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ABC3 tracking well with kids
The ABC is singing the praises of ABC3, which it claims is the most popular channel for kids aged 5- 12.
Since launching nine weeks ago, the channel is now the top daytime channel among 5-12s (6am-6pm) across all FTA and Pay TV channels. Amongst those viewers it has a share of 13.1% compared to ABC1 (10.7%), Nine (8.3%), Disney Channel (6.9%) and Nickelodeon at (5.3%). Of course, not all children’s channels on Pay TV are aimed at the same target of viewers.
Prank Patrol, CJ the DJ and Rush TV are …
Prank Patrol ABC3’s top show
An audience of 192,000 viewers watched ABC1’s Countdown To 3 live show on Friday as the PM was joined by Cassie Davis and Short Stack. It peaked at 222,000.
At 6pm 83,000 of them migrated across to the new channel to check out Prank Patrol. Whilst ABC hasn’t released a complete breakdown of figures for its first night, it claims it peaked at 91,000 later that night with a FTA share of 49% amongst its target 5-12 year olds.
The jewel in the crown for the broadcaster, My Place, was not one …
Countdown to ABC3
Australia gets a new TV channel from today when ABC3 hits the airwaves at 6pm tonight.
The festivities get underway at 5pm on ABC1 with Countdown to 3, a live launch from ABC’s Studio 22 in Ultimo. Short Stack, Cassie Davis, ABC3 presenters, CJ the DJ, dancers from Dance Academy, BMX and motor bike tricks will entertain invited guests.
The show will be hosted by Amberley Lobo and Kayne Tremills (pictured left), presenters from Studio 3.
It ends when Prime Minister Kevin Rudd flicks the switch to declare the channel officially on the air.
Tonight’s …
Gallery: ABC3
This Friday, Australia gets another new channel, as ABC3 launches to children across the country.
The pride of the channel’s debut is the new Australian children’s drama production, My Place. It will look at the children who have lived and gathered in one spot across several generations, centering round a huge fig tree. It airs at 8pm this Friday night.
The channel launches at 6pm following a one hour launch broadcast on ABC1 headed up by the Prime Minister.
Other titles coming on ABC3 are featured here….
Short Stack, Cassie Davis, KRudd for ABC3 launch
PM Kevin Rudd, Short Stack and Casie Davis will all be part of the official launch for ABC3 on Friday December 4th.
ABC3’s Kayne Tremills and Amberley Lobo will host Countdown to 3 at 5pm on ABC1 before a live studio audience.
The cast of ABC3’s Dance Academy will perform, and there are appearances from CJ the DJ, Scotty Tweedie from Prank Patrol, Hex from Good Game SP, and Hannah Wang from Rush TV.
It will end when the PM “flicks the switch” at 6pm as the channel begins to broadcast.
The first show on …
Meet the faces of ABC3
Amberley Lobo, Kayne Tremills, Ben Crawley, Scotty Tweedie, Stephanie ‘Hex’ Bendixsen and Hannah Wang are the six lucky presenters who will become the faces of ABC3, the new ad-free children’s network.
The six were introduced to media last night by Kim Dalton, ABC TV’s Director of Television, who unveiled the new digital channel last night at the network’s Ripponlea studio.
Aged 19 – 24, they hail from Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide & Perth and will adopt key roles in channel presenting, reporting and hosting after winning the coveted positions from more …
SBS wins at AWGIE Awards
Updated: SBS picked up three awards at last night’s AWGIE Awards in Sydney, the annual gongs for the country’s best writing in media and performance.
The Circuit was awarded best original TV mini-series. The second series, by writer Kelly Lefever, is yet to air on SBS.
Saved by Belinda Chayko won Best Telemovie.
The landmark series First Australians Episode 1 by Louis Nowra and Rachel Perkins took out the documentary award. The series took up to seven years to complete.
In other wins awarded by the Australian Writer’s Guild, Rush won the Television …
ABC3 opens door to TV pitches
ABC has thrown open the doors to Aussie producers for new content for ABC3, it’s new digital children’s channel to launch in December.
It is inviting producers to submit program concepts that fit into 4 categories:
1. A live-action or mixed media program for 4 – 7 year old boys and girls – an unique, unusual, imaginative idea, that will cut through and make an impact in the schedule, and stand alongside the world’s best pre-school programming.
2. A live action …
ABC3 announces new Aussie kids shows
The ABC today announced key elements of its new kids, channel ABC3, to launch by Christmas.
Aimed at 6-15-year-olds, with a core demographic of 8-12-year-olds, ABC3 will air between 6am-9pm offering dramas, adventure series, music, wildlife, quiz shows, comedies, Indigenous programs, news and sport.
Director of Television, Kim Dalton (pictured) said: “Our vision is for ABC3 to become the number one destination for Australia’s school-age children. We will achieve this by creating a channel that tells our Australian stories in a creative, innovative and exciting manner. Our long term aim is for …
Kids drama takes a leap at ABC
ABC TV has announced two new Australian children’s drama series aimed at an 8 to 12 year audience, totalling around 20 hours of television
As previously reported, Dance Academy is a 26×30 minute series in which 15-year-old Tara Webster has grown up on a farm in outback Australia but has always dreamt of becoming a dancer. When she makes it into the National Academy of Dance – the best school in the country – she is sure her life will change spectacularly.
The series is produced by Werner Film Productions for ABC …