting in the Audience Inventory set to close later this week, ABC2 is in front as our favourite multichannel.
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ABC2 is the best of the Free to Air multichannels according to current voting in the TV Tonight Audience Inventory.
The channel is pulling the most “Excellent” responses in the question “Degree of satisfaction with multichannels.” This trend goes against the conventional OzTAM ratings results for multichannels.
Nearly all of the commercial channels are ranking as a middling “Good.”
Time is running out if you want to vote in the survey, now in its fifth year.
The survey this year also includes new questions on the importance of:
Completing the installation of the NBN
Maintaining local content in regional Australia
Dropping Reach Rule for broadcasters
Making TV ratings = Metro + Regionals
Banning alcohol ads
Banning junk food ads
Starting programmes “on the half hour”
Catch-Up TV adding content swiftly after broadcast
Foxtel Go available on all Android devices
More package choices for Foxtel Play
Pay TV picking up shows dumped by FTA broadcasters
Keeping Pay TV shows on the channel they launch on
Completing the survey takes around 10 minutes and you can check it out here.
Voting closes later this week.
12 Responses
It will be interesting to see what exactly an ABC1 program feels like when the analog switch-off is complete at the end of the year.
I get the feeling it will be primarily programmed for people aged 40 and over, with secondary focuses on current affairs and “your state” content. Much like ABC Local Radio.
In regards to Rage, I agree with others. Rage just doesn’t feel like an ABC1 program anymore. They need to move it to ABC2 every night.
I voted Excellent for ABC2 both parts of the channel. Having an advert free channel aimed at kids is excellent. During the evening, ABC2 have a lot of unique original content. The other multichannels are showing re-run upon rerun of content from their main channel, or shows that are decades old (Nine and Ten are the worst at this)
Rage on ABC3 between 9pm and 6am would be so super awesome. I assume it would be very cheap to make. TV3 in New Zealand have a digital only channel is a 24 hour music channel (it used to be an analogue channel, but that changes a few years ago)
Not really… focus tends to be on primetime and on that front ABC2 offers diverse and sometimes even local programming. ABC2 may play kids content during the daytime, but the commercial multichannels are filled with retro content.
Can’t believe this. ABC2 used to be great in the early days with their repeats of Stateline and other ABC shows, as well as showing state-based rugby union/league and AFL competitions. When they “revamped” it and turned it into a children’s channel I never watched it again, apart from the time they repeated Paper Giants. Sounds like a bunch of kids have run rampant on this site deleting cookies so they can vote for ABC2 over and over.
It would be awesome if ABC could replay Rage from over the years overnight either on ABC2 or ABC3. To have some sort of FTA music channel would be fantastic. Rage have played a few rare clips over the years that are rarely seen, so would be amazing to have another chance to air them.
@jayjay95 ABC4Kids is aimed at younger kids, ABC3 more to older kids. They’re both designated kids channels.
Personally I’m happy with ABC2’s set up (4Kids 6am-7pm, other shows 7pm-close). I’d rather though that ABC3 operated their older kids shows between 6am-9pm, then ran old rage/countdown from 9pm-6am. Or can they not do that?
The only problem I have with the ABC is their blanketing of the 3 to 5pm block on weekdays is every channel bar ABC News 24 has childrens programming on them; leaving very limited choice for those who don’t like commercial TV. ABC2 shows 13 hours of children’s programming from 6am-7pm, which is a bit of an overload to be honest. because ABC3 exists and that is a designated childrens program channel. Does ABC1 need to show childrens programming to satisfy their quota and does ABC2 and ABC3 have different demographics? The analogue switch off is coming up in late 2013, that could help.
None the less, ABC2 is still a fantastic multichannel. If I remember correctly, until late 2009 when ABC4Kids came into existance, they showed Rage on Saturday afternoons. Nowadays, I usually watch it for their 7pm nightly repeats of Spicks and Specks; having never got into it before then. Would like…
We look after our grandson 5 days a week. He is 2 and a half. Loves ABC2 and also DVD’s at times. Very smart to have 2 dedicated kids channels IMHO. 🙂
Please like me was the best and happy it’s coming back for a second season.
I watch/watched ABC2 more than the standard ABC channel, thanks to Please Like Me, Dirty Laundry Live and Spicks & Specks repeats.
Bet the response is mainly for ABC4kids. Despite the haters is the only place young kids shows, high numbers does not mean it is being used as a babysitter just that no one else is programming. My 3 year old does not understand ads in the middle of a show as a result.