31-607: ABC Kids may refer to: ABC Kids (Australia) , a part-time digital TV channel for preschoolers from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation The brand name for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's children's programming on ABC Television prior to 2009 ABC Kids (TV programming block) , a defunct youth's programming block on American Broadcasting Company in
62-471: A bee and a crocodile named Croc, instead of a carrot). The rebrand was designed by ABC Made, the ABC's in-house award-winning creative team. On 1 January 2023, ABC Kids lost an hour of programming, with the closedown and the transition to ABC TV Plus moved to 6:30 p.m.; the ABC cited that ABC TV Plus wanted to take advantage of a "co-viewing" audience of older children and adults in the evenings at that hour, but
93-560: A deal to swap spectrum under either company's control to allow for interoperable wireless broadband services across the country. In 2006, Austar United and Unwired together with Soul Converged Telecommunications formed AUSAlliance for the purposes of obtaining funding from the Australian Government's Broadband Connect Infrastructure Program and rolling out a regional broadband network. In 2008, Austar entered into an agreement to sell its 2.5 & 3.5 GHz spectrum licences to
124-416: A joint venture between Sega , Ozisoft , and Foxtel . On 11 July 2011, Austar announced that it "had entered into definitive transaction agreements with Liberty Global , Inc. (LGI) and Foxtel Management Pty Limited (Foxtel) under which Foxtel will acquire AUSTAR by a series of transactions including a scheme of arrangement (Scheme)." This takeover involved a minority shareholder approval on 30 March 2012,
155-877: A model number of T600 and also a T601. Austar planned to use MyStar HD as its cornerstone set-top box, with true video-on-demand launched in 2010, and more access to web content becoming available after that time, building up to a complete interface redesign for its set-top boxes in late 2011 or early 2012. Since the Foxtel acquisition, these plans have changed. The plan was originally to upgrade MyStar and phase it out in 2014, however, in 2013, Foxtel decided to convert their IQHD units to satellite connections and made them available to "Austar" customers in November 2013. Foxtel had no plans to force current MyStar subscribers to replace their unit. If they don't wish, however, they are offering upgrades to customers who wish to take advantage before
186-462: The ABC's daily children's broadcasting block. After the close of the ABC Kids and Fly TV channels, programming for younger Fly TV viewers was integrated into the ABC Kids broadcasting block. In February 2009, two daily blocks of children's programming were launched as ABC1 For Kids , running from 8:00 am to 11:00 am and 2:55 pm to 4:00 pm on ABC1. On 4 December 2009, at
217-699: The IQ3 launch in 2015. MyStar had ongoing technical issues which have plagued the system since release; however, Austar have said that "they have a huge team of people that will actively jump onto any issues as soon as they are reported to the call centre". Some of the numerous bugs included the MyStar box regularly causing the screen to black out, recordings to fail, and the screen to freeze. The box has also been reported to automatically switch itself off and on. Established in 2000, Austar Mobile offered mobile services via resale agreements with Optus [GSM] mobile network. After
248-570: The Optus C-Class Satellite Optus C1 and a digital cable network in Darwin . Austar featured On Demand, used to deliver Austar shows on-demand to MyStar each week to those with a MyStar subscription. It has since been replaced by Foxtel On Demand. Austar AnyWhere was Austar's online TV service, which allowed customers to watch or download full-length programs online. Austar Anywhere closed on 30 June 2013. MyStar
279-583: The United States, 1997 to 2011 See also [ edit ] ABC Kids World , a themed land at the Dreamworld amusement park on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title ABC Kids . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to
310-621: The approval of the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission on 10 April 2012, and had approval from a Second Court Hearing. The Austar shares were suspended on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) as of 16 April 2012, and were delisted from the ASX on 27 April 2012. The takeover was completed on 24 May 2012. Austar's main business was subscription television, serving customers outside of
341-610: The closure of Telstra's CDMA network, Austar mobile would only offer services through Optus. Austarmobile, on 31 December 2009, had 19,970 customers. In August 2011, Austarnet announced its exit from the Internet business and indicated that services would be discontinued on 30 September 2011. Established in 2006, Austar Broadband operated as a trial network in Wagga Wagga and Tamworth, New South Wales . In 2005, Austar United and wireless internet provider Unwired announced
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#1732773177685372-523: The decision was criticised by parents who were used to the 7:30 p.m. closedown. On 13 February 2023, the ABC reverted the change, and moved ABC Kids' closedown back to 7:30 p.m. Austar Austar was an Australian telecommunications company founded in 1995 as Community Entertainment Television (CETV). Its main business activity was subscription television . It was also involved with internet access and mobile phones . Austar's television subscriber base grew to 747,148 (on 30 June 2010), making it
403-499: The decoder. The MyStar Remote is similar to the standard Austar Digital remote, but it had the addition of buttons specific to recording and playing back video. It shared an almost identical design to the Foxtel iQ remote, with the exception that it has an Austar button instead of a Foxtel button, and there was no AV button. The next generation of MyStar, called MyStar HD, was launched on 15 November 2009, with installations beginning
434-469: The first of a series of cuts to save around A$ 25 million a year for the ABC. The ABC could not secure government funding to keep the channel on-air, and the sluggish uptake of digital television in Australia at the time made justifying a digital-only channel with a low viewership against the cost of keeping the channel on-air difficult. However, the ABC Kids brand still remained throughout this period on
465-481: The following day. It had many advantages over its predecessor, most notably support for 1080i, HD programming. It included a 320 GB hard disk, a doubling over the 160 GB found in the original MyStar. Only 160 GB of this was available for recordings and other user-selected content, with the other 160 GB being reserved for OnDemand content, which was launched in early 2010. MyStar HD also included an HDMI output, allowing HD content to be viewed in its native resolution. It had
496-422: The hours of 5 am and 7:30 pm for children 6 years old and younger, including an upper preschool audience. It shares the same bandwidth as ABC Family which broadcasts outside ABC Kids' scheduled hours. In 1989, ABC for Kids was formed as a children's music label. Its first project was titled 0–9 . In 1991, all children's programming on the ABC was organized into a daily broadcasting block under
527-535: The intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=ABC_Kids&oldid=1133272506 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages ABC Kids (Australia) ABC Kids is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation 's part-time channel, broadcasting shows between
558-401: The largest subscription television operator in urban and rural Australia. Austar provided subscription television services to 2.4 million homes, a third of all homes in Australia, primarily using digital satellite technology . Austar also operated a digital cable network in Darwin . Foxtel acquired Austar in 2012. Since the acquisition, Foxtel has progressively merged all operations into
589-490: The major metro areas. It took programming from both Foxtel and Optus services, and operated on a digital platform. Austar Television was available in 2.4 million homes in regional areas of New South Wales , Victoria , Queensland and South Australia and all areas of Tasmania and the Northern Territory . Subscriber numbers to Austar Television were second behind Foxtel . Delivery methods include utilising
620-494: The name ABC For Kids . This new programming block featured a range of programming ranging from preschoolers to young children and included both old and new content. The logo featured six blocks (3 across, 2 down) with the top row lettered "A", "B" and "C", and the bottom row featuring an apple, a bee and a carrot beneath their respective letter. In August 2001, the ABC For Kids timeslot was rebranded as ABC Kids and content
651-415: The name of the channel was changed to ABC Kids and a new logo inspired by the classic children's logo was unveiled. Within the rebrand of ABC Comedy on 4 December 2017, broadcasting of the channel was rescheduled to end at 7:30 p.m. instead of 7 p.m. The channel again received a new logo and look on 17 March 2020, introducing three animated characters based on the classic logo (an apple,
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#1732773177685682-629: The national system. Starting mid- to late 2013, Foxtel transitioned all accounts to Foxtel and removed the MyStar-related online services, which was the last step in the merge. In November 2013, the Foxtel IQ units were made available with satellite connections for those who wished to replace their MyStar units. The current Foxtel moniker took over all Austar branding in 2014, completing the transition. Austar provided services to Sega Channel in Australia in partnership with Namco Bandai Partners ,
713-474: The processor is not capable of handling all four tuners at once. It featured a 160 GB hard drive , with 120 GB user accessible. It could record 60 hours of content. Because it is equipped with Macrovision copy protection , content saved to the MyStar cannot be transferred to other media (such as VHS or DVD) without the use of something such as a video stabiliser. It had support for time shifting for up to one hour. Support for Dolby Digital Surround Sound
744-400: The remote's coloured buttons. It supported additional outputs not found in some of the standard decoders, such as component video , as well as both coaxial and optical digital audio outputs. Support for Composite Video , S-Video and RF out were also available. It also had USB and Ethernet ports, but they didn't have a clear function as yet, and were likely to be used for updating
775-520: The same time as the launch of ABC Me (then ABC3), a new preschool children's block, ABC For Kids on 2 was launched on ABC2 , featuring children's programming each day until 6 pm. Some ABC2 programmes had to be cancelled or relocated to other channels, such as Rage . The classic ABC For Kids logo from 1991 was rendered in 3D when the ABC for Kids name was revived. In May 2011, the Weekday Morning Children's Block on ABC1
806-475: Was available on selected programming when connected to appropriate equipment, however the Mystar box wouldn't control the volume when using optical or coax, the volume had to be controlled by the device it was plugged into. It also had support for Closed Captioning and four different aspect ratios ( 4:3 Cropped , 16:9 Letterbox , 16:9 Postcard and 16:9 Widescreen ). Both of these features were accessible through
837-483: Was expanded to include shows for older children as well as younger children. A new logo was also introduced, featuring a solid green Lissajous curve (taken from the ABC's logo) overlaid with "ABC Kids" in lowercase blue letters. In addition to the daily broadcasting block on the ABC, a new children's channel with the ABC Kids branding commenced transmission nationally on 1 August 2001 on channel 21, becoming ABC Television 's first digital multichannel service. The service
868-471: Was launched on 1 November 2001 to feature programming aimed at teenagers and young adults up to early 20s and broadcast a 6-hour block from 6:00 pm to 12:00 am, which was repeated from 12:00 am to 6:00 am. In addition to their availability on free-to-air television, the ABC Kids and Fly TV channels were also available on Austar channel 14 and Optus TV channel 21. The ABC Kids and Fly TV channels were discontinued on 30 June 2003 in
899-642: Was launched to existing subscribers in late 2007, with a general launch to both new and existing customers in February 2008. The last MyStar was the model T500. It was a four-tuner set-top box equipped with two satellite tuners and two terrestrial tuners available both for viewing and recording standard definition digital free-to-air services including full electronic program guide data for Seven Network , WIN Television , Prime Television and Network Ten . ( ABC , SBS and ABC2 continue to be provided via satellite). However, only two tuners can be used because
930-557: Was officially inaugurated by former ABC Managing Director, Jonathan Shier , at the Australian Parliament House in Canberra on 7 August 2001. The ABC launched the channel without additional funding, hoping that its success would prompt an additional government grant. ABC Kids was broadcast from 6:00 am to 6:00 pm, with the remaining broadcasting time occupied by its sister service, Fly TV. Fly TV
961-547: Was removed. ABC for Kids on 2 rebranded as ABC 4 Kids and was refocused as a part-time channel for preschoolers sharing the same bandwidth of ABC2 between 6 am and 7 pm. A new logo based on the ABC3 logo was also introduced. In early 2014 all children's programming was removed from the main ABC channel and was divided between ABC 4 Kids and ABC3. Broadcasting of the channel was rescheduled to begin at 5 am instead of 6 am on 7 July 2014. On 2 March 2015,